Category Archives: Multiplayer

You’re Not Helping

By spamfest | Published: February 20, 2009
You know what I’m tired of? Seeing my teammates snipe in CoD4’s “hardcore” mode. Every time I see someone on my team doing it I feel like I should rip on them via text chat, but then I realize I’d have a pointless argument to push myself through, so I never do it. [...]
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An Exercise in Spawn Rape

By spamfest | Published: February 10, 2009
It’s been awhile, I know. Let me apologize for this semi-great span of silence and offer a bit of an explanation. You see, when you meet a little hottie (literally; she’s 4′11″), talk to her, hang out with her, get drunk with her, and, um, do things with her, suddenly playing video games doesn’t seem [...]
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Gamer Resolutions 2009

By spamfest | Published: January 1, 2009
So, I saw this list of resolutions written for/about game developers and the industry, and in the comments someone said it ought to be done for gamers themselves. I decided to give it a little thought (seriously, not that much), and this is what I came up with! I will expand my vocabulary. Not [...]
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Sometimes 60 FPS actually isn’t enough.

By spamfest | Published: December 15, 2008
Counter to this post, you’ll often find that in online games you need more than 60 FPS. Of course, if you’re running an LCD monitor at 60 Hz, you won’t see more than 60 FPS, but that doesn’t mean the experience isn’t a little better. Whether or not it has a measurable effect [...]
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ASCII Wars

By spamfest | Published: December 6, 2008
Fresh off the back of posting that last bit about the ever-present possibility of being unjustly banned from a server, it actually happened. No, seriously. Not even 48 hours after posting, me and my totally awesome in-game alias of S P A M F E S T found ourselves perma-banned from a CoD4 server I’d [...]
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The worst thing about gaming…

By spamfest | Published: November 30, 2008
…is probably the factor of anonymity. The degree to which people feel safe and secure enough to run their mouth can bring down even the most fun of games to an annoying level. To be fair, I’m all for a little heated taunting so long as it’s kept to a manageable level. These things [...]
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Making CoD4’s sniper rifles fun to use.

By spamfest | Published: November 23, 2008
I’ve never liked sniping in CoD4. It feels broken and unbalanced compared to the sheer power and dominance of the assault rifles and submachine guns. The snipers are so slow and you’re punished so harshly for missing that I never took to it. Also, I hate sitting around waiting for someone to [...]
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