What the hell is it with some people on X-Box live (and sorry to pick out a nationality, because this is my experience and I accept is not true of the majority of this nationality, but this is my rant right now) and especially German people.
"Sub Monkey go Locust"
"Ja, Submonkey go Locust"
"Ve are German"
"Ja, Go Locust"
so says the voice of four german players on ranked matches of Gears of War. Well first and foremost, as ranked matches it's kind of unfair to team up with a bunch of your friends. Secondly, what exactly is the point of telling me you're German. I mean does it matter - Generally no. You being German does not have any bearing on things. However, I accomodated their wishes, and promptly found myself on a team consisting of a spanish speaking individual, a person who was away from their console for half the match, and a person whose idea of communication was to go "bluhbluhbluh" into the microphone. So unsuprisingly, the well-organised team of highly efficient german soldiers wiped us out. And on the rare occassions I managed to off one of them, when I inevitably got killed myself, I could hear their abuses at me in German. I may not be highly fluent, but I did a GCSE so I did amuse myself in lessons by looking up German Swear Words.
God damn Gears of War and it's online achievements that you can only acquire in ranked matches.
And God damn that stupid ass Hand of God weapon, that on a later map, my teammates always grabbed before me, yet were no match for their team with the same mightily powerful weapon.
And whilst we're at it. God damn that stupid end-of-level guy with his fricking Krill shield. Why can't I beat you to death with your own bloody legs.
For anyone whose not played Gears of War you have probably no idea what the hell I've been ranting about, the next blog will (I promise) be actually understandable.
"Sub Monkey go Locust"
"Ja, Submonkey go Locust"
"Ve are German"
"Ja, Go Locust"
so says the voice of four german players on ranked matches of Gears of War. Well first and foremost, as ranked matches it's kind of unfair to team up with a bunch of your friends. Secondly, what exactly is the point of telling me you're German. I mean does it matter - Generally no. You being German does not have any bearing on things. However, I accomodated their wishes, and promptly found myself on a team consisting of a spanish speaking individual, a person who was away from their console for half the match, and a person whose idea of communication was to go "bluhbluhbluh" into the microphone. So unsuprisingly, the well-organised team of highly efficient german soldiers wiped us out. And on the rare occassions I managed to off one of them, when I inevitably got killed myself, I could hear their abuses at me in German. I may not be highly fluent, but I did a GCSE so I did amuse myself in lessons by looking up German Swear Words.
God damn Gears of War and it's online achievements that you can only acquire in ranked matches.
And God damn that stupid ass Hand of God weapon, that on a later map, my teammates always grabbed before me, yet were no match for their team with the same mightily powerful weapon.
And whilst we're at it. God damn that stupid end-of-level guy with his fricking Krill shield. Why can't I beat you to death with your own bloody legs.
For anyone whose not played Gears of War you have probably no idea what the hell I've been ranting about, the next blog will (I promise) be actually understandable.
fever:
i have nooooooooo idea!!