Hello everyone. As you can guess this is not a review, just a random post. Yes, I have been on hiatus from the internets for a little bit. Mostly spending time with my significant other doing vacation like things such as play games and such. Lately we’ve been playing Final Fantasy XI more frequently. Before that I got her into D&D and we played some of that new Mario Bros. Wii. However, when she goes to bed I usually stay up a bit longer and play other things. And last week, I traded in multiple games and got enough money for 2 brand new titles. My original intent was to just get Bayonetta but I went for MW2 also. I figured I’d play it for a while since that’s what everyone seems to be playing on my friendlist when they aren’t playing Dragon Age.

So why am I posting about MW2? Find out after the break!

I haven’t even touched the single player yet, for your information. I plan to but I really just got this to play multi. It is the IT game for this season. I just felt a tad left out playing my Borderlands (now complete aside from Mad Moxy) and I had to catch up. As I type I believe I’m rank 30. I’ve unlocked a few things but I’m still all about my FAMAS. I think it makes me a better player, at least when it comes to Hardcore mode. The only way you should be playing CoD. Everything else makes me think of Quake 3. Search and Destroy is still around but they shortened the title down to SD.

I am so discouraged by the type of people I play this game with. It seems that 50%+ of the players are complete bigots. But then again, I only hear the vocal ones. Every match I pretty much end up muting more than half my team.

Why should I have to do this? I understand that this game is probably going to please a certain demographic which I shouldn’t really have high standard for but I seem to remember Counter Strike, when they enabled voice, not having this problem. Heck, Halo did not have this much of a problem. Not half as much trash talking. People gloat, people bash regardless of winning or losing. When I get back to lobby after a match I’m getting an earful of colourful words.

So here’s my rule of thumb. I HATE you and I will mute you if…

- You’re 12. There’s a lot of you out there. I don’t need to hear your prepubescent voice constantly. I understand a lot of you are not 18 yet and through some bad parenting or absent parenting. You’ve gotten your hands on this game. I played violent games as a child too. I didn’t have access to voice in game until that wonderful patch in the original Half-Life engine. Please keep this in mind and don’t have these lengthy conversations with people that don’t care.

-You’re singing or playing your music in your headset. I see you like music. I do to. Maybe not yours. In any case, keep the communications channels clear. I don’t really care to be listening to your music at the time I’m playing.

-You’re breathing into your microphone. Put it an inch further from your mouth or nose dude.

-You’re playing to basically just harass your own team. At this point I may end the match, submit unfavorable reviews and leave.

I’m filing a complaint if:

-You’re using a known exploit to the game. This speaks for itself. I understand that using it once might be exciting. Report it to the dev team and never do it again. But shit like the javelin was just plain annoying.

-You’re being a HUGE bigot. You mastered the English language. You are now using homophobic, racial slurs and insulting everyone you play with. Congratulations. Wordsmith extraordinaire. I hope you get a communication ban. Seriously, nobody thinks you’re funny and that internet alpha male thing you’re trying to project just doesn’t work. I understand some people find it amusing to trash talk. But what you’re spewing out of your mouth is the reason I hate games like CoD. I have to deal with your kind.

Victor Games, impressions, Random, Rant, xbox 360