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Stogieman · Jan 28, 2011, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

This is, by far, one of the most potentially game-breaking glitches I've ever seen, no only in BO, but pretty much any game ever.
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Yet you guys will still be playing it when I log on to play Reach tonight.

The Final Dakar · Jan 28, 2011, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Stogieman

Yet you guys will still be playing it when I log on to play Reach tonight.

You shut your whore mouth!

exca1ibur · Jan 28, 2011, 02:36 PM

Pride. Rolling back means you mucked up.

sek929 · Jan 28, 2011, 02:38 PM

It's either BO or MW2, I've written off the Halo series at this point.

Plus I have actually, and miraculously, had better things to do then play video games lately.

The Final Dakar · Jan 28, 2011, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by exca1ibur

Pride. Rolling back means you mucked up.

Right. Doesn't incessant coverage of how ****ed up your latest patch continues to be hurt your pride as well?

The Final Dakar · Jan 28, 2011, 02:42 PM

It's weird, I loathe EPIC for their GoW2 roll out, but if there's on thing that can't be ignored was that they were apologetic, attentive, and hard working on the updates. Yeah, they shouldn't have put their players in that situation, but at least they had the least offensive response possible.

exca1ibur · Jan 28, 2011, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

Right. Doesn't incessant coverage of how ****ed up your latest patch continues to be hurt your pride as well?

Naaa, I'll get over it (if it works).

There is a big difference between pride and frustration. The game is broken, no opinion or rumor about that. I just want the damn thing to stay connected while I play. I honestly don't think that is too much to ask for.

The Final Dakar · Jan 28, 2011, 03:16 PM

It's certainly different for PS3 peeps. It's no games and no glitches or games with glitches

The Final Dakar · Jan 28, 2011, 06:49 PM

Care Packages have now become sentient.

YouTube - MR RUTHERF0RD - Black Ops Game Clip

The Final Dakar · Jan 31, 2011, 11:14 AM

Well, we had our first official run-in with an aim-botter this weekend. Amazing, considering MW2 was supposedly the more hacked counterpart.

Jawbone54 · Jan 31, 2011, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

Care Packages have now become sentient.

YouTube - MR RUTHERF0RD - Black Ops Game Clip

Bahhhh ha ha ha...

sek929 · Jan 31, 2011, 01:28 PM

My first RCXD quad-kill.

YouTube - FattyMcBlobicus - Black Ops Game Clip

The Final Dakar · Jan 31, 2011, 01:31 PM

Don't forget to add Final Kill-cam.

Jawbone54 · Jan 31, 2011, 01:38 PM

Beautiful.

exca1ibur · Jan 31, 2011, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

My first RCXD quad-kill.

YouTube - FattyMcBlobicus - Black Ops Game Clip

Excellent

KCrosbie · Feb 1, 2011, 04:12 AM

Attention K-Mart shoppers, attention...

Call of Duty: Black Ops is on sale for $47.99 and with it comes a free 1600 M$ points card.

Double XP weekend from Feb 4th to 6th.

They're really trying to promote First Strike.

Stogieman · Feb 1, 2011, 05:06 AM

Meh. I'm still not buying it.

The Final Dakar · Feb 1, 2011, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Stogieman

Meh. I'm still not buying it.

That's a victory for everyone involved.

Jawbone54 · Feb 1, 2011, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by KCrosbie

Double XP weekend from Feb 4th to 6th.

You would know that I'd be busy from 7-10 pm on Friday and Saturday nights on a double XP weekend.

Looks like some 5-Hour Energy nights are in store. I'm staying up til 4-ish on Fri. night / Sat. morning.

The Final Dakar · Feb 1, 2011, 02:15 PM

I've watched Kawloon and Discovery gameplay and so far I'm slightly impressed.

Forums are calling Stadium worse than Nuketown, however.

Jawbone54 · Feb 1, 2011, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

I've watched Kawloon and Discovery gameplay and so far I'm slightly impressed.

My brother-in-law cornered me after staff meeting this morning and told me he downloaded the map pack an hour before coming to the office. He played through the four on Combat Training, and apparently is in love with all four of them.

He seems slightly iffy on Berlin Wall though.

Forums are calling Stadium worse than Nuketown, however.

Does "worse" mean it'll get 90% of votes too?

The Final Dakar · Feb 1, 2011, 03:35 PM

Probably. The kids who play this game seem to love absolute chaos. Probably because they are completely ineffectual against any kind of organized resistance, judging from our tendency to get crushing victories.

Berlin Wall looks like the swing vote. If it's a good team play (and camping) map, that may be enough to goad me.

Jawbone54 · Feb 1, 2011, 04:05 PM

I'm about to head home for a quick lunch break, download them, and hopefully run through one or two maps to get a quick lookie.

A few notes on my current perks of choice:

- I really don't know how I feel about Hardline. It's tough going without Scavenger or Ghost, but I'm making myself stick with it to get a different experience. My teammates definitely appreciate the constant Spy Planes.
- Hardened is garbage. I switched almost immediately to Sleight of Hand.
- I'm in love with Hacker. Seeing a claymore around a corner not only saves you a death, but often results in a ricochet grenade kill, since the one who planted the claymore is usually nearby. It is crazy how loud your footsteps are without Ninja, though (this is the first time I've switched from it since owning the game).

The Final Dakar · Feb 1, 2011, 04:09 PM

I don't know if Hardened is garbage, but I imagine it's mostly redundant thanks to the paper maché walls in this game.

