Call of Duty was once the jewel in the crown for Activision, the title that, for many fans, was at the top of the buy list when a new installment was announced. However, it appears that many fans of the first person shooter have become rather fed up with the comments directed at them, which has turned their gaming experience less than enjoyable.
For the majority of fans, the enjoyment of meeting up with friends online to take on other players is something that is looked forward to regularly. But with more and more so-called ‘content creators‘ choosing to give up an actual job to stream gaming live, it appears that more fans are becoming disillusioned with the title and the comments coming from said ‘creators.’
How Are Content Creators Spoiling Call of Duty for Other Players?
During the COVID era and the ensuing periods of lockdown, Call of Duty: Warzone was pure escapism for many gamers, and Activision couldn’t have, in its wildest dreams, expected how well received the multiplayer would have been when it first launched. For many in the community, it meant actual interactions with other people when you couldn’t step outside your front door.
As the popularity of the title grew, so did the opportunity to make money from it, and many gamers jumped on the bandwagon to stream the FPS game live on platforms such as Twitch. Many popular streamers, like NickMercs, Ms Vixen, and Dr. Disrespect, pull in thousands of views when streaming and have amassed plenty of money for doing so.
But according to a thread on the Modern Warfare 3 subreddit, some players have been receiving hate for actually playing the game the way it was meant to be played and not like an e-sports event. Some Twitch streamers are getting so bent out of shape because they can’t showcase their ‘skills‘ that they have been lashing out at other players.
Judging by the comments on the thread, many in the community are not fans of these so-called ‘influencers‘ and have no interest in watching them play a game in which they can play themselves. Many of the comments from fans were that the streamers are critical of people who aren’t up to a certain level and play as a team when gaming.
The recent surge of streamers complaining about people playing as a team in non-solo lobbies is insane to me. It’s a TEAM game and they expect a quad to just run around all over the map and not play as a team? Ultimate streamer cry baby whining.
Personally heavy SBMM or EOMM killed the joy of CoD for me. Cba sweating every single game where everyone is wearing CDL skins and ‘top 250’ calling cards, playing like their life depends on it.
Heaven forbid that someone playing the game with friends played together as a team. Why, that’s unheard of. How dare they spoil it for those poor Twitch streamers who are raking it in on their streaming platforms?
Let’s not forget that some of these streamers can amass up to 50,000 views per stream and you can see where these work-shy people get their money.
We’re sure that many people would love to be able to have the opportunity to do nothing more than sit and play all day, every day, with people watching them and getting paid for the privilege. The reality of it is that many of us have actual bills to pay and real jobs to go to, and unfortunately for these ‘influencers,’ there may come a day when the views stop and the money runs out.
Call of Duty was one of the most popular franchises of recent times, but certainly, of late, there has been a dramatic downturn in player numbers. With the Activision Blizzard saga and the poor reception of the latest installment, players have perhaps become disillusioned with the title. However, as we can see from the community, many are tired of the streamers who have jumped on the bandwagon and, quite frankly, spoiled it for everyone else.
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