You know, I downloaded the beta the second I got my code, which was 1 hour after the signups closed. I guess I was one of the lucky ones. I immediately played a match. About half of the people I played with were a bunch of elitest fucks who were taking it way too seriously. I didn’t play another match that night. I didn’t really think about playing another one. Surely the Xbox Live players hadn’t turned into those kind of people, right?

Nope, I was wrong. I played for a few hours tonight, and played with some of the best players I could play with. No, not because I talked to them at all ( because I didn’t have a headset on). If we won, we won. If we lost, we lost. If someone had the most kills, great. If they didn’t, so what. The way a game that isn’t a clan battle should be. There were a lot of really kick ass players to that probably had every right to be pissed at those, like me, who’ve never played CoD online before. This wasn’t with just one party. I purposely found a bunch of different players to see if there was any difference; there wasn’t much of one.

So thank you, CoD4 players. I’ve enjoyed playing tonight. I’m proud to call you all, um, console-online-service-mates. Keep up the good sportsmanship. Wow, that was nerdy as hell.