I understand that there are alot of people behind the quickscoping playstyle, and that there are alot of people against it aswell. Quickscoping is slightly unrealistic, but so is the ability to fire most SMG's at long range. Black ops almost completely ruined sniping entirely though, and I believe that quickscoping has earned its rightful return. You need to take into account more than just the act of quickscoping. First, understand that, especially in black ops, most maps didnt have but one or two, overused long range fire-lines. With that in mind, realize that there was no real advantage to sniping. I do not know of any single spot that the ak74u could not make a kill due to range. So why is it that everyone complains that the sniper rifle had a way to compensate for the lack of distance advantage.
Second, with the maps being the size they were, being the lone sniper had another disadvantage. Given most game types, FFA, TDM, HQ, and DOM, spawn exchanges occur generally within the first few minutes of the game. So soon after you hunker down for you authentic camp/snipe gameplay, you have enemy units spawn within the so-called distance equalizer. Without the ability to sight in quickly, you were easily out-gunned, and over run.
Third, and this is strictly towards black-ops, is that in the process of trying to extinguish quickscoping from the available play styles, they hindered the ability of a standard sniper, applying their sway effects and shot timer that required you to scope in for a second or two before you could take anything close to an accurate shot. This, even though seemed like a great way to end QSing, made the general principal of sniping obsolete. Its bad enough that any moving target on the board that spots you can effectively fire on you without having to move closer, but when you have to let them have their way with you for a few seconds before a confident shot could be made, it really does seem that sniping in general is what is taking the abuse.
So, I really do think everyone should get over the entire quickscoping deal, and just move on. Its bad enough that when people get stomped, that there is always an excuse as to why, ALWAYS. I've been report by numerous people, not because of anything that really deserved a report, but because people honestly couldnt accept the fact that they were beat. I think the entire quickscoping deal is that everybody wants an excuse as to why they arent the best, because if your sniping, your either a "pathetic" quick scoper, or a "camper".
And BTW, I personal do not quick scope except when its absolutely QS or die. I just want people to understand that being okay with quickscopers really comes down to whether or not you need another excuse for losing.
