Anyway, I obviously agree with you… the killcams looking different than what the player saw at his end, just rubs it in.

Simpel fact is the way IW have handeled the latency and situtations is totaly unfair and makes your effort ignorable due ot the fatc your being hosted by a crap host. BC2 on the other hand makes a player require learning and rewards the player for getting himself in a situation thats stronger for his side. blaaa the simpel fact is MW2 dosnt reward a player for having skill rather a better ping.

and I agree with you about slight of hand, I loved that perk (since my ping is basically always 3 bars and i'm not that quick on the draw anyway). but come on.. down-the-sight times? that's twitch/reflex gaming.

You should have stuck to your intent, not talking about MW2 at all, instead of doing comparisons of each. Just a basic tenement of writing.

Period? Ha! It’s quite the opposite. Modern Warfare 2 is a lot like Chess in that if a piece was taken from you, there were obvious a series of moves that lead up to the lost battle. As far as pregame strategy goes you have to master each kind of weaponry and choose the best combination of pro perks, weapons, and weapon attachments. Most people choose to prestige rather than go for pro perks and attachments so by not prestigeing you are already at a great advantage.

Some people might not be killing you because they are quicker or have a better ping, they could simple using the Sleight of Hand Pro perk which allows them to draw their weapon up more quickly. Different types of guns have different aiming down the sight times which you have to consider if you want to play strategically.

“head-on firefights where tactics don’t help much, and there are few opportunities to outthink your enemy; the dude who starts shooting straight first wins.”

The guy who shoots first has always had the advantage in first person shooters.

If your strategy is to rush straight on and go head to head, and you keep losing….maybe it’s time to switch up the strategy?

Believe it or not there is a lot of strategy to Modern Warfare, but if your like most game journalists you’re going to judge a book by it’s first few pages and then write a review on it based off of the jacket summary.

There are players out there who play well with yellow pings by adapting to their situation, rather than playing the typical victim.