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Welcome to the Blackhats

The Black Hats’ online gaming community is dedicated to providing a mature and friendly experience for everyone who visits our servers or website. Our members currently participate in multiple types of online games, including FPS, MMORPGs, racing simulators and sports games.

About _-=BH=-_
Originally started 2002 as a gaming clan it was later decided that winning at all costs and recruiting based solely on ability was not the way to have a successful and long lasting organization. Skill level is still something that is looked at but the main requirement to be invited into the BH community was changed and is now based on maturity level.
Here, all members have a voice and can make productive recommendations on how to improve the community as a whole.

We do not care what sex or race you are. Our goal is to provide escape from lifes' drama with gaming, comedy and camaraderie. The Blackhats have been together for so many years because we understand that although specific games come and go... clans are about people and friendships. We will always strive to be the “ONE CLAN TO RULE THEM ALL”.

History behind the name
The Black Hat Brigade was a division in the Mid-West during the American Civil War. They were called this due to the large black Hardee Hats that they wore into battle. They would be later called the Iron Brigade because they "stood like Iron" in the face of withering enemy fire.

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The Black Hats have their own Blog! All news updates will be posted on the blog. Get the latest news on the clan, upcoming games, hardware and much more. Check it out at

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Remote Administration interface for BFBC2 PC

A lot of people are asking about server administration. What's up there?

A little background
Since the Frostbite engine had not yet been used for any PC titles, there had been no need for advanced server administration tools. BFBC2 PC changed that however.
There was a sort of "server console" thing, but it was intended for developer use only. Something easier to use and more stable was necessary when we came closer to release it to the PC users.

So what are we doing?
We are creating a separate command console, which is stable, and where the commands will not change. This will be the Remote Administration interface for BFBC2 PC. BF2 console commands have been a good source of inspiration

The Remote Administration interface is accessible over a network port on the game server.

While we ensure that there is a solid administration interface, we are not creating any fancy tools. Why not? Because the community will do a much better job! RSPs have already been using the interface for weeks, and several people are working on user friendly tools. We will continue to improve the protocol with functions that are necessary to make good tools.

When Closed Beta Server R5 (yes, we have already patched the game servers 3 times. I love our new patching system) is released, the RSPs will be allowed to expose the Remote Administration interface on their servers to the public... and we will publish the FULL protocol specification. You have my word on that.

Stay tuned.