Baird has got steadily more tolerable as the series has progressed. Gears 1 he was a complete smurfing worthless sack of tit. Gears 2, moderately better as he stopped screeching in my ear every 5 minutes but still a twat. Gears 3... ehhhh.... I don't... I don't hate Gears 3 Baird. Yet. He has moments of utter ponciness every now and then but he's not awful. ...this was so hard for me to say.