GRAW2 MP

So I finally was able to get in some good GRAW2 MP in tonight and I was amazed.  I like just about everything there is about this game.  The graphics are outstanding and the gameplay is fantastic IMHO.  The images from the Crash Site map for example are amazing. 


There had be a couple of threads in my clan about people considering getting rid of the game.  The consensus was however that though everyone seemed to like it but we didn't give it a fair try.  Tonight we had around 10 people in and it was a blast.  It will take me sometime to learn the maps but I'm fine with that.  I do think that the single player is a little easy however (not finished yet but so far), but most of us on this site buy games for the Multi Player aspect.

We have a couple of members in our clan that love to use the sniper rifles, myself included, the vast area that some of these maps cover leave plenty of options for people wanting to lay low and put a few rounds in people's skulls.

I have only really gotten to play the Team Elimination rounds but I am looking forward to trying out the other modes. I hope my fellow clan members hang on to this game as I really enjoy playing against them.  Until next time...

Posted by mdrisk2006 @ 1:23 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

Ready to go home

Well tonight is my last night here in Dallas, I fly home tomorrow.  The training I'm doing for my work was actually really good and I am positive it will make both my job and the rest of my team's a little easier.   Overall the trip has been fun but I'm ready to go home.

This has been my third trip I have been on for work since my daughter was born.  The first two weren't as hard on me because she was much younger and didn't interact as much.  Now that's she's 20 months old I feel that even in as short as a week I am missing a lot.  I can't wait to get home tomorrow and see her and my wife.  I have gotten to talk to her on the phone a little but it's no substitution for the real thing. 

Today my wife was put on maternity leave about three weeks earlier than we had planned.  She is not due until next month but the doctor's felt it would be best for her right now.  We are less than a month away and I am really starting to get excited.  I know some parents are excited about having children but for our first I was nervous as could be.  Now that I have been there done that so to speak I don't feel nervous and am really looking forward to it. 

As I posted in my blog yesterday I got to meet two of my clan members while here which was cool. There were some almost erie similarites between Kurupt and his wife and myself and my wife, (we both share a neighborhood with an in-law....scary)  I really wish I could go to the Chicago LAN party to meet other 2o2 members but that isn't an option this year.  Maybe in a year or two we will see.

I really would like to thank those that started this site, it's great to get like minded individuals together that share common interests.  However it has spoiled me a little, I can no longer play online with your typical idiots out there (I have to play with 2o2 idiots) I just can't stand it any more.  It makes me wonder how I did it in the past. 

Alright this has gone on long enough, I will wrap it up.  I guess I will just sit here in the hotel watching the NCAA tourney.....Let me check my bracket here Texas A&M to win it all........Damn....Oh well. 

Oh and to my clan mates, I hope you will all be on tomorrow night because I really need to shoot something.

Posted by mdrisk2006 @ 10:48 pm EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments

Meeting the Father of my clan

So I'm in Dallas for some training this week.  So I made plans to meet with fellow clan members Kurupt, SexKitten, & Lord Bling.  Now one of these three did not show up but will remain nameless.  He is nameless because since Lord Bling didn't show up I don't know his name and therefore cannot call him out. 

So I did get to meet both Kurupt who founded our clan 2old4tactics and his wife SexKitten.  Meeting the father of the clan is a lot like meeting the pope.  (If the pope was 6'8" drank beer, and didn't make me kiss his rings.)  We shared a few stories, had a few laughs, all in all it was fun.  It's always nice to be able to put faces to names and make new aqauintenances. 

Oh well, now I'm back in my hotel with my XBOX sitting at home.  Reading forums about people playing games instead of actually playing them.

Posted by mdrisk2006 @ 12:53 am EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments

Left out in the cold

Ever since I joined this site and a clan within, I have been able to find several people online nightly to play Rainbow Six Vegas with.  I actually bought the game at the suggestion of some of my clan members.  In the past I have never been big on the shooter games.  Well 30 minutes after loading the game for the first time I received a MP invite from some of my clan mates.  I absolutely loved it and played online almost every night after my daughter went to bed since.

Then something tragic happened.......Crackdown was released.  Now I did not get the game for a couple of reasons, first of all I'm not into that type of game to begin with and secondly I didn't have the $60 at the time to spend on it.  Several members of my clan bought the game either for itself or for the Halo 3 beta, but something funny happened.  I think they all fell in love with the MP side of the game.  Almost every night I can find at least 10 members signed in playing Crackdown.  I do have my monthly game rental coupon from Blockbuster so I think I will at least give it a try this week but I doubt I will purchase it.

I have gone back to playing some of the other games I have in the interim until either RB6 takes back the clan or GRAW2 comes out.  I have revisited the single player of COD3, Battlestations Midway, and GRAW.  Actually, you can probably attribute every post in my blog being written due to the fact that I have spent more time on the site lately than I have in the games.  I do have my monthly game rental coupon from Blockbuster so I think I will at least give it a try this week but I doubt I will purchase it.

The truly sad thing is that since joining this site, I can't go back to playing online with the timmies.  I just can't stand it anymore to play with the average idiot online.  I need to play with the "idiots" that I have come to know and enjoy from this site.


Posted by mdrisk2006 @ 11:24 pm EDT | Permalink | 5 Comments

Excuse me....

I'm trying to think back and place exactly when waiter's and waitresses stopped bringing your meals to the table.  I think it was about 5 or 6 years ago to the best of my recollection.  This happened this morning and my wife's order was completely wrong, but in typical fashion the lady sat the food down and instantly disappeared.  Someone else almost always brings your food to you, unless we are talking the waffle house as to which comedian Jim Gaffigan compared to a men's room that serves pancakes.

I don't know why I find this annoying, it's not really an issue if the order is right.  However, when it's not you would hope that your waitress notices before giving you the food or at least you can inform them right away.  Don't get me wrong I know that it is a tough job, I worked food service for 7 years in a previous life.  My family goes out to breakfast every couple of weeks at the same restaurant, we actually have a regular waitress.  She does a fine job and maybe that's why I am annoyed when we are somewhere else and the level of service is sub par. 

My wife is very hard on the wait staff so I try to be a generous tipper I almost never leave less than 20%.  She tends to ask for something and then when she gets it she remembers something else.  This however is not just when we go out to eat she does the same things to me at home (except I don't get a good tip in return).  I do think if my wife had seen the movie Waiting she wouldn't complain as much.

Oh and if you happen to be a waiter or a waitress and I pay the bill in cash, do not ask me if I need change.  If I am going to have you keep the change I will tell you, or you can say that you will be right back with the change and I can tell you never mind.  I find this to be very tacky and reminds me of an incident that happened several years ago.  We were at a restaurant and the total bill was around $40 - $50.  I handed the waitress a $100 and she asked if I needed change, without missing a beat I said your damned right I do.

Just curious to see what some other members thoughts are, if you read this please comment.  Good or bad, it won't bother me.  Thanks


Posted by mdrisk2006 @ 2:59 pm EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments