Posted by BadReligion
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:59:00 GMT
I am writing this blog in a feeble attempt to rally against this new (stupid ass) game from Infinity Ward. I personally have never been impressed with a number of areas of Call of Duty series from Infinity Ward, however I played because the community I was involved with played almost exclusively CoD series. The group I am involved with currently also plays a great deal of Call of Duty WaW. Many obviously are excited about the new CoD Modern Warfare 2, however I am not the only one that is pissed off about its cost, features and Infinity Wards direction with game costs.
Let me first point out the new feature that Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2 will possess that I and others feel is the most user unfriendly! To the best of my knowledge instead of selecting the server you wish to play in the game will choose the best server for you. Sorry, I know you are trying to be slick here but this is a terrible feature. It's not so shabby if the vast majority of users that are groups of friends all playing on the same connection. Even then with intelligent routing protocols I see the potential for groups of people with the same ISP and general location being sent to different servers. The greatest atrocity is when people from other countries or even areas of the same country wish to play together, sorry guys your fucked.
Now as much as I disagree with this I would still consider purchasing Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2. However the next change with Infinity Ward's game is what has caused me to turn against the game I play as much or more than Starcraft and the Diablo series. Infinity Ward will now charge for game patches. Two words IW, piss off! I'm sorry but your games just aren't stable enough on release nor are they so great that I will not subscribe to this sort of behavior. I am perfectly fine with charging for add-ons to the game, however, charging for patches because your original product was inferior enough to raise the need for a fix I will happily refuse.
I see that Infinity Ward has chosen to bend over the table the same group of people that made their game a success. Before you know it Infinity Ward will partner with, yes I'm going there, Microsoft. Then only subscribers to Games for Windows Live will be able to play and the game will play like hell on anything that isn't a Microsoft Xbox.
Surely Infinity Ward and CoD will continue to thrive (for awhile at least) on primarily game consoles. However, they will do so without much of the support from PC gamers as well as my support. For me this move by IW is the death of a great game.
Posted in Games | Tags Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2, CoD, Infinity Ward, IW | 1 comment
Posted by BadReligion
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:55:00 GMT
In my study of close quarters hand-to-hand combat I have become quite familiar with a vicious fighting technique called Krav Maga.
To describe Krav Maga briefly, Krav Maga is easy to learn, hard to master, the strikes are often lethal and the overall goal is to avoid harm, even though this often means leaving your attacker incapacitated.
One of the most important attributes that I have found in Krav Maga as a self defense mechanism is that Krav Maga is easy to learn. The main reason this is true is because Krav Maga builds off of our initial instincts, thus cutting out all the rigorous training to restructure the way our mind and body reacts to high stress, high danger situations. Krav Maga, for the most part, avoids using complex movements that are difficult to understand and remember. The reason this is so important is because the majority of people who want to learn to defend themselves do not have enough time or ability to learn such difficult and time consuming tactics.
Another piece of Krav Maga that impresses me is the focus on eliminating the threat quickly and efficiently. Once the area is freed of threats one is to immediately leave the area. It may seem cold if the assailant is hurt maybe even terminally, however consider that the assailant may have been trying and still might try to cause equal or greater harm.
Lastly Krav Maga addresses issues that many other hand-to-hand combat techniques have neglected to assess. Often assailants are bigger and stronger than the victim in physical attacks. It is not particularly easy nor safe for an average sized female to try to execute a hip toss on a 200 pound man. In the same situaton that other hand-to-hand combat systems may teach a hip toss, Krav Maga would prefer more lethal attacks that provide ultimate stopping power. For example a hard forehand chop to the neck, hammer fist to the clavicle, or a backhand like chop to the front of the throat.
Although I appreciate all martial arts, I have boxed for many years and even had a taste of MMA, for raw hand-to-hand combat survival I would put my trust in Krav Maga.
Krav Maga can teach discipline but most important of all the system design is largely geared toward self preservation. Krav Maga enables a victim to deal with multiple opponents, weapons like blunt objects, knives, even guns. Krav Maga like any combat system is not easy to master, it is however easy to learn and understand well enough to use in real life situations, after all that is what it is designed for.
Plenty of great resources and instructional videos are available just give a quick search on YouTube or Google Video.
Posted in Combat | Tags combat, hand-to-hand, krav-maga, krav maga, self-defense | no comments
