Call of Duty: Transforming the Masses into Hardcore Gamers

I'm sure you all know about the different high school demographics. But I'll bet you only know about this one if you go to high school right now: the Call of Duty 4 kids. There are countless people who used to be just those cool kids who were great at sports and are now hardcore Call of Duty players. All the time I hear conversations like this one:

Generic guy 1:"Hey man, what prestige are you on now?"

Generic guy 2: "I'm on five, what are you?"

Generic guy 1:"Eleven."

Generic guy 2:"Wow, have you unlocked that sweet sniper yet?"

Generic guy 1:"The Barret 50 cal, yeah. It's sweet."

I don't play Call of Duty too much, so the amount of guns people can name astounds me. Ordinary people who don't associate themselves with any games besides Call of Duty have conversations where they talk about all their new M478 39 cal assault grenade pistol with an Acog scope that they just got (there can be a lot of fun to be had with making up gun names, as you can see). And I haven't even touched on Nazi Zombies yet.

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These kids think of Nazi Zombies as a sport, always bragging about the level they got to or the glitch they found. Me and my friends have played a little Nazi Zombies, but I personally think many other games make better Horde mode-esque games (I'm looking at you, Uncharted 2).

What does the community think? Do you guys ever see this in your communities, high school or not (I know there aren't too many of us whippersnappers on Bitmob)? Is your 79-year old Grandma seven prestige? Give me the juicy details.

I'll leave you guys with a parting shot:

My friend is actually ten prestige in Call of Duty 4, but is also one of the most popular kids in school.

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Trevor Hinkle

October 29, 2009

After reading Ostrich Man's Interview with The Most Interesting Man in the World, Andrew J. Hiscock,(http://bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/a-twitterview-with-andrew-j-hiscock.html)I tried to make this story shorter. That, and I couldn't think of anything else to say. Thanks Andrew for giving me a good excuse!

Mark Hain

I'm an old man...I've played FPSs since the grandaddy of them all, Wolfenstein 3D came out(I remember the trial level then buying the full game). I only say that because after all the Dooms and Quakes and Unreals and Half-Lifes, there is no reason on earth i should like this game. CoD4 was a masterpiece, CoD5 has horrible, HORRIBLE level design but its fun because it's modeled (sp?) after one of the best FPSs ever made. Oh and Nazi Zombies are awesome.

By the way for the record there are only 10 prestige levels. I couldn't stop playing and got my gold cross in sort of a hurry.

Wow that shows how much I've played CoD4.;D

Ha, changed it. Now no one will ever know unless they read this comment. Wait a sec...