What was the player cap in MW1? I never play competitive multi so I have no idea, but I need the info for my continued Steam forum antagonizing.
Well I see at least one machine @ 64 players and a bunch in the 24-40 range:
http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?search=boycott
According to Grant Collier, MW1 producer, there is no hard-limit built into servers for the game. Interestingly, he left IW for an Activision job after MW1 and did not work on MW2. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMfTR8PBrsE
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Here's a little clarity. Robert Bowling, IW Creative Strategist and a central figure of the current MW2 fiasco, boasts a rather pathetic PC games collection next to the hundreds of console titles he owns:
http://www.fourzerotwo.com/?page_id=176
(The PC section is at the bottom of the list. Don't scroll too fast or you'll miss it completely.)
Perhaps this plays into the huge disconnect between him/IW and the PC CoD customer base over MW2? Hard to tell. Even if he completely understands the current PC gamer outrage, his job is to publicly promote/defend IW's 'line' at all costs.