YAAAAABEAUTAAAAAYYY!!!

I finally did it. I finally got past the Silo level in Call of Duty2 on veteran setting. It is a feat that many have achieved so not that special really but to me it was something. I was being driven up the wall and round the bend by this particular point in the game. Clearing the town is straight forward enough. My strategy was  to go to the rear of the first house, cross the road, clear the next building then assualt the HQ, I figured that if I took the HQ then resistence would crumble. I play the game a bit like I would in real life (though I have no military experiance, just guess work). Once you have the HQ then the rest is easy. Apart from, that is, the sniper stage on top of the Silo. Now I should point out to those who are perhaps chuckling at my lack of skill since I found this part difficult, that to properly overcome this point you need to be fairly fresh with quick and accurate reflexes. I found that after a long day at work and an evening spent with my baby (and all the play and work that involves) I just wasnt in the right frame to tackle the sniper section late in the evening. It was frustrating me for two days. I even had to replay the level because I got a bad checkpoint on top of the Silo. Last night it all changed. I snuck away earlier in the evening,  mumbling to my dear wife about something important to do for half an hour and on my third attempt I took out all the mortar teams and watched the Shermans roll in. I could have danced, I could have sung, I could have yelled with glee but I didnt. The baby was asleep.

"Ya dancer!" I whispered instead, while punching the air.