Battlefield 3: Official Xbox Clan: The IRL Clan (Mod Warning Post 158)

TheMooseInNam

Due to the long standing popularity of the original Battlefield Bad Company 2 IRL Clan thread it was brought to my attention today that it's probably time for this forum to have a new Battlefield 3 IRL Clan Thread.

Due to the fact that the IRL Clan has been officially recognised by Microsoft and was born here on the Boards.ie Xbox Forum, I believe this thread has the right to exist on this forum in it's own right, seperate from the general gaming forum.

The purpose of this thread will be for discussing all things clan related with regards to Battlefield 3, just like the original thread did with Bad Company 2.

Anyone interested in getting involved with the community, post on here, introduce yourself and a clan member will talk you through the membership process.

FAILSAFE 00

Here is a copy of our Clan Mission Statement

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Mission statement:

We, here at the IRL Clan, offer a community of like minded gamers that appreciate honest, friendly gaming above all else.

Clan Rules:

* You must pledge allegiance to Royal 1rish as the monarch of the clan. He is our glorious leader

* We respect ALL players, members and non-members alike (yes, even Shoveltooth).

* We do not hack, cheat or boost.

* To qualify for membership, you must have played with at least three members and receive their approval for membership.

* When possible, all members must use the clan tag IRL for identification purposes.

* A fair system will be adopted when entering clan matches, so everyone receives the opportunity to compete.

* There is no activity requirement to be a member. If you are going to take a break for a while please post and let us know.

* We do not instigate or insult other clans.

* You must have a mic available for use, we're a sociable bunch of people and hate being ignored

Clan History and Background:

Our clan started on the 11th March, 2010, when our glorious leader, Royal 1rish, started a thread on boards.ie looking to start a clan. The initial post was as follows:

"Battlefield BC2 Irish Clan"

"Your country needs YOU"

"Anyone want to join an Irish clan on Battlefield BC2 Xbox360 with the clan tag (IRL)."

"These online war games are a lot more fun when your doing proper team work and communicating on where the tango's are hiding."

Almost immediately, the clan swelled with Irish gamers from the boards forum. Although in the beginning it was only meant to be a Battlefield Bad Company 2 clan, it has evolved and branched out into other FPS games and other genres. It's also important to point out that we do not restrict membership to only Irish players, however, it's important to remember that one of the benefits of the clan is that we all live relatively close to each other on a global scale, which helps the online experience for everyone.

Over the first few months, with new members coming and going, it became obvious to the core members that the clan was quite unique. Members consisted of all ages but had similar attitudes towards gaming. This provided the community with a perfect place to build from with a solid membership of friendly, mature minded gamers who appreciated the fun factor of playing with people that you know.

The Clan has always had a fairly open door policy for new members. We believe that it's the quality of the gamer, not his gaming ability that makes for good members. It's the banter and craic that's most important to us, however, don't be mislead into thinking we aren't accomplished players. As a clan, when duty calls, we rally together and "God help" all those who stand in our way.

Due to the growth of our community on the Boards website, we finally decided to launch our own dedicated website and forum. We look forward to the further success of the community, victory in competitive play and continuing enjoyment for everyone involved.

Royal Irish

Nobody has ever pledged allegiance to me before. How come am only hearing about this now?

Cheers Moose and Failsafe for getting the BF3 thread for IRL members and possible new members started.

You's both make it sound so serious, when really all thats needed is a working Mic for your xbox and be able to have abit of craic.

Hopefully we will be able to have plenty of nights gaming on BF3 with two full teams of Irish players like the good old days on Bad Company 2.

jambofc

gt is jambodavo,add a few of us on the list at the end of moose's post and some of the regulars will enjoy welcoming you

garv123

Moose it would be a good idea to keep a list of players who play bf3 so new peoples can add them. Since you with all your mighty power now you'll be able to keep it updated:p
The usual rule of they add us can still apply.
They make a post with their GT letting us know and they add us.
What ye think?

Presume we'll all be playing hardcore still too?

