cod4_02

The main thing I noticed when I begun to play Call of Duty 4 again was that nearly all of the servers had the same settings in place: no kill cam, kick/ban for using Last Stand or Martyrdom perks. At first I thought to myself “what’s wrong with playing this game the way it was intended?”. Well, after two days I can now say that I see where these guys are coming from, let me elaborate:

Kill cam
Those who have played World of War with me on the Xbox 360 will know that I absolutely hate this feature. It shows your guy’s final moments through the POV of your killer. It’s annoying because no, you don’t want to watch yourself getting killed. Also, chances are you’re already pissed off at this point so watching this is just rubbing it in your face.

On the plus side, it does reveal your enemies camping position, but it’s a tall price to pay for watching yourself die again, and again, and again… Get me?

Martyrdom and Last stand
Without a doubt the worst perks in the game, which I am refusing to use myself. Picture this if you will, you’ve just killed a guy, now it’s time to move on and then BANG you’re watching your own kill cam. Some little bastard has just planted a bullet in the back of your head or has blown up. Why the hell should anyone get a second go? You’re going to respawn 5 seconds later anyway!

cod4_01

It’s been two years since I last played this grenade spam-fest on the PC and now I make my triumphant return, annihilating all of those in sight, and striking fear into the toughest foes at just the mere sight of my screen name. Well not quite… I’ve played a couple of hours of this tonight, here’s a small list of my observations and thoughts:

1. 75% of players are reliant on grenades to actually kill somebody.
2. You feel you’re doing so well until some bastard shoots you from a nook you never thought to check… for the 500th time.
3. It really should be Gun > Knife. If I’m letting rip into someone’s guts with an M249 at close range I expect it to have the same effect as its real life counterpart – administer a whole world of pain. How someone is able to stab you while this is happening is beyond me.
4. Smaller games are better… I think this has something to do with dying less.
5. All kills should be accompanied with “Fucking have it, bitch”.
6. HELICOPTER, GET INDOORS!
7. Haha, suck my airstrike!

I think that’s about it, oh yeah, and the best retort I heard all evening? “Lick my hooker’s penis.”

Genius.

Mean, I know.

Sasha

It’s not been a really hot day but my room is boiling right now and there’s not a thing I can do about it! I’ve had to close my windows because my Mother is currently burning the wood from our cellar that got wrecked from the flood last month.

It’s tempting to open my windows, but the smoke is blowing in the direction of my room so it’ll stink the place up in no time!

Gah!

This is it!

No job for me, that is all.