Beamer wrote on May 15, 2010, 13:51:
Listen: this is bluesnews. The average poster age is probably somewhere between 27 and 35. Most of us remember buying Wolfenstein on floppy disks from a computer fair. Most of us remember either downloading Doom or picking it up at the checkout counter of Babbages or Egghead.

Or 23 but through chance, circumstance, or a little bit of planning managed to experience PC gaming (and arcade gaming) as if you were 35+.

I've parsed more "examine <entity>" than probably anyone in my age group.

I love people that claim to be old, then when told someone is older they call them grandpa.



Listen: this is bluesnews. The average poster age is probably somewhere between 27 and 35. Most of us remember buying Wolfenstein on floppy disks from a computer fair. Most of us remember either downloading Doom or picking it up at the checkout counter of Babbages or Egghead.

The age card and longevity card are entirely moot here. We've all been doing this forever.

JM wrote on May 15, 2010, 01:02:

So, you've not encountered any people who have hacked to 10th level prestige and gotten the spinning skull icon? They are exploiting loopholes/bugs in the system.

No, I have not. Not saying it doesn't exist but I certainly haven't encountered it. Or, if I did, it went by unnoticed by me and so I'd have to say it had little, if any, impact on my enjoyment of the game. In any case, exploiting loopholes and bugs is hardly unique to MW2.

Edit:

Did a quick search and found this - http://tinyurl.com/ycrsha3

It appears as if the issue you're describing has been fixed.

Then they must not have bothered to fix it on the PC, or claimed they fixed and it didn't. Because when I tried the free weekend I saw tons of people with that. Basically many of the people at 10th prestige and pretty much anyone with spinning skull emblem have hacked the game.

My apologies grandpa. One thing I've learned in my 30 years. No use arguing with old people. You'll die before me anyway.

I doubt that. When I picture you nerd-raging at your computer, I envision a stressed-out, overweight, greasy-haired, slob sitting with a half-eaten pizza and 2-liter bottle of Coke furiously typing out his anger in some dark, musty basement in his parent's house. Hardly the picture of health.

My apologies grandpa. One thing I've learned in my 30 years. No use arguing with old people. You'll die before me anyway.

I'm hardly a "Kid", I may have been a kid when Nintendo came out, which I was. And I've been playing FPS games since my early teens with the original Wolf3D and Doom.

Ah, I see. So you just act like a kid by acting like a little punk when others don't agree with you. All the more pathetic of you then.

I'm sorry that you were retarded enough to buy MW2, maybe if you had spent the last 2 decades gaming on a PC like I have...

I'm sorry that your immature little self has to resort to name calling. For such a grown up you sure like to stomp your feet a lot. For the record, I've been gaming since the original Pong. So please, spare me your gaming "credentials". I'm hardly impressed.

...you would have been more offended by having an amazing series stripped down for Console fanboys and overcharged for on the PC.

You were offended and you expressed your dissatisfaction by not buying MW2. Unfortunately, you're such a child that you need to deride others who don't feel and act like you do. My 5-year-old son gets like that as well. Fortunately, my 12-year-old grew out of that kind of behavior so I'm not too concerned. Kind of embarrassing behavior for a self-proclaimed "adult" such as yourself.

If you actually support being fucked in the ass by a gaming company...

Wow, you got fucked in the ass? No wonder you're so hostile.

One thing I've learned in my 40+ years, the louder the bark, the smaller the dog. Time to grow up, kid.

This comment was edited on May 15, 2010, 02:47.

JM wrote on May 15, 2010, 01:03:

He just feels the need to defend the 60 (Since he's "Smart enough" not to buy the map packs) bucks that he flushed down the toilet on a broken, watered down version of what was a great game.

Excuse me kid, but the grown ups are trying to have a discussion.

I'm hardly a "Kid", I may have been a kid when Nintendo came out, which I was. And I've been playing FPS games since my early teens with the original Wolf3D and Doom.

I'm sorry that you were retarded enough to buy MW2, maybe if you had spent the last 2 decades gaming on a PC like I have, you would have been more offended by having an amazing series stripped down for Console fanboys and overcharged for on the PC.

If you actually support being fucked in the ass by a gaming company, I truely feel sorry for you. Apparently you do though,

He just feels the need to defend the 60 (Since he's "Smart enough" not to buy the map packs) bucks that he flushed down the toilet on a broken, watered down version of what was a great game.

Excuse me kid, but the grown ups are trying to have a discussion.

So, you've not encountered any people who have hacked to 10th level prestige and gotten the spinning skull icon? They are exploiting loopholes/bugs in the system.

No, I have not. Not saying it doesn't exist but I certainly haven't encountered it. Or, if I did, it went by unnoticed by me and so I'd have to say it had little, if any, impact on my enjoyment of the game. In any case, exploiting loopholes and bugs is hardly unique to MW2.

