Black Ops II League Play Season 4 End Time (ENDED)

Hi there,

For anyone who plays league play on Black Ops II i have added a coundown timer to when the latest season of league play ends, this can be found at the side of the page (scroll down a little) - ENDED NOW

As some of you will have noticed I've done a lot of ranting about Black Ops II, i thought the league play would stop some of it because i assumed that there would be a lot more experienced players in those lobbies. That's where i was wrong.

It seems that recently all i keep getting on my team are fools that get scores like 5-19 and more to that effect. That's just utterly rediculous, scores like that seem to me as though someone on the other team is camping and that person on my team just keeps going back for more. It seems like some people cannot think of other tactics than running head first into a hail of bullets, even in league play.

I went all the way to rank 7 in the platinum league and ended up back down to 21 because of many many games being lost due to having people like the ones i've already mentioned on my teams. I must have spent 2-3 hours doing league games earlier and only won about three of those games. Luckily i have managed to claw my way back up to 8th but I have now run out of bonus points. There's no way i'm risking losing 150 points by probably losing a game just to get 10 points if i do win. I'd have to win 15 or more games in a row just to move up 1 place.

Anyway, i'll try and keep my place and if possible, move a little higher but i can't see either happening.

Not long left people!

Thanks for reading.

Spawn Trappers are scum. Black Ops 2 #blackops2

As you may have guessed. This post is about spawn trapping or whatever you personally call it. I think this has to be the lowest, most annoying thing that can happen to you in Black Ops 2. I've had plenty to moan about with this game and the people that play it but of all the things that have annoyed me this is the worst!

I have the unfortunate tendancy of being thrown into games that are already in progress and on the team that are getting absolutely fucked up. Not only that but now i've noticed, more often than not, getting messed up like that involves getting spawn killed. I joined a game earlier and was repeatedly spawn killed straight away, i literally couldn't move as the opposing team had every exit covered. It threw me into a rage. 

1. Why the hell should i have to put up with getting put into teams that are losing all the time?
2. As if it's not bad enough that i'm put into a badly losing team, why should i then have to deal with getting spawn killed.

If i get a good team i am more often than not, in the top 3 on my team. But all i keep getting is teams of fools that get me killed either directly or indirectly (the scorestreaks that kill me because they keep dying) I'm getting totally sick of it now and it's ten times worse at the weekends.

Anyway onto my main point.

When i started playing this just after Christmas i never encountered this problem, i mean it did happen but it was a really rare occurance. But lately i've noticed it happening more and more. Every time i end up on a team bad enough, we end up getting spawn trapped/killed. I can usually get out of it but the rest of my team are usually too dumb to escape.

The thing is, i can understand that spawn killing people is easy kills for the other team but seriously, how do they feel good about doing it? I think i've done it once and i felt disgusting for it, it's seriously such a low thing to do, it's like shooting fish in a barrel you're almost guaranteed to be able to keep killing people as they spawn. I mean if they flipped that situation and the people doing it were the ones being slaughtered they'd be raging and probably leave.

Why do people feel its ok to do it when they know they'd hate it done to them?

I don't understand what people get from it, there's no skill involved, there's no challenge, it doesn't make you any good at the game. It's mindless, pointless and very low. The whole point in the game is to test your skills against the other team and try to win. Not to just trap the other team and get easy kills. There's no skill or challenge in that is there?

I can safely say it's something i'd never do again and i would hope that the people doing it feel like scumbags and stop doing it.. but i know that nothing will change. 

It's just stupid that the people doing it, would hate it done to them... I hope they feel the rage when it is done to them and realise how low and disgusting it is.

So if you're one of those people, SHAME ON YOU SCUMBAG.
If not, i feel your pain because it has to be the single most annoying, angering thing that can happen to you on Black Ops 2.
Good luck people.

Thanks for reading!
 

