Night Vision Extraordinaire...Left of Reason Edition!

This is what happens when you mix Left of Reason, alcohol, bread, cheese, ham and night vision goggles...

When All My Built Up Hope, Excitement and Anticipation Goes...POOF!

Anyone that knows me, knows that I was anticipating the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the 360. I had the Hardened edition pre-ordered since April and the Prestige edition since May. November 10th could not have come soon enough. There I was Tuesday morning waiting in line at Best Buy to pick it up. After a LONG day of work, I raced home to play. After a hour long delay, (Damn, those goggles are fun!) I was ready to kill. I went through the single player campaign on Regular. Then on Veteran. And for a third time on Recruit. In between, Murda and I crushed the Special Ops missions. To this point, we have earned 66 of the possible 69 stars. Everything up until that point was what I imagined. It was glorious. It was awe-inspiring. It was worth the money.



Then came the online multi-player...



First off, Infinity Ward disabled Party chat during the match. (Party chat is for groups of up to 8 XBOX Live friends that can chat with each other no matter what game or activity they are doing individually. It's awesome. I can be killing, a buddy can be playing UNO and another checking Facebook, but we can all be talking together.) Party chat in this game? Nope. OUTLAWED. Fuck that. And because of that, Murda and I had to listen to the other players. That was the main reason behind gripe number 2.



There are WAY too many kids and racists playing this game. The game is rated M for mature. Kids under 18 should not even be playing it. Where are their parents? Boozing it up, that's where. Its probably the reason why the kids are so fucked up. Seriously, grow the fuck up. If I ever met you in real life, I'd fucking punch you in the head. Then I'd punch your Dad in the head. Then your Mom. Then the person standing next to your Mom out of spite for being in the same general area.



If the 10-year-old racists weren't bad enough, the "pros" I played with were. And by "pros," I mean the fucking no talent ass clowns that have nothing to do all day, but play. You know the ones. The ones that can skip school because their parents are too drunk to notice or the ones that have no job and sit in their parents' basements, smoking pot and reminiscing about the "glory" days of high school when they did that one "cool" thing that nobody remembers, but them. Basically, retards.



During the first match I played, I had no idea of the map layout, what guns were good for that map or where the killing zones were. Plus, I was playing with 1 of the 3 guns (which are all crap) the game starts you with. Needless to say, I started 0-6. All of sudden everyone on my team starts dumping on me, taunting me and telling me how much I suck. (Except Murda who was in the same boat. He was not running around all crazy-like so he didn't get shot up like me.) Let's just say that pissed me off. Just a bit. Maybe a bit more than a bit. I could have choked out a nun. I was a little upset. So I focused and rattled off a 10 kill streak to finish 10-6. My team lost by 1 kill, but I finished third. In the lobby after the game, I didn't hear anyone bitching or laughing at me. Funny. I wonder why? Maybe because a guy, who played his first match, without a basic knowledge of the map and playing with the starting guns, just bitch slapped you fucks up and down the map.



After that first match, Murda and I quit and played Battlefield: Bad Company...



Needless to say, we won the first Battlefield match after not playing that game in over 2 weeks. Did I mention I finished first overall and Murda and I won best squad? Oh yeah. We're fucking good.

Will I go back to mult-player on CoD: MW2? Probably. It's just so deflating when something I looked forward to for a long ass time, disappoints. (Kind of like the "Crying Game." Having a great time with someone that gets you and loves you for you and then, BAM!, a penis shows up.) However, the game is just too damn good to put on a shelf. Nevertheless, I will always be wary of the racist kids and the good-for-nothing wannabe pros. But don't worry. I'll kill them...eventually. (In the game, I mean. Of course, of course.)

Night Vision Extraordinaire!

Thank you, Infinity Ward!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Standard Edition - $60


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Hardened Edition - $80


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition - $150


Running Around the House Wearing Night Vision Goggles - Priceless

200 Straight Days of XBOX 360!

After Sunday, I have now gamed on my XBOX 360 for 200 straight days. Yes, I know. I'm still proud of my milestone though. Most of those days were spent killing on the Battlefield with Murda and sometimes Matt would join the fight. There was serious raping going on.



In honor of my 200th day, I decided to earn 200 achievement points. Some of the 23 were fun to get. Here's the list...

• MLB Front Office Manager - Rule 5 Drafter


• Tom Clancey's H.A.W.K. - Operation Ghost Rider


• WWE Legends of Wrestlemania - Created a Legend


• Guitar Hero: Metallica - Reload


• Guitar Hero: Metallica - Fixxxer


• Guitar Hero: Metallica - Blackened


• Guitar Hero: Van Halen - Bang your Gong


• Guitar Hero: Van Halen - Can I Borrow a Quarter?


• Guitar Hero: Van Halen - No Brown M&M’s!!


• Guitar Hero: Van Halen - Intruder


• Guitar Hero: Van Halen - Have You Seen His Grades?


• Guitar Hero 5 - Score Big


• Guitar Hero 5 - Producer


• Guitar Hero 5 - Explore the Studio Space


• Guitar Hero 5 - What's New?


• Guitar Hero 5 - Young Star


• Guitar Hero 5 - Above And Beyond


• Guitar Hero 5 - No Mistakes Allowed


• Guitar Hero 5 - Senior Commander


• Guitar Hero 5 - Special Guest


• Guitar Hero 5 - Over 9000!


• Guitar Hero 5 - Crowd Pleaser


• Guitar Hero 5 - Did You Finish Like We Did?

I tracked my progress at 360voice.com. Check out my blogging 360 at 360 Voice. The site is awesome. It creates a blog from your 360's point-of-view. Try it. You'll enjoy it.

As you can see, I also changed my gamer picture. It's my XBOX Live Avatar. Yes, that's a Lightsaber. Yes, I know I'm a geek. Here is the entry from my 200th day...

I thought maybe the power was out yesterday... imagine my surprise when Lunchbox37 hit the switches! Gamerscore stands at 27,450. That is a gain of 200 points over last time! He rallied MLB® Front Office Mgr gaining 1 achievement, Halo Wars, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X picking up 1 achievement, WWE Legends winning 1 achievement, Guitar Hero 5 gaining an amazing 12 achievements, Guitar Hero Van Halen finishing 5 achievements, Guitar Hero Metallica finishing 3 achievements, Halo Waypoint, BF: Bad Company, and... hmmm... I forget what else we did... BTW, I have a special secret to share... ready? FREAKIN' 200 DAYS OF GAMING IN A ROW OMG!

I never thought I would get to 200, but I did. (Thanks to some help from, of all people, my Mom.) I'm not sure how much longer I can go. But with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 dropping today, I'll probably be on for a bit more. It would be nice to play 365 days in a row, but I just do not see that happening.



Murda and I killing on my 200th day.

Return of a Legend(dary Douchebag)