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The 10 Most Annoying Call of Duty Players

We've all been stuck in a lobby with one of these unlikable goons. Read on to make sure you're not on the list.

With large and diverse following, the Call of Duty series has more than its fair share of insufferable gamers who pollute the online multiplayer experience. We've all come across unsavory sorts while firing our way through Modern Warfare, World At War, and Black Ops, but which are the most loathsome? Check out our list below.

10. The Dead Weight
These players come in all shapes and sizes. Some gamers can't help their poor skills; they simply aren't blessed with twitch reflexes or haven't familiarized themselves with the maps yet. Some slowly drink themselves into a stupor over the course of the night. Others are hopeless parents investigating what this whole video game fad is all about. Whatever the circumstances, no one likes seeing a teammate rack up 2 kills alongside 20 deaths in a team deathmatch round. With dead weight like that, you're better off finding another match than suffering through the unavoidable streak of embarrassing losses.

9. The Kid
The last four Call of Duty games were rated Mature, but that hasn't stopped irresponsible parents from letting their prepubescent brats jump online and ruin the fun for everyone else with their high-pitched voices, incessant lobby singing, and eardrum shattering shrieks. These entitled kids defiantly keep on blabbering despite the chorus of "SHUT UP" that inevitability rains down from every rational human being in the game lobby. Odds are these obnoxious rug rats are the reason Activision added the mute toggle in the first place.

8. The Lone Wolf
A breed of annoying gamer born out of years of deathmatches, the lone wolf only cares about the personal glory of a positive kill/death ratio. That's perfectly fine in TDM, but when you jump into Domination or Search and Destroy it's time to set aside your narcissistic goals and be a team player. Not these stat freaks. Instead of helping out with the objectives, these jerks run to their favorite camping zones, and justify their go-it-alone behavior it by saying their godly kill numbers are helping keep the opposing team away from the objectives in the first place. What's the big deal about a great K/D ratio, anyway? Are you awarded 7,000 vestal virgins when you die? Is it something you can put on your resume to find gainful employment? Here's the bottom line: Nobody cares dude. When even Ice-T is sick of your crap, it's time to take a look in the mirror.

7. The Stoner
The stoner is the easiest annoying player to spot. For many of these mind-numbed gamers, it's not just a hobby, it's a lifestyle. They showcase their support for THC by using pot leaf emblems, picking Gamertags with "420" somewhere in the name, and by telling everyone in the lobby how unbelievably high they are when they arrive in the match. If you can tune out the crappy jam band playing in the background of their mics, you can even hear the faint sound of bong hits in between spawns. The marijuana may take away their pain from repeatedly dying thanks to diminished reflexes, but there is no secondhand smoke to ease the agony of their now-shorthanded teammates.

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Comments
  • This is why I stick with Halo and LittleBigPlanet haha. Also, I can be a Rager but at least it's funny like the Rage Quit videos
  • every lobby has one of each! there's no way around them
  • I'll be honest, I'm a Dead Weight. I'm also a Rager. But honestly, thats whats great about me!
  • this is more evidence people play to much call of duty. they also only want to win, not have a good time
  • I had a rager who new what state i lived in, and said "Im gonna beat you up, i know where you live." some people are really dumb.
  • only a partial blamer, otherwise I think I'm pretty decent to be with. I like talking with the team, complimenting on good kills, even if they're against me. Have to remember, it's online but we're still dealing with people. Their emotions, personality, and overall guile. It's real enough for all of us.
  • "The last four Call of Duty games were rated Mature, but that hasn't stopped irresponsible parents from letting their prepubescent brats jump online and ruin the fun for everyone"

    ^Thank you for placing the blame for this where it *should* go(moronic parents), instead of attributing it to a flaw of the series/game like others tend to.
  • Rager picture, FTW

    Mr. Creosote picture, FTW

  • exactly y i dont see what the big deal is with online gaming. u have the majority of the players who are cowboys out to prove a point or just wanna ruin everyone elses gaming. i'll stick to campaign missions. developers take notice. the online gaming is boring. stick to making impossibly hard based games like the good o days!
  • I especially hate the kids crying in the background. Shouldn't you be caring for your kid instead of trying to "pwn n00bs" on COD?
  • This is why I just avoid online multiplayer at all. I feel so behind the times because of it but I just don't tolerate being treated like *** well.
  • It seems to me like all of these stereotype players are actually the only ones who play CoD. That means that ALL Call of Duty players are people to be avoided. Makes sense, because it's true!
  • Yeah, the MP5 has nowhere near a 600 yard kill range. You really cant hit anything past 75-100 yards. Oh, wait, did I just become the Armchair General?
  • "10. The Dead Weight These players come in all shapes and sizes. Some gamers can't help their poor stills;" aww man, no one proof reads these things before they go up?
  • Love it! The Rager is why I shy away from games like Call of Duty and a few other multiplayer games
  • I've had encounters with numbers 9, 4, 2 and 1, especially the cheaters. When I knife you in the back three times, you're supposed to die, not turn around and shoot me in the face.
  • is it sad that i play CoD just to find these people?
  • *** dorks!

  • Dead on list of players.

    My vice would be the fact that I play like a Lone Wolf, but I always go for the objective while doing so (it makes more sense to do so if you want kills than camping a corner).

    People who Rage Quit never get old.
  • I'm definitely a deadweight stoner most of the time. I don't think its such a bad thing though.

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