OK, im going to try to video tape some games tonight guys! !
So be on the ball tonight guys! I'll be on my "eh" game, how about yourse;f?

and hopefully the videos will help define my style of play and we can build from that.
i.e figure out how to communicate during games and such... because we all know how much i talk while im concentrated O.o

nice bear!

eve are you going to post the vids somewheres?

sorry i got off when you invited me eve, i was only going to play a game or two and since I do so well playing with other low levels, playing with you higher levels is just a big slaughter fest. Which really sucks because its like do I want to play well by myself, or play with clan mates and do horrible?

it`s ok Bear! I`ll cathc you some other time!

If someone joins me, i`ll be willing to video tape! I have one game, and it`s quite sloppy, but worth watching, but i want more games with more people!
Dont be shy :$

Well, I'm officially done with the online component. It had its fun parts for sure. However, allowing the use of turrets in this game has completely turned me off completely.

To be fair, I can see them as being a strategic implementation to a warzone type match. I won't complain if I get killed in one of the rare TDM's I play. But considering Straight Deathmatches are what I do, and the main focus is on killing fast and killing well - turrets most certainly DO NOT belong.

Firstly at no point should someone be able to kill me when they are either dead or simply across the map because they could drop a motion sensing automaton. They did not beat me skill wise. They didn't even beat me by being in the right place at the right time to be 3rd man in. No, turrent users in Deathmatches do not deserve a single kill or win that they get - period.

I will never complain by getting beaten in a straight strafing 1 vs 1. I won't complain if I get killed from the back. Hell, even getting tagged is par for the resistance course. But if you and your skill/luck/whatever have nothing to do with you throwing a nade at me or shooting at me, you have no right to get a kill.

In deathmatches there are at least 3 - 5 turrets dropped at any given moment. Walking around 4 different turrets will keep me alive, but will not allow for any decent kills while these skill-less players rack them up getting 1 - 3 kills AFTER they're dead. And they didn't strategically drop a nade, aim a 40, bullseye bomb or anything.

They should be barred from standard deathmatches. Plain and simple.
Late Join also has completely marred this for me. Do I see its benefits in a TDM setting - I suppose. I still disagree with it. I was playing the same 7 guys. After winning some and losing some I quit out to get a different lobby. I got placed back in the same. Damn. Match. 5 times straight. I did a TDM to try and break the cycle. Came back to DM and was placed promptly in a match where I was 20 kills down. What in the blue HELL is the point of this!?
Deathmatches are about the ability of one to WIN. And BEAT all others in the match. As often as possible! Players can track their ability to win. But easily 30% of my losses if not more are based on coming into a match 10 - 15 - 25 kills down for christ sake!

The frustration of these 2 alone unfortunately have me glad that Uncharted 3 will be available for my MP experience. IG - You did A LOT of awesome things to this MP. But Late Join and Turrets (at least for Deathmatches) are completely unacceptable and allow garbage players to pick up kills and wins they do not deserve.

/rant

Agreed completely.

I can't STAND joining games that end as soon as I join them. Literally, I've joined games where I haven't even spawned before it ended and I got a loss.

Any body want to do some co-op with me in the near future?

give it a shot for 1.05 if it ever comes out?

i get mad but at the mass wildfire tactics. a fire and forget once locked on is trash. if the person had to stay scoped it i wouldnt be mad. it would be my own fault for being exposed, but being peppered by multiple people with them gets old real quick.

1.05 should make it fire slower and make them have to re-lock on in order to keep firing homing missiles instead of locking on once and spamming.

Still be able to spam regular though, but hopefully not as fast.

I'm also done with R3 for all the following:

1. Match-making is a joke. I'm regularly matched up against a whole team of square boxes (remnant?) and I usually get slaughtered. Match me within 5-10 levels either way and similar K/D FFS!
2. Turrets. Agree with everything Raistlin says above. They are too easy to drop and too difficult to destroy and too powerful.
3. Wildfire. No need.
4. Atomiser. Though not as bad as a few weeks ago, still ridiculous
5. Leapers. Waste half my ammo on these little and then...
6. Reload time. Is far too long even with whichever perk is supposed to make it faster, so if I run out of ammo, unless I can find somewhere quiet to reload, I'm dead
7. Marksman. Way overpowered stupid annoying gun

There's probably a lot more stuff but really disappointed with where this franchise has gone. I've been playing Black Ops & World at War over the weekend and a lot more fun.

/rant

Dmick024 wrote:

give it a shot for 1.05 if it ever comes out?

I might. But to be honest UC 3 will be vying for my time. And from what I understand 1.05 attacks mostly the wildfire. Late join will still be in effect and put me in the same match no matter how much I want to switch lobbies and people will still spam turrets from what I would guess

ok help me understand why its such a big deal if you guys join a late game? As soon as its over, you start a new game and you're good to go. So is it a stat thing?

whatbearisbest wrote:

ok help me understand why its such a big deal if you guys join a late game? As soon as its over, you start a new game and you're good to go. So is it a stat thing?

After taking a moment to confirm it....yes. Its mostly a stat thing. There are a lot of games I don't mind messing around for fun. But there are ones where some of the competitive side comes out and I play to win. I try not to be like this as much in TDM's since I'm definitely not consistant enough to get too mad about it. But when the gametype is all about 1 player getting the win, we do like to look to stats to track progress and ability.

For example I'm over a 50% win rate right now in deathmatches. So over 50% of the time, I will beat out a lobby of 8 other players. If I take out the losses tracked to me from late joins (I've even come back to win a couple), that easily would jump to 65%+ if not more. if I took out the amount of times I got killed by a turrent, my K/D would definitely be improved from the 2.1 it is now.

You may ask....why does it matter? Why do you care? Which...is a legit question. I find DM's to be a true form of competitive skill. I dont have teammates to hide behind. If I win, its because of my abilities and skill. If I lose, its because someone could kill faster and better. TDM's tend to be based on overall skill with some exceptions. So when people see what I'm about they would see that I don't need a stacked team to win or have good stats. Its all on me. But when I get losses that aren't atributed to my skill or ability....it just deflates the whole purpose.

its a shame that the hardcore matches died out before the first month was out.

I hate to say this, but when I see someone with awesome stats, I don't think, wow that guy is awesome, i kinda think, wow, that guy needs to get a real life...

I know, I know, its totally different with guys, but in real life, no one really cares about how good you are at video games.

LIES!!!!!!!!!!

whatbearisbest wrote:

I hate to say this, but when I see someone with awesome stats, I don't think, wow that guy is awesome, i kinda think, wow, that guy needs to get a real life...

I know, I know, its totally different with guys, but in real life, no one really cares about how good you are at video games.

Thanks...bear.

I'll just be over here....

lol sorry. Since I "know" all you guys and know your personalities, I don't think you guys are the "I live in my mom's basement and just play video games all day" type.

Maybe me thinking that way is just a way to make me feel good about not being that great.


probably

Perfect example of out group homogeneity, in group bias, schemas, and stereotypes.

[/just finished a social psychology homework assignment]

too many big words

None of those words were hard except maybe homogeneity and schemas.

...

i love lamp?

btw J and i know someone who all about the stats

Man, he was about to be all over me when you had him thinking I was a girl.

You shouldn't have ruined it.

SHHHH im sorry. he actually fell for it too

btw does myres like shut down after 12AM EST or am i just unlucky the past few days ?

I think it's been on the fritz lately, but it doesn't shut down for sure.