Thanks to all Steelbacks that made it over the weekend at such short notice. I (Akaskero) harped on for an hour each time about what we plan to do and what's expected to happen in the future and some of you raised some great points which are a great help.

Like I have been saying in the briefing we had over the weekend, we will have multiple layers of teams starting off with just two groups. Group 1, which has been created now and Group2, which we still need more players for.

The line up for group 1 is as follows:

1. Rampage
2. Att4ck f0rc3
3. VooDoo
4. CalBar
5. Akaskero
6. Mightshade
7. Biscoito
8. Sipe

All the other guys that attended but aren't mentioned here are going to make up the next group, Group 2. We hope to formulate group 2 this week and let you all know who is going to be in it.

Battlefield Steelbacks Team

The time has come for the Steelbacks to form a competitive team so we can start playing ladders and showing our skills around the world of Battlefield. It is time for us to form together and create a single unit, a force that is unfathomable by it's opposition.

This is the first team however and we have to be realistic. We are not organised and the only Steelbacks that know the score are Rampage, Akaskero (myself) and Stealthgeek so training must commence.

We have plans and drills that we need our team to flesh out and we know who is interested but who is committed? We have two team meets which are briefings only and no training. Training will happen once a week for now and we do not intend to play matches until the drills are rehearsed.

We need you!

So the first briefing is tonight at 19:00. That's 04th april 2010 and the next meet is at 05th april 2010 at 19:00.

• 04th April - Team selection. What's expected of you. Team briefing.
• 05th April - Team briefing. 3 stage Battle drills. Squad construction.

The tactics and battle drills are top secret and anyone selected into the team will be made aware that if these drills are leaked, they forfit their place on the team.

Where do we meet?

We will be closing Server No.2 tonight from 19:00 and issuing a password on Teamspeak to the trusted selected team members.

Do we get a say in tactics and game play?

Through our experience with clans, playing matches and Battlefield in general we are all to clear at the consequences of a disorganised team or a team that is insubordinate so during play, the team is expected to play the game plan that is declared by the leader even through defeat and overwhelming force. The reason behind this is clear. Battlefield Steelbacks discuss strategy and tactics off the field, not during play.

You all get an input into the gameplan inbetween matches and off of training sessions. Never in training and never in matches.

Hope to see you all there this Easter!

The Steelbacks join Clanbase

Steelbacks Battlefield Bad Company 2 community are on their way to the front line in competitive gaming firstly joining Clanbase and next building up the competitive team.

We have loads of interest from the community and also lots of volunteers that want to represent the :SB: community tags in competition against other clans/communities and gamers.

Very shortly, we will be compiling Alpha, Bravo and Charlie squads each consisting of members with different specialisations and abilities. Alpha being the most experienced and of course Bravo being the less experienced.

If you haven't put your name down in the forum as interested in the competitive team, then do it here so we know who you are! : )

Get over to Clanbase and register your player. We'll help you sign up to the community on Clanbase very soon!

GO :SB: Steelbacks!

ATI has released a non WHQL signed driver where they claim to have fixed the severe flickering in Bad Company 2 when in dx10 mode.

Latest updates available in the ATI Catalyst 10.3b preview driver

• ATI Catalyst(TM) support for ATI Radeon(TM) HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition
  • This release of ATI Catalyst(TM) introduces support for the production version of Windows 7 and Windows Vista for the ATI Radeon(TM) HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition.
  • Supports up to 6 displays (driven from a single GPU) operating together as an Eyefinity Display Group in both Windows 7 and Windows Vista
• The desktop mouse cursor issue (becoming enlarged at random when using Windows 7) has been fixed
• Fix for Severe flickering / flashing in Battlefield 2 bad Company

Check out the preview!