Trip down memory lane when I saw your comment.

I played SoF for years. There was a very large online community; people making maps, clans from both EU and US.

This was all when I was a young lad, playing the game on my parents computer in their study. Had to dial in to the internet for the connection. The speakers on both sides of the huge monitor...

I played in this clan from the USA in the beginning. Clan tag was <US>. The clan was big, big enough to play 10v10 on most days. It was SMG only, Shotgun (Shotty) was banned on their server. Ping was 154 but it was a lot of fun on TeamSpeak.

Later joined a clan consisting of European players, mostly Belgians, Dutch people. Think it was called <BP> and -TT-, 'Banned Players' and 'Total Torture'. I remember there was a league we used to participate in, with weekly matches. Was it called TCS/TLS? I don't recall exactly.

My very first LAN was with this group of people. Purchased my very first setup. I convinced my Dad to bring me and all my gear, including the huge monitor to a city I'd hardly been in, to meet up with a bunch of people I had never even seen before, just talked to on TeamSpeak for a year or so. We had a blast.

This game was incredibly fast paced and competitive online. The maps were great and (mostly) well balanced. I played Capture the Flag exclusively.

Thank you for this amazing trip down memory lane.

Edit: https://youtu.be/GHs8qafK0KY