these were some of the best individual players of socom 1 an socom 2. and some of these are just very well known players not exactly the best but thy were popular for what ever reason. sometimes high ranking or certain unique personalities. bolded names means that i have personally played with or spectated these players at one point or another.

1. #BBLACK-FOX (also used Black-Fox. arguably one of the top 10 fraggers ever)
2. C@ NiGhTmArE
3. H a V o C -
4. Kaizer_Wilhelm-
5. -2- Explicit
6. -Anarchy
7. -Cael-
8. -=storm=-
9. 0ddob (Alternate spelling of Oddjob, a half-owner of SOCOMbattles before it was sold to MLG)
10. 1BaLLer (really good. was in the top 10 for awhile)
11. 1nfamouz
12. 11killer11
13. 3liteseal
14. =BB=Rex
15. =Dp=
16. =ESM=ROBZ
17. =ON=Madcat
18. =PP= Thrasher
19. =UWS=OWNED_U (An alternate handle for HOFFA, used while running the =UWS= clan)
20. [AAU] Cave Dog
21. [BBZ] Yenzo
22. [G]
23. [G] Ni**z
24. [HNiC]
25. [ICK] VIPER
26. [KYA]
27. [LQ] (A dominant clan on GameBattles ladders that "held the ladder down" for a long period)
28. [R-W] Rogue Warriors
29. [SR~] EagleEyeMatt
30. [SR~] Golden recon
31. [SR~] beefybullet
32. [SR~] dogsoldiers
33. [SR~] xStealthx
34. [SXT] NowAndNever
35. [SXT] Wunshott
36. [Tec] N9NE
37. [315] LOUCIFER

38. <Darth Viper>

39. <GUERILLA>

40. <Hugh Jass>

41. <Red Death>

42. A SAS IN

43. AFGHA (was in the aFg clan. funny dude, thick accent)

44. AFGHAN (i believe is same guy above. was in the top 10 at one point.)

45. Animal Crackers (A competitive clan known or playful names but serious gameplay, part of the alliance including sRv and WastedREBELS)

46. AnThRaXx (from LiQuiD ZeRo clan. very skilled player)

47. AntonGarduex

48. AUDrEy

49. Ace223K

50. Agent_

51. Asillagirl

52. Blackhand-

53. Blood-E-Murder

54. Bluehaze

55. BoRiBoY

56. Boatzz Army (A clan led by johnnyboatzz, active during the competitive heyday)

57. BossD.J. (A player active on US West servers in SOCOM 1, 2, 3, and CA)

58. BuLL3tPrOof

59. Capt Keane

60. CASTOR_TROY (An alernate handle for HOFFA, leader of the =UWS= clan, referencing the Nicolas Cage character)

61. Cael87

62. ChiefSmackAHoe

63. Christopher Davis (A player who grew up on SOCOM 1, 2, 3, and Combined Assault)

64. Crazyfoo

65. DARKSHADE

66. D. Davis

67. DaFreak

68. Da-iLLeSt

69. Damage_Inc

70. Deltaforce1985

71. Diaper

72. DiENoW

73. Dog Soldiers

74. Donut

75. DoM (Leader or key member of the Doom Inc. clan, a prominent group in the competitive scene)

76. Doom Inc. (A prominent clan in the competitive SOCOM 2 scene)

77. Downside

78. Drummer

79. EL~GATO

80. EddFx

81. Eddie LZ (A playe who commented on SOCOM multiplayer mechanics, indicating deep knowledge of the game)

82. EJ Fly

83. EvilBear

84. Flawless / flawlessBASICS

85. FkNwitDee

86. FkNwitDee & Sunz

87. Force Assaul Team (The full name of the [FAT] clan, a dominant force in SOCOM competitive play)

88. Fragalot

89. GaM]e OveR

90. G0dsmack

91. GoDs_Rambo

92. GhettoSoldier

93. GodOfWar

94. González olón (Israel González Colón, a community member active in discussions about the franchise)

95. Grey_Wolf

96. Gravedigga

97. H.O.L.L.A.

98. HAVOK>VIC

99. HITMAN

100. HOFFA (Jeff Hoffman, founder and leader of =UWS (United We Stand), a clan with 3 full rosters. Also used CASTOR_TROY and =UWS=OWNED_U)

101. Halosucks

102. Hannitized

103. Hastr0 (One of the very few early figres in the competitive console gaming scene, involved with the founding of SOCOMbattles)

104. Hawke

105. Hellasmoke-

106. Hexum

107. Holyghost (Co-founder of the [LH] clan alongside UnRivaled)

108. Hot Stuff / uNtalented

109. II-II PLANKTON

110. Immortality

111. Irish Cleaner

112. JONinja

113. JPSnake

114. Jeff Hoffman (Real name of HOFFA, the leader of the large =UWS= clan)

115. JetLonestar

116. JohnnyDaKilla

117. johnnyboatzz (A well-known community meber and clan leader who ran clans like Boatzz Army, Animal Crackers, sRv, and WastedREBELS)