TV in Recent Years = FAIL

As you can probably guess from the title, I'm not very impressed with the television in recent years. 
I've noticed (and its not hard to notice) that all there seems to be on the tv these days are reality TV shows, documentaries and cooking shows or reality tv and cooking shows combined (you know what im talking about). Between all the reality TV the fictional series' are just as bad! They are based far too much on real life, shows about law firms, country singers and awful sitcoms.

Im genuinely fed up of it all. 

If it's not bad enough that there's nothing but shit on the tv anyways, with the occasional decent program on to break the monotony (American Dad, Bob's Burgers or occasional good documentary), they decide to repeat all the programs we've seen an hour later on another channel (+1) and as if it's not bad enough that they do that, they then repeat programs that were on the same channel earlier on in the day and or a couple of days later!

Fantastic program, Check it out!

In summary:

Shit on tele --> Repeated on +1 --> Repeated later on in the day on the same channel --> Repeated again on +1 and then repeated again within a few days.
So not only do you see the same tripe on the tele multiple times in a single day, you then get it on the tele again within the week!

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I really don't know why people pay for the privellage of being shovelled excrement to their tv's.

It seems that nobody has any imagination any more. When i was younger (and i'm only 24) there used to be more on the tv that was totally made up, imaginary, things that told a story. I mean TV and Film are supposed to be things that take you away from every day life for a few hours, something that you can relax in front of and enjoy, something to take your mind off of any stress or worries and entertain you for a while.
But instead, it now has a tendancy to remind you of just how appalling the world is and remind you that you're still part of it. 

Star Trek TNG in the 90's Fantastic Show!

Lets do a comparison between 10 or more years ago and now. (before anyone is too picky i've not researched every program that was on tv back then and what there is on tv now, i'm just voicing my opinion)

Back in the Day:

Star Trek - Science Fiction.
Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Funny family comedy

Sliders Cast

Sliders - Science Fiction
The Avengers - Fiction
Spooks - Fiction (loosely based on reality i suppose)
Jonathan Creek - Funny Crime Fiction
The X Files - Science Fiction
The Generation Game - Family Gameshow
Take Your Pick - Family Gameshow
Catchphrase - Family Gameshow
Family Fortunes - Family Gameshow
Wheel of Fortune - Family Gameshow
Thunderbirds - Fiction
Criminal Minds - Crime Fiction
Captain Scarlett - Fiction
Stingray - Fiction
Batman (TV Series) - Fiction (not the cartoon)
Superman (TV Series) - Fiction (not the cartoon)




and many many more things that required an imagination.

Now:

Come Dine with me - Reality TV/Cooking Show
Family Guy - (people will hate me for this) Unfunny "comedy" where they string jokes out too long.
Dinner Date - Reality TV/Cooking/Dating Show
Four in a Bed - Reality TV
The Only Way is Essex - Reality TV

The Wonders of Jeremy Kyle *sigh*

Geordie Shore - Reality TV
Embarrassing Bodies - Reality TV/Medical Show
24 Hours in A&E - Reality TV/Medical Show
Take Me Out - Dating Show
One Born Every Minute - Reality TV
Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners - Reality TV
People Like Us - Reality TV
Gypsy Weddings etc - Reality TV
Storage Wars - Reality TV
Jeremy Kyle - Reality TV
Pawn Stars - Reality TV
I'm a Celebrity Get Me out of Here - Supposed Reality TV
Big Brother - Supposed Reality TV
X Factor - Reality TV/Talent Show
Britain's Got Talent - Reality TV/Talent Show
The Real Housewives of  ___ - Reality TV shows
How i met your mother - Poor Sitcom 
Bob's Burgers - One of the rare things worth watching Fictional/Animated Comedy
American Dad - Another thing that's actually funny Fictional/Animated Comedy
Most Haunted - Meant to be Reality TV but is actually Fictional shite

and there's loads loads more where those came from...

I think I've proved my point, regardless of whether or not you and i watch a couple or all of those programs on that list and whether or not you or i like them is irrelevant. There just seems to be a major percentage of TV shows that are now based on reality. Even the fictional TV shows are based largely on reality.

