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Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:31:02 GMT

It shouldn't matter, and it somewhat matters in FFA/TDM since they are kill based, but even then its not always accurate because of the fact people Dash.

Dashing pretty much cancels out K/D even though there are people with legit 3+ in FFA/TDM even though some in TDM need good teams to back up their possible camp style.

Besides that W/L imo will always be the better stat, but Dashing also effects that to in this game for some reason.

Always nice seeing my friend with a 2117 win streak because of this.

-_-

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:17:48 GMT

K/D means jack sht to me and so does W/L in the end its just a game meant 2 played 2 have fun with friends.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:37:11 GMT

I love playing Demo and having games where my team has crappy KDs yet we still win. Then then other team talks trash about how bad we are, really? You just lost, since when is it okay to brag about being a loser?

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:50:49 GMT

When playing a KC clan op for example, I could careless if I died 1000 times - I'm trying to grab as many tags as possible.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:47:52 GMT

The main reason I play COD is to have fun, after all it is a game. However I could careless about my KD, I want to do good but I play to win and much more satisfied wih winning. Now if I'm playing TDM then I have to care about my KD somewhat because I don't want my team to lose, but if I go 30-3 and lose I'm not satisfied. I play mostly Demo, plenty of times I've put myself in the position of dying if it means we'll win.

Now during clan ops all I care about is getting that gold or hopefully champion badge, I don't care where I place. I have a level 34 clan with 1 maybe 2 people (24 total) with a 2+ KD, most of which are 1.5-, and so far I've say we've been pretty successful. My clan doesn't have a KD requirement, I played with people that have high KDs but are terrible teammates, then I've played with people that have lower KDs that I enjoyed playing with more and actually won more games with. My KD is only 1.00, The player I enjoy playing with the most only has a KD of 0.65 but it's a lot of fun to play with him and we win more together.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:21:51 GMT

K/D means absolutly nothing at all. COD is a video game you play to have fun. I have a 2.15 K/D, do I care? No, I wouldnt care even if it was .10. All I want to do is rush and gather as many kills possible in the shortest amount of time with a few buddys. Unless your getting paid enough money to live off that high K/D of yours, it means absolutly nothing. I usually play solo SnD and Ground war and the only thing I care about is having fun and rushing constantly.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:42:30 GMT

As a funny side note, when I worked at a local mexican restraint I had the head of surgeons for OSU come in every Friday night to have a Margarita. He told me that when going into robotic surgery they ASK if you have video game experience. Apparently there is a few studies (main one fom Duke) that say surgeons with heavy previous video game experience have a 40% quicker learning curve then those without gaming experience. These studies are still being disputed though, but hey it's something.

While in the end they showed that both surgeons would be on par, those with gaming experience learned much quicker.

Likewise when designing a UAV with a gun attatched, one of the armed forces used a modified Xbox 360 controller to control it. Their stated mindset was to make the controls as easy to pick up and be proficient with as possible. So they said they used "something that most already knew how to use".

So when your mom said that playing video games would never amount to anything, you can prove her wrong now.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:23:14 GMT

I have a 1.55 kd does it mean im bad nope not all.K/D...W/L...SPM... are all stats that honestly dont mean anything.When you go into the real world and you apply for a job you gunna put in your special abilities that you have a 2.0 kdr on call of duty? Nope most people have lost sight that this is JUST A GAME and nothing more.And grown men who scream into there mics and tell you your bad need a reality check.If anyone thinks SPM...K/D....W/L means anything then you seriously need a reality check.Its just a game....and most people have lost sight of that.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:41:31 GMT

Kill/death is simply a measuring stick for your own progress. It really is just a reflection of who you are in the game, HOWEVER, your haters may have a higher kill/death ratio but--like you point out--it's not an ACCURATE measure of the opposing player's competency in getting the same kills during the actual gameplay where you're playing and actually killing people. So, if you are only running around using only bullets (okay, bullets and grenades, etc. (lethal equipment)) then you're making a valid point; in that, K:D ratio MAY fail to accurately reflect your opponent’s actual gameplay ability because it's also taking into account other ways (not just gun kills) that count towards kill/death--they get a kill streak of a predator missile or a sentry gun, for instance...

The caveat to that is that your haters will just up the ante and say it takes a lot of skill to shoot that missile, or place that sentry gun where it will do a lot of damage. Plus they had to actually "get the kills in order to get the kill streaks", ad nauseam...and so on and on the argument goes. I for one think K:D is cool. I use it to keep myself going. BTW, I only use the Specialist kill streak, if that matters to anybody in this thread.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:36:18 GMT

Me and a few friends run about 1-1.25 K/D, but usually play objective based games. We seem to regularly beat the 2+ k/d groups. That and SnD is usually our poison of choice. We don't sitrep or nubetoob so we usually have 1 person that is fodder to draw out the others. We also gladly die if it means they can't get to the bomb in time or just try to preoccupy them and not try for the kill if it keeps them away from the objective.

So in short. No K/D don't mean anything. Especially if you solo online.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:48:17 GMT

It's simple, those that are good players care about their K/D. And then there are bad players who camp, glitch, use "op" weapons etc. But most people say that K/D doesn't matter since their K/D isn't that good. I have a 2.04 K/D but I don't think that's good. Most kills with P90 and I like to Run n Gun.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:46:43 GMT

Actually SPM ( the correct term ) has no value what so ever imo. It only shows who did what in the time frame. Example: TDM, Player #1 is rushing and killing fast maybe geting 7 kills per minute then he would have a 700 SPM. But what if that player is also going 15-20 every game? It does not mean he is good, just that he killed 7 players per minute. Now if player #2 has a average of 200 SPM. It means he killd 2 players per minute. but maybe he played careful and went 15-2 every game helping out more than player 1.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:37:47 GMT

ppm doesn't matter in this game. If you play snd, you're bound to have a low spm because you get the same score per kill as domination and etc. In blops, it worked because you actually got 500 points

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:36:07 GMT

i've seen people with some decent k/ds before and yet they had awesome PPM totals on the leaderboards so k/d doesn't really matter.

P.S PPM stands for Points Per Minute

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:35:36 GMT

only nerdy brat clans require kd

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:31:07 GMT

so does kd matter when someone is level 6 non presitge and have a kd of 10.00. some clans requires a kd of 2 and above. Is kd still important??

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:28:26 GMT

Hang myself, jump off a bridge, or shove my weiner in the mouth of an octopus? Which one?

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:26:59 GMT

You got it. if you have under a 2.00 K/D then you suck at life and should commit suicide.

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:26:16 GMT

Honestly, it's hilarious when you beat someone badly 3 times in a row, and it doesn't matter because kd is bad and thus your "trash", and so they actually won. Cod logic--don't ask me -.-

Re: why do people believe k/d is everything

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:24:39 GMT

I honestly thing Kevin Durant is very important in society.