Decerto MW2 Rules Version 1

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Nemphtis
Final Boss

Decerto released version 1 of their MW2 rules a few weeks ago. You can view the original article here, though the quote below lists all of them. Keep in mind this is just the first version, as the competitive scene gains more experience and feedback, the rules will be a lot more finely tuned in later versions.

Decerto MW2 Rules, Version 1

Basic Settings
Spectating: Team only
Friendly Fire: Enabled
Forced Respawns: Enabled
Wave Spawn Delay: None
Respawn Delay: 5 seconds Demolition / 7.5 seconds Capture The Flag.
Radar Always On: Disabled
Max Health: Normal
Health Regeneration: Normal
Kill Cam: Enabled
Headshots Only: Disabled
Third Person View: Disabled
Allow Perks: Enabled
Killstreak Rewards: Disabled
Number of Lives: Unlimited (1 for Search and Destroy.)
Join in Progress: Disabled
Hardcore Mode: Disabled

Search and Destroy
Round Length: 2.5 Minutes
Bomb Timer: 45 Seconds
Number of lives: 1 Life
Plant Time: 7.5 Seconds
Defuse Time: 7.5 Seconds
Multi Bomb: Disabled
Score Limit: 4 Points
Round Switch: Every Round

Capture The Flag
Time Limit: 10 Minutes
Score Limit: Unlimited
Respawn Delay: 7.5 Seconds

Demolition
Time Limit: 2.5 Minutes
Round Switch: Every Round
Bomb Timer: 45 Seconds
Plant Time: 5 Seconds
Defuse Time: 5 Seconds
Extra Time: 2 Minutes
Respawn Delay: 5 Seconds

In the event of a 1-1 tie on rounds, the game must be ended and the team with most kills picks which spawn they want to play a final round.

Maps and Modes
Favela - Capture the Flag
Highrise - All modes
Invasion - All modes
Karachi - All modes
Scrapyard - All modes
Terminal - All modes

Banned Weapons
Grenade Launcher
Claymore
C4
Secondary Launchers
Secondary Machine Pistols
Blast Shield
Tactical Insertion
Riot Shield
All Shotguns
LMG's
MMG's
P90

Banned Perks
Bling
One Man Army
Painkiller
Final Stand
Martyrdom
Death Streak set to CopyCat

Posted 2 years ago # |
GrimTalos
Member

Well I am glad I dont play competively as these look like it could make the game a bit boring. I understand most of there rules but there banned weapon list is pretty awful. Why ban riotshields or blast shields and banning all LMGs ? Why arnt you allowed copycat ? The only rule I understand is no nade launchers as those are annoying but not the others.
As I will never play FPS competively I dont mind as these will never effect me but they do seem odd.

Posted 2 years ago # |
Nemphtis
Final Boss

To answer your questions George:

CopyCat isn't banned, on the contrary it's the only death steak you're allowed. Riot shields, blast shields, LMGs, MMGs, C4 and Claymores are banned because they greatly slow down the pace of the game in tournaments. All of these items encourage camping plus makes competitive matches extremely boring to watch as a spectator, thus slowly killing the competitive CoD scene.

I could give you various examples as to how these slow the game but I figure you can use your imagination to get the idea. This is also one of the reasons why air support is completely banned, to stop players from camping to get care packages and then unleash AC130s etc.

Posted 2 years ago # |
Reckless
Member

Meh, MW2 is a casual game, if you try to play it competitively you'll just end up ripping hair of your balls. I play MW2 casually now and it seems that much more fun, but I do get pissed with how retarded people and how most of my deaths are from sheer luck, no matter how good your aim is and how high your IQ is, a noob player is on the same playing field as you. It's like a monkey being on the same level as Einstein, it just doesn't make sense. By IQ I am talking about rationalizing things like where you spawned, where the enemy spawned, entry A, entry B, exit A etc. on a spot so you can determine where the enemy is, those things set good player apart from noobs, that's why shit kids always call me and other good players hackers.

I don't even know why I had that rant there. The rules looks good and looking forward to practicing them on Saturday.

