My first Xbox Live experience
Thursday, March 31st, 2005 - 11:41am
Getting my ass handed to me at Halo2 while some dude ran around the map droning "weiner bomb" over and over again.
I guess it's about what I expected. 
baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
Why would you do that to yourself?
Put all of the GWJ guys on your friends list and only play with us!
You don't have to call me Lieutenant, Rosie......
XBox Live: SwampYankee68
True dat. The world is full of Idiots and a good chuck of them play Xbox Live.
I obviously need to add all you guys to my friends list post haste!
That, and to reduce my overall level of n00bism so I''m not getting pwn3d all the time...
Xbox Live: CrankyBaby
baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
Definitely agree on adding people you know to your friends list and playing with them. Makes XBOX Live much more enjoyable.
Also, Halo 2 struck me as dangerous waters. Number 1, it''s a very popular game, so every asshat in the world owns it and plays it. Also, in my mind, it''s kind of a dumb game. The ""special weapons"" (rocket launcher, sword, sniper rifle) are so much more powerful than the other weapons that the whole game seems to be about getting and keeping those weapons. Since most weapons have a big reticule (i.e. they''re not accurate) the game is otherwise just a question of math. Is it two guys on one? Did you start firing first? If you know the map and where the good stuff/ hiding spots are, you have a huge leg up. So mostly, it''s a matter of knowing the map and grabbing the special weapons.
I liked Halo, but Halo 2 struck me as kind of dumb.
XBox Live: PoppinfreshGWJ
LobsterMobster wrote:
I can certainly see that. Another irritating gameplay issue is that if someone happens to come around behind you or you get caught in a crossfire, you''re history. You move so slowly that it takes an eternity to either get out of the way or turn and return fire...it''s kind of a rude awakening after UT2004, which is much more about raw reflexes. Halo 2 seems to be more about knowing where to camp and keeping your back to the wall.
This is just based on my limited experience playing Slayer in small maps...I imagine the various team games would be a lot less frustrating.
Xbox Live: CrankyBaby
baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
You can change your controller sensitivity to move faster (it''s set pretty slow), but your basic point is still quite true. Playing with friends for fun can be entertaining, but after spending some hours on it, playing with random people just isn''t worth it to me.
XBox Live: PoppinfreshGWJ
LobsterMobster wrote:
For some reason, I thought this was the funniest thing I''ve ever read.
Morrolan wrote:
Well I don''t know... I usually find the experience of shooting annoying people pretty liberating actually.
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That part is fun. It''s the part where they shoot back that sucks. Especially when it''s some screechy-voiced trash-talker.
XBox Live: PoppinfreshGWJ
LobsterMobster wrote:
Heh. You said ''handed.''
"PEACE ON EARTH. GOOD WILL TO MEN. PUBLIC SHELTER. ADMISSION 50¢"
Seconded. I''m still chortling.
If I didn't drink, Crom would laugh and cast me out of Valhalla when I die. Peer pressure I can handle, but not when it comes from Crom. -Lobo
Ahem
<clears throat>
Ahem!
Weiner bomb.
Thanks, I''ll be here all week. Enjoy the buffet.
You don't have to call me Lieutenant, Rosie......
XBox Live: SwampYankee68
Xbox Live: CrankyBaby
baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
It''s not all bad you know. After this game some 12yo called me ""CHEATER!"" about 37 times in a row without stopping for breath
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Turn it around and have fun with it. My wife likes talking smack through the headset when I play online. It''s pretty funny when the other players start freaking out because they think they''re getting their asses kicked by a woman.
It is startling the number of drunk/stoned dumbasses out there playing on Live though.
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Unless you''re going to tell me that the number is surprisingly low, I''m missing the part that''s startling...
Don't you understand, Cliff? We put a chainsaw on a machine gun! That's it! It doesn't get more awesome than that! We've peaked, man! We've peaked! - ctrl-alt-del on Gears of War 2
I am so going to do that with my gf.
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Mmmm.... Weinerbomb...
My first XBox Live experience was on Burnout 3. Everyone was really nice.
Then I tried Crimson Skies and everyone was dead silent except for yelling at the host to start the game.
NOTE: This is not a doodle bug.
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Yeah, but weiner bomb. So there.
Morrolan wrote:
My girlfriend loves doing that on SOCOM II and Xbox Live alike.
""Give me the headset!"", she demands.
""You need to at least tell me what they say to me"", I tell her.
She agrees. Of course, 5 minutes in, I notice the onscreen ""chat"" indicators, and yet jack sh-t is getting relayed from her to me.
""WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?"", I ask
""Huh? Uhm... I don''t know. Something about a bomb guy or something.""
*sigh*
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Xbox Live: Legion SB | PSN: Legion_SB
"Damn, your comedic timing is awesome." -- Spaz, *Legion* Fan #1437
At this point you say ""No.""
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Wiener bomb.
Xbox Live: CrankyBaby
baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
At risk of looking like a dork: What is a Wiener bomb?
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First rule of Wiener bomb?
1) Don''t talk about Wiener bomb.
"That's because you were 10. Everyone likes Garfield when they're 10. When you're 10 you think a cat eating lasagna is genius." - Mumford
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Second rule of Wiener bomb?
Wiener bomb.
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Morrolan wrote:
WEINER BOMB!!
XBLive: Thin J
PSN: Thin_J
I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf
Not if I want her to say ""yes"" later when *I* have something to ask for...
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"Damn, your comedic timing is awesome." -- Spaz, *Legion* Fan #1437
This whole thing was only funny until this point, at which I then proceeded to hurt. Perfect use of the reference!
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
"Truly, this mishap has set back the swamp sciences several years." - H.P. Lovesauce, lamenting a tragedy.
I think you should withhold sex from her until she starts getting in line. Screw conventional gender roles! She isn''t as self-sufficient as you are! You''re a ROCK. You can DO this. Win one for all of us!
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