About Our Gaming Community

ZPG members are all good friends from all over the US, Canada & Norway that get along in our Team Speak server and enjoy BF2 as well as many other games together on-line. We would rather squad up in what ever game it might be and tear it up on line than sit in front of the TV after work like a sea slug sucking moss off rocks! We don't allow hackers in our ranks and we screen new applicants for thick or thin skin and good gaming habits before anyone is accepted into the member's ranks. In other words if your abrasive that's fine but if you can't respect and get along with other members we can't have you in our ranks.

Our members are over 18 and under 65 many are vets many are not. Overall everyone respects each other's ability to agree or disagree. Our dues are optional and pay for our operational overhead and keep the gears greased and gas in our armor. More information about membership can be found on our Pay Pal page. We are always seeking new members that have the desire to work as a team, squad work is important and it makes a huge difference in how much fun you have on-line!

ZPG members where originally a gathering of players that met on the beach (Omaha Beach BF1942 DC -TDM) or on our (BF1942 Coral Sea Server) regularly to do battle with each other and to join forces to annihilate anyone that landed on our beach or ship! Most of us became good friends in extreme gaming combat, and remain good friends in Teamspeak and chat to this day. That was over 7 years ago now!

We ran our own public 1942 DCF and BFV-POE servers and they became extremely popular. The "ZPG MEATGRINDER" was our most popular server. We ran many custom server side mods on 1942 DCF and BFV-POE 4.4 including some custom ZPG map packs thanks to our in house ZPG modding team.

With the release of BF2 things changed with the new ranking system. We could only run un-ranked servers on our primary leased corporate server box in Dallas Texas. Unranked servers are not very popular due to everyone wanting to gain the next weapon unlocks etc. We surveyed our senior members and agreed to all chip in and purchase a ranked server on a month to month basis. We gave it the same name as prior successful ZPG servers “ZPG MEATGRINDER”. For the last 4 years we have run BF2-SF ranked servers, BF2 & 2142 ranked servers and we have gone for months at a time with no ranked server and just enjoyed invading other servers in force and inflicting dominating victory's upon our hosts. We are currently back to building our own bank of ranked server and need new members to help grow our community.

In late 2009 we went back to the battlefield 2 basics, we purchased a 32 slot ranked BF2 server, we have profiled this server from observing other successful servers we all enjoy gaming on. We are running the server in infantry only mode with a few basic and specific rules set in stone. Within 30 days our new server model is populated 90% of the time with brutal I/O street fighting underway. Due to this servers popularity we have voted to expand the Bloody Peal to 40 slots. We are also running a new Bad Company 2 Ranked server 32 slots, it was launched the week of the game launch for our members moving into BC2 FPS game play.

Membership Information

ZPG Grunts

Entry level access for those wishing to support our servers with quality game play, no dues required you run the ZPG tags with no wings. You have first access to enter the server when it's full by requesting one of our admins for access in TeamSpeak. When you wear our tags you represent us in our server so any less than respectable game play will result in the same disciplinary actions as anyone else in the server. It is recommended you be in Teamspeak during the game, you might be asked to watch a player from time to time that is causing problems for our admins. To be a ZPG Grunt you have to be registered in our Teamspeak server and on our forums. You cannot let anyone use your game profile while the ZPG tags are in place. This will result in an end to your status.

=ZPG= Members (Full Membership) Month to month

ZPG members pay monthly dues [$12 monthly] to support our server rentals and administrative costs, this rate is based upon .50 cents a day. Members get server priority on our own ranked servers while running our full members tags and have an active vote and input on our servers settings and rules. We hold membership meetings to discuss these operations as the need arises. There are other perks discussed during new member debriefings. You will see our Tips and Tricks section on the forum for BF2 and BC2 as well as many other members areas. You cannot let anyone use your game profile while the ZPG tags are in place. This will result in an end to your status. [This rank qualifies you to be trained as a in game admin if you seek the responsibility].

=ZPG=S - Senior Members (Full Membership)

ZPG Senior Members & Team Speak Admins, Web site Admins and Forum Moderators, systems programmers. game server Admins DBA's, They have access to maintain and update and manage these services. These guys are the life blood of ZPG and keep the place alive and in line with our rules and regulations. In order to archive this rank you have to be approved by current members at a ZPG members meeting. These guys have been with ZPG over a year or more to gain senior status. The dues are based on a .50 cents a day rate $12 a month dues.

=ZPG=A - Game Server Administrators

This is the highest rank you can achive at ZPG without being a founder or life time member , these guys have not had a break in service and have been leaders in all capacity's in game and in Team Speak or on the forums. This rank rides shotgun over all other ranks and gets wider access in all areas here at ZPG. Loyalty and consistency and level headedness are a few of the characteristics required to archive this rank.