Edit:

Did a quick search and found this - http://tinyurl.com/ycrsha3

It appears as if the issue you're describing has been fixed.

This comment was edited on May 15, 2010, 01:40.

He just feels the need to defend the 60 (Since he's "Smart enough" not to buy the map packs) bucks that he flushed down the toilet on a broken, watered down version of what was a great game.

JM wrote on May 14, 2010, 21:35:
And playing on the PS3 I've yet to encounter any bugs.

So, you've not encountered any people who have hacked to 10th level prestige and gotten the spinning skull icon? They are exploiting loopholes/bugs in the system.

We just think you're all idiots for paying 90 dollars for the game

I paid $60. You see, no one actually forced me to buy any map packs. So, I think you're an idiot for making false assumptions.

So yeah, enjoy your 90 dollar multiplayer game with bugs that will never be fixed since everyone who matters at IW left

Once again, $60. And playing on the PS3 I've yet to encounter any bugs. But yes, I understand that I am wrong for liking the game as much as I do.

roflcakes

Ah, I should've realized I was debating with a 12-year-old. Carry on, Junior.

This comment was edited on May 14, 2010, 21:42.

Dev wrote on May 14, 2010, 19:15:
($5 * 5 maps would be $25 for the pack).

Good thing you did the math for us. Not all of us are in third grade still you know. Step back away from the computer.

lol $15 for 5 maps?

Good ole activision soaking people for as much as they will pay. Its clear now why they didn't want dedicated servers in MW2 or people making custom maps.

Contrast that to games like TF2 where they give you maps for free.

BTW, this is a smart business move, tons of people are willing to shell out cash for this, heck they'd probably pay $5 a map ($25 for the pack). That doesn't mean I have to like it. That also doesn't mean I can't look at the move with contempt.

This comment was edited on May 14, 2010, 21:16.

Linksil wrote on May 14, 2010, 13:27:

JM wrote on May 14, 2010, 11:31:
I must be doing something wrong because I have thoroughly enjoyed MW2 even though everyone here says I'm not supposed to.

I enjoyed MW2 also... had a good 50 hours into the game with SP and MP combined. But I can't bring myself to play it now, let alone pay 5 dollars a new map.

Sounds like you got your money's worth, so why does your pussy hurt? I don't get it. If you don't want the map packs don't buy them. Simple.

Drezden wrote on May 14, 2010, 16:02:
No one said you guys weren't allowed to enjoy the game.

We just think you're all idiots for paying 90 dollars for the game (After both map packs are taken into account) without dedicated servers.

When the original MW cost 50 bucks, had dedicated servers, and had a free map pack. Hell even World at War was 50 bucks, had zombie nazi mode, and had was it 2 or 3 map packs? including new maps for the nazi zombie mode.

So yeah, enjoy your 90 dollar multiplayer game with bugs that will never be fixed since everyone who matters at IW left, roflcakes.

So if someone plays the game for 200 hours, and pays $90...how is that a ripoff? Just saying.

Would it be better to buy four other games at $50 each and only get 20 hours each out of them, for a total of 80 hours? 200 hours for $90 or 80 hours for $200. Who's the idiot again?

No one said you guys weren't allowed to enjoy the game.

We just think you're all idiots for paying 90 dollars for the game (After both map packs are taken into account) without dedicated servers.

When the original MW cost 50 bucks, had dedicated servers, and had a free map pack. Hell even World at War was 50 bucks, had zombie nazi mode, and had was it 2 or 3 map packs? including new maps for the nazi zombie mode.

So yeah, enjoy your 90 dollar multiplayer game with bugs that will never be fixed since everyone who matters at IW left, roflcakes.

Afghan
Derail
Estate
Favela
Highrise
Invasion
Quarry
Rundown
Rust
Scrapyard
Skidrow
Sub Base
Substation
Terminal
Underpass
Uprise
Wasteland

That is the original maplist. That would be 17 maps, 16 if you don't include Rust which isn't really played other than on splitscreens. Assuming you only bought MW2 for the multiplayer, which most people I know did(consoles), that comes down to $3.75 a map. These map packs are only $3 a map. Only thing I don't like about these packs are that they remodel old maps exactly how they were but sell them for the same price as the new ones, unless you count the new maps at $3.75 a piece. Then the other 2 come down to $3.75 total, which is justifiable. The pricing really isn't that outrageous, but I do agree it should be lowered to about $10.

What they should really allow, however, is custom maps created by users. The loss of this in recent games has been really detrimental.

DangerDog wrote on May 14, 2010, 13:42:
Still no White House map, complete chicken shit.

Yeah because that matters.

Still no White House map, complete chicken shit.