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AUSTRALIAN CULTURE-USE OF THE WORD 'BANANABENDER
Quote AI Overview Banana bender A "banana bender" is an Australian slang term for a person who lives in or is a native of the state of Queensland. The term is a humorous, sometimes derogatory, reference to the state’s large banana-growing industry, implying Queenslanders spend their time putting the bend into straight bananas. [1, 2, 3] Key Aspects of the Term: • Origin: The term dates back to at least 1937, with records confirming its use for Queenslanders by 1940. It stems from the stereotype of Queensland being "bananaland". • Context: It is largely considered an affectionate or funny nickname, rather than a deeply offensive insult. • Related Terms: Queensland is sometimes referred to as "bananaland" and the Queensland border as the "banana curtain". • Alternative Name: People from Queensland are also sometimes called "Bananalanders". [1, 2, 3] The term is widely recognized across Australia, particularly by residents of southern states referring to Queenslanders, and is a staple of Australian slang. [1, 2], EA forced an Australian using the tag: "Bananabender", to change their username, because some person decided to 'take offence' at the name. All I can say is EA did not research the meaning of 'bananabender.Search the Australian National University - School of Literature and Linguistics - Type in - bananabender'. It gives you this definition: banana bender A Queenslander. The term derives from the joking notion (as perceived from the southern states of Australia) that Queenslanders spend their time putting bends into bananas. An article from 15 July 1937 in the Queenslander provides a forerunner to the term when a man is asked by the Queen what his occupation is: "I'm a banana-bender". Further to enlighten her Majesty he explained that bananas grew straight on the trees, and so just before they ripened, his was the job to mount the ladder, and with a specialised twist of the wrist, put into the fruit the Grecian bend that was half its charm. The association of bananas with Queensland ('banana land') is based on the extensive banana-growing industry in tropical Queensland. The Queensland border has been called the Banana curtain and Brisbane has been called Banana city. Banana bender, in reference to a Queenslander, is first recorded in 1940 and is till commonly heard. 1964 D. Lockwood Up the Track: We are so close to Queensland that I think we should hop over the border. What do you say to a quick look at the banana-benders? 2011 Northern Star (Lismore) 11 July: Should the Matilda's [sic] have won last night or the Netball Diamonds see off New Zealand, Anna Bligh will doubtless claim it was due to the preponderance of banana benders in the squads or at the very least the result of a Gold Coast holiday during their formative years. EA - reinstate the player you banned. As a Queenslander (FYI for you Americans - Queensland is a state in Australia. Australia is an indepentant soverign country with our own culture) your decision insulted me and I want an apology!
Is there any way i could reset my account?
Progression is fun, and i know there is not going to be any atemps in inplementing any "Prestige" to encourage people to do everything all again. so, any way i could like, ask someone in EA to do a acount reset? (i have killed so many bots, my name is full of shame)
Spearhead
100 years ago, Lapland's legendary "Niagara of the Nordics" was destroyed to make way for a hydroelectric power plant - residents were given emergency instructions in case of a dam break Tuomas The flow of a waterfall located in Swedish Lapland decreased by 97 percent with the establishment of a power plant Spearhead is a map of Battlefield 2042, introduced in Escalation season on November 22nd, 2022. The map takes place somewhere in Sweden, featuring a large natural area and several automated "mega-factories" producing weapons and tools by a company named "Nordvik". "You may know Nordvik weapons. Perhaps you have one waiting in your locker right now. Their claims of being a neutral party are false. We've discovered that they are the primary artillery provider for the American offensive. Reconnaissance has narrowed down the location of the Nordvik factory to a remote Scandanavian [sic] mountain. But U.S. forces know we are coming. Dress for the cold. Once you pierce their defense, we will move in and support you." — Russian Briefing [Edit, EN only here please - CM]
[BF2042][Official Conquest] Received a magazine as in BF Hardline
It was an awesome surprise to me: On Casipan Border Conquest, while reloading my M16A3 with PB Heavy Suppressor attached, my Blasco received a magazine as in BF Hardline. Look as someone was throwing a mag to me, i catched it and reloaded the weapon. Sadly this surprisingly event was too quick to take a screenshot. Great stuff. Please add (and please re-add) more QoL into BF2042 :)
Breakthrough Chaos... Was good. Latest adaptation, No.
