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u know you can set the side you want to on the My Information menu . This makes it so you can be the side you want(most of the time). It works when the teams are even (EXAMPLE: 4 vs 4) you go to that side you chose. But if you are one team is down a player you will join there team regardless(unless someone else joins before you). It is not completely random. There is a whole logic applied to which team you join.

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i don't think that's true. as somebody in another thread posted, the preferred side thing is just a profile. i don't believe it has any bearing which side you actually end up playing, even on games where sides are equal. i have nod selected as my preferred side, but i end up on gdi just as often as nod...

actually, my paranoid side says it puts me on the losing team no matter who's got the most players.. do you think the server already knows who's gonna win??? lol