So I was going to try to get my Rank up to 10 this weekend so that my character would be promoted to the officer ranks. If you'll check my profile you'll see that I failed at doing so. I have been playing team tactical and was doind really well with a team earlier. I had partied up with them after winning a macth and won the next five matches with that team. I went from rank 4 to rank 8 and felt really confident. Well, my brother came over and I had quit playing with that team so we could play some social matches, I only have on gold account, and by the time we were done it was late so I just turned it off. Well this weekend I tried again and I would like to blame it on the teams I got, since some of the were really bad, but I am sure a lot of it was me.

Part of my problem with Halo is that I've never played any Halo before. Another part of my problem is that I haven't played any 1st person shooter online since Rainbow Six 3 for the Xbox, and I didn't even play that one too much. The third problem I have with Halo is I have a life outside of Video Games. Anyway, I've been determined to get better, but I'm feeling a little down about it right now. It seems the the weekends aren't enough to catch up with the dedicated players spending every waking hour on the game. It doesn't help that my little brother who plays usually only when I do, tends to do better than me also. I'm not quite sure what I'm missing.

Another problem might be my perferred way of play. I don't really like fighting people. I actually prefer running away. I like games like oddball because I'm very good at getting the ball, running away, and hiding in a corner and waiting for people to find me. Unfortunatly to play oddball ranked I have to play in lone wolves, which mostly consists of people vetoing anything but slayer matches. The reson I picked team tactical Is because I'm very good at driving the bomb or stealing the flag, but I perfer for someone to kill everyone. Terretories is a different story, because I'm really good at killing people while capturing terretories, and i do a great job defending too, but I need help. You can't win terretories by yourself and this is where I felt the teams I was with really failed yesterday. Oddly enough I'm also really good at one sided VIP. I guess its the hiding that helps me. I might just have to switch to another mode to get my rank to 10.

I guess what this all comes down to is I don't get enough time to play. If I were still in junior hihg I would totally own all of you! Too bad, I've got a job and a wife and a kid and I'm actually in great physical shape. Dang it! I'm so unfortunate! I still want to be better at Halo though and I will continue to try. In the meantime I'm not that good.

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I've discovered something I wasn't aware of! I had been playing the game with the sensitivity turned all the way up thinking this would give me an advantage. Well it turns out that on the lower sensetivites the game will do an aim assist for you, moving your cursor to the correct point for a head-shot. On the highest sensetivity it doesn't seem to do this. I am going to do some more experimenting, but I think this is what is making the difference.