Who are we?

We are an independent community of gamers from the UK and continental Europe. Some five years ago we decided to host our own game servers to ensure a fun and friendly gaming environment in which to play our favourite games. We've hosted many games along the way but currently, our dedicated servers host Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Team Fortress 2.

We are a community rather than a clan. This is an important distinction and appeals to many like-minded players. We do not have ranks, wear tags, enforce practice sessions or compete in gaming leagues (though we do play friendly matches with other communities).

We use privately funded Multiplay servers to host our games and although we are based in the UK, we see frequent visitors from Holland, France, Portugal, Austria, Denmark and Iceland. Up to a thousand players visit our servers daily and we have well over a hundred full community members in total, between the ages of 18 and 51.

How long have you been around?

We have been around since July 2002, starting off with a single MoH Allied Assault server called BarryServer - _PUBLIC NoSnowy NoRockets. After a brief spell with GameNet we then switched to Multiplay as our Gaming Service Provider. In December 2004, we changed our community domain name from www.mohdeathmatch.com to www.online-assault.com to reflect the wider range of games and game modes played. Since then, OA has gone from strength to strength.

Over the course of the last five years we've hosted many games, including Medal of Honor Allied Assault/Spearhead/Breakthrough, Call of Duty, United Offensive, Medal of Honor Pacific Assault, Counterstrike Source, Battlefield 2, Call of Duty 2, Day of Defeat Source, BF2 Special Forces, Battlefield 2142. Some titles endured longer than others but all have been great fun. We've recently moved to Call of Duty 4 and Team Fortress 2.

Administration

We currently have over fifty active player admins, monitoring our servers to ensure they are free from cheaters and disruptive players. The admin team is recruited exclusively from the wider Online-Assault community by invitation. We adopt a fairly firm stance and remain resolute about ejecting the few trouble makers who try to ruin everyone else's gaming experience. For a current listing of our admins, members and visitors check out the community page.

Feedback

Please direct any queries and/or feedback about the servers, forum or web site to admin@online-assault.com. Throughout July and August we will be celebrating our 5th anniversary so come along and check out the public events.

Happy fragging!

DribbleSack
November 2007