Disclaimer: Before all the Modern Warfare 1 fans and Bad Company 2 fans hate on me for liking Modern Warfare 2, might I clarify that:
- I never bought Modern Warfare 1, so this game isn’t a rehash cash-grab to me.
- I own and enjoy Bad Company 2 too.
So I’ve been getting some rave reviews from other players that I happen upon randomly in Infinity Ward’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″. Half the people that play with me and contact me end up sending me friend requests, and the other half send me messages telling me how much they hate my funky fresh style, like this one:
danger close noob tube camping and oma means your a noob
- mbrooker91, spelling is terribad, but true to the message
doesn’t that mean you just went 0 and 6 with a noob?
- me the Awesome, my response to him
Note: For the record, I remember bombing this specific guy once as he ran right across the area in front of me, twice more when he was feebly hiding behind a dumpster in the distance, once as he was running straight at me down a tunnel, once when he tried to sneak up on me behind some barrels, and he ate a claymore in the face. I’m also pretty sure I called a precision airstrike right on his head, and shot him with a few howitzers out of an AC130 gunship. So, I mean, I can understand why he’d be pissed. I’d be angry too if I sucked that hard.
Bite me, mbrooker91.
Conclusion
I’m putting this at the start, so people who aren’t inclined to read the whole damn rant (there’s plenty of stuff that only matters to you if you play Modern Warfare 2) can still get my point. You can skip the rest of this rant if you don’t like reading about detailed nerdy stuff, but here are the main points:
- Haters gonna hate
- Some people are average at video games
- Some people are better than average at video games because they manipulate the game mechanics to do some neat/badass stuff
- Some average players hate on these players because their methods are difficult to play against with illogical criticisms
- My opinion: tough luck, bitches—the scoreboard says it all
- I for one am not self-loathing enough to tell the guy who just killed me six times in a row that he sucks and doesn’t know how to play
- Some people are frustrated with sucking, as they should be, and take it out on the good players just looking to get some frags in
- If you don’t like losing, try getting better, playing differently, buying another game, blaming the developers, or smashing your controller into your face, but don’t come whining to me about your terrible skills
- Oh, and note that I don’t consider myself a pro at the game, but I just think it’s dumb to criticize other players on their styles—especially if they are kicking your ass, apparently
From the conclusion at the end of this post:
Point of the story is, don’t bitch about some guy who is creaming you just because he’s doing it with only one or two (really simple) tricks. Quality players adapt and change when things don’t seem to work. Stubborn/persistent players try the same thing again and again (usually to no avail), and little bitches cry and whine about how unfair the world is.
What a mbrooker91 looks like in real life.
This is true in life as well, from both points of view. For one, it’s just good sense to put forethought, critical thinking, and contingencies into your plans. Alternatively, when something doesn’t go your way, you can either avoid it, overcome the obstacle, stupidly attack it the same way every time, or lay down and die, bitching about it all way down.
Thanks xkcd.
