Thanks for the help everyone. I checked the website later on in the day yesterday and was able to buy it for the $5 price.  I will download the DLC this weekend.

Are there any plans to have a BF3 tournament at the next LAN by chance?

Thanks for the heads up, Dave. You may be right that the DLC discount may only apply if you already have the game, that makes sense. I will check their website later today to see if BF3 was voted as the $5 game.

Sorry for my griping, I was just a little frustrated after trying several times different ways and coming up short.

Just logged into my Origin client and got the same result for both the BF3 Close Quarters DLC (invalid promo code) and the price of BF3 being $19.99.  I read on someone's blog they heard from the E3 conference that the special would be available until June 18 or 19th, as well, so I don't think it would have expired, but I could be wrong.

Has anyone else had a problem with this?

I am going to try this through my Origin client and see if it works that way.  I was trying this my going to their website and logging in online previously.

That $5 price and dlc content must be for premium members or something because I logged into my origin account and it says it's $19.99.

Oh well...

I just tried using it on Origin, and it said "invalid promo code."

Is there a different location to use this?

Renegade, do you have a link for this by chance?

Is that the download only version?

*Correction: 2G of RAM in the Dell GX260.

I also have an HP xw4200 Workstation w/ no hard drive I will throw into the mix.

I have an old Dell desktop tower that we used as a home family computer. It's old and will make a great useless paperweight for some lucky person out there. :-)  I also have a flatscreen monitor to go with it and a few other items:

Dell Optiplex GX260 Desktop Tower
- Pentium 4 2.8ghz cpu
- 1 G RAM
- Nvidia 256mb graphics card
- DVD rom
- Windows XP Professional Dell Recovery CD
- Dell 19" UltraSharp Flat Screen Monitor
- HP & generic keyboards, roller-ball mouse
- Pentium 4 1.8ghz cpu

$75 for the whole kit a kaboodle, but I will consider offers for individual items, if you're inclined to be ornery. The flatscreen and the Dell go together, so I won't consider separating them. They're in love, you know how it is.

Thanks for your time and cooperation.

Coolio. Thanks.

I wasn't sure where to post this, but I was curious if we are allowed to bring items with us to the upcoming LAN to sell (games, pc parts, etc.) as was the case at previous LAN's?

Tempting. Very tempting.

As one of those noobs you've referred to, i can say that i'm never the person who wins a match for my team. I try not to be the first out, but i know my place, and it's to be the human shield, walking around the corner first to get the grenade thrown at me, and save the rest of my team.

Agreed that one good player on a team can make a big enough difference. I've only won tourneys because of those good people.

LOL, Good point.  I suck rocks at most of the games we play, anyways, so I am usually the first one out my own self.

I hear ya. TD and DOM are great, and your points regarding the static nature of the checkpoints in DOM I agree with. However, you can make the same kind of argument with SD regarding the issue with new or inexperienced players not knowing what to do. In SD, it is doubly a problem, because you don't re-spawn until the next round, which can be problematic if more experienced players are left behind to try and outlast while the other team picks them off one by one.

The primary question for me regarding each mode is not whether team-work is an option; you can make that argument for all of the game modes and vice-versa. To me the question is are you more or less likely to win with or without teamwork in that game mode?

In TD, for example, you could have an entire team of noobs and one experienced player, and if all the noobs run around trying to hotdog it and get eliminated, the experienced player is the only one left. Now, he may be skilled enough to still win if he is smart and takes his time, but it's LESS likely for him to win, because he has lost all his team mates and the other team who may have most or all of their team still intact can now close in on him, if they are all working together. If the noobs re-spawn and figure out that they have to work together now, they might just be able to turn the tables and help the more experienced player turn the tide and end up winning, but it's a gamble.

In SD mode, let's say it's the same team. All noobs on one side with one experienced player. So the noobs run around spraying and end up killing let's say a couple or a few of the other team, but the noobs again are all eliminated leaving the more experienced player by himself. With no re-spawn, all the noobs are put until the next round, but so are the guys from the other team that were eliminated, too.  If the more experienced player plays it smart, he might be able to pick off the remaining team players one by one as they come to him, and since they don't re-spawn, with each elimination, it lessens the odds against him. So it's not AS LIKELY that he will lose without teamwork.

That's all.  I wasn't trying to say that team-work isn't used or needed in one mode over another; I'm just saying teamwork makes it more likely for you to win in certain modes more so than others; in this case SD versus HQ or TD or DOM.