First let me say I can play well with whatever circumstances there are to deal with but I play with a lot of people who party with me for the assists I make with my squad and team. I play 96% breakthrough and make moderate kills, go suicidal to revive my squad and place t-ugs, insertion beacon and spawn beacons down as often as possible where most crucial as a Recon so my team can use the minimap. I play point guard and don't need a triple double to be happy, just assists. Breakthrough chaos has been awesome in the past with faster move speeds, some occasionally vehicle allowances per map, faster respawn times and so on. This newest adaptation however nerfs recon specialists massively. No proxy sensors, no T-ugs. Recon is left with spotting actively with Casper drone and Paik also active emg scanner which is minimal and puts Paik on the enemies minimap. Blasco's insertion beacon can be used but is paired well with a t-ugs in near vicinity for passive assists when kills are made by team within the disruption area. Every class has a clear and obvious ability that used right benefits the entire team, not just squad or themselves (talking to you medics who sniper with ammo packs all for yourself). Recon, aside from the sniper stability which is easily worked around by binding breath with aim down sight, is effective by providing the team with a populated minimap and has sensors specifically for this. I don't care for kills, or at least having the most. I are about supporting my usual party members or making things better for newer/non friend players while i play point guard and spot the map and drop spawn beacons where most effective while i get some kills and revives along the way. I cannot do this nearly as effectively especially at such fast paced movement and action while most still have all their abilities/gadgets. I can adapt if this was a permanent change but I see no reason why those who play a true recon has to be so limited while Rams zoom around blowing up half the sector before most can even respawn or even know what happened. If you're gonna nerf spotting gadgets and expect teams to play balanced on some maps with limited vehicle choices as defenders/attackers in first sector of maps, maybe eliminate vehicles as well. Or eliminate explosives or rockets for assault and limit to engineer. Do something more balanced. EA, Dice, Whoever, please take everything into account when a modified mode is made. I currently cant play a normal breakthrough where I am best assisting the team because everyone is on chaos who are perfectly happy as sniping medics and crawfords miniguns everywhere and 10 dozen Sundances and her stupid scatter grenades which if anything needs to be nerfed as all hell in the game.BF2042 Summary
BF2042 will go down as my least favorite Battlefield game. Despite that, I still had fun with it. The maps were cool and interesting (climate change theme, ship demolition, rockets...) but they lacked the war ambiance. Having Conquest/Rush of Ages in Portal was an awesome revisit to past games. Unlike BF1 and BFV, this one will be permanently uninstalled from my console. Good bye BF2042 and hello BF6!Bring Back Small Conquest 64 Mode
Hello EA and Battlefield team, I would like to request the return of the Small Conquest 64 mode in Battlefield 2042. It was one of the best modes for players who prefer faster matches, more infantry-focused combat, and less vehicle dominance. The pacing felt better and the maps worked great in a smaller scale format. Many players enjoyed this mode, and bringing it back (even as a permanent or rotating option) would be amazing for the community. Please consider adding Small Conquest 64 back to the official playlist. Thank you.Heartbeat sound when downed - a way to remove it?
I know it’s an irrational idea but hearing the heartbeat sound makes me extremely anxious and i couldn’t find any way to remove it. I really want to play the game but I had to uninstall it and request a refund due to just that noise. Is there a way to modify the sound file so it’s silent instead? Thank you to anyone who replies in advance.Idea for Matchmaking
Im playing Battlefield 2042 a while and i after the release of Battlefield6 i stayed with 2042.But im really bad at Multiplayer so im most of the time in coop,but it is not possibile to get your weapons to T1.So i would find it cool if you could level your weapons and Vehicle and Gadget in coop and first this decision would likely bring back some Players and some Players (me to) would make it happy. So please make it possibile.
Did anyone at DICE actually test Conquest matchmaking in 2025?
Weapon and specialist progression in Battlefield 2042 is fine up to Tier 3 because it can be done against bots. After that, you are forced into PvP matchmaking. The problem is that matchmaking barely works anymore. Not only Conquest, but even Breakthrough often fails to start. You wait for a long time, a few players join, then leave, and the lobby dies again. It genuinely feels like the minimum player requirement is being kept artificially high to reduce server usage in an already low-population game. Why can’t matches start with as few as two players, the same way bot matches work? People who don’t want to wait would actually get into games faster, and those who stay would at least be able to play instead of staring at a matchmaking screen. At this point, preventing people from playing the game they already own feels more damaging than any balance concern. I really hope this isn’t another case of quietly pulling the plug on a dying player base. It may already be late — but actively restricting matchmaking is not how you keep what little life this game still has.battlefield 2042 playlists
I was just wondering not sure why they don't already other than possibly competitive boosting can we get rush as an al time playlist its pretty rare that its available ppl in the portal browser only play against bots there's never really any servers hosting rush game modes.
We need new players , make game free to play for this christmas.
With many major multiplayer titles going free-to-play during the holiday season, this Christmas feels like the perfect opportunity for Battlefield 2042 to do the same. Making the game F2P—even temporarily—would bring in a huge wave of new players, help populate servers across all regions, and give the game a second life when player numbers are clearly struggling. The core gameplay has improved a lot since launch, and a free-to-play period would allow new players to experience that firsthand, rebuild the community, and potentially convert them into long-term players through cosmetics and future content. The peak player count goes to 2500-3000 only , which is a shame for a game franchise like battlefield , please make it free to play for this christmas , so it can boost player count.Breakthrough Server
At some point Dice is going to need to allow for portal full xp experiences or stop creating more breakthrough servers when the exisiting aren't full to begin with. I am so sick of having a solid server, finish a match hoping to rollover to the next only to sit and wait to fill another server. exit out of that and resart matchmaking and boom! im where i was to begin with. Conquest is trash, most other game modes are trash. Breakthrough is the only true objective match that minimizes the nonsense of the game. please for the love of god just fix the matchmaking for breakthrough, allow more full xp portal servers or idk bring back War Machine so at least we can play vs bots for full xp and have a purpose to play the game. theres no reason to play the game if there arent small goals like weapon tiers or ranks if youve already unlocked everything. for the record, im not paying full price for bf6. i bought bf2042 for nearly full price only for it to be like 7 dollars on a steam sale a month later and it took years for bf2042 to fix half the bugs. ill wait on bf6empty EU servers and 1 minute countdown
empty EU servers bad map cycle 1 minute countdown is wasy too long to start a match, as if a lobby has gained enough playes during this minute half of the lobby leave .. still no map filter for official match maker no 64 and 128 match maker seperation still reported cheater still run around, just the very blatant aimbotter are banned with an email notification
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