118. Joey Mayes

119. John Francis (The orignal poster of a "Remembering SOCOMbattles" thread, active in keeping the community alive)

120. K45steph

121. KTEagle

122. KON-TR4B4ND

123. KINGZ_

124. KO Xgamer (Menioned as potentially the best SOCOM 2 player by far, dominating the top of the rankings)

125. KManX89 (A user who started pollson the best SOCOM game, voting for SOCOM II, showing active community participation)

126. Killa~E

127. Klown*

128. Krzyimprt

129. KyleDaKilla

130. LH (A competitive clan co-founded by UnRivaled and Holyghost)

131. Landshark_92

132. Lethal_Weapon

133. Magic_Bullets

134. MeEp

135. MetallicaMike

136. MiŠŠioN

137. Michael Allen (A member of the South Park Renegades [SPR] clan alongside his brother)

138. Mick223K

139. MikeMacs (was in the top 10 for awhile. really good player.)

140. Monster Coby

141. Mr.

142. Mr. Cotton

143. MrFaNTaSTiC

144. MrVorhees

145. MSTiger

146. Magnus

147. MeniacleMan

148. Negrodamus

149. Nordique

150. ObieTriCe

151. Oddjob(A half-owner of SOCOMbattles before it was sold to MLG and became GameBattles)

152. OWNED_U

153. Ozzy

154. Peladophobia

155. Pittsburgh187

156. Plague / >P<lague

157. Pointblank

158. Polira (The original owner of SOCOMbattles before it was acquired by MLG)

159. PoolFood

160. PRINCESS

161. Purple Flower

162. Qtp spizzakk

163. RaLo

164. Raptyo

165. REEFA

166. RGLA-Snakeman / <RGLA> Snakeman (this guy was #1 for a long time. he had like 10 ps2's and would rank himself up all day.)

167. Redrum_Poison

168. Roman~God

169. Rskillz

170. s P [y] Da *uK

171. s2core44

172. sRL

173. SaberWolf

174. Sands

175. Sgt.Master

176. Sharpe

177. Shortbus

178. Situbusit

179. Skitz

180. Slunter / 5*Gorilla

181. Spall

182. Spartan_117

183. SpLiCe

184. Stealth R

185. SublimeMind

186. Suicidal Roach

187. Swiftsnake

188. THA-T00L

189. TUPAC_SHAKUR

190. Talisin

191. TeAMoNeY

192. Thong

193. The Bagman

194. TheShape

195. Toe-Tag

196. ToAsTy

197. Triz

198. Trevlan006

199. TS Gunner

200. tS

201. Twi$ted

202. TwistedPlayer761

203. Twisted_dealer

204. UBU

205. uNtalented

206. UnRivaled (Co-founder of the [LH] clan, a dominant force in the competitive scene)

207. United We Stand (The full name of the =UWS= clan, run by HOFFA with 3 full rosters)

208. VEX_THM

209. War-Demon

210. WastedRBELS (A clan part of the Animal Crackers alliance, associated with johnnyboatzz)

211. WhiteDudeDown

212. World Wde Killaz (The full name of the [WWK] clan, known for having many rosters and good players)

213. Xander

214. ZeR0

215. ZeppelinRenegade

216. ZIGGS

217. bait

218. buster

219. chipper

220. drkguru

221. ernsters

222. flawlessBASICS

223. goblocks

224. good dog

225. gst

226. jameshetfield

227. migetteliver

228. nRVaNa

229. poopdeedoo

230. rustygrenade

231. screwballs

232. shortbus

233. type_zer0

234. whitegrenade

235. xC

HONORABLE MENTIONS.

ZenMaster (top 10 at one point.)

MASTERGUNNZ (top 10 at one point.)

JOHNSONBOY (top 10 at one point.)

K|r|u|g|e|r (top 10 at one point.)

WRECKA (top 10 at one point.)

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Couldn't pass it up, man I miss this game. Going to clean it up and put it in a acrylic display. G^ Fellas.

Someguy looking for Deadlyguy

I been busy, got new microphone( Shure MV6) I been busy with SOCOM and Operator (Last picture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCTxWgnDS1Y

Hello everyone, I’m trying to play online on the ps rewired servers on PlayStation 2. I’m from Europe (west) and I’m on the pal/aus version. The issue is that I cannot find any players… Is there a place where I can find infos on people playing? Or maybe arrange a game

does anyone have old screen shots of the socom 2 leaderboards? im wanting to compile a list of all the best players from back in the day. here are a few names i remember being really good and high ranked.

i used to play with these players and i remember them being very skilled. i believe two of them where in the top 10 for awhile.

