id Software's John Carmack is mindful of the anger over Modern Warfare 2 dropping dedicated server support. That's why he's glad Infinity Ward is going first, because he plans to do the same thing with Rage.

"It's not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don't think we will have dedicated servers," he said, according to Variety. But he's glad "we won't have to be a pioneer on that. We'll see how it works out for everyone else."

News that Infinity Ward was dropping dedicated server support in favor of everyone playing online through its new matchmaking service IWNet touched, off, predictably, a petition-fueled backlash from a PC community that had long used dedicated servers to play Call of Duty games. Carmack, Variety said, indicated the felt the servers are a relic of PC gaming's early days.

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When nerds first heard this..

^ haha nice vid havnt seen that one in years!

OT: Why the hell are they removing dedicated servers! There is absolutely no reason to do so! Well no REAL reason anyways.

Nice! Another game I can put on the definitely not buy list.

Language Warning.

Steam is enabling it

Where is the steam hate

can someone explain a little more of the dedicated server/ not dedicated server pro and cons?

Wow, fuck IW.

I'm not interested in MW2, but the entire drama involving its servers has been lulz.

I was, however, really interested in Rage.

^ there are no pros for not having dedicated servers!

I was indeed interested in Rage, this cuts deep. This puts it right near the top of my "To Pirate" list without the dedicated server option.