There'll Be No Boosting In His Town

Some of the guys from the site, lead by Joker961, interviewed MW2 folkhero Sandy Ravage. Ravage, for those of you unaware, is an anti-booster cyber vigilante whose exploits can be found all over YouTube. He's not quite old enough for 2o2p yet, but it's never too late to start beating them into shape.

How old are you? What do you do in real life? (i.e., student, white collar worker, etc.)

I'm 23 years old, and I work part time while goin' to grad school at night.
How long have you been gaming?
Been gaming since I was about two. Been playin FPS games since Wolfenstein/Doom days
What kind of games do you generally play?
FPS games on consoles and RPGs on PCs
What was the first game you were really into?
Super Mario Bros
What was your first shooter?
First shooter was Wolfenstein 3d back in '92.
Favorite Call of Duty game? Why?
Definitely COD4. I believe that was one of the finest games ever made.
During live streams, you've partied up with fans, do you game with a regular crew/party, also? Do you typically play with a group of friends or run online alone? What gametype is your favorite when running alone and when playing with a party? (Jim Smyth, 2Old2Play)
Yeah, I play objective-based games such as domination with my real life friends. I do the open lobby thing occasionally but it usually turns into a mess quickly. When I'm playing alone, I play FFA which is also my favorite overall game type.
What kind of internet connection do you generally use (i.e. type and speed)?
I'm on a monster FIOS connection, 40 down / 30 up. Although the main benefit of that is being able to live stream at 1500 bit rate.
What kind of setup do you use for recording your games (i.e. make of PVR)?
To record my games I use a Hauppauge HD PVR. I have the output going to a Black Magic Intensity Pro for insane streaming quality. Members of the stream were nice enough to donate so I could get the BMI pro. It's like watching in HD but live.
How long does it take you to edit a typical montage? Are you making any money from your videos? (Jim Smyth, 2Old2Play)
Normal montages take about 2 hours including rendering time. One like Booster Justice takes at least 3 hours since there are so many clips from many different files. You gotta find them all, put em together, and make sure the music flows.
What inspired you to start dispensing Booster Justice? Have you ever been banned from the kids filing complaints? How many times, or for how long? (xBIGWIGx, 2Old2Play)
I mainly play Free-For-All since COD4 and probably lost 10 times in over 7,000 games. When something out of the ordinary is going on, I'll pick up on it instantly. They would invade my games and try boosting so I'd just kill them and go on with the game. Eventually it was happening in every game so one day all I did was join FFA's, kill them, and follow them to the next game. The live stream had about 1,000 viewers so I knew it was going to be a hit.

What's your favorite class setup, MW2 & BC2? (GUL74, 2Old2Play)
In mw2 I have a few favorite classes but my current go - to class is: Famas / Stinger, Sleight of Hand, Stopping Power, Ninja. In BC2 I love every class except Recon. M16 for assault, M60 for Medic, Scar L for Engineer.
Favorite map in MW2? In BC2? Why? Are you buying the so-called "Stimulus" map pack?
Favorite map is probably Afghan. I personally hate almost every mw2 map. I don't know what happened between COD4 and MW2 but the map designers must have turned into a bunch of hardcore campers. When you think about cod 4 maps, there would be one major camp spot on each map for each team. Now think of MW2, there's at least five spots people can just sit in and camp for their Chopper Gunner. What that turns into is nobody going for objectives. If the new maps show any improvement I'd buy them. I don't care for Overgrown or Crash though so we'll see. In BC2 my favorite is Isla Innocentes, I love the jet skis and downin choppers with my Gustav.
Which perks in MW2 are useless and which are useful? What are you favorite Tier 1-3 perks? (Jim Smyth, 2Old2Play) If you had to change one thing/perk/weapon MW2 (aside from boosting), what would it be and why? (Fetal, 2Old2Play)
They did a good job in making nearly every perk useful. Some are not useful without getting the Pro version. An example is Ninja... before you get Ninja pro, the only benefit is being invisible to Heart Beat Sensors. That's good and all but generally if someone is using a HBS that means they absolutely suck at the game anyway so it should be an easy kill. Ninja pro on the other hand is the best perk in the game in my opinion. I'm not a fan of scrambler or scrambler pro, and Sit rep pro is way better than the regular. My favorite perks are Sleight of hand pro, stopping power pro, ninja pro. If one thing had to be changed it would be painkiller. I'd love to be in the planning room when the idiot thought of painkiller. God mode for 10 seconds, yea that makes sense! I'd much rather deal with juggernaut being 40% increased health permanently than some clown having 300% health with commando. I don't even want to get into commando...
What do think of the Prestige system in Modern Warfare 2?
I think its fine, just as COD4's was. The problem now is the hackers who 10th prestige hacked for whatever reason. That's why I'm staying at second prestige. 10th prestige is the new mark of a loser.
What sensitivity level do you set your controllers at and does it make a big difference? (Jim Smyth, 2Old2Play)
I play on medium because COD4 was my first console FPS since halo 2. It's how I got used to playing with the controller and I don't see a benefit in changing it. I don't snipe so this is comfortable for me. Give me a mouse and keyboard and it's a different story.
Have you played any hardcore matches on MW2? If so how does your style of play change in hardcore match types? (Jim Smyth, 2Old2Play)
I'm definitely not a hardcore player. I've played a few matches and I swear, I was the only one moving on the map. I almost fell asleep.
  What other games are you playing? (GUL74, 2Old2Play)
At the moment I'm playing MW2 and BC2. I generally buy 1-2 games a year tops.
Any recommendations for casual FPS gamers who have to work hard to get kills on how to improve? (Jim Smyth, 2Old2Play)
I wouldnt listen to anything I say because I have a weird playing style that comes from the days of Unreal Tournament and Quake. I consider sending a predator missile to be camping. My best advice is to use a UAV, Predator, Harrier kill streak selection. Don't be that loser who sits in their own spawn who finally gets an 11 kill streak after 8 minutes and his team is losing by a ton. Go for objectives!
Whats the future hold for Sandy Ravage that we should be looking for? (GUL74, 2Old2Play)
Well I've submitted Booster Justice 3 to Machinima so that should be uploaded pretty soon. Other than that, I guess a mix of mw2 and bc2 videos.

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