TheMooseInNam

garv123 wrote: »

Moose it would be a good idea to keep a list of players who play bf3 so new peoples can add them. Since you with all your mighty power now you'll be able to keep it updated:p
The usual rule of they add us can still apply.
They make a post with their GT letting us know and they add us.
What ye think?

Presume we'll all be playing hardcore still too?

Sounds good. I'll edit my initial post to add the most active members at the end of it... tomorrow... I've a beta to play tonight

tony1980

Good stuff Moose and Failsafe, I should be on myself tonight for a few games, haven't been on in a few days, starting to get withdrawel symtoms

canister94

Add me fairly decent player have a mic on most nights.Would like to play a bit of beta with some people rather than on my own.
gt eptic topspinz

Wooden Jesus

Should be on myself for a few games later.
Hope we can have 2 full Irish squads in the full game, will be great craic 2 parties playing eachother

garv123

canister94 wrote: »

Add me fairly decent player have a mic on most nights.Would like to play a bit of beta with some people rather than on my own.
gt eptic topspinz

the rule is You add us :P
Add TheMooseInNam he said he'll be on tonight. send a message saying from boards and try get into a game with him which is impossible

Wooden Jesus

canister94 wrote: »

Add me fairly decent player have a mic on most nights.Would like to play a bit of beta with some people rather than on my own.
gt eptic topspinz

Add some lads from here http://www.irlclan.net/members/
Then join in on a few games

canister94

perfect i might go on now

TheMooseInNam

I'm on the beta now and will be for another hour or so.

Trying to join in with Failsafe, Royal, Izambard and Jambo but it's taking ages :rolleyes:

deco nate

i joined in a game yesterday,and lo and behold...i was on your team!!!
you didnt say a word,played 2 games with you,and won both.we all played as a team..no cod bs...and then you and someone else off fecked off.lost the next 3 games cos of cod playing types:mad:.

note, it may have been that some people had problems with live.
i myself,did'nt see any problems with it.
yesterday or today.:pac:

Raze_them_all

deco nate wrote: »

i joined in a game yesterday,and lo and behold...i was on your team!!!
you didnt say a word,played 2 games with you,and won both.we all played as a team..no cod bs...and then you and someone else off fecked off.lost the next 3 games cos of cod playing types:mad:.

note, it may have been that some people had problems with live.
i myself,did'nt see any problems with it.
yesterday or today.:pac:

We run in private parties dude, We never use in game chat unless there's a problem with party.

deco nate

Raze_them_all wrote: »

We run in private parties dude, We never use in game chat unless there's a problem with party.

ahh,right i see.
cheers for the info.
but..in bf3 you can only hear your team?ie the 4 of ye.bloody
rude fookers!:pac::p:o
note: its just what i read online.
super8 dude does not clam this as the be all,nor end all
nor do i wish to be sued:pac:
phew....got away with that one:)

Ravage1616

deco nate wrote: »

ahh,right i see.
cheers for the info.
but..in bf3 you can only hear your team?ie the 4 of ye.bloody
rude fookers!:pac::p:o
note: its just what i read online.
super8 dude does not clam this as the be all,nor end all
nor do i wish to be sued:pac:
phew....got away with that one:)

Set up a private party and you can hear who's ever in it not just your squad!

TheMooseInNam

deco nate wrote: »

i joined in a game yesterday,and lo and behold...i was on your team!!!
you didnt say a word,played 2 games with you,and won both.we all played as a team..no cod bs...and then you and someone else off fecked off.lost the next 3 games cos of cod playing types:mad:.

note, it may have been that some people had problems with live.
i myself,did'nt see any problems with it.
yesterday or today.:pac:

You were on my squad? What's your GT?

Raze is spot on, I'm nearly always in a party when playing BC2/BF3 with other clan members. We might not always be in the same squad but we'll still work together when on the same team.

The problems start when we oppose each other... it generally turns into a bloody brawl of knife wielding and cunning tactics

Anyway, I hope I represented the community well. Next time you're on, jump into the party chat and introduce yourself.

