I've not played it in weeks so things may have changed. I did however rack up about 42 hours on my totaly online time before I stopped playing it though. I personaly never enccounted a single problem appart from the odd lagg here and there but nothing very damaging. The best thing you can do is try it, if you don't like it don't play it, then at least you tried. It did take me a few hours to get into it though, because I never played COD4 online.

Ha! I absoultely whored the crap out of the game for about a week or so, then the play time dwindled quite alot over the december period. I've never really had any problems on the pc, even the lag issues that plague most games, are fairly rare for me. Though your going to get really infuriated with the 'noob tubers' :)

If someone is annoying all you gotta do is highlight their name and push A, and bam their muted.  So if that's your only issue it shouldn't be a problem.
 
Or if I read your post wrong and you're talking about gameplay, no it isn't bad.  You might get in a glitched game or a game with someone who is glitching or something, but it happens so rarely I can't remember the last time I was in that kind of game.
 
The game is also pretty noob friendly.  Even if you're the worst player in the world you will still get a couple of kills each game.  You'll get better quick though.

Dude play it. It's really fun. People mostly talk trash about it because they've been doing poorly, and then they go play some more. It's really well done, sounds great, looks great, and plays great. I haven't had a single problem aside from one laggy game, and the people who talk about a certain weapon or strategy being cheap etc. are really just complainers.

I think people are more likely to write something about it when something bad happens than when something good happens.
 
I don't play that often but i've racked up qutie a few hours; it can be so fun but also so infuriating, although i think that's what makes it so fun.

Well I had sorta the same thoughts before jumping in too, but trust me it's quite fun at least 80% of the time. And my connection is poor 90% of the time too, usually when everyone else is "Green" I have a "Red" connection (living in Taiwan and playing with US guys). I feel that if I can put up with that and have a blast with the multiplayer, then you should at least give it a try! :)

It's pretty enjoyable, I would recommend it.

" If someone is annoying all you gotta do is highlight their name and push A, and bam their muted.  So if that's your only issue it shouldn't be a problem.  Or if I read your post wrong and you're talking about gameplay, no it isn't bad.  You might get in a glitched game or a game with someone who is glitching or something, but it happens so rarely I can't remember the last time I was in that kind of game.  The game is also pretty noob friendly.  Even if you're the worst player in the world you will still get a couple of kills each game.  You'll get better quick though. "

play it, multiplayer isn't bad. u might find a few glitchers but that is about it. the care package glitch where u can run so much faster then everyone else. u put light weight, marathon, commando pro, hold care package and just run around.

Buy a Battlefield game instead.

Its pretty fun, be like Ice-T don't be a hater

its a blast

Mute all the players in the game and then play.  There is not a lot of ways to grief your own teammates, so it's only their foul mouths that can ruin your experience.

Played it for about 3-4 weeks after i got it and havent touched it since. the odd thing is that i really dont know why i stopped, it sort of just became boring for me. 

" I plug in my ipod, turn down in game music, and go to town. Honestly, if you can just ignore people, or mute them, or find some good buddies to play with, it's quite fun. "

Just mute anyone who sounds like they're under 12 years old.. works like a charm

I'm really not a big Call of Duty/Modern Warfare fan but I really enjoyed the short amount of time I spent in the multiplayer. Right from the start I did encounter idiots of every kind imaginable but with a little effort and my friend the mute button I was easily able to block them out and just enjoy the gameplay.

might as well get into it. you payed 60 bucks and the campain and spec ops are relatively short.      i would want to get my moneys worth if i was you

its not hard to get into man.  
it seems rough at first because you'll die a lot, but once you realise dying a lot is normal and you start to get a grip on how you play (game mode rules, and map layouts) you will be doing just fine.  
its one of the easiest games to get good at.

Remove all valuable objects from the room because the multiplayer will cause you to break things.

Just try it out see if you like it.
I really do and play it quite a bit, but I was really into COD4's multiplayer scene too.

If you learn to ignore people that annoy you will be more successful in life than if you don't.
 
Accomplish two things at once:  entertainment and self improvement.
 
Also a lot of retards on live are pretty funny.

Don't listen to all these ignorant fools who claim it sucks because it has a few minor hacks and glitches. 
 
Give it a try and see if you like it first.

" @evanbrau: Wow, so because I've never played a PC Battlefield game, I've never played a Battlefield game!?  I could swear that it says BATTLEFIELD: Bad Company/1943. Wow, I guess I need glasses. "

Play it. it's fun. But people are sharp online now, so make sure to give it a good 5-10 hours before you make up your mind about it.

" @ZombieKitty:  @ZombieKitty said:

" I plug in my ipod, turn down in game music, and go to town. Honestly, if you can just ignore people, or mute them, or find some good buddies to play with, it's quite fun. "

You really do that?  So a whole enemy team can be behind you running around but you can't hear the footsteps because you gotta listen to miley cyrus. "

I played a little bit of MW2 onine (got something like 6% completion?) and had a good bit of fun even though I do not do that kind of gaming often at all.  You'll probably enjoy it for a few hours but move on to another game.  It is worth it.  
 
Just turn off voice chat.

A majority of them are really annoying or horrible. They can be entertaining if you don't take them seriously.
You can always just plug the mic in and ignore.

online is definitely worth it.  story was good nothing great but only 6 hours long. for me i bought mw2 for its online play which had its glitches at first but has been patched up nicely while still delivering great online play