Reflections on CoD this year

I started this blog because I figured I could find a use for all my negative opinions/complaints/concerns/griping. Lord knows I hear enough thoughts on what to do with cod competitively that I've had to set a brain filter switch so my head doesn't implode. As I sit here typing this I find myself asking, infinity ward, what were you thinking? No record? No dedicated servers? really?

Now I switch thought processes, as I do often because my mind is like a distorted version of a bad john cena action movie (a lot of moves but no real plot), and I want to focus on another subject: Competitive CoD.

I've had several people come to me griping that I should put Modern Warfare 2 into leagues right now. "Its ready!" they say. "You're an idiot for not pushing it out now." "CTF is the way to go!"(that one I do agree on) "Record function? Just use fraps, problem solved."(This gamer has obviously never fraps'd while in game.) "Who cares about dedicated servers? Just split tournies regionally" Or my personal favorite: "CEVO doesn't ban off demos, so you don't need record."

Needless to say I've blown up on a couple of people about it. Told one person to stick to writing, Berated a couple of people as fools. One of my European friends just suggested I come up with a thumbs up/thumbs down system of approval, Late Roman Empire style. I like it. I could see myself in that role. So I think instead of blasting people and their ideals, I'll divert this blog to that.

Big thumbs up to Joker and other modders for cracking the record function and taking the initiative to save our game, since IW obviously isn't going to any time soon.

Thumbs down to pokeefe. You make assumptions like you know what the hell you're talking about. We don't need mod tools? Really? How would you know if we want to make this game into cod4? Have you ever personally been an admin or know how to run and keep a community stable? Do you really think that no dedicated servers is "not that big of a deal?" IW.net is better than dedicated servers in the long run? Are you daft? What alternate reality do you live in? Take your own advice and stick to college instead of trying to tell us what to do.

Thumbs down to anyone thinking that our petition/signatures will matter in the long run to iw. Especially when none of us carry through on our petition. Sure that money will hurt them its money they want but they know you're going to buy it anyways.(their first day sales thursday at 310 million in the US and UK alone, which practically topples halo. do you really think 100,000 signatures matter to them?)

Thumbs down to people making giant suggestions in the first week of the game being out and the two weeks before the game comes out. Yes, of course the admins of the community are complacent right now. We're waiting to see what happens. Simply put you cannot have a game ready to play competitively without the record function. (The first one of you that mutters about fraps I'm stabbing with my mind.) We'll announce something as soon as we know for sure that its a viable option for competition, I don't see the point in all the arguing and bitching and theoretical bullshit. For now you should prepare for at least another cod4 tourny while we wait.

Thumbs up to people liking ctf as a gametype. Way to finally break away from the SD mode! (I had to say at least something else positive)

Thumbs down to Infinity ward. It seems as if you left the code for dedicated servers, record, and other things in just to taunt us. Did some paper pusher decide at the last second hey we're going to just turn all of that shit off? You're making my decisions on bad company 2 and l4d2 so much easier.

Thumbs up to the people smart enough to realize that while we are keeping an eye on things, that you can't rush mw2 into the competitive scene right now before things get fixed. Euros tried that and it was a giant fail. Sure it was for other reasons besides the game being flukey, but the point is that they weren't prepared and rushed it. We have to take the time to make things right the first time.

Another thumbs up just because I had so much negativity going on that I felt the need to put one. Congrats to the USA AVA video game team of snatcch, michaelD, gnome keith and juve on your trip to korea. Represent!

I think that sums up my rantings and bitchings for now. Sure I left a few people out but I griped them out on xfire anyways. Like I said. We're watching over mw2 carefully to see what develops. But we're not going to push it in and fail in a first event, nobody is that stupid. That's all for now. I am going to spend my day torn between the star trek original series marathon going on on the big screen in my roommate's room or watching and cursing football like a member of the league on that new tv show. Keep an open mind, and stop being blind idiots!