Talk:Desert Combat

message: hi, added a player trends section about BF:DC
Debroglie 1 July 2005 18:34 (UTC)
"Desert Combat is the most advanced and polished of Battlefield 1942 mods. The map areas are far more intricate, though the gameplay is much faster due to more effective vehicles. The combat kits are more interesting, though they may not be as balanced. 
-Dan Smith"
This is BS, but the poster most likely knew this. The MOD contains virtually nothing that other MODs didn't do before, it only managed to pull off a huge fanbase in the US (Since it's about US invading Iraq..go figure.)
Incorrect, it was able to make air ground and sea combat mesh seemlessly and provide a fun experience with totally user created content in a modern warfare zone -Sgt Simpson
*You are incorrect. Have you ever played any other mod or even BF1942 - the game they modded on?
I hardly belive (have played many mods to Galatic conquest to the Vietnam one) that such mods are polished or have made an impact on the 1942 community such as Desert Combat, considering that the DC mod outnumbers any other mod tenfold and the unmodded game for quite some time
* Your statement that it was the most advanced is still incorrect, nomatter what your opinion on its status is. And you are incorrect in stating that it had more players then the unmodded game. Zarkow 11:43, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  added a "player trends" section 

message: I did some reformatting, but most of my efforts were into correcting vocabulary and grammer. also, I deleted the subjective statements within the article, which basically mean that anything that indicated opinions were removed. remember, this is a online encyclopedia, not a forum for discussion. if you were to check the history, the changes under 202.156.6.54 were also mine - I forgot to log in. cheers.--Ariedartin 16:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-up 

message: It's written: "Desert Combat has been featured on many media websites such as CNN, Reuters, Washington Post, and other computer magazines. This is remarkable, considering that usually only the games themselves will attract media attention rather than their mods."
First of all it's not correct in giving an impression that no other mods have repeated  attension in computer-magazines. On the contrary, most magazines have mod-sections.
Secondly the mod was on CNN and so on since the US was going into war with...Iraq. The mod is about the conflict of -91, but still had the very same topic.
Other mods have also been shown in [their] national mainstream media and surely would be even more so if their country went into war and a mod was about just that conflict... Zarkow 11:47, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media Attention-section 

message: DCX should NOT be merged into this page - although they have similar names and share content, they are entirely different. Just because Desert Combat is a modified version of Battlefield 1942 doesn't mean that their articles should be merged, by the same token just because DCX is a modified version of Desert Combat doesn't mean that those articles should be merged. Cynical 21:01, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge 

message: I cleaned the article up a little, removing POV statements and bits which I felt went into too much detail: an external link would be more suitable for that. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 10:50, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: *The giant weapon list is ridiculous.  I am taking it out.  Wickethewok 21:25, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Weapon list

message: i just in essence wrote what it sayd on the desert combat site about DC, and apparently, im flagged for copyright infringment? i fail to see how
: BJTalk 08:09, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What you wrote has appeared at least on 3 different other sites before Wikipeida... BJTalk 13:25, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: copyright

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Pwnageincommingyz1.png

message: "The way to Baghdad", displayed during loading screens... which shows real-life photos of the war in Iraq.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewwan1980 (talk • contribs) 12:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: How does Desert Combat support Linux when Battlefield 1942 does not? --77.185.161.163 (talk) 21:36, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: They released the mod for Linux as well as Windows, and BF1942 does run on Linux, but one would require Wine in order to run it, as shown on this page: http://wine-reviews.net/games/battlefield-1942-on-linux-with-wine.html Nohomers48 (talk) 22:15, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linux? 

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message: This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... Fairly well sourced (if small) article.  Nominator is a new account who has ONLY nominated articles for deletion. --DP76764 (Talk) 19:25, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
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