Today I decided to re-upload the StoneFaceLock mini-edit that I did a while back. I had taken it down because of the copyright strike made against me by Twentieth Century Fox.
However, while doing some cleaning out in my video source folder I came across the SFL edit and thought “Dammit that’s too good to get rid of” and so added my copyright bits to it and re-uploaded it. Straight away the YouTube content matching service sent me an email notifying me that all or part of the content is owned or licensed to UMG (Universal Music Group?).
So I’ve disputed it:
I’m not claiming to have written the song, but I am claiming fair use. So we’ll see what happens.
Peas and loaves.
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This post is a response to a search hit for this blog:
“what is quick scoping in bfbc2”
I’m not much of a sniper, and I don’t go in for quick scoping. But if that’s your thing then here’s a video from StoneFaceLock which attempts to give an idea of how to quickscope in Battlefield Bad Company 2. Sniping in BFBC2 is completely different from MW2 but quickscoping appears to be similar – although the much lower sensitivity on BFBC2 makes it more difficult:
Peas and loaves.
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StoneFaceLock has put up a competition thingy on his channel – I don’t really know what the competition is for, but I thought I’d give it a go anyway: *UPDATE 08-05-2010 – unfortunately, due to copyright issues I’ve removed the StoneLockFace video*
This was a relatively quick affair so it’s not quite as slick as I’d like it to be. One problem I’ve found making these montages is that using effects really cripples my already lame horse of a laptop. The preview doesn’t sync, especially when using transitions. To check that things are happening at the correct point I’m having to render the clip at a low res and then view it in a media player.
Although this one is only a minute or so long, it actually took close to 30 minutes to render……
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Previously I touched on the issue of people camping in BFBC2. I don’t actually have a problem with camping in most cases. For one, most people define camping as anyone who stays still longer than a heartbeat, two: campers are generally easy targets, and three – it’s necessary on some game types. For example, if you’re defending a flag or a bomb site then you need to stay around the thing you’re defending. But if you’re an attacking team then it’s pretty pointless to camp. You can’t capture objectives by sitting at the spawn, sniping. It would also be helpful to the TEAM if the spawn snipers actually used the spot option. Either these players are totally selfish, or they are so rubbish that they can’t see any enemy anyway (maybe both).
Camping in BFBC2 is not such a bad thing in Squad Deathmatch, although it does depend on the map and whether you are actually getting any kills. If you’re holed up somewhere and not getting any action then you need to change tactics. Geoff discusses the issue of camping in his BFBC2 – Laguna Presa, SDM #2 video:
That map is definitely an example of a ‘don’t camp map’. It can’t be much fun waiting in a bush for someone to run past. In contrast Isla Inocentes is the perfect camper’s paradise – if you can make it to the top of the hill (which conveniently has three spawn points on it). It’s possible, if you are a decent sniper, to be able to cover pretty much the whole of the play area. As long as you’re aware of the flanking opportunities then you can do pretty well, especially if you team up with another player using a complimentary class. However, as with all camping you have to know when you’ve outstayed your welcome. This can be signalled by one or more incoming RPGs.
Here’s the thing, ‘camping’, or ‘defending an area’, or ‘maintaining a strategic presence’ – however you want to refer to it – is definitely a valid tactic, as long as it has an purpose. That purpose should not be to up your KDR unless you are also helping your team win – there’s no Free For All in BFBC2 so there’s no excuse for not being a team player.
And on the subject of the frustration caused by spawn snipers, not playing objectives and getting pissed off at campers have a look at StoneFaceLock’s video – skip to timecode 0.38: yup, I feel his pain……his whole squad sniping at spawn:
Three to Watch Week 6 is finally up, and has a slight change of format this week as it contains two Battlefield Bad Company 2 clips and only one Modern Warfare 2. The main reason for this is that a lot of commentators are switching to BFBC2, and those sticking with MW2 seem to have been injected with complain-o-matic.
This week we have StoneFaceLock who is producing some excellent guides to BFBC2. Erik52193 a newish Modern Warfare 2 commentator, and blackjester40 who produces a little bit of everything in his videos.
As usual, check them out – rate (or thumb up if you’re on the new layout), comment and subscribe and all that as the amount of activity on a person’s channel really does help.
Stimulus Pack
New video from Hutch interviewing FourZeroTwo about the Stimulus Pack.
Points discussed:
When will it be released for PC and PS3
Crash and Overgrown
Any other CoD4 maps being released
DLC Rumours
Pricing decisions
And here’s the vid:
Mario Kart Wii
My friend and Nintendo fanboy Mike well and truly made me his bitch on Mario Kart Wii the other night. Apparently you can play up to eight players on the multiplayer, but as he’s the only person I know with a Wii it was just the two of us. I think I was at a slight disadvantage as Mike has unlocked everything and has achieved gold on every track including the mirror cups – while I have about ten hours of play time…. I won one race out of four Grand Prix which is 1/16. However, despite Mike’s flawless sprints around the tracks he told me that he can’t win against other people via the Mario Kart Wii channel – which is rather revealing.
I think that this will be one game that I play with the kids and that’s it. It makes me swear enough when I play against the AI, I think I’d probably have an aneurysm if I played it online.
Stupid Nintendo and their stupid games.
Battle Field Bad Company 2
I’ve decided I’m going to get BFBC2 on the PS3 next week. I’ve got some games on ebay, and if they don’t sell, then they’ll be traded in against it. I wasn’t too fussed about the game before it came out as Modern Warfare 2 is where all the cool kids were at, plus it’s an EA title and I’m not a huge fan of theirs. But after seeing the different videos that are coming out from the likes of Geoff and StoneFaceLock amongst others and reading about the fun that people such as Donncha have been having with it I think it’s time to swallow my pride and jump on that combat band wagon.
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