I haven't played Modern Warfare 2 in quite a while, but I've had some time in the past day or so to get in some serious time on my XBox 360. I got to level 70 a few months ago, and gave up all of my hard earned perks and weapons so that I could go through the Prestige levels. Recently, I bought the Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack to try and add some variety into the online gameplay, and I've been trying to get used to the new maps (which is no small feat by the way).

After playing for the best part of today, there are two things that are really starting to tick me off:

• Spawn Points
• Rocket Launchers

Spawn Points

There is no rhyme or reason for some of the spawn points I had today. Sometimes I spawned right in the middle of gunfire, or a player on the other team just happened to be coming by which made me easy pickings. The other thing - when I spawned at a decent point away from enemies, there was normally someone camping right at the spawn point. I mean really, does that seem clever to you? Are these gamers that desperate to get the extra kill that they'll sit there waiting for a player to spawn? Where's the talent in that?

Rocket Launchers

Modern Warfare 2 is a game which has had its exploits, no doubt about it, but they've been taken care of by the XBox team or by Infinity Ward and updates have been released. What I saw during my gaming today was just outright abuse of rocket launchers. There wasn't a game that went by which didn't have rocket launchers being overused, and by overused, I don't mean using it for its intended purpose like shooting down planes or choppers, I mean gamers carrying them as their main weapon and using them in close proximity. Getting a headshot or knifing someone from behind is somewhat of a skill, but using a rocket launcher from close distance is just crazy. One of the game winning kills from today had a gamer walk up behind someone and within very close proximity fire a rocket launcher at them. Is a shot with a weapon or a stealth kill not enough?

I was so close to picking up and using the rocket launcher in the same fashion, but that defeats the whole point of playing Modern Warfare 2 online in my opinion. Anyone can pick up a rocket launcher and fire it at someone within close range, but the great players of Modern Warfare 2 are the ones who can rack up a winning score by conventional, smart gameplay. Have you experienced this - what's your opinion?

I'm the XBoxGamerGuy, and that's my rant for today.