It's been well known for some time now that Bad Company 2 came out of the box with a number of problems client-side and server-side, and after some investigation it was quickly realised that the game is not suitable for competitive gameplay. Many standardized features such as demo recording and spectator mode have been removed from the feature-set which appeared in previous Battlefield titles, as well as other gameplay related issues which made balanced competitive gameplay impossible. However, with a number of patches released over the last few months, many competitive BC2 player felt it was high time they knew whether it was worth supporting and playing the game any longer in the hope for competitive support. Partly through a sense of urgency, I went looking for answers.

Bad Company 2 developers DICE have appointed a new Battlefield Community Manager, who has already made an immediate impact on competitive players by confirming his intention to investigate and understand the needs for competitive support in the game.The Battlefield franchise has always had a dedicated 'Community Manager' who has a responsibility, amongst other things, to collate feedback from the Battlefield community and pass it on to developers DICE to help with feature requests, patches and other game related fixes.

More bad news for the dispirited Battlefield community was delivered today, as ESL confirmed they have rejected Bad Company 2 for ESL Major Series 7 next season. it has been known for some time that ESL was looking to give Bad Company 2 the chance to develop alongside other EMS titles such as Call Of Duty 4, however after careful consideration, it's been decided that the games lack of competitive support from DICE has made it impossible for ESL to help the community.

Over the last couple of weeks, our friends over at Cadred have spotted a number of articles introducing Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Rush-Zone's very own Martin ‘nKM’ Bowman has written an article for them that explores why modders and devs should pay attention to the BC2 community and wonders what BC2 fans can do to help themselves.  You really do need to read this so make yourself comfortable and click read more.