As I'm sure many of you are aware, I have been unable to play COD4 multiplayer on Xbox Live due to the "Create-A-Class data corruption" issue that has been haunting about 2% of Xbox 360 players since the game's launch.

The long-awaited patch that finally came this weekend fixed it. Or did it?

So I joined up on some games of Free for All death matches, figuring I'd get to a Level 4 and then change my weapons. Level 4 came after two or three games. I then went to "Create-A-Class" and found out the true meaning of data corruption. "Hmmm," I thought to myself, "If the data wasn't corrupted before, it sure the hell is now!" Both primary and secondary weapons on all 5 slots were set to "M-9", and none of the weapons nor perks were unlocked. Read: I cannot create custom classes w/ different weapons/perks. I can only use the default "Assault", "Heavy Gunner", etc.

I found no mention of the "Create-A-Class" phenomenon in the official patch release announcement from fourzerotwo on InfinityWard's website:

http://www.infinityward.com/community/forum/index.php?topic=20255.0

Hey Everyone –

Just as I called it, the Xbox 360 patch for Call of Duty 4 passed certification by the weekend, and started hitting consoles near you this morning. For those of you wondering what’s been changed, a full list of the newness is:

New Kill Cams - Everything that can kill you has a Kill Cam now. Grenades, Airstrikes, Claymores, C4, M203 Rounds, RPGs, anything. So jump online, get owned alittle and check them out. They’re awesome, especially Grenades and M203 shots that go across the map and through a window.

Host Migration - Host migration was added, so now when the host leaves you won’t get dropped back to your own lobby by yourself. Everyone will stay together. Host Leaves, everyone returns to lobby, selects next best host, and the game starts up again. No more re-inviting, re-partying up because a host ended the game.

http://gameroom.mlgpro.com/view/kykMnBy5New.html

This guy spawns sideways on Call of Duty 4. Very disorienting and weird to watch. LOL!!

So, I bust open my email to see that Charlie Oscar Delta has mailed me again.  (Gah, they sure do send some email.  I've even opted out several times.)  What does Infinity Ward have to say about Call of Duty 4?

"CoD4:MW soars to the number one spot!  We were overjoyed with the recent news that COD4:MW surpassed Halo 3 as the top played game on Xbox LIVE."

They even link to last week's post on Major Nelson's blog reporting that Halo 3 had been dethroned.

I hate to break it to them.  But Halo 3 has now returned to the #1 spot as XBOX Live's most played title.  Major Nelson reported so today.

So, Call of Duty 4 was the most played game for one week.  Will it ever return to #1?  I think it will as soon as downloadable content comes our way --- or a patch to fix networking issues.  Until then, I think Halo 3 will be king.

Hey guys, since there is so much CoD4 love here I just thought I might post about GTV's newest Internet TV Channel: Call of Duty 4. It's got glitches, machinima, montages, and all kinds of videos. Enjoy!
http://gamingtv.us/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=618&Itemid=1

Major Nelson released the Xbox LIVE activity numbers for the week of 1/14.  More unique users played Call of Duty 4 than Halo 3 last week.  (JDOGG?).   Hrmm.  I wonder if gamers spent more time in Halo 3 than in Call of Duty 4.

I got back into CoD4 and H3 in the last week.  I am reminded that Call of Duty 4 is buggy and the guys at Bungie have made a superior user interface.  Time and time again this past week, CoD4 parties were plagued with networking errors.  Halo 3's party experience was solid although it seems to take longer to play another game of Halo 3 than another game of CoD4.  How popular would CoD4 be if it had solid netcode and some of the UI features found in Halo 3?

Halo 2 is still the #1 original XBOX game on XBOX LIVE.

I just put up a new game category in our videos- Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare. If any of you have a good CoD4 vid, you know who to pm ;) or, you could use our new handy Uploader- http://www.gamingtv.us/forum/uploader.php Our first one on GTV is a music video of sorts from Cryo 7, "The Cruelty of Men."

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