And no one hears your footsteps better than you, not even ninja pro users.

The Final Dakar · Feb 1, 2011, 07:10 PM

People are amazing.

With the new kill system for who gets credit for Second Chance kills, you can kill your teammate in Second Chance with no penalty since the game only counts it as an assist!

Together we can purge SC users form hardcore by simply team killing away your teammates desire to use the perk.

sek929 · Feb 1, 2011, 07:20 PM

Alright you sonofabitch, drop the 20 bucks, get the maps and sign the hell on.

The Final Dakar · Feb 1, 2011, 07:21 PM

See you on Homefront.

Stogieman · Feb 1, 2011, 07:25 PM

I'll see both of you on Gears of War 3.

sek929 · Feb 1, 2011, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

See you on Homefront.

Originally Posted by Stogieman

I'll see both of you on Gears of War 3.

I'll see both of you in Hell.

The Final Dakar · Feb 1, 2011, 07:28 PM

God… I don't even want to think about Gears 3.

KCrosbie · Feb 2, 2011, 12:26 AM

You're thinking about it right now. SCARY!!!

The Final Dakar · Feb 2, 2011, 10:44 AM

PSA: Black Ops First Strike DLC must match language on disc | Joystiq
I've been downloading DLC for years and can't remember this issue. How did someone manage to **** this up this time around?

Over 60 Billion Dead In The Battle of Call of Duty: Black Ops
Only 10 million spawn killed.

sek929 · Feb 2, 2011, 04:54 PM

I don't know if it was a higher caliber of players on yesterday, or my sleepiness, but I got dickslapped up and down the new maps...and even the old ones all day yesterday.

Kowloon is a really cool map, definitely the best of the bunch. Stadium has yet to impress me in any way. Haven't formed any opinions on the other maps yet.

The Final Dakar · Feb 2, 2011, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

I don't know if it was a higher caliber of players on yesterday, or my sleepiness, but I got dickslapped up and down the new maps...and even the old ones all day yesterday.

Kowloon is a really cool map, definitely the best of the bunch. Stadium has yet to impress me in any way. Haven't formed any opinions on the other maps yet.

Heh, this is the most lackadaisical reaction to a map pack I can remember. saint is the only one who has had an opinion which was Discovery is the new Launch. Otherwise, no comment on the other stuff yet.

sek929 · Feb 2, 2011, 05:15 PM

Discovery is in no way as worse as Launch. Stadium is very similar to the furious pace of Nuketown though.

The Final Dakar · Feb 2, 2011, 05:24 PM

I think the most surprising thing about Stadium is that for a map pre-release shots showcased the interior arena of, most of it is unplayable.

mattyb · Feb 2, 2011, 05:26 PM

Played Discovery 5 times in a fookin row. I hate that map.

Played 1 game on Stadium, enjoyed it, and a bit of a game on Kowloon. No opinion yet.

Lag was terrible, really really terrible. 30,000 people playing and I can't get a three bar game? FFS.

Jawbone54 · Feb 2, 2011, 05:31 PM

As I've been crazy-busy for the past few days, I've only been able to hop on once, and Stadium was the only one of the maps that I was able to play. I got slaughtered on it for the first half of the match, and gradually worked my way into a comeback of sorts. It took a while to get a grasp of the layout. It didn't seem at all symmetrical, so I basically just ran around aimlessly.

I'll probably start a private match with someone and roam around the rest of them so that I don't experience that again.

mattyb · Feb 2, 2011, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Discovery is in no way as worse as Launch.

You don't like Launch ?!?! Weirdo.

The Final Dakar · Feb 2, 2011, 06:37 PM

Launch is basically summit, only the entire middle is open and elevated, giving incredibly long sight lines.

sek929 · Feb 2, 2011, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by mattyb

You don't like Launch ?!?! Weirdo.

Launch is my least favorite CoD map of all time. It's big, flat, and pointless.

mattyb · Feb 3, 2011, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by sek929

Launch is my least favorite CoD map of all time. It's big, flat, and pointless.

Sorry, pointless goes to Shipment in CoD4, closely followed by Rust in MW2. Try harder.

For objective based games Launch is pretty good, but I'll admit that for TDM it can be iffy.

sek929 · Feb 3, 2011, 10:47 AM

I'd play nothing but Rust if I could never set a virtual foot in Launch again. Not familiar with Shipment, never played CoD4.

The Final Dakar · Feb 3, 2011, 10:50 AM

Shipment is the only map more ridiculous than Nuketown. DOn't think it was in TDM rotation, but Bogues managed to guide me through a game of Headquarters on it and it was bedlam.

The Final Dakar · Feb 3, 2011, 01:26 PM

Here you go sek: YouTube - COD4 shipment + 14 kill streak

Take note of the mini-map.
Also, CoD4 on a PC beats the pants off of Black Ops, graphically.

sek929 · Feb 3, 2011, 01:51 PM

Wow, that's a tiny goddamn map.

The Final Dakar · Feb 3, 2011, 01:57 PM

That's what she said.

The Final Dakar · Feb 3, 2011, 02:02 PM

Also, I love how many assholes are running martyrdom.

Jawbone54 · Feb 3, 2011, 02:53 PM

I freaking hate martyrdom. Very glad it's not in Black Ops. There was a similar "perk" in Uncharted 2 that nearly everyone ran for about a two week period before losing interest.

The Final Dakar · Feb 3, 2011, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I freaking hate martyrdom.

That was sarcasm.