Call of Duty Series

Call of duty is the series of first person shooter games developed by infinity ward (later by Treyarch) and published by Activision. The series began with Call of Duty (1), which was released in 2003 for PC and later for consoles and handhelds. The majority of the games were set on World War II, while Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare II was set on different story. The game is owned and published by Activision and published for MAC by Aspyr Media, while developed by Infinity Ward and Treyarch and some games were developed by Gray Matter Interactive, Pi Studios, Amaze Entertainment, Rebellion Developments and n-Space. The engines used to develop the game are id Tech 3, the Treyarch NGL, and the IW 4.0. As of November 27, 2009, total sales for the Call Of Duty series have surpassed 55 million units worldwide, taking $3 billion in retail sales in the process. It is expected that the latest release that is Call of Duty: Black Ops will sell 5 million copies. It will be released on November 2010 although it is only available for pre-order on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. You can order it here

The 2009/10 FPS Craze

In late 2009, a sequel to Call of Duty 4 was released, called Modern Warfare 2. It sold a ridiculous amount of copies on day 1, and guess what my take on the game is: It sucked. A lot. I compare games with people, and the only thing they can give me to support how good a game is, is by telling me it sold 10 million copies the day it was released. That just means people are stupid. Such an answer is meaningless. Modern Warfare 2 was a mistake.

It had a lackluster story full of confusing moments, and the multiplayer was "Improved" with the bullshit lobby system called "IWNet" It completely removes the server list system that's worked so damn well for us the past 10 years and puts us in whatever servers they want, which usually have around 200~300 ping. This tells me that gaming is dying, if not already dead, now that companies are taking these bullshit ideas that fill people with rage and calling it "Innovative."

What has happened to the gaming industry I liked, when it was about making great games and a few million dollars along the way? Now it's all about milking things to hell and making all the money they can without giving a damn about the gamers.

How to spot hackers

Guide to spot hackers on Call Of duty

Hackers do well to hide themselves, but there are still tiny details that hint that they are cheating. The best of hackers (our ex-member Jason, for example) are great at hiding it down to the smallest detail. Don't know why they try so hard, but they do. And I'm putting together a reference FAQ on how to spot them now. This list, which is being dubbed as a guide is dedicated to our servers, which are flowing with more and more hackers due to higher and higher traffic This is one of the many means I use to make sure that hackers don't get into our servers, let alone our community for long. 

Aimbots

Aimbots are by far, the easiest hacks to sight; when a user's crosshair jumps from player to player in a particular fashion. The crosshair will lock on until its target is dead, and will jump to the next player. Sometimes, hackers will wait until a player is directly in their sights to use their aimbot. But, there is a loophole in this method that makes hackers easier to spot: Horizontal and vertical mouse motion. Aimbots will primarily focus on horizontal motion against a target in front of them. If a player's aim happens to be good, their crosshair will still move vertically, even if by a small bit. Aimbot crosshairs just jump from player to player, whilst non hackers will actually take time to switch between different kill targets. Most aimbotters use light machine guns, by the way. They also have no recoil. Otherwise, an aim tool would be sort of useless.

Wall Hacks

If the hacker is wise, a wall hack can take quite some time to discover. For example, a player on ou
r servers recently, Zangetsu had a frightening score. It took a while, but his hacks (Wall) were eventually noticed and banned. If you want to know how good hackers hide their wall hacks, see the video KingMatt submitted from a game against .:YWG:.Jason. That video provides an excellent example on how "Hidden Wallhackers" can be sighted. 
Recoil Removal Hacks (No Recoil)

They can be harder to sight with low recoil weapons, but, if they aren't used with a high recoil weapon, what's the point of having this hack? On light machine guns, this particular hack is popular. Especially the RPD. There's only one true way to tell the difference between no recoil and little recoil: Crosshair motion. If the crosshair is completely still while they shoot, and their screen doesn't move a bit, it's a hack. If it moves by even a tiny bit, then it's legit. The M4 Carbine can be pretty difficult to spot recoil hacks on.