Month: June 2021

Random 2 a.m. Thoughts – Part 1

It’s roughly 2 a.m. and I’m getting ready for bed. I may actually make this an ongoing series where I write about things that cross my mind at before I go to bed for the night.

I just got finished playing Apex Legends with a couple of friends. Tonight’s games weren’t as good as other nights. Everything about my game was off. I would get killed super quick, I couldn’t knock anyone down, I couldn’t hit my shots…it happens though.

I was playing ranked and it was a train wreck. They did a soft reset on ranked so it felt like people that were ranked way above me are now playing in my ranked level. It was NOT fun. I was always getting knocked down before I could even see where the shots were coming from. It takes all the fun out of the game.

The best game of the night was the last one we played. We played in unranked and we placed third. We didn’t get a third player for our trio, so it was essentially 2 vs 3 the whole game. To finish in 3rd that game was pretty impressive.

Sometimes I miss the days of old. Last year at this time the world was vastly different. Covid was in full force. Things were shut down. I wasn’t allowed to go to work because it was shut down. And if I’m being completely honest, as much as I hated being home all the time, I did actually enjoy it. I did whatever I wanted all day, every day. It was a very unique time.

I’m currently working full-time at the same job as before the pandemic. I really do enjoy it. I have excellent healthcare and all of the other benefits that come with being a full-time employee. Technically speaking, this is my first ever full-time job. I’ve worked 40+ hours a week before, but I was classified as part-time.

Since going back to work things have slowly improved. As of this post, things are just about back to normal. We still have to wear masks, but that’s not all that bad. In fact, I feel so weird when I don’t have a mask on. I’ve gotten so used to it, that it feels odd to walk around in public without one.

Friday night I’ll be going to the Cubs game. It’ll actually be my second game in 2021. The first one I went to masks were required and the stadium was at about 25% capacity. When I go Friday, masks aren’t required if you’re fully vaccinated (which I am) and the stadium is at 100% capacity. I am excited to go. I love baseball and I love watching the pros play. There’s just a certain feeling you get from being at the game that you don’t really get from watching on TV.

While the future is still uncertain, it is nice seeing things go back to how they used to be. Businesses running as normal, people being able to hang out, concerts returning. I did miss being able to go anywhere I wanted when I wanted. Being stuck at home made it feel like house arrest. The only places I went was the park and the store. Now, I can go anywhere I want.

This pandemic is something that should be remembered. It was a time of chaos and uncertainty, but we’re going to make it though it. And once we do, we’ll be grateful for all the things we do have. Because it wasn’t that long ago that the entire world shut down and our lives changed forever.

Battlefield 2042: The Excitement is Real!

It’s finally coming! A new Battlefield game has been long overdue, but will it be just as good, if not better than previous games? Only time will tell.

From the trailer (which can be seen here) we can see that the graphics look amazing! This is definitely a “next gen” game…or a high end computer game.

What I like, is that while it does take place in the future, it’s the near future. Most of what we see in the trailer we already have in the modern age. This excites me for a couple reasons.

First of all, I loved Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V. They were fun to play and I liked that all the guns and attachments weren’t that overpowered. The guns were from WWI and WWII. That meant no fancy thermal scopes for once. I always managed to find a way to get sniped by a guy with a thermal scope.

Secondly, the only place they could go was the future. The past had been done and the modern day had also been done. But they were smart about it. Unlike Call of Duty, it doesn’t seem like they went so far into the future, that things are unreasonable. The worst part about futuristic Call of Duty was the Exo Suits. I HATED when people would bounce around, land behind me, and kill me. MASSIVE RAGE QUIT.

From this trailer, I don’t see anything like that and I hope it doesn’t become a thing. That would ruin the game for me. It also appears that there will be plenty of map destruction available. One of the big things I loved about Battlefield games was the ability to destroy the map as you played. It added a fun dynamic to the game. And we can’t forget about the ability to jump out of a plane, shoot a rocket at another plane, and then land back in the plane. Classic Battlefield!

Overall, the trailer shows a lot of promise. I’m very curious to see if changes in the weather on the map play a role in how the game is played. In past games, sandstorms made it hard to see. They might amp it up for this game and make the weather devastating.

Nonetheless, I’m definitely excited for Battlefield 2042 and you can bet I’ll play it the day it comes out (work permitting of course). The first Battlefield game I ever played was Battlefield 4, many, many years ago on my PS3. I fell in love with it from the moment I played it. I just hope that Battlefield 2042 is as good as it looks.