nuked

Just got back from a half an hour game of Modern Warfare 2 with no problems!

During my game there were two guys cheating, like really cheating. I saw one of the kill cams and there was no way they would’ve been able to see me from where they were shooting from, at one point one of them was 45 kills to 0 deaths. This is a nice shining example of the failure on Infinity Ward’s part for nerfing the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer experience on the PC. If this was Call of Duty 4 we would’ve had the guy booted long ago, or Punkbuster would’ve sorted him out straight away. It’s a shame to see that VAC isn’t as pro-active on booting the cheaters as Punkbuster, but then again Punkbuster boots you even on a clean set up.

Oh well, there was one benefit of being in a game with these cheaters – one of them got the Tactical Nuke. The killstreak award that you achieve after racking up 25 kills. It didn’t quite work how I was expecting it to, you get a warning followed by what is kind of like a countdown. There’s no point to this of course as there’s nowhere in the map that will keep you safe! Once the nuke hits, everyone dies, this includes the person who activated it, his team EVERYBODY. It even shows up as a teamkill!

Also once the nuke hits, it’s declared a victory. Well you can hardly respawn and be running around absorbing a fatal dose of radiation… or can you?