why do CoD fanboys think cod takes skill?

its so casualized and any noob can get 1.0+ just by camping and its so easy to get a kill.. i still like the game but cmon, games that take skill are like gears and halo because theres more teamwork and you have to AIM not just a quick swipe

also the CoD fanboys think any game that takes more then 5shots to the body is dumb but it just means they cant aim for ****

If it didn't take skill, everyone would be good at it. Not everyone is good at it.

ok it takes a skill i guess but the skill gap is very very small

i could hop on MoH and be good in a few minutes just like BC2

It does to an extent. It would take a lot more skill if GLs and RPGs were taken out or nerfed in some way though. And the answer is becuase they're fanboys. Fanboys will always defend their game to the death.

I think it takes a certain amount of skill but it has more to with your reflexes and reaction time

ok it takes a skill i guess but the skill gap is very very small

i could hop on MoH and be good in a few minutes just like BC2

akdiuuuryttt

I was going to agree with you, until you said Gears and Halo take skill. The only FPS I can think of that actually requires skill is Counter Strike.

We all have our favourite FPS games, and those are the ones we'll champion. No matter the game, it requires a form of familiarity and expertise to excel. If you feel like calling that 'skill', fine. If you want to call it 'n00bish camping', go ahead.

If a tactic works, it is valid, and therefore inherently skillful. Unless a game is utterly broken/imbalanced (which CoD, even though I dislike it, is not), skill is involved. If I play Soulcalibur III and get beaten by a button masher, I obviously have zero skill at the game. I'd better shut up about how horrible Kilik is and now much I hate people who pole-spam, and go learn how to use Astaroth or Ivy or another longer-range character correctly as a counter. If I'm playing StarCraft and get murdered by an early Reaver drop, it's my own fault for being stupid enough to not have scouted my enemy's expansions and then built air.

If I bash my opponent as a n00b, and blame the game for making me lose, it only reflects poorly onto myself. More so than if I just gg'd and left the lobby.

Man up. I probably hate CoD as much as you, but it's a shiny, well-made and addictive shooter. Let its fans enjoy their favourite big-boy game without antagonizing them, yeah? /hypocrisy

Depends on who you're playing. If you're in Deathmatch against goons with those ninja knife things then you won't get far, but play Demolition/Domination against people who don't work together and you'll beat them easily.

>Refering only to kills

try playing dom, or demolition It takes the same skill as any other game. Only difference is thanks to publicity, there are a lot of casuals playing the new CoD, but you just wrote off the entire franchise for an opinion which you have most likely based off only your experiance with the more recent games.

ok it takes a skill i guess but the skill gap is very very small

i could hop on MoH and be good in a few minutes just like BC2

akdiuuuryttt

As far as the aiming goes, MW2 has sticky aiming and aim assist. I think any game requires skill to a degree, maybe it comes from knowing the maps, your reaction time to being able to shoot a tube over a building from spawn and getting a tripple kill. Annoying as hell, but I do believe there is some kinda skill involved as much as I hate to say it.

And you believe you can hop in BC2 and be good in a few minutes? No way lol

ok it takes a skill i guess but the skill gap is very very small

i could hop on MoH and be good in a few minutes just like BC2

i think cod1&2 took alot more skill than mw1&mw2. i think they made these games more open for casual players. i use 2 get alot of hate for being really good at cod1&2 and also moh allied assault. my only prob with mw2 is spawn campers& the knife guy who knife you from 10 feet away and you drop even tho you not even by them. i wish i could find a good mp game nowadays with no perks just you youre gun and the iron sights!! i dont hate on the new way of cod im just an old school mp which is now a dying breed.

It takes skill /end of thread.

Because CoD takes skills perhaps? Well atleast on some games...

I just like playing it, I don't care if it takes skill or not...

its so casualized and any noob can get 1.0+ just by camping and its so easy to get a kill.. i still like the game but cmon, games that take skill are like gears and halo because theres more teamwork and you have to AIM not just a quick swipe

also the CoD fanboys think any game that takes more then 5shots to the body is dumb but it just means they cant aim for ****

akdiuuuryttt

COD does require skill but not the same kinda skill that you need in games like halo where u cant die from a few shots.

I'm a huge cod4 fanboy (my favorite game of all time) and I agree that there isn't much skill involved. Just be in the right place at the right time and you win.

I'm a huge cod4 fanboy (my favorite game of all time) and I agree that there isn't much skill involved. Just be in the right place at the right time and you win.

RobboElRobbo

I personally think the skill part comes into play when you know WHERE to be at the right time to get the kills. Any fool can run around the map like a headless chicken and get a pretty terrible K/D ratio (like I tend to do), and any fool can sit in a corner and camp and get a much better K/D ratio. Neither of those two things really take skill - it takes reaction time.

Knowing which routes to take, and knowing exactly where the enemy might be - now that is a skill of foresight that I don't possess. Still, I enjoy playing whatever my K/D :p

Because in real lifeit doesnt take like 5 shots to body to kill some1 now does it ? and You think quicksoping someone miles away after 360ing while they are shooting u doesnt take skill? cmon man it might not be the best game but parts of it take skill....

