"Now with more time-suck!"

June 5, 2008 8:01 PM

I know that there's a dedicated cadre of Team Fortressers out there. Anyone playing Call of Duty 4?

I'm just starting on multiplayer, and am already hating the n00b-h8tUrZ on the servers I've been poking around on....

posted by nevercalm to MetaFilter-related at 8:01 PM (48 comments total)

PC or XBOX 360? I play the 360 version pretty regularly. When I supposed to be working. But I'm not.
posted by Justinian at 8:52 PM on June 5, 2008

You must be talking about PC's.. since your'e talking about "poking around on servers".. us Xbox 360 folks don't have the option of changing servers...
posted by twiggy at 9:31 PM on June 5, 2008

Yeah, I'd say just go with the cadre of Team Fortressers.
posted by First Post at 10:03 PM on June 5, 2008

I have it for 360, but rarely take the time to play...
posted by iamabot at 10:20 PM on June 5, 2008

I play on PC now and then. Been busy lately, so not as much... But I usually hang around the "Doorman is God" domination server, it's a good one.
posted by knave at 12:48 AM on June 6, 2008

ROTATO!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:11 AM on June 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

ROTATO!
Huh?
roll on the asphalt tooting obnoxiously.
posted by dawson at 3:09 AM on June 6, 2008

What the fuck is a "rotato?"
posted by Dr-Baa at 5:33 AM on June 6, 2008 [6 favorites]

Every time you think "What the fuck is a $foo?", you should search for it before making a fool of yourself on the Internet.
posted by Plutor at 5:45 AM on June 6, 2008

I play COD4 competitively...! (as in competitions with money prizes and two non-prize ladder comps. But I'm in New Zealand and play on Australian servers, so unlikely I'll ever get to pwn you :(
posted by chrisbucks at 5:52 AM on June 6, 2008

That's not the ROTATO you are looking for. *waves hand in face*
posted by absalom at 6:01 AM on June 6, 2008

I've got it for the 360 and I love it, and I've got an internet connection, and an unused XBox live 6 month card, and a headset. I guess I could figure out some way to combine all those and see if something good comes of it.
posted by Science! at 6:23 AM on June 6, 2008

Plutor, every time you feel like acting like a dick, you should make sure you aren't unaware of any inside jokes.
posted by Dr-Baa at 6:30 AM on June 6, 2008 [3 favorites]

Can I say, that while I don't understand the kids today and their rotating potatoes, I do appreciate industrial tuber preparation devices.
posted by blue_beetle at 6:43 AM on June 6, 2008

See, I took care of looking like a fool on teh Internets a long time ago.
and now I'm free!

I have COD4 installed on my PC, but cannot get into it.
The COBBRA-licious ROTATO of TF2 has me spoilt.

I have a friend at work who played it on the 360 a lot, until he discovered about the physical mod you can attach to your controller to get semi-autofire in-game. (it skirts the cheat detectors, and is pretty easy to ID, apparently).

I've found all COD online play to be ridden with people cheating, despite the 'punkbusters' being enabled.
posted by Busithoth at 6:45 AM on June 6, 2008

Hey sorry to post and then go to bed...yes, PC.

A friend tipped me to a server he's an admin on. He says they're pretty aggressive about policing and that they mod it so it's a little more realistic. I'm planning on checking it out today if I can....
posted by nevercalm at 7:00 AM on June 6, 2008

I play COD4 on the PC and enjoy it.

You might consider looking for servers in 'hardcore' or 'HC' mode. In hardcore mode, most of the HUD info is gone and it takes a higher skill to compete. For example, you only see radar when you get 3 kills in a row and trigger it.

On the hardcore servers, the maturity level tends to be a bit higher.

I play on the BDS servers, the ZS servers, and occasionally on the Upgrrayyed server.

Not surprisingly, my handle is Argyle in COD4.
posted by Argyle at 7:10 AM on June 6, 2008

COD4 is fishy, TooF2 is bitey: it's all good.

But funny haha beats serious diedie every time. Every time, friends. Every time.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:25 AM on June 6, 2008

Plutor, every time you feel like acting like a dick

Plutor wasn't being a dick. Plutor is the guy that founded the Metafilter Steam Community. Plutor doesn't like us any more, or at least he doesn't play with us anymore, and that hurts, I'm not going to pretend it doesn't, but you shouldn't cast aspersions on the Plutor, because he's a motherfucking elder, and that means you don't. You shouldn't. People might, but those people aren't good people. They need schoolin'. So don't. Seriously.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:32 AM on June 6, 2008

Oh, please.

