Call of Duty is not known for its friendly and welcoming online environment.<\/p>\n
In fact, most comments on MyGaming about Call of Duty players refers to them as angry teenagers who enjoy swearing at people and making fun of their mothers.<\/p>\n
It seems that mockery is not enough for the kids these days, with online COD: Advanced Warfare players now taking part in “reverse boosting” to ensure they dominate the battlefield.<\/p>\n
In essence, reverse boosting is when players deliberately kill themselves – which lowers their own stats – so when skill-based matchmaking takes place they are placed in lobbies with players who they will ultimately dominate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a low tolerance approach to people who ruin the experience for others through cheating, boosting, reverse boosting or being caught with toxic emblems in game,” said Advanced Warfare\u00a0dev, Sledgehammer Games.<\/p>\n
Reverse boosting also results in team mates being penalised during team-based matches.<\/p>\n
Sledgehammer employee Michael Condrey was even a victim of this tactic.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying at home, I\u2019ve been randomly matched with players doing this and it\u2019s incredibly frustrating to lose based largely on my team being down a contributing teammate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one wants to lose an objective based match by effectively being outnumbered while their teammate shoots grenades into their own forehead 100 times in the corner.”<\/p>\n
Call of Duty players: why?<\/p>\n