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Call Of Duty: Pro Roundtable: COD5 Beta

By: Jeff Suckow - Published November 10, 2008 at 10:26 PM EST - Writer Archive
GotFrag sits down with a few of North America's top Call of Duty 4 players to discuss the COD5 PC beta.


On the eve of the release of Call of Duty: World at War, GotFrag was able to round up some of the biggest names in the North American CoD scene for their opinions on the beta and the upcoming release. The discussion of the panel spans the maps, weapons, and whether the game will be appropriate for competitive use, based on the pro's findings during beta testing. Without further delay, here are the participants.

Meet the Panel


            wombat                       tAYLORRRRR                     griM_                         Nrv                             Nabore


Mark "wombat" Larsen
Age: 24
Location: Orlando, Florida
Current Team: Evil Geniuses
Past Teams: The Doctors, Team 3D
Most Recent Major Accomplishment: First place - The Experience

Taylor "tAYLORRRRR" Sheridan
Age: 17
Location: Amherst, Ohio
Current Team: Teamless
Past Teams: MoB Gaming, Nexus Gaming, makeSHIFT
Most Recent Major Accomplishment: First place - NVISION 2008

Robert "griM_" Koster
Age: 23
Location: Long Island, New York
Current Team: x3o
Past Teams: Powerhouse Gaming , paradox, third virtue v3
Most Recent Major Accomplishment: Third place - NVISION 2008

Jesse "Nrv" Daly
Age: 22
Location: Oxford, Connecticut
Current Team: Teamless
Past Teams: CompLexity, United5, Wat?, Nexus Gaming, MoB Gaming
Most Recent Major Accomplishment: First place - NVISION 2008

Joe "Nabore" Amorosa
Age: 22
Location: Staten Island, New York
Current Team: Pandemic
Past Teams: Shockwave
Most Recent Major Accomplishment: First place - Antwerp E-Sports Festival


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I agree with nabore on everything he said
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read nabore's comments and i agree with everything he said as well.
pandemic - skinz #pandemic http://www.teampandemic.net

Alot will be answered in a few hours. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

Love the article! :)
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Well, tomorrow I am going to release the mod that I have made for cod5. I will make a post on the cal forums, here on gotfrag, and on the tek-9 forums. Here is a changelist of what I have done.

- I currently am unable to add new sounds or fix sound completely. There are still problems at long distance.
- Fixed the sound occlusion.
- No dust/fog/fire.
- Hitblips only show when someone isn't shot through a wall. Nade blips off. When sound can be fixed for the game, then I can make it so there is only a hit sound, similar to quake 3. But the same rules will still apply.
- Sway is still broken, unfortunately. Sway is removed for all guns. I have done extensive testing on this, and I found it still broken on some occasions.
- Exploding barrels/cars will not explode.
- Grenade damage only slightly decresed. Grenades are much better than cod4, but not good enough. You need to be close to the grenade for you to die from it, larger than cod1, but smaller than cod5.
- The "AWP" fix is used. The scopes zoom in fast, but you are forced to zoom out when you shoot, and the gun must re-cock fully before you can zoom back in.
- Alternate regen system. This will be forced for a little while, so people can try it before rejecting it.
- Bolts/scopes now kill from the waist up.
- All perks disabled.
- You are able to drop the bomb and /kill through binds. These commands will be posted tomorrow morning.
- Grenade indicators are disabled.
- Healthbar added for the new regen system.
- The "bomb" and all hud icons are removed, since there are icons on the minimap for them.
- ALL semi-automatic rifles shoot at the same speed as the garand.

When the modtools are released, there will be more things, like the sound fixes. The big thing will be the new menu system which will have tons of LAN/Graphical options and I will be able to restrict the guns per side.

This comment was edited at 11/10/2008 11:34 PM
#LostProphets #QuakeLive
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halo5 will be a great game
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#7 speaks the truth

HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5 HALO 5
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Honestly the game is so far junk, no good maps no good mod till we get sum SERIOUS time to work on it. Everyone is gunna rush in with all these suggestions and nothing will get done and we will just switch to EU play style in 8 months.

You have to remember the game is basically cod3 produced on the cod4 engine and we all know cod3 was absolute crap. If we dont rush in to competition like everyone wants to do right away we might have a shot at keeping the game good if not i STRONGLY SUGGEST COD4 until that point is met.
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#7 and #8 please get a life.








