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Thursday Night Throwdown 08/05: Battlefield: Bad Company 2

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You won't smell very clean by the time it's all over.

Do you like the visceral drama of a modern military setting? Do you like hearing soldiers shout and curse in multiple languages? Perhaps most importantly, do you like pretending to shoot guys in the face? Then tonight's the night, as we'll be playing some Battlefield: Bad Company 2 from 4PM to 6PM Pacific Daylight Time on this week's Thursday Night Throwdown!
  
If you want to get in on some of the Conquest, Rush, Squad Rush, and maybe even a little Onslaught action tonight, you can send us a friend request to GBTNT on the Xbox 360, or just join us on our dedicated BC2 server on the PC, which you can find on the in-game server browser as "Giant Bomb/Tested Slamma Jamma Super Happy Fun Time." If you'd rather just kick back and relax, you can watch the live video stream below or chat it up on Giant Bomb's official Justin.tv channel, which we'll be pulling questions from during the broadcast.  
 
UPDATE: Show's over folks! Thanks to everyone who suffered from my helicopter piloting. If you missed it live, you can watch the archived version below.
 
  


   
  

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 and it's over
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YES! I WAS KILLED BY JEFF and you could totally see my name MR.BUBBLE5

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Edited By Baal_Sagoth

Woohoo! Didn't expect PC BC2 but it was fucking great. Also I achieved my life's goal of being on TNT as a player :)
Need some sleep now though its 3am over here.

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So pissed I missed the first 40 minutes.

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was fun,  was in the first game for the PC portion.  They booted us too quickly though :(   since we were already halfway through the match.

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Edited By Downandout

OK blew up jeff or ryans tank with a UAV, and knifed norm in the face twice I think that night was rather productive =D gg to all who played was awesome.

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Yikes! These TNT's finish in the UK @ 2 am!

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Lol, first part was hilarious

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Edited By Gaughan

Great TNT tonight, loved Ryan's playstyle. Thanks GB.

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How long do the crazy surface-of-Mars visuals last?
 
I don't know, but I need to find out!

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Amazing TNT!

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The first hour of xbox madness was great. Choppers FTW!

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Edited By LiquidPenguins

Well that was a lot of fun.

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Edited By captain_clayman

UGH I always miss these

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was in the second Xbox game on the opposing side :) Was just disappointed that the giantbomb community insta-left once the giantbomb crew moved onto PC. 

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That was a lot of fun. Great job guys.
 


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One of my favorite TNTs ever  I reckon. 

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Secret ending!

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Totally killed and was killed by Norm. Almost got Jeff while he was in a tank.

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I only got ot watch 20 mins of the TNT as it's morning here and I'd just woken up. DAMN! I wanted to play so bad! BF:BC2 PC someday again?
Please!   T__T

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@captain_clayman said:
" UGH I always miss these "
me too. Feel like crap, since I have this for the PC and didn't get up early enough.
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Killed (I think) Jeff 3 times. YES, I COUNTED AND I AM PROUD OF IT.

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I shot Ryan in the back, like a real man!

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@LiquidSwords said:
" Yikes! These TNT's finish in the UK @ 2 am! "
TNT's end at 4am, if you happend to live alittle further away. :/  I did manage to get in as a player, so it was worth it.
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Edited By Pkshields

Got in a little late, but that was crazy fun to watch tonight. Ryan's playstyle was unrivaled as usual!

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...Those first 20 seconds of the archived footage are all that I'll be seeing as I sleep tonight.

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Just need to say that, the first 20 seconds of the 2nd archived video shows me Knifing Jeff in the back. 
 
Pretty much made my day.

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Anyone else having sound trouble with the archives?

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 I LOVE BEING ON TOP OF EXPLODING TANKS
 I LOVE BEING ON TOP OF EXPLODING TANKS
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@ThePhantomnaut said:
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 I LOVE BEING ON TOP OF EXPLODING TANKS
 I LOVE BEING ON TOP OF EXPLODING TANKS
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Hey I remember that, good times... good times.
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The fuck. when did this happen? NO ONE TOLD ME!

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Damn I thought this was 360 only so I went back to sleep.

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I got to play in this one, yay. 
It sucks that they kicked the whole server though.... we all played for about an hour and then the GB crew played with us for 10 mins, and then we all get kicked and they play about another hour -_-

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good stuff. After watching all that gameplay footage, I may be down for putting away MW2 for a bit and picking up BC2.

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Damn woke up super early just for this, got into the 2nd game but was kicked on the 360, was hoping to get another invite but noooo. 
 
 
Next time!

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OH GOD RYAN'S HORRIBLE FACE! 
 
Holy crap, Ryan's method of playing Battlefield is amazing. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at watching videogame footage before. Ryan, you truly are the commanding officer of Worst Company.

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Damn this was a really good one.  Keep up the good work!

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The most funny TNT yet...

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Great TNT

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Non-sequitor marathon!

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God damn! They even read my Gamertag out and said it was cool, but I couldn't join cause that bloody 500mb update was only at 61%. 
 
Ah well, thanks for the shoutout GB!

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That was just Batman Bananas.
 
Especially when that tank blew up. Good times.

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@bluesun said:
" That was just Batman Bananas. Especially when that tank blew up. Good times. "
That and the, "If I can't have it nobody can" exploding helicopter take-off.  
Have to agree with most people here that the first hour on the 360 was by far the funniest TNT on record.  
I may just watch it again... 4 teh lulz (you see what I did there?)
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I laughed pretty hard when Vinny talked about Vancouver.
Also I wasn't going to stalk Brad while he was up here in Canada but now that I know Drew is with him...

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@danimal_furry said:
" Sorry Vigo. It is funny. Hahahahahahahahaha! "
Haha, no problem man, I found it hilarious myself :)
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What the?! I can't believe I missed this.

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Anyone else offended by kessler's remark about the japanese?

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DAMMIT! The week you finally play the one multiplayer game i play ALOT and i'm working away all week. though my housemate said you were plagued with server problems on the 360, he got some invites but couldn't get in the game apparently. Oh well, at least i get to play the "Spot StingerMK2 in the friends list" game

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@ZmillA: it was a bit insensitive and you could definitely tell there was some awkward silence. but hey, i'm pretty sure it wasn't a comment that was meant to offend
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Kessler is young, cut him some slack, but I guess it was a bit out of line. Anyways... 
 
I thought the first half of the quick look was pretty amazing, the last half kinda sucked though. I hate Panama Canal on conquest.