Breaking Point
This week we have come across a really great idea. It's a Tour of Duty Tournament for COD2.
It's called BREAKING POINT and it is an interesting alternative for players who do not want to join clans but love team play.
The COD2 player can join the Axis or Allied powers and fight in a Western Europe, Eastern Europe and African front. You can re-live history with the Allies or rewrite it with the Axis!
It's called BREAKING POINT and it is an interesting alternative for players who do not want to join clans but love team play.
The COD2 player can join the Axis or Allied powers and fight in a Western Europe, Eastern Europe and African front. You can re-live history with the Allies or rewrite it with the Axis!
Tim (Wally) Walters and Andy (Alt+F4) Jensen, college students, have organized this tournament. They came up with the idea in October of 2005, and they announced the tournament to the public in December of the same year.
Five tournament admininstrators and four advisors help Tim and Andy keep tabs on this mammoth undertaking.
The two organizers had played in somewhat similiar tournaments before (Axis vs. Allies) but the tour of duty concept is unique and was specifically created for them by their admins. Their really slick website was designed and created by their Graphic Team leader Madskillz, and Alt+F4
The gameplay is fairly simply. The Axis and Allies square off in battles that are played on Thursday and Sundays. Each battle is 6 hours and 9 hours respectively. These battles decide on who gains control over terrain in specific territories.
The Axis and Allies are grouped into divisions. Officers and NCO's are picked to command the troops. You can effectively move up through the ranks as the Tour of Duties move on. Troops are rewarded medals for a variety of actions performed in and out of battles.
Commanders-in-Chief for the Axis and Allies bid on which city to attack and are assigned a good mix of custom and stock maps to fight on: S&D, CTF, HQ (rifles only) and the newly added HTF and last team standing.
The tournament has about 250 registered players who have participated in this tour of duty, with many logging over 3 days of time played. It costs about $3 for 12 weeks play if you pick a side. If you select a random side it's free to play.
The campaign lasts about 10 weeks.
Breaking point is down to its last couple of weeks for Tour of Duty 1, with the Germans now in the lead.
Check out their website on www.bpcod2.com. Their servers are located in New Jersey.
There is a must watch trailer for this site (it's about 100 Mb).