That reminds me, I really need to clean out my friends list. Anyone knoiw if we're getting a larger friends list in the upcoming update? 100 just doesn't cut the mustard anymore

Raze_them_all

deco nate wrote: »

ahh,right i see.
cheers for the info.
but..in bf3 you can only hear your team?ie the 4 of ye.bloody
rude fookers!:pac::p:o
note: its just what i read online.
super8 dude does not clam this as the be all,nor end all
nor do i wish to be sued:pac:
phew....got away with that one:)

nope, we run a party of 8. Instead of one squad you get 2 playing together, with 8 players on the same wave length you'll win the vast majority of the time.

TheMooseInNam wrote: »

You were on my squad? What's your GT?

Raze is spot on, I'm nearly always in a party when playing BC2/BF3 with other clan members. We might not always be in the same squad but we'll still work together when on the same team.

The problems start when we oppose each other... it generally turns into a bloody brawl of knife wielding and cunning tactics

Anyway, I hope I represented the community well. Next time you're on, jump into the party chat and introduce yourself.

That reminds me, I really need to clean out my friends list. Anyone knoiw if we're getting a larger friends list in the upcoming update? 100 just doesn't cut the mustard anymore

I delete anyone I've not played with in 3 months. Think i deleted 22 ppl recently, M1ju might even be gone!

garv123

deco nate wrote: »

i joined in a game yesterday,and lo and behold...i was on your team!!!
you didnt say a word,played 2 games with you,and won both.we all played as a team..no cod bs...and then you and someone else off fecked off.lost the next 3 games cos of cod playing types:mad:.

note, it may have been that some people had problems with live.
i myself,did'nt see any problems with it.
yesterday or today.:pac:

As raze said and dont hesitate to join the party and introduce yourself. And if you havent played battlefield before its only squad chat, so you can only talk to 3 people unless you are in a party.

DermotOH

Was playing with some of the IRL lads today.. some good craic
Derm

DARK-KNIGHT

MR BASHER reporting for duty

TheMooseInNam

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

MR BASHER reporting for duty

Look at that! A new war starts and the old warriors come crawling out of the woodwork

Don't forget to limber up first, Dark, wouldn't want you pulling a muscle or breaking a hip!

Raze_them_all

TheMooseInNam wrote: »

Look at that! A new war starts and the old warriors come crawling out of the woodwork

Don't forget to limber up first, Dark, wouldn't want you pulling a muscle or breaking a hip!

Irony. This man sees it and chooses to ignore it!

Korvanica

Raze_them_all wrote: »

Irony. This man sees it and chooses to ignore it!

They can help each other limber up...:D

Looking forward to seeing this thread on the front page of the Xbox forum a few years down the line ...

5 More glorious days of Beta, then a horrible 18 day wait....

EDIT: Mosse the link to the BC2 thread in the OP is broken.. Pfft, some mod you are. (you forgot the ":")

TheMooseInNam

Raze_them_all wrote: »

Irony. This man sees it and chooses to ignore it!

I was expecting a retort more along the lines of pot/kettle, so the irony hasn't escaped me, don't worry :P

Five days of the beta left

Twenty three till release

That's an eighteen day vacuum of staring at the dashboard, controller in hand with nothing to do

TheMooseInNam

Korvanica wrote: »

EDIT: Mosse the link to the BC2 thread in the OP is broken.. Pfft, some mod you are. (you forgot the ":")

Fixed it, I had doubled up the http part, thanks for that. I'll be sure to point out your infallibility the next time you make an innocent mistake

PS. Who's Mosse?

Korvanica

TheMooseInNam wrote: »

Fixed it, I had doubled up the http part, thanks for that. I'll be sure to point out your infallibility the next time you make an innocent mistake

PS. Who's Mosse?

touché

cycocycle

TheMooseInNam wrote: »

Who's Mosse?

Thats one of the less offensive names we call you when youre not around. I.E. when youre off slagging console gamers with your new PC Gaming friends.;)

shoveltooth

Raze_them_all wrote: »

I delete anyone I've not played with in 3 months. Think i deleted 22 ppl recently, M1ju might even be gone!

