Disappointment

I've historically sucked at online gaming. It's one thing to play against AI, but something totally different to play against real people. So when I play a game and get off a kill or two I'm thrilled far more than completing the SP campaign.

I'm retracting some of my forum statements about MW2 on the PC. While dedicated servers are great, the matchmaking feature does a terrific job at pitting me against equal players on equal teams. I can't exactly complain because I've been having a lot of fun playing against Timmies - one advantage of PC multiplayer is that not as many people use the mic as on XBL. Kind of kills the teamwork aspect, but I haven't been called n*gger, c*nt, f*ggot, or any variation thereof yet.

So tonight I played a game and didn't do too well. Next match goes into the Sub Base map. I see a member of the other team approaching so I take cover behind a storage container, come out on the other side and blast him in the head. Two more teammates come running past the storage container - one grenade, a few more bullets, reload and take out the guy coming from the other direction and I'm on a four-kill streak (read my first line - I've historically sucked at online gaming, so this is big for me).

One of the recently deceased saw me on kill cam and knows where I am, so he takes me out with an RPG. Upon respawning I killed him right away and all is well. I'm in my groove. Then....

It's the wife. She works part time and this was her break. I picked up the phone while trying to continue killing Timmies but my groove was gone. She needed me to look something up online for her so I had to shut off the game. The 4-kill streak was gone. The excitement was gone.

I've learned a lesson tonight - killing 13-year-olds is far more exciting than a 15 minute conversation with one's wife.