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The “pro player” (like TackleOk1006). Dies within five seconds of the first landing, loses the gulag with two bullets fired into the sky, you buy him back and he lands in the exact same spot just to die instantly again. You somehow buy him back a second time and he decides to land 300 meters away from the squad, directly on a team that just bought loadout. He gets deleted faster than a blink of an eye and instantly rage quits.

The fake supporter. This one follows you everywhere. If you stop to plate, he stops too. If you enter a building, he enters behind you. But the second a gunfight starts, he suddenly disappears into a dark corner waiting for you to die first. Then, once the entire enemy team has reset plates and reloaded, he finally decides to push alone like he’s the main character. Dies immediately.

The DMZ player. This guy only cares about opening loot crates. One after another after another. Has 20k cash, refuses to buy UAVs, plates, loadout or literally anything useful. I honestly don’t know if he thinks the money transfers into real life after the match ends.

The solo player. This one genuinely forgets he has teammates. Lands 800 meters away from the squad, dies two minutes later, skips gulag by rage quits before anyone can even react.

The recon addict. No matter what happens, he only wants recon contracts. Doesn’t matter if the squad already knows every final circle possible, he still wants another recon “for information.” Then after all that effort, he chooses the worst possible position to hold.

The sniper trio. Sometimes you get three randoms all running snipers, but somehow the three together still can’t hit a single shot. They’re usually using some ancient Legacy weapon build with the worst attachments possible.

The nervous one. You look at his level and he’s level 20. You watch him moving around and the guy is completely lost. Looks left, looks right, sees a rock in the distance and starts shooting because he thought it moved. The moment an actual gunfight starts, his brain shuts down and instead of shooting enemies he somehow blocks your vision by standing directly in front of you.

The horse-blinders player. Completely blind to human movement. An enemy could parachute onto his head wearing neon pink and this guy still wouldn’t notice. Even AI bots have more awareness. At least bots eventually react. This one just stares into space waiting for death to arrive naturally.

The buy station philosopher. This guy takes 45 seconds to use a buy station while the entire squad is getting pushed. He stands there carefully analysing every option like he’s solving world hunger. By the time he finally buys plates, the team is already dead.

The backseat commander. Dead within the first minute, but suddenly becomes a military strategist once spectating. Constantly screaming “push that!”, “why are you there?!”, “he’s one shot!” even though the enemy is fully plated and you’re fighting for your life against three people.

The TikTok movement demon. Slides, jumps, spins, cancels animations and breaks his own ankles every two seconds. Looks absolutely incredible right until he runs into a wall, misses every bullet and dies to a guy standing completely still.

The loadout addict. This one would rather die than use ground loot for more than 20 seconds. Doesn’t matter if there are five squads around the loadout drop, he’s going for it. You already know what happens next.

The AFK returner. Gone for the first five minutes of the match. Comes back after dying in the gas and casually says “sorry bro”

Those are the species I’ve been matched with so far.

After playing a few matches already, I think it’s safe to say I really like the map. I don’t think it’s the best map ever, but for me it’s easily top 3. The POIs actually feel different from each other, unlike Urzikstan where every POI felt the same and randomly placed. With Avalon, you can tell the map was properly designed.

There’s a lot of loot, even in areas that look empty at first. I also like that there are more open-field areas it forces you to rotate earlier, and with the grapple hooks you can cross those zones pretty easily.

So far Trinity Stadium, Low Town and Winery are my favorite POIs.

It’s a shame this map sat in the drawer for a whole year. It should’ve released last year, and this year we should’ve gotten another new map instead of them wasting time on Black Ops Royale.

Now please release Solos already because I’m tired of Quads!!!

I’m a bit picky, I don’t like magic that feels too unrealistic or futuristic and I prefer series that don’t already have many books released, more standalones or trilogies. I enjoy worlds like The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and The First Law.