Someone attacking me with a knee-jerk condescending post is uncalled for, no matter what he founded.
posted by Dr-Baa at 7:50 AM on June 6, 2008

All of my coworkers who aren't playing WOW are obsessed with killing each other in COD4 on the 360. They finally convinced me to get a copy and give it a try. I agreed, but I decided to play the single player first just so that I could learn the controls, weapons, physics, etc.

Needless to say, it's awesome, and I was completely ready to throw myself to the wolves of Live play, when GTA4 came out. Now I have to beat the single player of that...

which I've been working on for the last month.

I need more free time.

Which isn't to say that I wouldn't immediately join a MeFi COD4 game. I like you people more than my coworkers. Or at least, I have more interest in virtually killing you guys.
posted by quin at 7:53 AM on June 6, 2008

I play CoD4 on the PC, and I do it pretty regularly with a pretty cool bunch of guys at the Old Warriors' Society, under the moniker Kaptain Kolbey. We've got a little, casual league and everything. You should stop by and make a post in the recruiting forum if you're interested.
posted by adamdschneider at 8:02 AM on June 6, 2008

Someone attacking me with a knee-jerk condescending post is uncalled for, no matter what he founded.

Nobody was attacking you. Stop being a stupidhead.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:07 AM on June 6, 2008

Nobody was attacking you. Stop being a stupidhead.

No, wait, you're right. Plutor was totally being a dick.

My bad for not paying very close attention. And drinking beer on a Friday night.

For posterity: Dr Baa was making a funny injoke, and Plutor was being a big doodyhead, and that wasn't nice or amusing at all.

BAD PLUTOR! GET WITH THE FUCKIN ROTATO PROGRAM GUY!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:13 AM on June 6, 2008

stavros, please disregard my mefi mail I just sent you.

All is right with the world.
posted by Dr-Baa at 8:14 AM on June 6, 2008

Metafilter: GET WITH THE FUCKIN ROTATO PROGRAM GUY!

After I get done getting my ass kicked by my buddy and mowing my lawn, I'll try and get to you guys, Argyle and adamdschneider.
posted by nevercalm at 8:30 AM on June 6, 2008

Yeah, the invite extends to one and all, by the way. Hardcore is how we play it in our league, the BFCL. There are some smacktards even in our little corner of the gamingweb, but my particular clan is by and large a cool group.
posted by adamdschneider at 8:37 AM on June 6, 2008

stavros, please disregard my mefi mail I just sent you.
So that one you sent me asking prices for a knee-capping is moot too?
posted by Abiezer at 8:38 AM on June 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Is CoD4 the vaguely fascistic war on terror one? I could maybe get behind that.
posted by Artw at 8:56 AM on June 6, 2008

I can put this disagreement to rest: Plutor rules, everyone else drools. He invented the fucking rotato joke.

MORE LIKE CALL OF DOODY AMIRITE
posted by Plutor at 9:32 AM on June 6, 2008

I have a friend at work who played it on the 360 a lot, until he discovered about the physical mod you can attach to your controller to get semi-autofire in-game.

Given that most of the weapons in the game are already fully automatic I'm not sure exactly what this gains you. About the only weapon I can figure it would be at all useful on is the G3 since that's a good gun but only semi-automatic.

Now that I think about it, I have wondered how the heck some people fire their G3s so fast.

But it's seriously not a problem. Particularly on the hardcore servers where I play. I'd rather use a P90 for close battles, an M4 for medium range, and a sniper rifle for long range even if the G3 has some sort of autofire hack.
posted by Justinian at 9:58 AM on June 6, 2008

please disregard my mefi mail I just sent you.

Why do people do this...?
posted by yeti at 1:08 PM on June 6, 2008

Because I wanted him to disregard the mefi mail I had sent him.


Duh.
posted by Dr-Baa at 1:19 PM on June 6, 2008

AT LEAST I didn't do this.

the horror...
posted by Dr-Baa at 1:21 PM on June 6, 2008

I've found all COD online play to be ridden with people cheating, despite the 'punkbusters' being enabled.

