TheChrisD - Rant Central

Prestige whoring?

Well, recently I finally made it to the level where you unlock Prestige Mode. Officially known as "after Commander", it really means, "you get to Level 55, and then you have to max out that level with another 4k or so XP". Makes sense though. However, one thing I said before I even started paying the multiplayer side of the game, and I continue to say now - I will never ever be doing Prestige Mode.

Although it would be fun trying to complete the Challenges again, it is not worth the time and effort necessary to re-unlock all the weapons I’m already used to using and already have camouflage on. I don’t want to have to go through all that again just to get back to Lvl37 for my G36c, Lvl40 for my P90, and Lvl47 for my Barrett…

At least now it gives me the chance to go back and play OTHER games for once, something I really wasn’t able to do whilst playing this too much. C&C3 beckons again, although it will take a while to earn some decent points in that game (unless Reflex gets his butt onto Live more, then we can boost a couple of online achievements), given how they are almost all tied into the campaigns. I just wish that they would release a patch which would enable you to play the game with a USB keyboard and a USB mouse. RTS’s are meant to be played with a keyboard and mouse, not a control pad! If they were to be nice and release such a patch, then I’d have a chance at completing the "Gold Campaign" achieve’s…

Another few things I need to catch up on involve family. I haven’t been back around Blanch or Dunboyne for a good while. It’s probably been about a month or so (judging by my 360Voice, which currently notes a streak of 29 days and counting…), so I really should get back soon. I need to go give Avril a huge squeezy hug for her birthday which was about 2-3 weeks ago. I’d originally planned to go there on the day itself, but I guess I didn’t

Whilst writing this, I am currently having an IM conversation with Avy. Credit has been given as part of belated present, and will hopefully be discussing others as well.

Other than that, there has been a decent amount of stuff going on in the university recently. The Halo 3 team tournament on Wednesday was fun, and I’m not just saying that because our team went undefeated throughout the entire tournament, but we had to pull out of the finals, since our team pretty much consisted of committee members, and it would have looked bad in the eyes of the Microsoft guy who was there if we has walked away with the prizes. Still, grabbing an Overkill in one game, and going 25-4 in another was nice. If only I could do that on Live…