Alright, so I’ll see if I can write a good discussion post. This subject is probably completely irrelevant, but whatever.
I got Call of Duty 4 about 3 weeks ago, after trading in a whole bunch of junk to Gamestop that I would never use again. I had played it before about two weeks after it came out, when I borrowed it from one of my friends. I finished the campaign pretty quickly, and played about two multiplayer matches before my friend asked for it back, so I didn’t really get a ton of time with it. Before three weeks ago, I was (mistakenly) convinced that Call of Duty 4 did not deserve to be a more popular multiplayer game than Halo 3. After spending 28 hours (according to the leaderboards) with the game, I can safely say that it was a much more enjoyable experience than half of my time in Halo 3 was. This isn’t really the subject of the post, but I wanted to give you folks some background as to why I’m not exactly super far along in the multiplayer ranks (level 42).
So I booted the game up today, planning on playing for a while (summer break tends to give you this freedom). I jump into Mercenary Team Deathmatch, and get ready to play. The game starts, and I promptly start off with a score of 18 kills to 1 death, and finish with 24 kills and 4 deaths. Needless to say, I was pretty pleased with myself. That was one of the better matches I have ever played, but I sorta thought I would cool off in the next match. Nope. I go 32 and 10 on Pipeline. At this point…well, it’s strange. I’m actually getting BORED of playing this well. So instead of playing a bunch of Call of Duty 4, I’m sitting here writing about how a combined score of 50 kills and 14 deaths(not counting assists) has managed to bore me of Call of Duty 4 for the time being. So, if anyone is actually reading this blog (I know I have one consistent reader!), I pose this question to you: Have you ever reached a point in a multiplayer game where you don’t feel like you can possibly improve on your performance? And if so, how did that affect you?
As a side note, I realize that someone might come along and say something like, “Haha, you n00b, you only did 50 and 14 in two matches? I did like 45,000 and 2 lolololol”. Well, that’s great for you! But for me, these two straight rounds that I just played were as well as I have ever played in Call of Duty 4, and maybe as well as I have ever played in an online FPS. So I suppose what I am saying is to respect everyone’s personal successes, even if yours are more impressive!
June 2, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Being able to play a game well is fun but success in a game is something that one should not be proud off as real life matters are much more important.
But hey games are there for a reason right? and those are good stats as well ^_^.
I’ve only the red tiger r700 to complete and i’ll get my golden dragunov
and i dont get that stat much as well xD
kudos to you ^^
June 2, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Personally, when i have a day like that, i keep improving until i quit playing.
One day i started with a 20 and 14 match, and at the end of thedayi pulled a 30 and 2!
June 2, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Hey now Shawn, I see no reason that someone can’t be proud of gaming accomplishments. To me, it is no different than someone being proud of doing well in a recreational sporting league…there isn’t any shame in taking pride in accomplishments that you have practiced and worked for. Not to say that games are important or relevant to real life success (though they are to some), but you can certainly take pride in doing well while playing a game.
Sorry about that long-winded response, but I felt the need to address that with my own personal opinion.
July 21, 2008 at 9:21 am
i just play for the fun, i mean i got 96 with 15 deaths, but i was on a team deathmatch with 50 people in shipment, with marytdom. i just need to level up to get the desert eagle, cause all of the other pistols are just poor compared to it. keep playin, keep killing, and never give up, get revenge, and kill noobs!