Miju is long gone :pac:

Not The Real Scarecrow

Bit off topic but any of the irl clan play gow3 or is it just battlefield?

Royal Irish

Yeah a few of the lads play GOW3 along with plenty of other games, including CoD's, RPG's, FIFA and more.

I will post up on the GOW thread on our clan website that someone from boards is looking for a few games and send them over here.

Not The Real Scarecrow

Royal Irish wrote: »

Yeah a few of the lads play GOW3 along with plenty of other games, including CoD's, RPG's, FIFA and more.

I will post up on the GOW thread on our clan website that someone from boards is looking for a few games and send them over here.

Cheers for that man;)

muppetkiller

I should be back playing again guys although probably changing my gamertag to something from Galwaydave to something witty and original

Royal Irish

I have been thinking of changing my gamertag to IHateTactLights.

Korvanica

Royal Irish wrote: »

I have been thinking of changing my gamertag to IHateTactLights.

DO IT..

Im sure the opposing teams will take your hate into consideration.. in the form of 12 tactical flash lights. :rolleyes: (is it 12 or 16 per team in the final game ? )

Anyone working the 28th thinking of taking it off ?

fergalharrison

Meatwad wrote: »

Bit off topic but any of the irl clan play gow3 or is it just battlefield?

A few of us will prob be playing gears when the beta ends, horde mostly. we've got a couple of weeks to fill in until bf3 is released.
Bandit8310 is my gt,
you can add me with boards.ie msg and join any session in progress

@korvanica
have de day booked off a long while ago, midnight thursday to monday....bitching weekend o' gaming

cycocycle

Korvanica wrote: »

Anyone working the 28th thinking of taking it off ?

Working 12hr shift 28th and 29th on days and 30th and 31st on nights!
No holidays left to take!:(

combat5

hi lads
as i have been out of battlefield for sometime i wound be happy if you could find it in your hearts to accept me in to the clan AGAIN

Royal Irish

Whats your gamertag ?

combat5

Royal Irish wrote: »

Whats your gamertag ?

I am friends with you it's brokensniper10

garv123

combat5 wrote: »

I am friends with you it's brokensniper10

I do have your shiny tags

combat5

I do have your shiny tags [/Quote]
I have your shiny tags too )

TheMooseInNam

Ok, so the open beta test is now finished and we have 17 days until release day.

Dice have issued press releases confirming that the vast majority of issues that the beta had are actually fixed on the release version.

Having also played the PC beta with the alternative map, I have to say that I can't wait to play the full game.

For those of you that were disappointed with how linear the Metro map was, trust me when I say that the Caspian map is anything but linear and is exactly what anyone coming from BC2 would want to see in the game.

Roll on release day!

Korvanica

Agreed, caspian is class. Its huge on PC (will probably be smaller on consoles). My rig could barely run it on lowest settings possible :9 so i didnt get a proper game. Got to drive around in a jeep for ages though, somehow managing to avoid the enemy rockets/tanks and jets !.. Great fun..

They should have left the vehicle on Operation Metro for the BETA..

17 days... to get everything productive i need to do for the next 6 months done...

DARK-KNIGHT

Waves at failsafe as he sits counting shoveltooths tags

dunworth1

this thread has gone on for too long without me posting

shoveltooth

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Waves at failsafe as he sits counting shoveltooths tags

Pfft I have more of failsafes tags than he has of mine :rolleyes:
This thread will become dormant until the 28th of October I reckon

naughto

ya but your a tool and he isent

Raze_them_all

naughto wrote: »

ya but your a tool and he isent

Such a tool. Did we ever decide if we can chuck people out of the clan? :pac:

Royal Irish

Back in the early days of Black Ops we kicked someone out. But not really kicked out, we just deleted him from our friends lists. It was the right thing to do because he must have been about 12. It wouldnt be fair to expose his innocent ears to some of the stuff I come out with and thats not even taking what Izambard comes out with into consideration. Even I feel too innocent for that.

Any chucking out has to be a unanimous decision by all clan members.