With the introduction of all these different services that allow you to watch programs that you missed, there surely should be no need for +1 channels and repeats of show. 

I think it's time to change more than the channel, TV programs themselves need changing!

 I think there needs to be a major overhaul of the TV channels and what is showing on them. Scrap all the +1's and repeats, start to produce and air some original and creative tv shows, shows that use imagination and actually entertain people. Shows that actually get people thinking and shows that make people forget (just for a little while) where they really are and their stresses and problems. Bring back some fun family gameshows and tone down some of the cruder shows aimed at only adults. I guess a much shorter version is that i think fun needs to be brought back to TV and the seriousness of every day life shouldn't be bombarding tv screens. After all, it's supposed to be Entertainment.

I think until decent tv shows start to make a return, i'll stick to my ps3 thanks. 

Even films aren't as good now... but that's a rant for another day.



Thanks for reading!

Black Ops II - Lucky Me

I'd been trying to get the "Hail Mary" challenge on Black Ops II (Get a long range kill with a combat axe) as part of the humiliation set of challenges for a few games and in the game i was just in i hadn't managed it at all the whole game. I heard the timer ticking down to the final killcam and thought sod it i'll just lob these two axes before the game ends, so i launched them over the rooftops and this is what happened:

Been playing Black Ops II

Hi people,

So.. I know that it's one of the most annoying series' of games but no matter how much it's just the same stuff over and over again every time they release it, most of us still get the latest CoD. Personally i just like to shoot stuff every now and again, i would say it's stress relief and fun but if you got teamed up with some of the fools i've encountered, you'd know its quite the opposite of stress relief.

I'd like to say i was amazing at the game but i'm probably about average or a little better. Depending on the team i get dealt i can come in the top three nearly every time or i can end up with an absolute shitter of a game and come near the bottom. I've said loads of times that if i can play as good as i can but if my team are getting slaughtered i'm going to feel the wrath of the enemies killstreaks too. I've also noticed my teams have an awful tendancy of rushing to the enemy spawn when im trying to play conservatively, meaning by the time i've carefully made my way across the map, im getting the enemy spawning behind me i their masses!

Either way i've played far too much of it lately, unlocking camo's challenges etc and have worked my way to almost prestige 6. For once, i am determined to get the max prestige on one of these games!

Feel free to comment on here or get in touch with me on twitter @MarcusPeachey and let me know you're experiences on Black Ops 2. If you're any good and would like to team up, my psn is at the side of the page (the same as the blog title)

On a good note, i made a very short video clip of something i did last night on Yemen, Kill Confirmed. Check it out below :)

Blog Overhaul

Hi there!

Right well i've not posted anything for quite a long time now, basically i was getting a little fed up with not getting any interaction from the people that have been reading my blog. So instead of keeping with the Final Fantasy theme I've decided that i'd probably be more active if i just made it a general blog. 
So now i'll be blogging about anything and everything. It'll obviously still mostly be games, being a gamer. But now i don't feel restricted to Final Fantasy related posts.
Final Fantasy has always been my favourite game series and is the reason i started playing games in the first place, but i feel i would get more interaction and feel more inclined to update something that isn't restricted to just one topic.

So please keep an eye on the blog for more posts coming soon.
I will still be adding new figures as i get them. So nothing will change there!

Hope you're all enjoying the start of the week. (although i know most people hate Mondays)

Catch you soon!

Get in touch on twitter!

Selling some stuffs

Hi there folks,

Just a short post to tell you all that i'm selling some things that i no longer want or need. Things from many a year ago and a few things my partner has given me to sell (thankyou Elle) so feel free to check out my ebay listings HERE

Elle is also selling a few things so if you would like to check out some of her amazing bargains, please click HERE

Thanks for reading, I'll be posting some more stuff soon. As you may have noticed I've taken a short break from blogging, this is because there's been a distinct lack of feedback from anyone and to be blunt i can't be bothered if nobody else is bothered lol

So if you do want to read/see more, let me know!

Thanks

Marcus