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Wow, talk about an absurd glitch. How the hell was that programmed into the game?

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Not so much as programmed as overlooked. It looks like they keep a list of killstreak rewards for each player, and it isn't being cleared correctly for the emergency air drops.

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My best guess, not knowing anything about their code base, is that it really wasn't. Modern game engines are "data-driven", which grossly oversimplified means instead of storing all these values directly in the code, they are stored in a file somewhere. This allows designers, who generally can't code, to change them all day long without bothering the programmers, and doesn't force the game to recompile.

Recently (around the time of the first patch), new Xbox 360 mod stuff has come out which broke the encryption on the disc and allowed access to the files. So some problems are glitches, some are modders with new tools. So they could simply modify the value stored in the file, and if they're the host and the game runs a client-server architecture, the hacked server could easily send the message to the client 360.

So it's really not far-fetched. Figure out what to modify in what file, and call it a day. They're also +XP modding too, where you jump straight to 10th prestige 70.

The bigger issue is what is Microsoft doing to detect and ban these people who are obviously playing with modded Xbox 360s on Live, and can it be fixed before the next big game comes out and it ruins that one too (ie. Halo: Reach)? There are entire sites dedicated to mods and glitches for COD4-2. I'm not going to give them any publicity, but you would cry if you saw the huge list of glitches for each level.

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haha. You go be a lawyer now, leave the coding to us code monkeys.

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Me and Combine tried this out in free for all. You dont get any XP for doing it tho, nor does it count towards killstreak rewards challenges. Tho you can run around the map throwing Emergency Airdrops all over the place :lolz:

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Yeah I think that's more the point. Not like it helps you out, but you can troll people all day with care packages.

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Well ran into a guy doing it today with an emergency airdrop. Good thing he was on my team. They need to patch this bad.

EDIT, just went 33 - 1 on Estate. I didnt want to spam emergency airdrops, but the other team were all 13 year old boys swearing and calling everyone the N word, so i feel good about my choice!

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the worst is the care package glitch.

you have someone who has marathon, lightweight, and commando on, they run twice as fast and their knife range is like the Halo 3 sword.

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Bahaha never thought of that. FUCK YEAH DOIN IT WHEN MY INTERNET WORKS PROPERLY AGAIN!

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I went 35-4 last night with only 3 care packages (which were all predators).

2 of the three predators were multi-kills (5 and 4 to end the game, respectively).

P90

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care package glitch fixed

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finally, i can start playing again!

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Yeah fox, start playing and find people that jump around as if they're flying. Mix with your choice of aggression. Have fun.

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Ive been playing since i posted that comment and havent seen any flying people yet. I guess in hardcore its not worth it cause youll get shot right away.

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My bro was playing it earlier today and he had gone mad when he came to my room :)

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360 pr PS3?

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Oh right, I forgot..PS3.

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i won't be playing that crappy game for a long time... almost broke my controller today...

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Map pack coming out on March 30th

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Seems like the map pack will include 5 maps, 3 original and 2 remakes.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/ga...60817&p=1&of=6

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Interesting.

wasnt a huge fanatic of either of those levels, but i did like them.

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I liked overgrown, dont remember crash though.
Was Crash the one with the 3 story building?
Cause I liked that one too.

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yupp

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I love Crash but pretty much hate Overgrown. Miss for me. I'd have preferred Vacant or another Afghan map.

Crossfire, for example.

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I don't believe your kind gets the maps right now, later on, not sure how long, think its a month.

Anyhow, price has been revealed 1200 MSP or 15 bucks real money, which probably is most expensive map pack, but people will buy because Activision has em by the balls.

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Yes, we don't get it right now but that doesn't mean I can't talk about it, does it? :p

I'm excited, and yes, it's overpriced. It'll probably be the same on PSN.

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It also has more maps than the average map pack. People will buy it because COD4-2 is the most popular game out at the moment, and most likely will be until Halo Reach.

People will bitch, because that's what people do online. Besides, it's cool to hate Activision these days. The only thing I'm curious about is why they choose to release the "most expensive map pack." I would imagine it can't be good for marketing. Releasing 3 new maps for 800 points would be the usual price, and then releasing 2 COD4 maps for 400 would likely be considered a "cheap" map pack, but likely wouldn't generate all the criticism.

Needless to say, I'll pick it up.

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I guess when you put it that way, it does sound better, but on the same hand, that also always you options.

I think the problem is.. one 10 bucks for 3 maps is still too much, but these as far as I know are just straight up bringing the maps from 4 to MW2. Not changing them or re-skinning them

And people will buy, that's why Activision can get away with it. People will bitch and moan, and send Activision the money, and they'll do it next time as well.

I don't hate them for doing it, honestly, they are in the business of making money.

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You say Activision can get away with it like they're doing anything illegal. Only thing they should apologize for is stealing my party chat :mad: Personally, I would've liked to see this split into 2 packs and given the option to buy only one, but I still would've bought both. It would just help get more gamers who are short on cash playing the new maps.

As for the COD4 maps, depending on what changes they made to their engine, it would be really easy, or really annoying to port over. I would like to see it get a slight graphical upgrade, but it will be interesting playing these maps with the new perks. The way I see it, fans were asking for them, and they got them. No reason to complain.

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So the Stimulus package is out, and awesome (as expected). Crash and Overgrown have been slightly upgraded, but not a big overhaul or anything. They both have changed textures in certain areas, like the ground is now full of cracks where it used to be smooth. The mounted M249s were replaced with miniguns, which will be interesting.

Crash got a bigger upgrade in general, with tons of clutter added to the inside of many houses. Walls that used to be bare are now filled with racks of computers, bikes, lamps, book shelves, posters, etc.

The biggest difference I noticed on overgrown was the colors are all slightly different, as if they changed their gamma correction. Also, I noticed they have particles simulating dust inside of their volumetric lights... awesome!

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Yeah this is a stimulus package for Activision...I'm not paying $15 for a map pack.

But anyway...apparently there is a double xp event starting today. Is that for every map or just the new map pack?

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Not having these maps, its incredibly hard to find a hardcore game right now.

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So looks like there is a bug with the new maps. Also form what i've read at a number of places, there isnt enough meat to warrant the $15 price tag. Ill probably wait to see if the price comes down.

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/108/1081173p1.html

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Just sounds like more bandwagon bitching. While they have certainly been more DLC content for less money, there is nothing abnormal about the pricing, especially compared to Halo. It's just cool to hate MW2 right now.

It'll change around... I don't know, May 3rd?

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Just found this pretty huge glitch that can get you cold blooded pro really quick.
I wonder how extensively they beta tested this game.

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So looks like there is a bonus if you got the Stimulus package on day one, but only because of their errors. :p

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/108/1081768p1.html

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I didn't encounter any of the problems, but I appreciate the extra week :D

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I've had no interest in this game since day one, but I played a little multiplayer when I was home for Easter weekend and I think I may be hooked like I was with CoD4. The beginning was brutal, on account of me playing pretty much nothing but RPGs for the last couple years. After I regianed a certain degree of reaction time it became quite fun. Pretty sure it's the unlocks. I love unlocking things.

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So, just found out that if you don't have the DLC, it singles you out when you don't have it in the party menu. WOW!

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Yeah, then everyone asks why you don't have the DLC and bitch at you