Call of Duty: Black Ops

[GrantMeThePower]

Attack dogs are back, btw.

11 kills, though.

I take it these were overpowered in WaW? How so? What do they do exactly?

 

[Zargon]

they were easily available if I recall, like 3-5 kills

then 20 dogs or so came running around everywhere

uber annoying
they run around trying to eat you

 

[Kabob]

Ordered from the Dell deal. While it's not the first FPS I own for a console, it will likely be the first that I bother playing just for the social aspect of it.

My XBL -> Khegobier.

Sweet, if I have room I'll add ya.

humm my amazon order is still showing up as 38$ and change guess i preordered it early enough

$38? Does it say on your order summary that you have $20 in pre-order credit coming to you? Otherwise you got a surprise discount, as typically pre-order bonuses won't take anything off the price, you just get credit for a later purchase.

I'm starting to feel like cartman when he was waiting for the wii. Anyway any quick scoper's out there? If so I'm sorry but you're getting nerfed.

Thank goodness, although I've heard people say that in the videos they still see some quick scoping going on.

 

[dougp]

they were easily available if I recall, like 3-5 kills

then 20 dogs or so came running around everywhere

uber annoying
they run around trying to eat you

It was 7 kills.

And they were the most easily defended against killstreak, IMO. The only annoying thing is they were unlimited spawning.

 

[swerus]

I take it these were overpowered in WaW? How so? What do they do exactly?

I think default cvars for servers had them set at 6 at a time, two or three waves, and it took 4 or more shots to kill them. They were a pita, and they would spawn in crazy spots.

Camp, get enough kills get dogs, die, respawn, send in dogs, dogs get enough kills for more dogs, repeat.

 

[fbrdphreak]

I called Amazon just now and got India twice. I talked to the girl on the second call and she is having "Marketing & Promotions" look into this. They will e-mail me within 24 hours.

I guess since I called near 12pm PST they shunted stuff to India? It's odd, 'cuz I've called them before and gotten a very helpful person who immediately corrected my order.

 

[Kabob]

Yeah, when I talk to India I get frusterated and often hang up and try again, I swear that 95% of the time it's an American (especially a woman) it gets fixed in under 3 minutes. Maybe it's just my good looks and winning personality though.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Yeah, when I talk to India I get frusterated and often hang up and try again, I swear that 95% of the time it's an American (especially a woman) it gets fixed in under 3 minutes. Maybe it's just my good looks and winning personality though.

To Amazon's credit these are the most competent Indian call center workers I've come across, they are just unable/unwilling to do anything. They don't "know" what they can do. At least an American call center worker would say yes or no.

The Dell deal is tempting me. $49 with overnight shipping & 3 months XBL.

 

[gorcorps]

To Amazon's credit these are the most competent Indian call center workers I've come across, they are just unable/unwilling to do anything. They don't "know" what they can do. At least an American call center worker would say yes or no.

The Dell deal is tempting me. $49 with overnight shipping & 3 months XBL.

Just keep in mind it's not release day shipping... You'll get it on Wed.

 

[gorcorps]

Totally forgot I had some reward points for my CC built up. I can get a $50 best buy card, and I think I'll have to pick this up on release if I get the card in time.

 

[ciproxr]

I ordered when they had the 20 dollar credit towards my next game purchace, does this mean that i wont get that ? im confused.

 

[Kabob]

No, if you ordered it when the credit was still offered you get the credit. What I mentioned above is for those who missed out on the promotional credit who want to try their luck sweet-talking Amazon into giving it to them.

 

[Kabob]

BTW, just checked on Amazon, the price is back up to retail price for both editions. And they're offering...100 pre-order bonus points now? What the heck is that?

 

[velillen]

Pre-order Bonus Points are redeemable for any item in the Amazon.com Video Games store. 100 Pre-order Bonus Points are worth a $10 promotional credit toward the purchase of any item from the Amazon Video Games store shipped and sold by Amazon.com. Your points will be automatically converted to promotional credit, and will be automatically added to your account with a qualifying purchase.


basically just $10 bucks

 

[Kabob]

Wow, that's kinda silly. Why not just say "$10 promotional credit" and stop with the silly points thing?

Actually, I already know the answer to that. It's so people can't complain and have credit added/prices reduced for missing out on promotions, they can just have "points."

 

[fbrdphreak]

Wow, that's kinda silly. Why not just say "$10 promotional credit" and stop with the silly points thing?

Actually, I already know the answer to that. It's so people can't complain and have credit added/prices reduced for missing out on promotions, they can just have "points."

Lame. Ah well.

The Dell deal is dead, up to $59 with the 3 month card and free overnight shipping. I think I'm going to stick with NewEgg.

 

[Kabob]

I'd still give Amazon another call and pester, eventually you'll meet the right person who'll do what you ask, might take a while though.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Yeah, I'm going to call them now. It's 10am over on the west coast, so maybe the Seattle kids have had their coffee and are ready to help

 

[fbrdphreak]

Welp, I finally got the American call center. Guy was very helpful and in 1/4 of the time I spent with the Indians, offered me a $10 credit. I'll definitely use it, so this beats the NewEgg deal for me.

 

[fbrdphreak]

And, Black Ops is now banned in Germany: http://www.slashgear.com/call-of-du...rnational-versions-blocked-by-steam-29111167/

 

[JoPh]

Welp, I finally got the American call center. Guy was very helpful and in 1/4 of the time I spent with the Indians, offered me a $10 credit. I'll definitely use it, so this beats the NewEgg deal for me.

what did u say? i keep failing

 

[Kabob]

what did u say? i keep failing

Once again, he got an American, that was the key!

 

[bucwylde23]

I had an indian, but what I said was there was a promotion for $20 off but I no longer saw it on the site. I asked him if there is any way that I could still get the credit. He basically said "sure, this one time we will make an exception".

 

[JoPh]

Once again, he got an American, that was the key!

bah humbug..

shot down again

 

[Kabob]

"Never give up, never surrender!!!"