How to actually enjoy the games you play!

[themanwithnoname]

Severance said:

themanwithnoname said:

mchaza said:

Points for online:

1. remember you aren't playing to impress anyone 

2. Its not a competition, you are not going to get a prize at the end of the match 

3. forget K/D its a waste of time and ruins the experience Completly 

4. play with uncompetitive people: its really fun 

5. Clam DOWN people stop doing " What the Hell, How did you KiLL me"...throws controller...rage quits. Just take a deep breath and remember its just a game and "Who cares" your friends aren't going to turn around and say "you bad i am not going to be your friend anymore" (your real life ones, as your virtual ones may) 

6. Play for the Win and if you Win you Win if you lose you lose, but dont worry if you aren't winning. 

I need to add a disclaimer to number 5, which is impossible in Gears of War 2. How anybody plays that game without screaming or bouncing their controller across the room is beyond me.

is it that bad? i've played a bit of it before owning a 360 and it was fine, but now i have a 360 i can't get past the "Matchmaking" screen , it keeps telling me that its searching for players.

I could go on a rant about how garbage the multiplayer is. The only reason I play it is because my friend loves it. For starters, there's host advantage where the host gets a one shot kill with a shotgun against anyone who gets near him, while his body is a sponge and can absorb numerous shotgun rounds without going down. This combined with the horrific melee, which has an auto lock (you don't have to be accurate with it at all) and does more damage than most guns in the game do. The auto lock and damage caused by the melee result in numerous two piecing. About 30% of the kills I see on a nightly basis are two pieces. This game will make you want to yell and scream and smash your controller into smithereens for legitimate reason, because it genuinely is the game's fault. Then there's jerks on your team who will run up and steal kills on people you've downed (happens to me on a nightly basis). I can live with that, but host advantage, horrible hit detection, and the melee are all horrific at best. I'd like to see the melee permanently removed from the game, as it gets abused and is pretty much an automatic two piece every time if they have a shotgun.

My favorite moments last night consisted of me sticking the barrel of my shotgun in the enemy's back, shooting twice, then having somebody come right behind me and one shot me right into the wall. The best moment though had to be getting one shot by a computer player who wasn't even looking at me.