I’ve noticed that since BO6, basically no one on my friends list plays anymore. Back in the Caldera days I had around 10–15 ‘friends’; that year some stopped playing, but I also met new players who ended up joining my list. With MWII, which a lot of people say they didn’t like, pretty much everyone stuck around, some are even still playing DMZ today. With MWIII, I saw that I lost a few. But since BO6, almost all of them have stopped playing regularly, even with Verdansk coming back. And now with BO7, I currently have 14 friends at level 1 who haven’t even played at all. At the moment, I’ve got 2 active friends who play from time to time, and even then they’re almost never online.

I tried to play today (Sunday), and it tells me I can’t play because one or more party members are in limited matchmaking for not being verified, when I’m playing solo. Last Sunday it was the same thing. They can’t get anything to work right the first time either they shadowban people in freerun, or it’s this, and if it’s not this, they’ll find some other way to mess it up.

Hey guys, before playing COD/Warzone, which shooters did you play before or still play?

I started with Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Chaser, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat, COD MW2, COD Black Ops, COD MW3, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, PUBG, and all CODs from MW19 up until now.

Single player: Black (PS2), GoldenEye 007, Far Cry 4 and 5.

I’ve also tried Apex, Battlefield V and Battlefield 2042, and Fortnite.

The First Law — I didn’t enjoy the first chapter. That whole scene with Logen and the Shanka didn’t really hook me. But from chapter three onwards, that’s when it really clicked. And I loved it. I liked the story, and it has some really interesting characters, especially Sand dan Glokta. For me, he’s one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever seen, not just in books but even compared to film. Honestly, I see him as the true protagonist of the story. I also liked how magic is handled in the world it’s subtle, not over-the-top, and I really appreciate that. A lot of people say it’s similar to Game of Thrones, and yeah, I can see that, but I think it’s easier to follow. There aren’t as many characters and it feels more straightforward. The world is also easy to visualize, although I do wish the book had a map. I’m the kind of reader who likes to check where things are whenever a new place is mentioned.

The Age of Madness — This one also has interesting characters. My favorites were Savine and Rikke. You can clearly see how the world evolved from the first trilogy, but the whole Breakers and Burners theme felt a bit boring to me, probably because it reminds me of the French Revolution, which I don’t like. I enjoyed it more whenever they weren’t the focus. I also noticed that the references to Logen felt a bit overdone at times less would’ve been enough. Overall, even though it’s not my favorite part of the series, I still found the first trilogy more interesting, especially everything related to the North. The ending also felt a bit anticlimactic. I was expecting something more shocking. Still, I had a good time with it.

Now I just have the standalones left. I’m really curious to read Best Served Cold.

The First Law — I didn’t enjoy the first chapter. That whole scene with Logen and the Shanka didn’t really hook me. But from chapter three onwards, that’s when it really clicked. And I loved it. I liked the story, and it has some really interesting characters, especially Sand dan Glokta. For me, he’s one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever seen, not just in books but even compared to film. Honestly, I see him as the true protagonist of the story. I also liked how magic is handled in the world it’s subtle, not over-the-top, and I really appreciate that. A lot of people say it’s similar to Game of Thrones, and yeah, I can see that, but I think it’s easier to follow. There aren’t as many characters and it feels more straightforward. The world is also easy to visualize, although I do wish the book had a map. I’m the kind of reader who likes to check where things are whenever a new place is mentioned.

The Age of Madness — This one also has interesting characters. My favorites were Savine and Rikke. You can clearly see how the world evolved from the first trilogy, but the whole Breakers and Burners theme felt a bit boring to me, probably because it reminds me of the French Revolution, which I don’t like. I enjoyed it more whenever they weren’t the focus. I also noticed that the references to Logen felt a bit overdone at times less would’ve been enough. Overall, even though it’s not my favorite part of the series, I still found the first trilogy more interesting, especially everything related to the North. The ending also felt a bit anticlimactic. I was expecting something more shocking. Still, I had a good time with it.

Now I just have the standalones left. I’m really curious to read Best Served Cold.