Weapon Switch
Swapping to & from Pistols are now faster in Multiplayer.

Sound Loops
Optimized sound bank to improve weapon firing and helicopter sound clips that loop over and over.

Pings
Servers now update their pings more often so that players have a more accurate value of server performance.

Team Leader Respawn Modification
Spawn Shield is shorter when respawning with the Leader.

XP Modifiers
When there are more people on a team than the other, there is an overall XP modifier applied to all XP gained during the game.

Outfitting
By pressing the start button, players now have access to the outfitting menu in observer mode.

Team Deathmatch Respawn Modification
Respawning in Team Deathmatch now work like regular Deathmatch (random points throughout the map) which intensifies gameplay and minimizes spawn camping/trapping.

Faster Respawns
Faster respawns for Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. You no longer have to wait a full 10 seconds!

Custom Search
Players who enter a room using custom search then exit will be brought back to an automatic search with the same criteria.

>>> FIXES <<<

Rank Reset Glitch
Fixed. Players will be able to use their Xbox guide during the game loading without risk of losing their rank.

Private First Class - Achievement
If you are ranked Private First Class or above, you will automatically get the achievement after the title update is complete and you load your gamer profile.

Freedom Shall Prevail - Achievement
If you’ve passed all checkpoints on Story Mode on Realistic and finished the game, you will automatically get the achievement after the title update is complete and you load your gamer profile.

That Wasn’t So Hard - Ribbon
Your ribbon now unlocks when you get the achievement.

Light Machinegun Sound Glitch
When firing continuously with any light machinegun, the sound of the weapon will no longer get cut off.

Civilians & Hostages on Tactical Map
No longer are displayed as terrorists.

Shield Teleport Glitch
Players can no longer teleport when trying to take cover with a shield

Out of Map Glitch
Players can no longer cover-peek into each other to raise a team mate above their heads that allows them to walk into areas outside the designated map.

Friend Invite in Ranked Matches
Inviting friends in Ranked Matches now work correctly.

Custom Face
Previously, Custom faces were sometimes copied over to another player’s face. This is no longer the case. Custom faces will display the proper faces.

Radar Jammer
Radar Jammer now work for clients, not just hosts.

XP Farming
That one famous area in ACT 1 “Ambush” will no longer allow XP Farming.

Observer Mode
Players will no longer be stuck in the respawn screen at 0 seconds while in observer mode.

Weapon Restriction
The weapon restriction configuration is no longer kept in Terrorist Hunt, Story and Co-op Story.

Custom Camo 3 Save
The colour and pattern of Custom Camo 3 now saves correctly.
You have to love it when a developer quickly works to address issues within its products... more work for us!

• Esko.gamerbabble.com (Esko)
• Evil.gamerbabble.com (Evil - myself)

please note:  I've been having continueing problems logging into our new site, are subsequently, while trying to fix the problem have had to re-make my account several times, so my finished username/sub-domain may change again. Any information pertaining to this will be posted both on GamerBabble.com and this slow-dying MSNspace.

For the time being, my gb.com account is under e2 (Esko being the true e1 of course), so if you see any comments posted under that, tis' I!

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Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who's checked out my MSNspace, and express my appreciation to those who have posted comments here (I read and truely appreciate them all).  I hope that you'l come visit us at our new home, and we'll try our best not to disapoint y'all.

Again: Be sure to check gb.com in the coming weeks for in-depth interviews w/ some of the gaming industries more prominant figures, including but not limited to....

*  varying Microsoft employees

*  Makers of your favorite gaming media

*  Xbox community personalities

*  professional gamers

*  Members of the Xbox Product Team among many, many others. 

Just know we're committed to bringing you guys 'the best' in gaming news.

#1- I just thought I'd share a funny little thing that happened when we were internally testing this new forum software... I found a way to add myself as admin and banned Major Nelson... One of the funnest days of testing EVAR....

#2- Lets just say it was a 30 minute admin tool war over adding/removing permissions while we tried to lock each other out of the forums ... in the end though... it was a good laugh... and it was all worth hearing Major scream down the hall.....

 "I've been banned!?!?!?! WHATS GOING ON!!!!!"

Mr. Nelson... you got pwned is what was going on....

(btw.. Maj - if you're reading this - please don't ban me - I promise to be good)

[/daStahl]

I just thought this was hilarious and too price-less to just dwell on by myself. So check it out, Follow Me... for a direct link to the thread (which has since been locked).  Im sure many, if not all of you will enjoy this as much as I did.

Sources for this blog entry: 

• Xbox.com
• Xbox.com Forums
• daStahl's Gamercard
• daStahl's MySpace (Booo, f**k MySpace)
• Thread in question

Watup everybody! Im not sure how things are going for all of you, but its been 1 hectic week for me. Finals, Moving out, the job search, usability studies, dealing w/ my gf.......uggghh, all I'll say was it was a nice release just to play some GRAW and Oblivion.

This week, the semi-official competition between Esko and I as to who could hit the 10k mark gamerscore-wise finally came to an end, as Esko not only reached that mark, he did it in an eloquent and somewhat meaningful way by hitting 10k on the dot. (which takes more skill than you may think). It was a well played contest, and my competitor did an excellent job. You won THIS time Esko, THIS time.

So if you've followed my space at all, you may have come across some sotries of my crazy EX-roommate. Well, thankfully he moved out a few weeks ago and I havent heard anything from him (good or bad). He left our house in such a delapidated state that after 2 days of cleaning it out with my dad and brother, I still had to forfeit a huge part of my deposit to deal with some of the odd and utterly disgusting things my roommate had left behind or done to the house itself. Oh well, I was hoping I'd get enough money back in the deposit to get a wireless net adapter for my 360.......but oh well. Thanks Kyle, you still suck (psycho).

This last Tuesday I went back in for another usability study. These are so much fun. Its quite the experience, and though I cannot and will not ever go into what I tested within that building, all I will say is that its something thats readily available to you right now and is something which I personally think the team has done an excellent job on. Expect great things. (you may find PRE-existing hints as to the product(s) on this space, but you will never get any confirmation from me).

 On a final note, I was browsing through the Microsoft job site, and came across what appears to be one of the coolest jobs ever. Its as Technical Writer for Microsoft Game Studios. Basically this person would work with other game development team members (among many others) to create a number of technical guides, game bibles, etc for certain titles. Im preparing and altering my current resume as we speak and it should be out on its way to the proper people within the next few days. Im praying good things will come from this. You obviously know I like Microsoft......working there would well, probably cause my head to explode. nuff said. Please dont steal it from me!!!!

Oh yea, forgot to mention that I finally hit 10k Gamerscore-wise! nothing special, but its fun to finally hit something higher than most people have. Its like an elite club that Esko and I just joined....its not good for anything, wont get you women or fame, causes others to think you have no life and may actually be true....hmmm.....what have I done. Oh well, fun times.

Anyway, I just wanted to stop through and post this consolidated peice of information for those who may care. Hopefully I'll have things setup so I can get online more to visit alot of my buddies spaces. I never get to see as many as I want to before my internet craps out or Im kicked off the PC my one of my new (TEMPORARY) house-mates.......my family. tis' life. Thanks for stoppin through, (be sure to check out Apocolypse Pooh: below). -Evil

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Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, too, in 'Nam. See Piglet suddenly transformed into Dennis Hopper's mind-blown journalist! See Pooh pulled by a runaway kite, accompanied by the Stones' "Satisfaction." It's Apocalypse Now Redux Redux...


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