The Most Used Perks

These three perks are the most used perks throughtout the online gameplay. They are the most useful perks out of all. Scavenger allows you to pick up ammo and grenades for fallen enemies, and the pro ability gives you more magazines to begin with. Stopping power makes your bullets do more damage, and the pro ability makes your bullets do more damage to aircrafts and vehicles. Ninja makes you invisible to heartbeat sensors, and the pro ability allows you to move silently.

Inntervention Sniper Rifle

The Interventino sniper rifle has the lowest magazine capacity but the highest range out of all the sniper rifle. Also, being a bolt action rifle, the fire rate is much slower than all the others.

RPD Light Machine Gun

The RPD is a light machine gun with high damage and a very high magazine capacity. The RPD has one of the high damage rates out of all the light machine guns.

UMP45 Submachine Gun

The UMP45 is a submachine gun with a high rate of fire. However, unlike other submachine guns, the UMP45 has a higher damage rate so it acts more like a machine gun.

Scar-H

This gun is the Scar-h, which is the standard assault rifle for the NAVY SEALs today. It is classified as a heavy damamge assault rifle meaning it takes only two shots to kill someone.

The New Weaponry, Equipment, and Perks

The new weapons of Modern Warfare 2 are very unique from any other game. A player has a choice from a assault rifle, sub machine gun, light machine gun, sniper rifle, or riot shield. Also, the new selection of secondary weapons gives a player an extreme amount of choice in creating their own class. In previous games, only a pistol was available as a secondary weapon. However, in this game, a player can choose a machine pistol, shotgun, handgun, or a launcher. The Assault rifles in this game overpower any other primary in terms of standard use in a game. The Sub machine gun class have an extremely high fire rate but have little damage, so the Assault rifle overpower them by a longshot. Light Machine guns have very high magazine capacity and normally high damage and accuracy. These guns are normally used to cover other players. With over 100 rounds in the magazine, reloading doesn't need to happen very often. The Sniper rifles in this game are very powerful. There are four sniper rifles in this game. The majority of the snipers in this game can kill a person with any shot from the stomach up. The riot shield is a shield which can block bullets, explosions, and melee attacks. The secondary weapons in this game are very special to this game. Any player can be using a number of different secondary weapons. A machine pistol is fully automatic, except for one, and normally are very accurate. A shotgun as a secondary is very deadly at close range. A few of the shotguns are fully automatic, and some can be used in akimbo, which allows for two to be used at the same time. Handguns are pretty generic. They are semi-automatic, can be used in akimbo, and also have the tactical knife attachment, which speeds up a persons melee attack. The last secondary is a launcher. A launcher can be a free fire rocket, a grenade launcher, a RPG, or a ground to air missile. The new Perks in this game are also very unique. They are three different perks one can choose at one time and every perk can be upgraded to the pro level. At the pro level, the perk gets a new advantage. For example, Marathon is a perk where you have unlimited sprint time. At the pro level, Marathon Pro gives the user a quicker climb ability. the equipment in this game is also very new and very modern. Anything from standard frag grenades, to sticky grenades, claymores, a throwing knife, or a tactical insertion.

Video Games as a Profession

Some people even play video games professionally. They are on a team, or a clan as it's called, and play in what are called game battles. These are battles in which one clan goes against another clan and the winner is determind by a number of factors. Most of the time, this game is Search and Destroy, which is the most complicated and takes the most skill out of all the game types. In order to win, one team needs to eliminate the other team, or plant the bomb at the others location. Also, the MLG or Major League Gaming sponsors games in which 6 random people will get together against 6 other random people and play Team Deathmatch. About 15 of these games will be played at one time and the winner moves on. At the end of the day, the winner of the tournament gets a cash prize, and often times a special edition game system or game.

A Social Norm in a Videogame?

Many people are beginning to say that video games are becoming part of social life between the ages of 13 to 25. Teenagers are slowly evolving to the idea that they need video games or they can be an outcast. If someone doesn't play a video game they are weird or not normal. Many kids are getting video game systems at younger and younger ages. Also, older people are becoming more adept to electronics and buying video game systems themselves. Law students, college graduates, low grade workers, and many others are buying video game systems and using them when they aren't working. Also, some people play video games professionally.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Infinity Ward returns to production with its sequel release of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. After the release of Call of Duty: World at War released by Treyarch Infinity Ward had the idea to do a sequel of the first Modern Warfare game. This new and improved game had newer, better, and more advanced weapons in the first game. However, instead of continuing with Treyarch's trend of World War II gameplay, they switched back to modern day fighting gameplay. One map is a village of houses that implicates a village in Iraq or Iran. Another map shows another less crowded village where players can clear out buildings and fight in and around a jungle gym. This might show the relation to modern day fighting where Marines and Army personnel clear out buildings.

Everyone is Doing it

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Online Multiplayer Gameplay

The online capabilities was the most highly anticipated out of any game ever made. Ranging from 2 to 18 players at one time, many people can play in one game at a time. Friends can play with each other and go against other teams of friends. There are over fifteen different game modes to play ranging from Team Deathmatch to Free-for-all to Domination to Search and Destroy. Also, the ability to pick your primary and secondary weapon, perks, and equipment made this game a new style of gameplay for newcomers. However, for people who are familiar with the Call of Duty line of games, the new guns, equipment, and perks are the bonus for those players. But perhaps the most anticipated feature for returning players in the new killstreaks. Instead of generic killstreaks, one can pick which they want ranging from a Air to Ground Missile, various airstrikes, or even a Tactical Nuke.

Guinness Book of World Records

The long holder of the most successful entertainment launch in history was Grand Theft Auto IV. GTAIV grossed $310 million in its first day of release. However, recently a new leader has emerged. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the most successful entertainment launch in history. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Modern Warfare 2 grossed $401.6 million in its first day of release. Over 50,000 players play each day on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 over many different countries including the United States, Great Britain, Scotland, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Ireland.

Video Games as a Social Norm

Video games have recently become something of a social norm. More and more people ranging from the age of 13 to 25 have started to play online video games. The majority of the people playing video games are playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This game has become the most popular game ever made. Modern Warfare 2 is the sixth game in the Call of Duty sequence. Being the sequel to the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, this game was highly anticipated. Over 2 million copies of the game were pre-ordered, and over 5 million copies were sold by the end of the first day of release.

Just trying this blog thing out.

I just thought I'd make my blog and see what this whole thing was like. So I decided to post this little post to see what it was like.