GT:iChunKiie

Because in real lifeit doesnt take like 5 shots to body to kill some1 now does it ? and You think quicksoping someone miles away after 360ing while they are shooting u doesnt take skill? cmon man it might not be the best game but parts of it take skill....

GT:iChunKiie

I was going to agree with you, until you said Gears and Halo take skill. The only FPS I can think of that actually requires skill is Counter Strike.

agpickle

I was going to agree with you, until you said Gears and Halo take skill. The only FPS I can think of that actually requires skill is Counter Strike.

ok sorry but...Halo takes skill? That just killed me LOL

halo takes skill, you have just made my day :D

ok sorry but...Halo takes skill? That just killed me LOL

halo takes skill, you have just made my day :D

CoD fanboys are the best. In addition to thinking that more than 3 bullets in YOUR LEG should be a kill, the complain about no kill streaks, maps being too big on BFBC2. It`s hilarious seeing them trying to snipe in BFBC2, not only do they sit far, far back, they think just because the bullet has drop (GRAVITY) and they bullet doesn`t pierce the skull RIGHT AWAY as if by teleportation, it`s unrealistic :? But then I guess these are the same guys, who pay $60 every year for the same game and in addition to that, spend around $30 paying for maps for a game that they won`t be playing next year93soccer

Some people like both games. they offer slightly different things. For me, CoD is more arcade. BFBC2 is more tactical. Both are played slightly differently, and both can be enjoyed just as much :P

I was going to agree with you, until you said Gears and Halo take skill. The only FPS I can think of that actually requires skill is Counter Strike.

How the hell does Halo not take skill? The game is built around skill. Alright, if it doesn't take skill, by that logic you should be able to face off a team of MLGers and manage 10 or so kills since if the game doesn't take skill, it shouldn't matter who you're facing. You'd lose... pathetically.

If it didn't take skill, everyone would be good at it. Not everyone is good at it.

Lythiris

That's true.

I've quit playing MW2 now anyway - some guy accused me of using a modded controller when I was using the FAL because I was allegedly 'firing too quickly with a bolt-action weapon.' I think that he'd never even used the FAL and got it confused with the Intervention (somehow!?).
Anyway, his idiocy left a sour taste in my mouth as I was completely innocent and I refuse to play MW2 again.:evil:

[QUOTE="Lythiris"]

If it didn't take skill, everyone would be good at it. Not everyone is good at it.

Buttmonkey9000

That's true.

I've quit playing MW2 now anyway - some guy accused me of using a modded controller when I was using the FAL because I was allegedly 'firing too quickly with a bolt-action weapon.' I think that he'd never even used the FAL and got it confused with the Intervention (somehow!?).
Anyway, his idiocy left a sour taste in my mouth as I was completely innocent and I refuse to play MW2 again.:evil:

Wait, you let one guy prevent you from playing a game ever again...

ok sorry but...Halo takes skill? That just killed me LOL

halo takes skill, you have just made my day :D

xboxmad12

Cod does actually have easy gameplay considering one shot kill you have to be on your toes but anyone can get good my friends Dad plays who never gamed in his life is Better than most people i see at the game so if he can play anyone can COD is cool But halo and other shooters in general the classics take way more skill . CS FTW!!!

That's why I quickscope, makes it more difficult. And listening to little kids screaming and claiming you have an Aimbot is priceless :)

If the game didnt take skill my wife could pick up the game and get some kills but she cant even use the controller right. So in turn just using the controller alone takes some sort of skill. Let alone aiming perfectly and killing someone before they kill you.

It takes some skill, no one is saying it takes a great level of skill.

Basically, if you can consistently get to 5 kills in a row, you're probably good. After 7 kills, the heli could just be helping you.

You need to be good intill you have danger close, commando pro, and one man army.

[QUOTE="xx360shotsxx"][QUOTE="kong_sevixnine"] Halo takes waaaay more skill than Counter Strike. 2 FPS which requires skill are Unreal Tournament Quakekong_sevixnine

I was going to agree with you, until you said Gears and Halo take skill. The only FPS I can think of that actually requires skill is Counter Strike.

agpickle

Halo does take skill.

Everygame takes skill, some just have larger skill gaps. The difference between a CoD pro and a CoD noob isn't that big, the difference between a Quake pro and a Quake noob is huge.

ok what i meant is that kids at highschool think they are so freaking legit with there CoD skills like it has a huge skillgap. ANY noob can get the easiest freakin kills in the world because all you have to do is be in a better spot where the guy cant see you and your guaranteed a kill. the only skill is knoweldge of maps and a bit of reaction times

i dont even like gears and that games takes ALOT more skill then MW2 and maybe blackops by the looks :( also im not even that competative but if the game has no skill it gets dull and boring because after a few years it will get boring! (minus singleplayer games or non versus)

i even hate mlg and stuff but if you honestly think halo takes no skill you deffinatly have not played it long enogh because you probaly only played with the crappy AR against low level noobs. so if dont even like Halo dont say it takes skill because you know nothing about it

so this isnt really bias because i love both CoD and Halo series!