Topic: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09

[NWR_insanolord]

I think that we have to meet up before starting a game in order to remain on the same team. When Insanolord and I did that, we were then on the same team for all of the matches that we played.

Are you finished for tonight?

Yeah, I think the key is forming a party before you join a game.

[Mop it up]

Did I kick some ugly army men butts or what?

Good times, Stratos. I'm not working tomorrow or Sunday, do you want to try to play again on one of those days?

[BlackNMild2k1]

So I take it you're keeping the game?

[Mop it up]

I'm going to need to play more before I decide that. There are some things I like about it, but there are also some things which I think The Conduit does better. Maybe I'll post some thoughts on that tomorrow, but I'm tired right now.

[Stratos]

It was fun and you did pretty good that last game. I'm impressed how you managed to get a 7-kill streak and call in the chopper. I still haven't been able to do that. I've only gotten 6 kills.

I think I have tomorrow off as well so it would be nice to play some more.

[Mop it up]

Thanks! I would definitely say that was the result of teamwork. I followed my teamies around and would stay behind them, so they were usually the ones who would draw the enemy fire, and then I would rush in and spray the area with machine gun rounds. I also finally figured out what in the world was going on! I was so confused where everyone was getting things like the air strike and radar, I thought they were items on the map that people could find and use. Plus, I think The Conduit helped me to prepare for this game, so it doesn't have much of a learning curve.

What classes do you usually use? I tried them all out and I'm not sure what might be best for me. I ended up going with the Heavy Gunner. The reason is, I'm a panicky player, so I need a weapon that doesn't rely on accuracy and can allow me to fire blindly and maybe still get a hit.

Would 6PM your time be too early to meet up today?

[Stratos]

6 should work. I confirmed that I'm not working today.

Yeah, the special powers can be overwhelming at first along with the nasty grenade drop perk. And it can feel like the losers just loose more when the winners just keep winning with the airstrikes and chopper attacks.

I bounced between Assault and heavy gunner with the occasional sniper when I feel like it but then I quickly started creating my own classes with better weapons and perks I preferred.

[Mop it up]

Are you around, Stratos? It shows you online in the game, so I've sent you an invite.

[Stratos]

I left the game running while I ate some dinner and such. I'll come over and play some.

[Mop it up]

I haven't really unlocked much yet so I can't really create a custom class. I guess I'll stick with the Heavy Gunner until I unlock some more options.

I wondered why so many people were dropping grenades when they were killed. I thought that they were just pressing the grenade button quickly before they were dead.

[Mop it up]

Well, we sucked, but at least we sucked together.

[Mop it up]

I can't believe you left me on the battlefield all defenseless!

[BranDonk Kong]

I can't believe people are actually playing this online, maybe I'll pick it back up shortly...though I have been playing MW2, so it would be like a step-down.

[Mop it up]

This might be a bad idea, but... what's so hard to believe about people playing this game online?

[Stratos]

Sorry I left you. I had to leave for a bit. I'm back now if you want to play some more.

[Mop it up]

Well... I s'pose I could forgive you. It's funny, but I actually thought you rage quit because we were losing. Don't you just love the way I think? 

[Stratos]

LOL, no. It's against my code of ethics to rage quit. I think I wrote a blog entry once where I equated dropping a game to avoid a loss/prevent the other playing from stealing your points was what the deepest circle of hell was reserved for. I store the quote from Jack Sparrow about mutineers and added disconnectors to it.

We were sucking as a team but I felt I was doing pretty good in the later matches. The last desert map we did I was doing an above average job performing as sniper. I'm not terribly good at aiming but I seemed to be hitting the mark that time pretty well until they called in the chopper and I discovered that I didn't have enough cover to hide from it.

I still can't figure out how to take them out. I try to use the bazookas but the delay in firing plus almost always getting shot at by the chopper when I have a good line of sight is frustrating.

[Mop it up]

It's probably because I've played too much Mario Kart, where a lot of people rage quit.

You were definitely doing exceptionally well after I posted that message that we were sucking. I guess you heard me. 
I think you got something like 14 kills and two deaths on one match, it was crazy. In some of those matches I think we were just up against some really tough competition and had some people on our team who were even worse than me; if I'm not the weakest member of the team then we don't stand a chance.

Is it possible to destroy the chopper? I've been practicing with the rocket launcher, so I was going to try it, but I never saw one in range.

[Stratos]

Yes. I've seen it killed and there is a challenge where you have to kill it. You can tell it got shot down when it makes the higher pitched sound and starts spinning out of control.

Some of the people we played were pretty good.

I joined your room. Want to try Domination?

[Mop it up]

OMG OMG AMG did you see that? I did it! I shot down the chopper! In a panic, I launched a rocket up at the sky, and the chopper moved right into it.

[Stratos]

I saw. I finally got one as well. Feels pretty good.

There was one sad moment where you were stuck in a corner and I killed the guy there trying to kill you and he dropped a grenade. You just sat there and I literally yelled "Mop it up! Nooo!" as the grenade went off and killed you. It was sad...

I think I'm done for the night.

[Mop it up]

Nice job! I saw a helicopter go down in a later match, but I wasn't sure who shot it.

There were too many moments where we were both killed one after another, especially by grenades. Oh well, through thick and thin I s'pose...

I'm finally getting somewhere in the rankings, and starting to get some nice weapons. I got the M4-thingamajig and it was actually working out. I also tried out the Skorpion because I recognized it from Goldeneye, I was having some success with that too. I like that there are challenges for each weapon to get a certain amount of kills with them, it gives incentive to switch up and use everything. I got the grip for the Heavy Gunner machine gun, and now it works even better, though it means I can't have a rocket launcher.

Thanks for playing, it was enjoyable. Perhaps I'll see you another time before the week is up.

There was one sad moment where you were stuck in a corner and I killed the guy there trying to kill you and he dropped a grenade. You just sat there and I literally yelled "Mop it up! Nooo!" as the grenade went off and killed you. It was sad...

Ha ha, aw, that's actually kind of sweet.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Does that mean you are keeping it?

[Mop it up]

Why do you want to know so much? If you're looking for someone to compete with, that isn't me.

[BlackNMild2k1]

If your willing to keep it then that must mean it has some good qualities over The Conduit and maybe I will eventually pick it up.