COD Black Ops looks pretty good on PC

That's the bad side of dedicated servers :(

I would still say it was a plus. You can find servers that suit your playing style, and if all else fails you can set one up.

I was admin for a BO server for a while when it first came out. We had simple rules - treat all fairly and ban hackers (after logging proof). They did trial a no diving rule for a while, which i disagreed with as it is at least a realistic tactic. But I enforced it as the other admins wanted it.

As a player, if you disagree; go find a new place to play. Stop your whining.
 
I would still say it was a plus. You can find servers that suit your playing style, and if all else fails you can set one up.

I was admin for a BO server for a while when it first came out. We had simple rules - treat all fairly and ban hackers (after logging proof). They did trial a no diving rule for a while, which i disagreed with as it is at least a realistic tactic. But I enforced it as the other admins wanted it.

As a player, if you disagree; go find a new place to play. Stop your whining.


I'm not talking about the rules, I'm talking about admins kicking people that are kicking ass.
 
bought this at last, played a bit of multiplayer

my issues with it are :

1) people run in a really glitchy way - like the animation is missing frames, and its not lag or anything, my frame rate is fine and its not lagging, just seems to be poor animation or something?

2) every sever I have joined has a stupid rule which you dont know about until you join (no jumping, no 40mm no rockets no snipers no prone no running! no grenades) doesnt leave much that someone somewhere doesnt hate, most admins simply kick you if you do any of these things without an explanation too :(

3) that when you want to change your custom class you have to quit to the menu (which is going to happen a lot at the beginning as you want to try things out)
 
what's everyone's problem with second chance?

lol i get a lot of people moaning in the chat when ever i kill them using it

in all my time playing Black Ops and MW2 i have only been killed by people using second chance a handful of times

if you die from a player using it its your own fault imo its pretty easy to deal with
 
It's viewed as a pretty cheap tactic - especially on hardcore servers.

When you're 'killed' as a Last Stand user you will momentarily become invulnerable as you transition from standing to being on the floor, meaning you can shoot your 'killer' with your puny 9mm from 300 yards away while he's pumping you full of 7.62 and getting nowhere.

Real men don't use it ;)
 
It's viewed as a pretty cheap tactic - especially on hardcore servers.

When you're 'killed' as a Last Stand user you will momentarily become invulnerable as you transition from standing to being on the floor, meaning you can shoot your 'killer' with your puny 9mm from 300 yards away while he's pumping you full of 7.62 and getting nowhere.

Real men don't use it ;)

still pretty easy to deal with imo
 
IMO I reckon from experience that servers with dopey rules are few and far between. The majority of servers and their admins just allow folk to get on with the game. I've been kicked once for jumping, allowed straight back in, didn't know why, admin explained that there was no jumping allowed but said to be fair, should have just warned you as the console text only came round once in a while. I accepted that, no big deal really, he pays the bills, meh.
 
what's everyone's problem with second chance?

lol i get a lot of people moaning in the chat when ever i kill them using it

in all my time playing Black Ops and MW2 i have only been killed by people using second chance a handful of times

if you die from a player using it its your own fault imo its pretty easy to deal with

I wont start on this, as i said nothing i can do but i do dislike it and wish bad things on people who use it..... really bad things!


best is out of the ones i had issues with over it are usually at the bottom of the table
 
what's everyone's problem with second chance?

lol i get a lot of people moaning in the chat when ever i kill them using it

in all my time playing Black Ops and MW2 i have only been killed by people using second chance a handful of times

if you die from a player using it its your own fault imo its pretty easy to deal with

The problem with second chance:

When the player goes into second chance theres a split second of invulnerablilty which unbalances the fight, and possibly due to lag, its not always consistant i.e. sometimes people are still invulnerable when they shouldn't be any longer and some people seem to be able to shoot back during the period they are immune to incoming fire (again possibly due to lag).

Personally I hate it when I enter a room, down 2-3 guys then get killed by the one who goes into second chance because he was invulnerable when I needed to be able to shoot him again, I had to switch to the next guy to kill him before he killed me but don't have time to switch back to the guy in second chance before hes got his pistol out.

