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Today I'm going to be talking about Black Ops, again. This post will be about something different... The First Strike map pack! I will post my opinions and stuff on the map pack, as well as whether it's worth buying or not... Here goes!

The First Strike map pack is a map pack for the game Call of Duty: Black Ops. It features four multiplayer maps as well as one zombie map: Ascension. The multiplayer maps are: Discovery, Berlin Wall, Stadium and Kowloon. These new maps feature interactive parts, and here I'm going to give a summary of each map.

• Discovery is a large snowy map with a ton of vertical gameplay, because the buildings have multiple floors. This map features ice bridges that break under too much damage. Once destroyed, it isn't impossible to get to the other side, but it makes getting there a whole lot more irritating (you have to jump). Weapons I prefer to use on this map are submachine guns if you're going to stay close to the buildings, sniper rifles if you're going to stay inside and assault rifles in general. I wouldn't recommend light machine guns because you may need to run to cover quickly because of the huge lines of sight.
• Berlin Wall is another large map, which is set in Berlin in winter. It features no mans land, which is indicated in red on your radar. If you enter no mans land, auto turrets will start shooting at you, which doesn't normally end well unless you have a Willy Pete or Marathon pro and Lightweight. The no mans land is what separates the two sides of the map, with some safe paths through no mans land. There isn't really a type of gun that has an advantage, though shotguns as usual have a disadvantage. This is by far my favorite map.
• Stadium is part of the inside + the outside of a hockey stadium. Go figure. It doesn't really feature anything interactive, but for some reason everybody picks this map. Submachine guns, assault rifles and light machine guns have the advantage on this map, while sniper rifles and shotguns are just a tiny bit behind.
• Kowloon is, well a part of Hong-Kong... It's a large map, but It doesn't look large because of all the buildings blocking your view. This map features ziplines, the fastest way to cross this map. When going to use the zipline, look both ways before using it because you're vulnerable during your descent. This map is cool, but there are many campers here, the recommended weapon here would be a fully automatic assault rifle.

Well, there's only one thing left.. ASCENSION!!! It's an awesome zombie map where you play in a Russian cosmodrome and fight zombies, as well at the replacement for hellhounds... ZOMBIE ASTRONAUT MONKEYS!!! It's a really fun map which adds lots of new stuff such as PhD Flopper, a perk that does damage when you dolphin dive, and Stamin-Up, a perk that works like Marathon (without the pro) and lightweight (without the pro) together. It also features landers, which are quick transportation through the map, but I'm not going to ruin any more of the fun for you.

Overall, the First Strike map pack is fun, and if you play zombies a ton, Ascension will be a great addition, though the multiplayer maps need some improvement.That's it for now, see you guys later!

Comparing Guns

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today, we'll be comparing guns, as the title suggests. These are not real guns, they are guns from two different video games, more specifically Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Though those two titles may both be from the Call of Duty series, they were made by rival companies Infinity Ward and Treyarch respectively. These two companies have both had great success with games they've made, and now I'm going to compare some guns from the two games. The guns that I will be comparing are none other than the Famas with the Famas, the M16A4 with the M16A1 and the AK47 with, you guessed it, the AK47!!! I'm going to be comparing these guns and deciding which is better starting with...

The Famas
The Famas is a great gun in both games, even though the companies had different views of the gun they both ended well. In Modern Warfare 2, the Famas was a gun that fired in bursts of three rounds, comparable to the M16(A1) of Black Ops. It had a shorter delay between bursts and did less damage, so I guess you could have said that it was the G11 of Modern Warfare 2. In Black Ops, the Famas had greatly changed. It was no longer the burst fire gun that the community had loved, It was even better than that. Treyarch decided to make the Famas a fully automatic gun. This Famas was great because it had what the other lacked, which was close range power. The other great part about Treyarchs Famas was that it still had a VERY high fire rate, comparable to some Submachine Guns. In my opinion, the Famas made by Treyarch looked nicer and was easier to use, plus it fit into my Submachine gun rushing tactics really well.

How many bullets the M16 from Black Ops needs to kill, as well as stats.

