RPG FTW

"Big-ass titties!" - Danny McBride in Tropic Thunder as he sets off explosions

So I unlocked the RPG the other night and decided to give it a go after seeing this montage from SandyRavage:



You know the satisfaction of blowing fools up with the noob tube? Well, multiply that by 10 with the RPG. I don't know what it is - perhaps the weapon reminds me of 80s movies in which you see an RPG - like Red Dawn or Rambo: First Blood Part II There's just something pimpy about seeing that trail of smoke as the projectile flies all the way across the map. So I started using it a couple of nights ago and I've now racked up 77 kills with that bad boy. I realize this may not be a huge number compared to someone like SeriouslyAWESOME or OMAGIC77, but with my skill level, not bad for the first couple of nights.

There was this one Team Deathmatch game in Sub Base when I was giggling all to myself like a junior high school girl gossiping with her friends at lunch. I was getting owned in the beginning of the match, but them multi-kills just kept on coming. There were a few guys who INSISTED on running behind riot shield dude. And as they walked down death row, I was chillin' by the top of of the doorway an blasted those fools. Double kill here, triple kill there. So immensely satisfying. I ended up with a decent 17-10. Not bad since I was running around mostly with a secondary weapon with only 2 rounds (Scavenger Pro enabled, though) Sometimes I get killed while the rocket is mid-flight, but I'd still kill the guy. I'll trade 1-for-1, especially when there's a chance of a multi-kill.

And I'll tell you this much - you can use this on ANY map. The larger maps like Derail and Afghan are a challenge because the rocket seems to veer off at longer distances, but it makes long distance kills that much more satisfying. On small maps like Skid Row and High Rise, it's so fun to just shoot into a crowded room.

Now what I want to know is if there's haterdom out there for this weapon. I mean, how is this any better than noob tubing? Maybe it isn't but I just don't really hear people talk shit about the RPG. Is it because you can't hipfire it? Perhaps actually having to aim suggests that it's not as noobish?

Killcam Pet Peeves Vol. 1: Heartbeat Sensors

This series of posts is a way for me to rant about the shit I HATE seeing in Killcams. I'm sure this is just the first of many volumes.

Heartbeat Sensor
I don't know why, but this annoys the shit outta me when I see this on in a Killcam. I suppose this does have a place in the game (especially for objective-based games) but in the short time I used it (during the single player campaign) I spent most of the time looking at that stupid blue screen instead of what was in front of me.

I get supremely annoyed when I'm using a class that has Ninja Pro equipped because it means that it was probably my fault that I died. I was just careless - like the one time in High Rise when I was creeping through the tunnels and walked up the stairs and straight up got shot. Now I was CLEARLY invisible on the heartbeat sensor, but I took it for granted. I didn't pay attention and a dude with a heartbeat sensor just happened to see me pop up out of nowhere. I bet you he was thinking, "aight, I'm cool here, no red dots on my scre-oh shit!" He pulls the trigger and I'm dead. Why? Because I was careless. Sure, the heartbeat sensor had NOTHING to do with him killing me, but it's just a slap to the face when I'm freaking invisible and I get killed point blank because I was too stupid to scope out the scene first.

Well, lesson learned. I don't go up those stairs anymore. I just run straight out of that middle window and try to dart all the way across to the other building. I still won't show up on the radar, but at least the heartbeat sensor guy will have to look up in front of him to see me rushing at him from afar.

Just kidding. I don't do that. You do realize that running up stairs blind and turning corners blind is just about the most retarded thing you can do in this game. Well, besides stay in the EXACT same spot after you snipe someone from afar.