Online hours- 1:30-3:30
So for this post, I decided to abandon my vendetta against war games online and actually try it out to see why people are in love with them, so I played Call of Duty: Black Ops. My avatar name is nothing to special and I still havent figured out how to customize my graphic name display. Ill play with that more later. But oh, my avatar name is drock4407 and for this game I literally started out at the lowest possible level there was. With Madden, I felt like I was on an equal level with everyone before I started playing, but not for Call of Duty. Everyone had rankings, despite playing in the most basic level there was. I played on the "easiest" level and I was intimidated just looking at these people's avatars and names, etc.
Also, before I even started playing, I could hear people talking through my system about strategy and their plan of attack. I couldnt believe how into this game people get, which leads me to believe that these people take on new personalities and identities while playing this game. Maybe people have a natural talent for these games, but I think that only goes so far. I feel that people who are addicted to this online game make this world their real world. As we discussed in class, this is an actual community of people who come here and play all the time. I seriously kept dying. My average time before being killed was like 43 seconds.
The online play though is very similar to the actual game play with regards to how you progress towards higher rankings. Like I said I started at the very bottom tier in this game and I worked my way up to level 4, which, I dont even know what that means.
I really was getting upset with my performance. It was like they knew I was an outsider and they really just attacked me. I did end up playing on a team for a few rounds against another team. I know that the system automatically assigned the teams, but I felt like the kid no one wants on their team at recess.
Maybe I can improve in the future...
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