I'm sure anybody who plays on Xbox Live could tell you that trying to play in a public room is a real b*tch. From horrible hosts who try to set up a 14 player game on their $20/month DSL line, little 5 year old kids, generally annoying people, or even the team killer, playing with people you don't know is almost always impossible. It seems that someone is always making noise. It's either the guy with the horrible staticy mic, the 5 year old, or the generally annoying person telling the little kid to shut up.

Earlier today, I planned on writing about how I had encountered almost no dicks in my public online experiences with Rainbow Six Vegas, but tonight all the dumb asses decided to come online or something. I was getting booted all over the place (for no reason), ran into a host who camped in the same spot every round and didn't even have a mic in, got no communication going with my team members, and my team kept getting pounded with insults after the slaughter of stacked teams. All the bad in the community came out tonight.

But other then that, I've had very few problems with people online in the game. Maybe it's just the audience the game and Team Survival attracts, but people have been generally very . . . dare I say it . . . nice! While almost everybody (including myself) should use their mic more for communication and coordination purposes, I'd much rather have little communication then b*tching, name-calling, or static.

Anyway, I should be getting my new HDTV tomorrow. Then I can shoot fools in all their HD glory!!