Modern Warfare 3: "Ricochet Curse"

Everyone who plays Modern Warfare 3 online got the latest patch update from Activision. The update also included some playlist updates. The first update I noticed was the "Community Playlist" addition, which included only one game mode, which was "Drop Zone." The second update I noticed was the word "ricochet" appearing over and over again in the advanced playlists. After examining the playlist descriptions for a good minute, I realized that the ricochet effect was when instead of being able to team kill, instead you were met with a horrible ricochet that killed you instead (in the Hardcore modes). I decided to test this out.

I went into a game as I normally would. Normally, I would use the M4A1 Silenced, but I was in a CM901 kind of mood this time around. I fired at my ally's back. The bullets ended up killing me. Hmm... I thought. I didn't want to get booted out of the game for what I would do in the next game. I played through and ended up getting a 15 - 7 Kill/Death. Not bad for a 1st prestige.

The next game, I decided to try to find some fault in the ricochet system. I invited my buddy (gamertag withheld for safety reasons, so we'll just call him "Rafael") Rafael to a party and we went into a Hardcore Search and Destroy lobby. The first thing I noticed about the lobby we went into was the top player. He was level 1 and had the callsign title and prestige symbol for 10th prestige as his callsign title. Rafael said he hacked, since he was only a level 1 no prestige. I don't normally report hackers. I let them have their fun, but THIS was weird. Also, his gamertag (which for some reason isn't on Microsoft or Activision records) was weird. It started with a number, which is one of the things you CAN'T do when making a gamertag on XBOX Live. I'm not going to tell you the gamertag, because I don't remember it. Even if I did, I would keep it secret, under the fear that releasing the details of the gamertag, the receiver would end up looking him up on XBOX, and suffer the same fate as I did. The other gamertags in the lobby were normal.

Rafael and I decided to ignore this and continue with our experiment. I equipped my RPG-7 and looked once at Rafael's character.

Me: You ready?

Rafael: Yes.

Me: Let's rip this game a new asshole!

I fired the RPG-7, one of the most regrettable decisions in my life. The game turned black for about 45 seconds. Then it brought me back to an empty party in Multiplayer mode. The error message said "You shouldn't have done that..." with the little ERROR title in the message box. I pressed A, thinking it was an Easter egg. I looked at my callsign. It had reset back to Level 1, no prestige. I grew angry. Why would Activision do this? Then, things got creepier. I looked at my Barracks and looked at my stats. Everything was the same. My kills, deaths, score, and accuracy were the same. My K/D ratio was still 0.816. I thought maybe that this would end if I just take out the game disc and put it back in. I pressed the eject button on my XBOX 360 console. That was another HUGE mistake.

Upon ejecting the disc, the normal "Halo" noise (since my console was an XBOX 360 Slim - Halo Reach Edition) that my console would make did not appear. In fact, my XBOX LED lights turned Red, but there were no red rings of death. I said "Well, this is odd." I took the game disc out, without looking at it, and set it down, as I proceeded to press the Power button on my 360 console. The Halo noise did not come out. It just shut off. I sighed.

After a few moments, my console "magically" turned back on. Instead of the normal "XBOX 360 OPENING," it just cut straight back into the empty party I was in on Modern Warfare 3. Except, it wasn't empty. The weird gamertag from before was there. His mic was plugged in and so was mine. I picked up my mic and greeted him. He was silent for 30 seconds. In a demonic voice, the user said "Look at your game disc." I had then remembered that the game disc was not inserted inside the console. I looked at the disc. It was blank.

(GAMERTAG WITHHELD): Check the other side.

Me: Why?

(GAMERTAG WITHHELD): Just do it.

Me: Who are you?

(GAMERTAG WITHHELD): You'll soon find out.

I didn't ask anymore questions. My heart was pounding as I turned the game disc over. It was more horrible than any other sight imaginable.

It was a Zalgofied person. His eye sockets were missing, his mouth and eyes were bleeding, and seemed to lack teeth. I jumped in excitement, horror, and confusion. The red text above the person said "CALL OF DUTY: YOU ARE DEAD." I then looked at my TV. The gamertag had left my party, but invited me to a Private Chat.

Me: Why are you doing this?

(GAMERTAG WITHHELD): Why not?

Me: It seems kind of wrong.

(GAMERTAG WITHHELD): I know what you did. You were killing innocent African militia souls. That's what Call of Duty is. The souls of the dead who fought in wars, in endless conflict; forced to relive the past.

Me: You're fucked.

(GAMERTAG WITHHELD): Since you're a decent kid, I'm going to give you a warning that my past victims did not have the luxury of knowing in the past. I'm not going to give out all the details, but I suggest leaving your house for a bit. Your game disc is "rigged."

Me: Oh shi-

(NOTIFICATION: (GAMERTAG WITTHELD) has left chat.)

I ran out the door as fast as I could. I stayed in my front lawn for an hour, thankfully it was daytime. I thought to myself This is stupid, and went back inside. I went into my room, and had the hell of life to greet me. The same Zalgofied person was on my TV screen, in almost perfect quality. I closed the door in fright. I didn't want to go back in. Then, after about 5 minutes of waiting outside the door in hopes the power will go out and the TV would shut off, I hear an explosion come from the inside. I opened the door and saw my Xbox had been destroyed, as well as all my games, including "CALL OF DUTY: YOU ARE DEAD." After 2 minutes of grieving, text flashed on my barely operational TV screen, in three lines.

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3

NO TEAM KILLING

HAVE FUN IN HELL (my gamertag was displayed here).

I ran out of my house screaming in terror. I got inside my car and drove off. When my mother got home, she wondered why my room smelled like smoke. When I went home and stumbled to my room, everything looked neat and perfect, as if the explosion never occured. However, the spots where my 360 console and my games had been, were empty. My TV was working fine, for when my mother walked in, she saw that "Regular Show" was playing on the TV. I gave up on solving the mystery. Instead, I plopped on my bed and cried on my pillow.

The next morning I called Microsoft to report the gamertag, but the gamertag was not on their records. No gamertag changes had occured in the past 72 hours. Just my luck, right?

I had since bought a new XBOX 360 console and got myself up to 5th prestige since the incident. But man... that was creepy. Long story short, don't RPG your team mates.

Also, if you're wondering where Rafael was, the same thing happened to him, instead with a different gamertag. He killed himself after the event occured.

R.I.P. Rafael Loriga.

May 10, 1993 - December 19, 2011. Age: 18.

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