Sad to say, but the Mefi server for Team Fortress 2 is also riddled with horrendous cheating and spineless, immoral cheaters*.

*By that I mean that they kill me when I do not want them to.
posted by BobFrapples at 2:51 PM on June 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Well, I finished my 150 head shots on the M14 last night.

G3, M4, and the MP44 left until golden rifles. I think the MP44 will be hard...
posted by Argyle at 3:03 PM on June 6, 2008

Argyle:

Join a 50 person pure-deathmatch server. It's a clusterfuck, but the one spawn in 8 that you manage to survive more than ten seconds (immediately run backwards so the follow-ons spawn in front of you) will almost guarantee you 8-10 headshots with any weapon.

A few hours spent slogging through that will EASILY max out any and every achievement/stat.
posted by Ryvar at 3:09 PM on June 6, 2008

Note: this only applies to PC COD4 users, as they are the only ones with access to sweet, sweet 50-person old-school deathmatch leveling farms.
posted by Ryvar at 3:11 PM on June 6, 2008

Ryvar:

I've been in a few of those servers, but most of the gecktoids have Martyrdom turned on and it's ridiculous.
posted by Argyle at 3:51 PM on June 6, 2008

DRILL + ROTATO = AWESOME.
posted by boo_radley at 5:38 PM on June 6, 2008

Plutor: OWNEDTATO. Sorry but it's true.

Also.

Replace "paint comic" with "MeFight forum" and "comics" with "discussions" and there you go.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 10:23 PM on June 6, 2008

I'd just like to point out that the threads on either side of this one demonstrate the demand on MeFi for a good round of killing. TF2, CoD4, take your pick (I'm biased, naturally).

Nothing is as satisfying as watching your poo-slinging meta-adversary get fragged to hell by your hand (or mouse-click).

nothing.
well, it beats counting 'favorites', anyway...
posted by Busithoth at 6:56 AM on June 7, 2008

When and where are the Mefi TF2 games, anyway? I might as well humiliate myself with my rusty skills.
posted by Justinian at 4:43 PM on June 7, 2008

When and where are the Mefi TF2 games, anyway? I might as well humiliate myself with my rusty skills.

There are two servers -- one private (for MeFites only), and I believe that address is in herrdoktor's profile here on MeFi. There's also a public server -- I believe it's called [MeFi] We Have Sentries, so just browse the server list.

And of course, MeFight Club for all your smack-talking, unlockable-hypothesizing, Wilcoxon-signed-rank-test-disussing rotato needs.
posted by Doofus Magoo at 7:40 PM on June 7, 2008

I see a password on herrdoktor's profile but no server address!
posted by Justinian at 9:38 PM on June 7, 2008

I see a password on herrdoktor's profile but no server address!

Join Mefight Club, get with the 250 people we already have! Much more than just server addresses -- we got a regular ol' offshoot community going there, with tournaments and sprays and chat servers and nudity and more rotato and brownies and guns that shoot bees than any one person could handle!

Or, if you don't want to be all friendly-like and join the board,

Name: [MeFi] Your Favorite Class Sucks
Type: Team Fortress 2
IP Address: 8.6.77.194 Port: 27015

is the passworded private server

and

Name: [MeFi] We Have Sentries
Type: Team Fortress 2
IP: 8.9.15.132:27015

is the pubbie.


We just finished an epic session on the private server scant minutes ago, and there are few diehards playing on the pubbie as I speak.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:29 PM on June 7, 2008

Another regular PC COD4 player here. I play most weekends connecting back to my old Clan server in the UK (150-170 ping can be murder, particularly when trying to snipe, but it's mostly playable). I do occasionally play on US servers too, but I stick to Hardcore games, avoid Free-for-alls (and Team Deathmatch, where possible) and stick to objective-based games.
posted by Nice Guy Mike at 9:33 AM on June 8, 2008

My 13 year-old will beat any and all of you on COD4 for the Xbox 360 online, any time, any place.

Just look for fuzzy truffle. (And thanks to the Mefites that told him to keep his name in an earlier askme thread, btw! He has gained new respect as 'that guy who PWNS with a sniper rifle in an indoor round.')
posted by misha at 1:45 PM on June 9, 2008