Love / Hate relationship

When I joined 2old2play back in '05, I was looking for a clan to join.  Found Art of War and played a lot of Gears of War.  A LOT.  Recently, several of us have started playing it again about once a week.  Now, I'm decent at most video games.  I'm a rhythm player and once I find it, I do pretty well.  Not gears.  I suck so bad at this game.  Can't snipe, can't hit anything with a torque bow, my boomshots seem to cotton candy, and nades blow up my team mates as much as they do the enemy.  Despise shotty circles, win one out of 50 consistently.  Can use the pistol, but they seem to have done something to my aim and I can't hit anything without sighting in which defeats the purpose when using it as a close quarters weapon.  I hate the stupid game.  On the other hand, the dead room is one of the greatest places around.  It's down to 2 players, each team is watching their last player, it's fun to watch them come across each other, often as a surprise to both.  Nothing's funnier than to watch someone peer cautiously around a corner, only to be stuck in the butt with a torque bow.  You just don't get that with another game.  And I normally play with the greatest pep talker in the world that inspires me to get 2 kills per match rather than my usual one.  Anybody else have a game they love to hate?