@sendpaws @david @phnt @raccoon @japananon @mischievoustomato It became more and more difficult to play with frens when the dynamic duo of 360/PS3 came out, and they were already matchmaking/global servers first platforms.

Sure, there was still LAN (As a second thought, with plenty problems on average), sure there were profiles/accounts/gamercards where you could build clubs of "friends", but the writing was on the wall already when you *had* to play in a big server with strangers to fill up the quota of 16/32 players, even if you actually managed to bring your whole squad along, nevermind going duo/trio.

I remember clear as day game site reviewers lamenting the death of LAN parties and users saying they were thrown into servers with weird Latinos/Eastern Europeans and having miserable experiences.