Hey gang! This year I was fortunate enough to be invited to mod day at EA headquarters in Redwood City, CA.I spent a little time before and after the actual event in the area since I had business clients near EA, so I got to see a lot of cool things. After spending the last 6 months or so of working almost 30 hours a week on this mod, it was time to take a break and enjoy some fun at EA. Im not much of a journalist, so I will do my best to give insight on my trip in my own little way. Also, despite several requests for nude photos of myself, I had to keep it clean for obvious reasons, so sorry Rybot you will just have to keep waiting



Thursday 8/31 at 13:00-Met up with Rob aka Muhahahaha aka Spiderman for lunch, was the first time we met in person and we had a really great time chatting about modding and life. After that I had a relaxing time by the pool, and then started some QC work on my laptop. I was working away when I heard someone trying to get into my room! After being a bit concerned I ran to the door to see who it was. As it turns out Brent "whos your Daddy" Dady failed to mention that I would be rooming with someone else! Turns out I was rooming with CJ from XWW2 mod, and he was quite suprised at the arrangement as well. We chatted for a bit and went our separate ways, it was now time for dinner with Rob and his girlfriend. We had a great dinner, although I think Rob's girlfriend was about to shoot us for talking so much about modding! After dinner I was privelaged enough to meet some more guys from XWW2 and even met ROK/FirstStrikes very own Sven!




A little tip for everyone, when in the bay area of CA you prob wont get anything else on TV except for surfing! So we chatted at the bar for a bit and went to bed to prepare for our next days events. I went over my list of things to ask the Dice rep, and then went to bed. Friday 9/1 at 10:00, we all gathered in the lobby of the Sofitel Hotel where we stayed. We were then met by Brent Dady from EA, and we walked a couple of blocks to EA headquarters to have some fun.After a brief stop at the EA store, we were shown to the North Pole meeting room, where we were greeted by almost 40 pc's fitted with excellent performance technology.



We were asked to split up and find a seat, we soon took to "Doing the death" as I like to call it! Only minutes past before my first outburst of "thats BS"! I was well on my way at that point of learning some new maps and being submersed in a fairly bug free environment compared to the tuning beta. After some good hours of playtime we went and had lunch courtesy of EA, I had a good time eating with Spawndemon from TB2142 and StrangerthanFiction from Forgotten Hope mod. Spawn actually has a really good article on the Totalbf2142 website, so you guys should check it out! After lunch we went to another room where we had a Q&A session with Kristoffer Bergqvist from Dice in Sweden, hes the producer of 2142. Before leaving I had the team compile some questions for such an occasion so I wasnt shy about asking lots of questions.

Not all questions were answered but I did get some face time with Kris and asked him to take the mod community serious when we say, we need their support. I was encouraged to hear his comments about a special mod team for the community and we can only hope the live up to our expectation. Again Spawndemon has more info on their website. Next we were shown the new console game Bad Company,which at this point is very Hush Hush. Now back to doing what I do best, killing the bad guys! I had a really great squad, and the gameplay flowed really well.

After sore eyes and an aching neck set in, we decided to call it a day. We had our goodbyes to everyone and Brent handed out some kool gifts including this T-Shirt, which my wife has banned me from wearing:) .



That evening I went out with Rob (FSDEV|MUHAHAHA) , his girlfriend and Andy from Voodoo Extreme for dinner and a movie. We had a great time once again, it was saddening to say goodbye to new friends but it was time to get some sleep and prepare for our flight the next day. In closing, I would like to thank EA for allowing us this opportunity, and also to a great team I have at First Strike. You guys make me proud everyday. Thanks to xEROhOUR for designing a logo for me to put on some shirts for the event. Everyone liked the shirt and everyone had really good things to say about our mod including Kris from Dice. Keep your eyes on this mod people and keep up the encouraging words. We do this for you guys, so keep holding us up everyday!

Cheers guys! FSDEV|BLITZ