Then - IW embraces PC community, encourages modding, lets you know the number of players is only limited by your bandwidth:

Now - IW throws away dedicated servers.  Limits us to 9v9 players.  Tells us we have "customization options" out of the box.  And then tops it all off by saying the reasons we give will be null and void:

LOL, wow. People are serious about this. Kudos to this guy for
putting his money where his mouth is. A lot of us would not do that.

via http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2009/11/03/a-thank-you-to-eddie-j-fan-kit-v-2.aspx

LOL!!

Via http://www.break.com/pictures/wish-we-heard-the-joke1476303.html

You rock Hugh Laurie  Gordon Freeman.  Congratulations on winning the All Time Greatest Video Game Hero

AWESOME!!

Very very very cool stuff. Check out the instructions here: http://blog.kangye.org/how-to-write-a-blog-using-google-wave-robot-f Google Wave seems too cool to be real.

Add me, my username is bmccall.