I don't know why the hell I'm so anxious about trying new games. I always think I'll suck at multiplayer fps, so I avoid playing them at first. But then, by the time I feel like I can play them, everybody else has practiced and then they rock my face.

Such is how the Battlefield series is going for me. A week ago (before the move), I popped in Battlefield 2. I never really got into playing these games that much, mostly due to the facts that

• I suck
• well, really just I suck

Of course now the game is filled with dolphin-diving fools (people whohit the "prone" and "jump" keys together - they fly around bouncing off the ground like dolphins leaping from the water) who can insta-kill me.

Fine

So tonight I jumped into Battlefield 2142. I fee like this game was noobified for people like me. There are fewer ****s, and the vehicles just make sense to me. Regardless, I've only achieved about 14 points out of 40 before I gain my next rank. The game is fun, but I'm still getting wtfpwned.