The main menu at the top of every page leads to servers, players, clans, matches, maps and guides. Next to it, the 🔍 button searches players, servers and news at once. If you’re signed in there are also buttons for the chat, the 🔔 notification bell and your own hub, My SoF2. Live numbers update by themselves, so you never need to reload a page to see who is playing.
The header
- Main menu
- The sections of the site. On a phone, open it with the ☰ button.
- 🔍 Search
- Searches player names, servers (by name, address or map) and news posts. See Searching the site below.
- 💬 Chat
- The live chat for verified players. See Using the live chat.
- 🔔 Notifications
- A red count shows unread notifications. Press it to open the panel. See The notification bell.
- Your account
- Says “Sign in” when you’re signed out. When you’re signed in it shows your picture and goes to My SoF2.
The live bar
The thin bar at the very top shows how many real players are online right now, with links to the server list and the Discord. It updates after every check of the servers, every 2 minutes.
Searching the site
Type at least two letters of a name. The results page lists matching players and servers first, then news posts and pages. Colour codes in names are ignored, so search for BuLLy, not ^1BuLLy.
To search only the help, use the search box at the top of the Help Centre. Results appear as you type, and Enter opens the best match.
Pages that update themselves
The server list, the homepage, server pages and the live boxes refresh in the background after each check of the servers. Scores, player counts and who is online change in place. Profile and match pages show the moment you opened them, so reload those to see the latest.
On a phone
Everything works on a phone. Tables scroll sideways when they’re wider than the screen, the menu opens from the ☰ button, and on help and guide pages “On this page” opens from the top of the article.
Times and time zones
Times on the site, such as booked games, clan challenges and “most online at once”, are in UK time. Clan challenges also show the time in your own time zone when it’s different.
Questions
I can’t find a player in search
Search needs at least two characters and matches the name without colour codes. If someone has only spectated, or used a default name like “Player”, they aren’t tracked. See My stats are missing.
Why can’t I use the chat?
The chat and bell buttons show for everyone, but the chat only opens for verified players, so everyone in it is who they say they are. Signed out, the bell shows what’s live right now and invites you to sign in.