I was perched up and away on a shivering cold, snow swept hill, behind a lonely pine tree; scoped, searching, searching, searching....... Suddenly I saw a sniper positioning himself on a roof some 250 to 300 yards away. As I tried to get a bead on the enemy for a headshot, easier said than done with real time distance ballistics, I spotted, to my dismay, 4 of my teammates entering that same building, unaware of the sniper, who, apparent by his behavior, was aware of their presence. As the bad guy turned to move into position and set up an ambush for my fellow soldiers as they came up the steps to the roof, my pulse quickened , I tracked him, said a prayer, took a breath, squeezed the trigger of my BFFL ( best friend for life ), and sent a sliver of metal to stop him. And stop him it did! I was awarded a "Critical Kill" medal that day and four pixel families are out in the digital world, happy and carefree because of my actions on that frozen mountain. And , I wouldn't have it any other way.
In my opinion, there is no question. BATTLEFIELD BAD COMPANY 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ask Art or Gadget about how to get a free Beta Key thru facebook or the pre-order through steam and other retailers allows beta access!!!!! I say there is no reason to even consider any other game for clan night, or any night for that matter, at this point! It has everything we want, even SAVIOUR POINTS if you save your buddy while he is in the middle of a firefight he is losing! when you protect a teammate lol! We can play on one of a couple of Hardcore servers that we have found so far.
BTW Rooster you will want to go ahead and increase that slot to 32. It does not play nearly as well around the 20 player mark. HUGe map but with 26 to 32 it is fairly fast to the action. I think your statement to me that 32 draws more hits to the server in BF will be especially applicable to BF BC2 if the rest of the maps are like this beta map.