Google

1. Site home page. As expected
2. My profile on MyGamerCard.net
3. My 360voice blog
4. My Rooster Teeth profile
5. My Twitter
6. My Bebo
7. My Wikipedia user page
8. My Windows Live Space
9. My YouTube channel
10. My WordPress.com tag? – WTF?

OK, the results are quite good, most of the hits are sites that I use regularly, or are updated regularly – only #4, #8 I really don’t use anymore, and #10 really shouldn’t be there.

Cuil

This is where things get a little odd… Since I’m also not sure what order of impotance the results on Cuil are because of the layout, I’ve set the results for 2 colums, and am listing the left-hand column first.

1. A non-existent article about me on the Halo 3 part of Halowiki – WTFH?
2. Site homepage
3. My Twitter
4. My blog’s archive for July 9th, 2007?
5. My blog’s archive for the “cod4″ tag??
6. My Blogger’s Choice Awards profile
7. My user page for the Halo 2 part of Halowiki???
8. My user talk page for the Halo 2 part of Halowiki?????
9. My blog’s archive for February 2008???????
10. My blog’s archive for the “games-soc” tag????????
11. My blog’s archive for the “ebay” tag??????????

OK, this is officially fucked up… Let’s go see where some of the better ranked results on Google show up on Cuil…

• MGC profile – Not in the top 100
• 360voice blog – Not in the top 100
• Bebo – Not in the top 100
• Wikipedia User page – 53rd… not wait, that’s a Wikipedia mirror site!
• YouTube channel – Not in the top 100

So as you can see, Cuil obviously has some issues with the ranking of results, if some of the best results from Google don’t even show in the first 10 pages!

I think I’ll be sticking with Google until they can get this mess sorted out…

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…

A question which I think is on everyone’s lips (or at least those who play the game, and those have lips) – what is the ideal equipment setup? I can’t tell for sure, but I know that each of my 5 custom classes fulfil a different purpose.

• Assault
  G36c with either Grenade Launcher or Red Dot Sight, Gold Desert Eagle, 3xFrag (when using Red Dot), Stopping Power, Last Stand
  I’m using the G36 right now to try and get skilled with a second assault rifle. I used to use the M4 all the time, but fancied a change. Grenade Launcher or Red Dot depends on my mood and whether I want to start owning people with direct grenade impacts
• Snipe
  Dragunov Barrett .50 Cal (Digital Camo), Gold Desert Eagle, Claymore, UAV Jammer, Iron Lungs
  Bolt-action snipers never worked for me, and the Dragunov works very well for me. Especially in Hardcore Team Deathmatch, when mot of the time it’s a one-hit kill.
• Demo
  M1014, USP, 3xFrag or RPG, Sonic Boom, Martyrdom
  This is my lesser used class, mainly since shotguns are rarely effective these days. But the odd time I might break it out and have a little fun
• Recon
  P90 (Digital Blue Tiger Camo) with Silencer, M9 with Silencer, Bandolier, UAV Jammer, Extreme Conditioning
  This class is really turning into my primary class, since I use it almost all the time. UAV Jammer and silencers make me undetectable. Plus given how the P90 can rip through ammo, Bandolier gives me an extra 4 magazines. And Extreme Conditioning lets me do sort of "hit-and-run" kills.
• Heavy
  M4 (Blue Tiger Camo) with ACOG, P90 with Red Dot, 3xFrag, Overkill, Deep Impact
  I haven’t yet been able to work this one to my advantage just yet. The M4 gives me the range while the P90 works well for close quarters combat. You could say it’s the "run in with all guns blazing" class

Anyway, enough about the guns and classes, I’ve got other stuff to take care of that isn’t CoD4-related. Such as watching the new Pokémon movie: The Rise of Darkrai now it’s on YouTube, and also figuring out some way of getting rid of this hacking cough. Every time, I get huge pains in my chest and it just won’t go away!