The M16a4 and a1
First things first, I'm going to say that the M16A1 is essentially the same as the the M16A4, but the M16A4 was just a newer model. The M16A1 from Black Ops is what I'm going to start this comparison with: The M16(A1) is a great gun, that was both beginner friendly, intermediate friendly and expert friendly alike. It kept its three round burst in this game, unlike the Famas. It had an upwards recoil pattern, unlike its Modern Warfare 2 variant, that would tend to give you headshots if you shot the enemies in their stomachs. The M16A4 in Modern Warfare 2 was also a great gun, though it fit the role of a sniper more easily, because of its recoil pattern not being as bad. Even though it wasn't able to get recoil headshots like its variant, it was still an awesome gun. I have to say that I used both of these guns evenly, and I liked them evenly.

The AK47
In both games, this gun was absolutely AWESOME, even though Infinity Ward annoyed everyone by putting this weapon high up at level 70 (In Modern Warfare 2), which is the last level, it was still a blast to use. This gun featured strange swaying when it had anything attached but the ACOG scope, and while this sway wasn't much, it annoyed me greatly. The Black Ops variant however, featured no swaying, but instead it featured tremendous upwards recoil, which was even WORSE than the sway. Honestly, I enjoyed the AK47 in Black Ops more because of it's one hit kill capability in Hardcore mode, where I played most of my matches.


That's it for today, and for the record, the reason this post is in the past tense is because this year Modern Warfare 3 is going to stores!!!

-Brandyn

Another Day, Another Post!

First of all I want you, the reader to know that this post will feature a massively popular game: Call of Duty: Black Ops, and some of the choices you make to enhance your gameplay. By that I mean the killstreaks, and more specifically the killstreaks that require 8 kills or more.

There are many killstreaks in Black Ops, but it's the higher ones that will advance your gameplay and net you more points than usual. The killstreaks that I am talking about are:

• The Blackbird
• Rolling Thunder
• Chopper Gunner
• Dogs (Or as I like to call them, puppies!!!)
• The Gunship

Each of those killstreaks has it's advantages and disadvantages, and I'm going to hopefully help you in your decision.

First of all, I'd like to explain what the Rolling Thunder (8 kills to activate) does. The Rolling Thunder is an air strike that drops bombs in a straight line across the battlefield. It is useful because it can't be shot down, but because of the friendly fire (you can hurt teammates) on Hardcore gametypes, you can easily kill as many teammates as enemies. It is also useful because of its massive damage, which can even kill entire teams on small maps such as Nuketown!

Now I'd like to talk to you about the Blackbird which needs 8 kills to be activated. The Blackbird is essentially a spy plane that can't be shot down, but it does something that pretty much prevents you from getting killed other than by snipers: It shows you the direction that your enemy is facing. But wait, it also does more! The Blackbird not only does those two things, but people with the perk Ghost, or even Ghost pro can be seen by it! While it doesn't get you kills, it lets you easily continue your killstreak to get something better, like a Gunship. I would definitely recommend this killstreak over Rolling Thunder.

Now onto Chopper Gunner, the only 9 killstreak in Black Ops! This killstreak lets you be the gunner of a UH-1 Huey chopper. Your pilot flies circles around the map while you shoot the enemies, who appear as little red squares (,excluding users of Ghost pro). It can be shot down by the enemies, but it has one set of flares to deter rockets that are locked onto it. I would definitely recommend this perk over all the others, maybe even Dogs and the Gunship because it takes less kills and is almost as powerful.

And now I'll explain to you why the Gunship is a great killstreak, resting above the rest with Dogs at 11 kills! The Gunship is similar to the Chopper Gunner because you shoot enemies from a Hind Helicopter, but this killstreak lets you also use rockets! You can have two rockets at a time, and they reload after a while. Did I also mention that you don't just shoot enemies from the Hind, but you also pilot it? The Hind also has two sets of flares, instead of the one that the Chopper Gunner has. The ability to pilot this killstreak is really helpful because you can dodge rockets that aren't locked on, and if you're REALLY lucky maybe a rocket that is locked on! The Gunship, in my opinion is just as good as Dogs.

Finally, I'm going to talk about the other killstreak that takes 11 kills to call in: Dogs! Dogs, or Attack Dogs as called by some people calls in... Do I really need to explain what it calls in? The dogs that are called in by the killstreak search for your enemies and kills them. They can't find people with Ghost pro and they are attracted to Decoy Grenades, but other than that they're awesome. They don't force you to stand still, so you can get kills while your dogs help you, and you can even use the Chopper Gunner killstreak while you use the dogs! That means that you kill whatever enemies are outside, while the dogs kill the ones that are inside... Aren't dogs great?

Well, that's about it for today... see you tomorrow, because hopefully this wall of text didn't scare you off!!!

-Brandyn