FourZeroTwo’s FAIL Train, Full Steam ahead !
Sshh... do you guys hear what I hear ? It's Robert's FAIL Train again ! And it's coming at us with full steam.
I recently blogged about FourZeroTwo caught playing Modern Warfare 2 on PC and that his played hours on Steam weren’t adding up, which I concluded from he was just being AFK in the in-game menu. Guess what, apparently I was right.
After the weekend, I noticed something odd on Robert’s Steam page. His played hours jumped from 2.2 to 66.5 hours, in just 1 day. As far as I know, a day has 24 hours, so where did all those extra hours come from ? It could have been due to the ‘lag’ of the Steam profiles’ page synching with the played hours on the actual account itself, but I highly doubt that.
Robert said, in regard to this:
It's magic.
or..... I just locked my computer without closing everything when I went home for the weekend.
One of these two scenarios are true.
Source: http://www.infinityward.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=256910&start=0=
Well Robert, the second one scenario seems the most plausible to me.. but hold on a second. Since when do you play MW2 on PC anyway !? So how is it possible to forget to close down MW2 in the first place anyway ?
Also, Robert still hasn’t learned how VAC works. In a recent topic over at the IW forums, were Robert actually responded in, basically someone asked if making changes to the .cfg files are VAC bannable (it's a well-known fact that VAC doesn't ban for that).
402 said that changes to the config can trigger a ban. Someone told him the truth citing the Steam site, and he spouted out a BS reply to cover for not knowing anything. Then he said that texture hacks are bannable. He got owned a bit more, didn't reply, and then locked the topic, saying:
Glad you got the answers you were looking for.
I was playing it a bit safe, but as you can see there are a number of helpful posters that can give you specifics as to what you can change and how
Source (and topic): http://www.infinityward.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=257260
Submitted partly by Anarchy via our forums
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Prestige scripted poorly
Submitted by 'coldasice' via our forum:
I recently prestiged. Now when I start the game and immediately press play I first get to see picture #1 then #2 which means prestige isn't even coded to be a seperate rank. It's coded to paste a prestige icon over your old rank along with some cvar number changes to enable prestige challenges. But that's about it.
Due to it having to load after loading your normal rank it doesn't display directly but rather a second after. Again some lazy coding from IW
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IW used a hacked account for their official trailer ?
After studying the official 'flag runner' trailer again, Chaotix found something interesting. At 0:43 the 'player' kills an enemy named DEADYBEARD which is level 35, no prestige, and has the animated spinning golden 10th prestige skull as emblem..
The Full trailer can be found at:
That arises some questions. Until today, it's unsure which challanges/requirements need to be completed to get that emblem. Some say all prestige challenges need to be completed, others say you can only get it while 'prestiged' (so not as a 'normal' level 70), while others say you need to get 1000 kills with an AC-130.
So, did Infinity Ward used a hacked account for their official trailer ?
Submitted by Chaotix. Thanks !
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Official Strategy Guide FAIL
I can imagine why they removed this emblem from the game:
Image courtesy and copyright BradyGames' ModernWarfare 2 Official Strategy Guide
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Dice on BF:BC2: ‘it’s not a quick port just to get the PC part out’
Is this an hint to Infinity Ward / Activision ? Senior producer Patrick Bach at Dice said, in a recent interview to GameSpot, that Battlefield Bad Company 2 "is not a quick port just to get
the PC part out." WIN!
Full interview here:
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/battlefieldbadcompany2/video/6246914?hd=12:52-3:10
Submitted by Bob Ewell. Thanks !
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Guiness book of Records FAIL
Modern Warfare 2 achieved the first place in the 'Guiness book of Record - Game Edition'. But what for ? For FAILing I hope ?
Source: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1a1cc028#/1a1cc028/2
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*Spoof* Interview Robert Bowling and a PC Gamer
Yeah I know, yet another spoof. Still it made me smile 
Submitted by Umedha. Thanks !
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