Update and a Bit About Old Flads

                                                                                                                       
Hello Fellow GraWists!!

Sorry about my extended absence but we have been working hard to get everything sorted (read: website and youtube). This is Just a quick post so you guys are kept in the loop so to speak!!

At BacK2GraW we are trying to release the highest quality material for our GraWists to enjoy. Be that the website, blog or YouTube Videos and as a consequence it is taking a little longer than expected to make sure the official launch of our new site is as spectacular as possible!

After reading back through the blogs that we have written so far it does seem that I missed a small detail at the beginning..... Well I say small but ultimately i forgot to introduce myself properly (*facepalm). So without further a due let me give you a short insight into the Crazy World of Old Flads (sings Arthur Browns; FIRE!! to himself).

I'll avoid going into a complete potted life history (because that bores even me lol), but you should know my life has always contained 2 passions... Football and Computer Gaming. I probably should have played professionally but injuries and women prevented that path and as a result I have played socially ever since my late teens. Computer Gaming on the other hand has always been a hobby, well, up to the point when Modern Warfare was released. After that it became a bit of an obsession!
I have always been interested in the military and even started basic training before getting injured and DAOR'ing (I believe the correct term is bottling it). This meant that the fps/tps genre of gaming came quite naturally to me and I embraced it with open arms and square eyes.

Prior to that I had played all the COD's and Medal Of Honors and loved them all, especially Big Red One. The transformation to the online multiplayer however was a revelation. After playing COD4 religiously I moved onto World at War and was introduced into the Clan Match side of things. If you have never experienced clan battles just imagine it as Nerd War. That is no exaggeration either as it was as heated as it was exciting. It also allowed me to be introduced to some of the more interesting names on PSN, the best being Freddy Four Fingers!
WaW was/is my favourite game of the franchise to date but is almost unplayable now due to the excessive number of half wits that think that hacking is some sort of replacement for a sex life, which is a crying shame. However as you have seen, there is sufficient reason for hope, with both Ubisoft and Trion set to release some epic games in the future. My only real concern is that with the coming of the next generation of consoles just around the corner, it is probably asking too much to expect boundary pushing games at this time.

So with the computer gaming side of my life out of the way i'll quickly cover my home life. Basically I am married with 2 children and work as a joiner. See that was quick wasn't it lol. Seeing as this is a gaming blog first and foremost I dont think it is fair on you, dear reader, to be bogged down with the boring intricacies of my IRL existence... especially when the online version has so much going on!! However if you would like me to comment on things outside of video games then I'll more than happily oblige. After all I am probably the most outspoken person you will ever meet/read about/flame on YouTube.

So expect some more reviews and comment in the near future and don't forget to check out my Youtube channel @ www.youtube.com/ollypantrey

Cheers

Old Flads (or now that we are friends... Olly)