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Yeah i compensate for the fact that i have a small weiner with my 3kd.

I don't think I'm really that bothered about my stats, I guess I use them so my friends know my playing level without having played me yet, but that's the really the only time I'd be talking about it, when they ask how good I am.

Apart from that it at least lets randoms in lobby's know what to expect of you, but when people take stats to the levels of being "elite" in a game it gets abit sad, games in general are leisure things, people shouldn't get this concerned with them.

Firstly, nice thread: a welcome, mature perspective in a world of rampant immaturity. Unfortunately, I don't think you'll see very many people who actually are compensating for something with their stats showing up in here to tell about it.

I am of the mind that stats on a game like Call of Duty are generally worthless. The nature of the game makes them pretty much pointless--if it weren't for lag, boosters, and glitches, then maybe they'd mean something, but anyone who thinks that stats on this game in its current state amount to any more than a few intangible lines of code are kidding themselves.

I can say with utmost sincerity that I don't give a fig about stats or camos as status symbols. In every CoD game, I've always used my favourite camo, and I've always stopped prestiging once I got to my favourite emblem (generally, the color red is a common thread here, lol). I don't particularly care about my ratios or stats--as long as I can finish each game knowing I did my best to help my team win, I'm happy (I'd almost prefer it if all my stats had completely bogus numbers so neither I nor anyone else would ever be able to track them for real). I'm a competitive person, so naturally I want to win every time I play--it's very satisfying to win. But at the same token, I try to help others find ways to play better whenever I can, and I force myself to remember that the most important thing is to just give it your best shot and having fun doing it, because if you're not enjoying yourself, you really shouldn't be playing the game.

As Juan Manuel Fangio once said, "You must always strive to be the best, but never believe that you are."

I am competitive. I want to be the BEST I can at everything I do. This is not compensating for anything, nor trying to make myself look better than I am. I have a "I want to win at everything" attitude. Most of the last 2 generations have gotten awards and told they are wonderful for just showing up or writing their name. They lack the drive to be great and don't care. I am from a different school as to where if you want to win or get an award you MUST work for it.

In my personal life I play basketball in about 10 different leagues throughout the year and our team wins 95% of the games we play. I am in a car club and my car takes trophies at every show. I play golf and have improved my game from being a 90-95 to around 75-80 over the course of about 5-6 years. My biggest competitor is MYSELF. I am hard on myself because I want to be successful in ALL I do.

This is why I like to have good stats. Not just K/D, but SPM AND W/L.