#ravenwestgaming s12 (we made i.m. :])
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perks disabled?....stopping power? bando? ...have you edited the damage the guns do or their clip sizes to make up for the perks being gone
HaHa
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#11 Yes I have adjusted the amount of ammo spare. I'll release it publicly tomorrow morning, unless something goes horribly wrong(still waiting to see if the hitblip sound is in and plant sounds).
#LostProphets #QuakeLive
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whos taylor?
#sadpandas #confederacy
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A hacker.
#.^.e
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i'm only buying this game for the bolt action rifles...
/ggrhino
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Good Read
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#13
taylor > all
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"I think something that should be considered regardless of how the maps turnout, is the system MLG uses for Halo. I'd love to see a tournament or league use multiple gametypes like SnD, CTF, WAR, and DOM. It'd undoubtedly bring a lot more variety and fun to the game." - Wombat

That's very true, but undoubtedly the competitive community will not give such an idea a chance...

This comment was edited at 11/11/2008 12:19 AM
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AWP fix is a terrible idea but I know you're not going to fix it because you think it's better.
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games are fun
retired
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what about the 2nds at nvision ;D

jk <3 rob
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i r agree
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Awesome read. :)
GotFrag.com America's Army | #gotfrag @ irc.gamesurge.net
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If there isn't a variety in guns, I would worry about removing so many perks.

why adjust the regen system before trying the default?
YuS I'm Hungarian ..::.. -_- ..::.. I PooPsocK
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nice cod5
BANKAI!
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lol @ cod5, prepare to get dominated by bunnyhopping mg42 wielders.
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i see 5 goodddddikkkcasukkkkcaaa!!!!!!


LEMME GET MY BOLT LOVELY BOLT BACK :<
JoueFlux, THE SNEAKY JEWFOX.
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all nice except the awp fix, its not needed pls can we try without 1st and also lets try things b4 making decisions on perks / health regen.

have you added a rup at start?
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Jesse Daly looking good
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GotFrag Prime!
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"I think something that should be considered regardless of how the maps turnout, is the system MLG uses for Halo. I'd love to see a tournament or league use multiple gametypes like SnD, CTF, WAR, and DOM. It'd undoubtedly bring a lot more variety and fun to the game." - Wombat

QFT
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i wish my shirt was off, id be the hottest up there!!! or wait, my pants off? u decide !
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The cycle continues...
True skill comes without effort
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While the multiple gametype thing is a good idea my guess is the die-hard SD kids won't go for it. The COD community is already small and that might make it worse.
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Multiple gametypes is fun true but I don't think they have the same lasting power, if cod has any lasting power :<. Might I ask Mav from a post by d1ablo on tek-9 seems you have made a cod4 mod too?
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Concurring panels aren't really fun to read.

No nay-sayers to this game? Really?
=]
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"I'd love to see a tournament or league use multiple gametypes like SnD, CTF, WAR, and DOM. It'd undoubtedly bring a lot more variety and fun to the game."

Holy Sh111t man! Mark's a flippin mindgym. I really do think this is a great idea, and it really should be looked into. This game has VERY fun gametypes, and I believe it will work with a system like mark proposed.

PS FEAR was sort of ran like that and it was successful, and obviously Halo.
pandemic - keith #pandemic http://www.teampandemic.net
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#13 He is the main character of the cartoon "Pokemon"
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Yeah, I like what nabore said, I agree with him.
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The panel should be made up of 5 nabores, best player in north america. No need for strategy guides.
MoB Gaming Organization Team Member
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lolololololol
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nabore nailed the nail with the hammer right on the bat

cunning, clever, adorable, genius.

This comment was edited at 11/11/2008 2:16 PM
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#41 edited genius because he spelled it genious
MoB Gaming Organization Team Member
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your out of control.
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I lol'd @ Jesse having the longest team list


I WONDER WHY THAT IS JESSE *cheekpinch*
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east coast bias
#pure.gaming
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yeah nabore it a dbag who cares wut he says.
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God I hate it when new games like cod5 comes out. it will be played with SHAIT rules and mod for maybe 6 months and then it has another 6 months untill cod 6 SUPER NINJA SPACE MUTANTS WARs arrive. /repeat

but gona play the coop campain with buddies ^__^ ya all have fun PROGAMING a game meant to be played by people that dont care about competitive gameplay.
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If you ask me the whole point of health regen was to replace health boxes in cod 1 tdm/dm. they wern't in s&d and niether should regen.
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look at these pro's and all they gotta say
#51 #LostProphets
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DONT PLAY GAMES THAT TAKE NO SKILL. IT TAKES SO MUCH SKILL TO GET SHOT, THEN GO RUN LIKE A B1 TCH AND HIDE THEN YOU REGEN IT BACK OMFG OMFG OMFG LEEETNESS.

This comment was edited at 11/11/2008 11:29 PM
: ^ D

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