I just got back from the Call Of Duty 4 Boot Camp Event in some Car Park in Soho, London. Don't ask me why it was in a car park, because I can only list many complaints about how fucking cold it was and that people should know gamers can't play with cold hands! However the setting was rather cool with sandbags and demolished cars surrounding a large room of linked up consoles and army ration food. What were we all freezing our arses off for? The new COD4 Map Pack!
So the maps are - Kill House, Broadcast, Creek and China Town. This was a beautiful variety pack with something for everyone, the maps are not only visually stunning but also extremely fun to play. While China Town was more of a let down, it was still a beautifully skinned map. It's just all the fun parts of it's original in COD2 just got ruined by the huge martyrdom spam fest that ensued every time I spawned the level gave off enough nostalgia to kick in your memory map. I'd run around some corners with complete confidence and then suddenly have a confusing stop and realise that I am lost!
Kill House is pretty much the new shipment in case you didn't know, it's the maps your going to run the majority of your private sessions in and the one map that drives everyone insane. I would of rather had a proper closed off Kill House than this version however it is a fun map, much larger than shipment but still full of quick kill insanity. There is a very pointless sniper tower in the center that offers no protection at all and would be a bitch to climb to in the first place but amusing watching people attempt it.
Broadcast brought back frustrating memories of the TV station in Veteran but runs beautifully in multiplayer. Plenty of quick corners and open spaces to keep a nice balance in the map. It will probably become a good camping map if your one of those cheeky bastards who feels the need to do that, I was also surprised to see that the outside was used the most even though it's the smallest portion of the map. This might be just because we only had around 8 people in the match I was playing so we could find each other but I am sure once the maps are live people will be hiding in every nook and cranny!
Last and but not least is Creek, my personal favourite. The new Overgrown, which isn't a bad thing. If you want a sniping map you've got it! If you want a run and gun map, you've got it! If you want a tactical map, you've got it! Creek just seems to embody everything I wanted in a COD4 map perfectly. Not only is there plenty of trees to get hidden in with a ghilli suit, there are plenty of caves and small buildings and jump out and ravage someone. This will be the new favorite map (sorry Backlot) and I can't wait for it to come live.
So what about the event? I was surprised about the amount of people and promotions they had. A bunch of scantily clad "Joystiq Junkie" girls were walking around handing out t-shirts to those who beat them (which didn't seem a problem with anyone). There were a few male employees doing the same and I challenged one and beat him for my t-shirt, ironically I was the only person to beat him that night too.
There was a tournament which I managed to get all the way to the finals. I hit 1st place on the 12 a side on Creek (need to be in top 3 to progress), 6th place on the semi-final on Broadcast (and I needed to be in top six to progress) and then I think I got 13th in the final out of 18 people. Gutted I didn't win the nice 52" TV or the 32" second prize, I was still happy I managed to get so far. Obviously I got a little attention from people crowding round my screen seeing as I was the only female in the final. Actually, I got a lot of attention. After finally walking in and nabbing a console I had photographers coming over every 2 mins (I would of made an effort if I knew it would happen) and then Xbox 360's Acey Bongo's asked me if I would answer some questions for inside xbox. Yeah, that means I'll be on INSIDE XBOX for European gamers very soon, check it out sometime <3
Apart from that it was a great night and I really enjoyed myself. Maps are out on the 4th so everyone start playing again!
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(# 0) on 03/28/2008 19:05
(you guys say bloody good right?)
i'm excited for the new maps :)
Good job at showing the boys what's up!
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(# 5) on 03/28/2008 19:22
Way to represent the site. What do the shirts look like?
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(# 8) on 03/28/2008 20:01
A) of FNF
B) all the prizes were 360-only (MS Points, etc.)
Speaking of which, I’m really pissed off that PS3 owners have to wait three sodding (you guys say “sodding”, right?) weeks for the new maps. Ron said it wasn’t Activision’s fault, so I’m guessing Sony’s just being ghey with verifying the DLC or something. Bah.
(# 9) on 03/28/2008 20:36
I've seen your stats though, (ooh, that sounds dirty) and I'm NOT surprised you got as far as you did, because you are a badass.
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(# 12) on 03/29/2008 03:58
awesome job beating shirt boy too! <333
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(# 14) on 03/29/2008 07:13
If anyone wants to play the maps with my self on april 4th my GT is Parabladez.
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(# 20) on 04/01/2008 06:57
Good read. Very interested in Broadcast and Creek, not so much the other two. Oooh, and I got the Cruelty achievement last night! EEEEEEEEEE HEEE HEEEE HEEEEEEEEEE!!! =)