The next problem to it is that unlike other "lame" perks like noobtube, marty, etc. which can be effectively beaten by using a higher level of skill i.e. good positioning, prediction, etc., the most effective counter to second chance is as lame or lamer than the perk itself i.e. using a high rate of fire spammy weapon, explosives and so on. As a player who likes to use short controlled bursts of fire and chosing weapons that suit that i.e. high damage, high accuracy, low rate of fire, its really annoying that a player goes invulnerable to you mid firefight.

Basically my opinion is its a crutch for low skill players and no self respecting player will use it, at best they could fix it so that the delay before pistol comes out is longer so it works well for longer/ranged fights but doesn't lower the skill involved in CQB.
 
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The problem with second chance:

When the player goes into second chance theres a split second of invulnerablilty which unbalances the fight, and possibly due to lag, its not always consistant i.e. sometimes people are still invulnerable when they shouldn't be any longer and some people seem to be able to shoot back during the period they are immune to incoming fire (again possibly due to lag).

Personally I hate it when I enter a room, down 2-3 guys then get killed by the one who goes into second chance because he was invulnerable when I needed to be able to shoot him again, I had to switch to the next guy to kill him before he killed me but don't have time to switch back to the guy in second chance before hes got his pistol out.

The next problem to it is that unlike other "lame" perks like noobtube, marty, etc. which can be effectively beaten by using a higher level of skill i.e. good positioning, prediction, etc., the most effective counter to second chance is as lame or lamer than the perk itself i.e. using a high rate of fire spammy weapon, explosives and so on. As a player who likes to use short controlled bursts of fire and chosing weapons that suit that i.e. high damage, high accuracy, low rate of fire, its really annoying that a player goes invulnerable to you mid firefight.

Basically my opinion is its a crutch for low skill players and no self respecting player will use it, at best they could fix it so that the delay before pistol comes out is longer so it works well for longer/ranged fights but doesn't lower the skill involved in CQB.

pretty much said it all.

one rule i do agree with in some servers is no second chance above level 14 or smiler, you really shouldn't need or be entitled to second chances at any sort of competent skill level.
 
Worst thing about second chance for me is when u prestigue you need to use a standard class for 10 levels (thankfully don't take long) and i pretty much only play assault rifle which means im stuck with second chance :(
 
lol didnt realise how much second chance is hated

well i wont stop using it i play domination 90% of the time and ive lost count of the times ive secured a point while in second chance

:p
 
As a player, if you disagree; go find a new place to play. Stop your whining.
Exactly. I hate people who are so paranoid about people cheating; spending more time typing and whining instead of actually playing the game. Some people can't face the fact that there are people out there that are just better.
 
Game still does not feel anywhere near as smooth to play as MW2 on any of my PCs. Not had any stuttering or anything just does not feel like I am getting high frames even though I am.

Hard to explain but it is annoying :(
 
LOL at wall of text. Guys play the game as you wish, using which ever perks you want and any guns/attachments. We paid for the game we should play with it as we want, not how people dictate to us how we should.
 
Game still does not feel anywhere near as smooth to play as MW2 on any of my PCs. Not had any stuttering or anything just does not feel like I am getting high frames even though I am.

Hard to explain but it is annoying :(

No it doesn't m8, I know what you mean. I can be displaying a solid 100fps, then load up COD4 or 5 and cap it at 50fps and it just feels so much smoother. But you also see others stuttering all over the map (high pingers/slow rigs or limited bandwidth etc) which compounds the problem. If you enable lagometer, it spikes all over the place when folk join or are kicked (especially) from a server. Meh, wouldn't happen if we were given the server files to host on our own dedi-boxes but that's another story :\

I've said it before like, shadows off is like turbo-charging the game. I don't know wtf Treyarch did when they came to test smoke rendering but they fail at this.
 
anybody else getting constant crashes with black screens?

using x46 win7, q6600 at 3.4GHz, 6GB of ram, P35 board, and 512mb 4870.

tried every setting known to man. drivers from 10.3 to 11.2, reinstalled the game.

bar reinstalling the OS, im wondering if anythign else can be done?
 
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