Why Call of Duty 4 was a TERRIBLE idea.

Ok....so nobody is a bigger fan of the "COD" series than me. I started from COD1, huge war game FPS fan... bought 2, watched it die, tried 3 a few times on xbox (ugh), and when I heard there would be a 4 I was incredibly excited....until I played it. Now, I own the game and have spent hundreds on computer upgrades to run it at top notch so the graphics would look great, I really really really wanted to like this game, was ready to LOVE it. It didn't take long after my first game to realize what this game promotes, however. Something the COD series have been away from with BF2 and other games suffering....stat camping.

What is stat camping? Stat camping is a characteristic of games where you collect "points" or "promotions" that in turn reward you with better weapons, cooler perks, etc. Because you must play the game to get points, people camp. A LOT. Every server I play on has at least 20% of the players camping alleyways, corners, shadows, behind doors, tops of staircases, etc.... because they want that promotion to get that "cool" gun. Other servers turn blind eyes while people go so far as to lie prone with a gun facing a spawn point holding down the fire key and taking people out faster than they can even see where they spawned. COD4 for PC has turned into a terrible breeding ground for these people....and the small maps and maps such as Shipment only reaffirm "Easy ways" people can ruin the game and collect their points. Its ridiculous, I'm disgusted at the makers, and will NOT be running out to buy COD5 until I play the demo and actually do some research.

Incidently Xbox360 does not have this problem..... not to NEARLY the degree I have witnessed on PC. The makers don't seem to care, because it still made people run out and buy it.... but I'm generally spinning my COD1 or COD2 games on a daily basis...and not touching COD4.

Don't get me wrong...I don't hate it because I'm terrible at it. I've got all the pretty toys that come with playing the game (the way the game is actually MEANT to be played)....but have very little patience playing with 12 year olds that are content to sit behind where I'm about to spawn with an AK-47 aimed at where my head will turn up.

To the makers : Don't fuck the next one up.

The World is Calling

I felt inspired to make a video, after a 3 hour long drive in the car listening to some real Canadian rock inspired me to get creative. I was having some issues with Windows Movie Maker at the end where it simply kept crashing, so I wasn't able to edit some of the too-fast flashing text parts and such. I still conveyed what I wanted in the end. R.I.P The Tea Party and Jeff Martin is just a genius any way you cut it.

The video is a compilation of selected clips from Zeitgeist and various other images. Credit totally goes to www.zeitgeistmovie.com

"Police Shoot Man..."

How many newspaper, magazine, tabloid and TV headlines start as such? Then while reading into the body of the item, facts to continue that statement reveal themselves to state that it was actually a justified act that legitimately protected or saved a life. I read an article today implying that exact headline, then went onto state that the subject that was shot was found attempting to beat an infant to death. How many people don't read the rest though? ... and shake their head, finish their morning coffee, and talk to the neighbor about how he "heard about some cop abusing his power again".
We are entering a world of overly-sensitive people feeling a very real need to be distracted. From what? Well, that list has potential to be almost infinite with tolerated gripes. People love controversy. People love to read about other people making huge mistakes. People love to read about corruption and point fingers at the way someone does their job. But they don't point fingers at the media. They point fingers at the police. The media has facilitated and encouraged a social movement of "pig haters" for a long time now, and at this point has created a very destructive world for both the police and the society.
Joseph LETTERMAN once discussed a "them versus us" issue that exists between the police and the society, which appears to become more apparent with time. Are there corrupt police? Probably. There are corrupt doctors, lawyers, Wal-Mart cashiers, financial advisers and governments. There are corrupt fathers, children, students and priests. I suppose that logic could be applied to the fact that anything humans have created and use is corrupt in some way. But there is no tolerance for corrupt police. For some reason, they are an exception to the logic that is adopted as "common sense", allowing us to inherently "know" that nothing is perfect and no job is done perfectly. We suspend such logic when discussing the police. It becomes a world where one taser death (not even proved to be DIRECTLY a result of the taser), from the millions of uses that have not involved a death, is a prime focus. Weapons become a focus of a "problem" with police, and a community is outraged that such weapons are used, yet have little to nothing to suggest as an alternative measure to take control over an escalated situation. The fact that the control to be taken NEEDS to be physical is side-stepped in argument, and people really just want police to pull up a stool to the misunderstood bank robber and talk about feelings. This is unrealistic. There are steps of protocol and efficiency that are not just the officer's benefit, but the public's as well.
Authority should be questioned, not obsessively picked at and criticized illogically. People blame police for the cushy jails. People blame police for the criminals that are released from jail on bail. They blame police for a corrupt legal system. They blame police that they got into a fight with their common-law spouse and they didn't attend their residence fast enough to mediate or play counselor. They blame police for focusing on "stupid" incidents and "wasting tax dollars". They blame police when they get pulled over for speeding. They blame police when they see someone that doesn't get pulled over for speeding. Its all come to a ridiculous contradiction.
These are laws you and your parents helped build this country with. The legal system was created with your support (or apathy). If you have a problem with a law, look at your government.
So..... "fuck the police"? How about "stop breaking the law, dipshit"? I don't want MY tax dollars to go to waste just because you have some drug problem or beat up your spouse. Thanks.