I was reading through the Modern Warfare 2 specs that Brad had posted and As my eyes wandered down towards reactions and comments made by the GB community intrigued by what they will need to aquire or already have aquired and put to the test to play such a game. But after IW's decision as to no longer use dedicated servers, the backlash was huge. Now, I can understand people's problems with this. No mods, or having rules that YOU can create and I'm a little miffed at it too. I attend a Call of Duty 4 tournement occasionally at GamerBase, Manchester, England- they use something called "Mod Warfare." (Basically its a little mod which starts everyone at level 1, but has access to every weapon and perk- barring Martydom for fair usage. This means everyone has a perfect balance of chance of getting high up in the scoreboards.) I can see the no-mods rule and the such could effect peoples habits of playing this type of game. But I wasn't expecting over 100, 000 people to sign an online petition for such a silly thing. For all we know, Infinity Ward could edit the system in time for release or haven't released full details on it, keeping some away from the public. It could have a wide robust selection of options like in other games, acting like Dedicated Servers for your gaming needs. We don't know these things, all I'm saying, lets wait it out before outraging all over the place. And surely, it can't break the game for you- it can't possibly make you NOT want to play it what so ever. 
 
This system will banish cheating, and other problems caused within the COD4. Doesn't that sound good? A constant system which presumably makes matchmaking better for your skill level, and such, it should work flawlessly. And if IW do the right thing, they will build in a dedicated server like option to let LAN parties and such for the player's enjoyment. Let's see how this goes shall we, before we start blasting IW. Because at this moment in time, I'm in the middle on this situation. I'd like to see IW give players an option on what to do, but this new way of matchmaking could make playing a whole lot more fun. 
 
Now the following statement I'm am begging myself to not put down, as I know I'm going to get a hell of a lot of flack for it from anyone who actually decides to read it- and who is an avid PC gamer- but I'm going to put it down in a spoiler box.
 
- Lime.