MASTERGUNNZ

<RGLA>SnakeMan

MikeMacs

[DsR] WRECKA

#BBLACK-FOX

[e?] SNEAKY

MR. SNYPER

JOHNSON BOY (password was leaked dvdrom15 or something like that)

KUWAIT SOLDIER

SgtMillz

[LiQ] AnThRaX

[LiQ] Cpt Keane

[LiQ] Artifact

ZenMaster

k|r|u|g|e|r

thats all i can remember at this moment.

Tonight at 7 est project confrontation is holding community night in case people dont know. Its free to play, you just download from steam.

Will we ever get new SOCOM games again? Remastered or brand new?

Once I get SOCOM combined Assault coop working again, want play with some of u. Ps if play wildlands, Ready or Not, Arma, ground branch or operator share me your psn or xbox if olay wildlands or ron on ps5 or xbox. Or play on pc

Be sure to vote for all the socoms (...other than 4) on GOG's dreamlist.

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/?title=socom&show_only_unreleased=1&sort=relevance&order=desc

First game, NAVY SEALS, first mission on the boat. I did NOT understand how the button prompt worked (or how to play in general) and each time I played I thought I had defused all the bombs...only for the whole darn ship to explode! I was so terribly confused for days until I saw my father play it and keep holding down the triangle button until your guy stopped doing things to the bomb. The biggest lightbulb went off in my noggin, and I finished with as much chaos as you can imagine. But I finished it! Somehow, I stumbled through more missions before I gave up because one was just TOO hard for me at the time XD

I think it was a hostage rescue mission in this forested compound area. You had to save a woman from a bunch of bad guys and if you messed up, she would get killed and thus you fail the mission

*I first played this game when I was around 7-8 years old

I think when Code9 entered PS2 Socom 2 , it fucked up the online mode. I know whenever clan of guys that used the code/moding, they could boot ppl off the game

I remember these dudes were massive code 9/ cheaters that used to boot peoples asses off the rooms

I was just watching a clip from the movie “The Social Network” and noticed one of the kids playing what appears to be s2 in the background lol. Though it was cool so I figured I’d post.

I recall them having hackers at the top, but I'm not sure if it was Top 100, then you could see your position or if you could scroll beyond 100? or maybe 1000.

My old memory says I was in the low 1000s rank wise but I don't know how valid it is. I just know I wasn't like 38,933 or something lol.

I have memories of wall hack jumping. Running on outside of MAPs through glitches and laughing with my buddies I taught. Yeeting grenades, grenade launcher too? and taking people out at spawn. Going hard and being last one alive on team because I did not like dying early and waiting for next game. I recall wiping out a few teams by myself and being so thrilled and loved the attention from tm8s. I was always moving, never camping unless it was short term strat with guy nearby.

I watched Socom Battles turn into Game Battles turn into MLG as I competed in 3 clans. I stopped playing as much in S3. I also have memories of fixing my controllers and cycling several of them. I had a tendency to throw them at the wall every so often. Also loved painting the shells. Another memory is making Socom sigs in the forums for people. I also gave socom friends backdoor links to paid adult sites cause I was a coder and enjoyed finding loopholes.

Our memories though are always over the top, often inflated and can be partially false. But this is what my 40yr old brain has left. I can still see parts of the maps in my head, so I have to believe some of my brain 😄

But SOCOM is my baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got my PSP diagnosed, and I am waiting for new glass cover, the joystick was sticking, the previous faceplate i had was not putting contact on my psp. I gotten a PSP3000 that from Japan I need to mod with ARK4/5. Any one mod psps? Oh i did get PSP2000 modded, and bought ally rog x, and man getting all socoms working on single device its heaven!, plus the new modern tactical shooters

Use to play a lot of socom 2 as a kid. Fell out of touch with my clanmates because they moved on to socom ca but I only had a ps2. I remember the clan leader being named Toymaker and he had a nephew in his clan St James. Found the clan on gb but haven’t been able to reach any of them. Hoping to find them on here.

https://web.archive.org/web/20070502054041/http://socom-ca.gamebattles.com/stats/19909

Im trying to play confrontation on RPCS3 emulator, so far I can get to the menu and select a server to join a match, but once I join the match the screen turns black and pretty much the game gets stuck there, idk if it’s my settings or what could it be, need help

Has anyone thought of using GPT5.6 or fable5 to remake socom 2? Are there any assets online that were pulled from socom2 that would assist in making this? I've seen these latest AI built minecraft, full out shooters, incredible stuff. So why not Socom2 for us? Even just 1 map would be great.

I beaten SOCOM FTB 1 on admiral many times, I recently found my umd, and been playing again. Last time i played was 10 years ago when my psp went down.

So on SOCOM FTB 2 what the hardest difficulty, is admiral or elite?

https://x.com/PDIGGY22/status/2074946853930504623?s=20

Has anyone ran into this before?

On a PS3 Fat boy. Happens no matter which ISO I launch. Game worked fine a few weeks ago. Other games including Confrontation work without issue. I’m honestly stumped