"So if you have a assault rifle there are positions for you to go in, that give you benefits. "There were so many different factors, but one of the biggest ones was that the maps were designed correctly." says Ben "Bance" Bance, who place second at last year's Call of Duty Championship but didn't start to play competitively until after Black Ops 2 had been replaced by 2013's Ghosts. But for other pros who don't have the same leadership experience, there were other reasons why Black Ops 2 was one of the best Call of Duty titles to play at a high level. The game winning decision could come down to one of their choices, after all. The game was so much more complex, but at the same time you could outclass a team for that reason."īoth McKerral and Bryceland are leaders within their teams, and with a leadership role the extra tactics that were involved in Black Ops 2 were always going to appeal to them. "Nowadays, everyone's running all the same stuff, whereas back then you might be caught off guard if a team was using stun grenades, but then you'd use tactical mask to counter. Even the create-a-class system, the pick 10 system, it was a real mental game. "The maps were built perfectly, the game modes seemed to work perfectly. "Black Ops 2 was just really balanced, from top to bottom," says Mark "MarkyB" Bryceland, one of the few players who can claim to have been at the top end of the EU scene every year since Black Ops 2. This created a scene where you would expect to see something unexpected at every event. The recent games have focused more on gunfights and reaction times, but four years ago a good strategy could win you any match, even against the world champions. The tactical side of Black Ops 2 is what most of the pro players loved. It suits the, sorry to be harsh, little brainless kid flying about with insane reaction times, not those who can outsmart them." The jet pack game doesn't suit me whatsoever. These games just haven't been the same since. "It was the first game where Hardpoint was brought in competitively and it was a game where the better team should win, which doesn't happen now. "It was just like a perfect game, the game mechanics were perfect," says McKerral. From maps to balance to unique features and everything in between, Black Ops 2 is thought of as the best Call of Duty has ever been. The game itself is considered by many pros to be the best ever. While Black Ops 2's pro scene is home to many incredible storylines, and it is considered the game that sparked an explosion of interest in competitive Call of Duty, there is much more to it than that. Going to America and having the American crowd cheering for us - that was an insane feeling." Shane McKerral, a veteran of the professional Call of Duty scene. They were the best team in the world and we beat them by about 230 points. "First map, we absolutely ruined their lives. We knew deep down we were way better than them, but no-one else knew it. We won the open bracket without losing a match and because we were a very low seed we had to come against Impact, the world champions, the best team in the world by far. "I remember when we went to Anaheim for Black Ops 2, we were completely unheard of because the American community spat on the European side of it," recalls McKerral. He is a man who has done almost all there is to do in the world of Call of Duty, but his fondest memories are of Black Ops 2, the title most loved by the professional players. During his time in the scene, he has won major events, finished in the top four at the world championship and was even part of the first European team to move to North America to compete with the best in the world. McKerral has been playing Call of Duty titles at the highest level for the best part of seven years. "But if you ask them who won the Black Ops 2 Championship, which was two years before, they will say Impact in a heartbeat." "Ask most Call of Duty fans who won the Advanced Warfare Championship and they'd have to sit down and think about it," says Shane "ShAnE" McKerral, a veteran of the professional Call of Duty scene.
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