Posted 2 years ago # |
DiabloCableGuy
Member

I never quite understood why a game that is supposdely played to test the skill of the players is required to be fun for the people spectating. I also strongly disagree with the banning list, with the possible exception of the underslung launchers. Removing that many items from the roster seems pointless to me. If you want a bland game with little character go play CS.

Posted 2 years ago # |
Nemphtis
Final Boss

I never quite understood why a game that is supposdely played to test the skill of the players is required to be fun for the people spectating.

People want to become professional gamers so they can make a living playing videogames all day. The difference between a professional and an amateur in most fields is simply that one gets paid and the other doesn't. To get paid, you need to get some sponsors, and sponsors will only be interested in you if you're drawing attention from spectators.

If spectators are not interested in watching the team in question play, then there is no benefit for a company to sponsor you, since it's like putting up a movie poster in a really obscure location, not a lot of people are going to see the poster and you've still spent money to put your poster there.

If it is fun to spectate, people who enjoy that kind of thing will follow it as if it were football, and so sponsors like Turtle Beach and Intel take an interest, because the same people who watch competitive FPS tournaments and look up to those pros are the very people they make their high-performance hardware for.

Pros get money from sponsors, sponsors get money from spectators, spectators get entertainment and tips/tricks from watching pros. This is a necessary cycle for a competitive scene to flourish in any genre, thus the term e-sports.

I hope that clarifies exactly why a videogame which is designed to test the skill of a player is also required to entertain the spectators who want to watch those players battle it out.

Posted 2 years ago # |
GrimTalos
Member

Even with games I love I cant watch people playing, I find it dull. Even years ago when I was hardcore into the RTS scene on PC I still could not watch replys even to learn builds as it was damn boring.
I have yet to ever find a game that is entertaining to watch.
spectator gaming has alway seem like a oxymoron to me. But then again I find watching certain sports boring as I could just go out and play them myself.
I know watching people play starcraft is big in Koren but I dont think gaming will every become a spectator sport in the rest of the world. Its just not intresting to watch.
Yes I know some people do watch matchs like you nemphtis but that is a very very small amount of the playerbase.
I do understand why turtlebeach sponsor them. As turtlebeach is a small niche company so any sponsor is good as it brings more people to them. Like you said if someone watches a "pro" match and finds out they all used turtlebeach they are going to buy them.

I just dont think we will see gaming becoming a spectator sport anytime soon.

Posted 2 years ago # |
Nemphtis
Final Boss

I can't watch RTS replays, they also bore me personally. However I love watching FPS and Fighting games as a spectator, it lets me see what is possible in the games I play and it also gives me motivation to practice more so that I can pwn as hard as the pros.

I think gaming will eventually become a popular spectator sport as technology inevitably improves giving us even more possibilities. It's not going to happen any time soon, but it's going to happen some day, I have faith in that much.

There is a large enough audience for competitive gaming that many players make a living from it, some players make crazy money such as Fatal1ty who has his own brand of gaming hardware such as headsets and sound cards.

Perhaps some of you haven't realised, but spectating pros has been around for a very long time and has steadily been growing, not decreasing over time. Even back when arcades were king, there would be gamers who came to the arcades not to play, but to WATCH the pros play in person.

Back when Street Fighter II came out and GamePro magazine was king in America, they would constantly report on the happenings in the SF2 arcade scene, such as who the best players in America were and who was winning sponsored tournaments. These men, who are now in their 30s-40s, inspired many young pros who play Street Fighter today.

So it started as an arcade thing, moved into the printed press, and now thanks to the Internet it has rapidly sky-rocketed due to pros streaming live footage of themselves and taking part in massive international tournaments sponsored by big names like Intel and Nvidia.

Unlike real sports, the technology and rules behind videogames are constantly evolving, so what may seem unlikely today may seem ridiculously possible ten years from today. I think for the foreseeable future, competitive gaming will continue to grow thanks to websites like YouTube and JustinTV, not to mention tournament websites like MajorLeagueGaming and Decerto.

Posted 2 years ago # |
jackstone112
Member

Fatal1ty is swedish yhey! ^^

Posted 2 years ago # |
Nemphtis
Final Boss

Fatal1ty is swedish yhey! ^^

I'm pretty sure his country of origin is America, not Sweden. [Link]

Posted 2 years ago # |

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