Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Clip Shows How The Battle Pass is Ruining Matches

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A funny clip from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 shows how the battle pass system can potentially ruin multiplayer matches. Battle passes have become the norm in live service multiplayer titles, with many new games incorporating this system in some way.

Call of Duty is no exception and the past few games in this franchise have featured a battle pass system that allows users to unlock guns, operators, skins, and other cosmetic items. Users earn battle pass tokens by completing matches in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and gamers can then use these tokens to unlock an item of their choice. While battle passes are supposed to drive user engagement in modern multiplayer games, a clip shows that this system can also ruin matches.

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A Reddit user named popemyet has shared a funny video from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that shows multiple players rotating on the spot during a match. These players have probably attached a rubberband to the controller, allowing them to bypass a system that would otherwise kick them from the game for inactivity. This method offers a good way for users to farm battle pass XP without actually playing a match of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Popemyet claims to have run into a couple of players trying to earn battle pass tokens using this trick in every game, and the post is filled with other users sharing the same complaint.

It looks like many Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 fans are disappointed by the progress of the battle pass in Season 2, with some users reiterating its negative impact on the flow of matches. As an example, popemyet claims to have played a match of Infected in Modern Warfare 2 in which the first infected player started