Backseat Warriors

I've never tried blogging before. I thought I might give it a go and see what it's like. It's actually going to be a bit of a spleen vent as well. A chance to put down on virtual paper, things that piss me off.

I'm going to start with my nemisis, the backseat warrior. You know the one, the player that likes to be close to the action, but not close enough to get any of it on him. I of course allude to the sniper, and the guy that spends the whole game on the UAV. For those of you that don't play the game, I am refering to Bad Company 2. Don't get me wrong, we all have a snipe now and then. Well you have to if you want to get all of the achievements don't you. We don't all however spend every moment in the game as a backseat warrior. The thing that gets me most about the backseat warrior is that I always get squaded up with him. WHY ? Why do these guys squad up with people ? I am regularly in a squad of 4, and 3 of them are snipers. What is the point ? Apart from the extra points scored for reviving, healing, supplying or repairing a fellow squad member (None of which the backseat warrior can do) the big advantage about being in a squad is that you can spawn on squad members closer to the action. Quite a bonus on some of the levels where it is a considerable distance from the spawn point to the target area. Not so when the other 3 members of your squad are sitting in the back row watching the action from afar.Perhaps that's why recon all have binoculars - So they can see the action better

Ahh the happy hours I used to have sneaking up behind them and plunging my combat knife in to the back of their heads. I suppose I should thank them really, if it was not for the backseat warrior I would never have gone platinum on the combat knife. So the days of the sickening crunch from the knife are now over. These days it is a quick rap of 3 slugs from the M93R Burst. What does the future hold for the backseat warrior when I've gone platinum on the M93R Burst ? Well perhaps EA could introduce an add on pack for vindictive bastards like me. A baseball bat would be nice, a splitting axe would be even better.