Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's going to give the best player in the world a one-of-a-kind prize

pcgamer.com:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is shortly entering its second season of competitive content, and the developers have now posted about what players can expect from the new ranked mode. The post also goes on to outline the various cosmetic rewards in enormous detail, and one feature jumped out immediately.

Naturally the higher players rise in this new ranked mode, the more loot they'll be showered with. One cool feature is that iridescent rank players and those in the Top 250 leaderboard get an Animated Calling Card at the season's end: But the #1 Ranked Play player receives «a special, one-of-a-kind exclusive Animated Calling Card and Emblem, which can be considered the ultimate bragging rights from Ranked Play.»

Come on, that is neat. As for the how the new mode itself works, the answer is that it's going to skew exactly to how the pros play: Ranked Play launches at the start of season two, has the same game modes and types as the Call of Duty League's matches, has an overhauled ranking system that puts more weight on winning matches, and starts every single player off at bronze.

So, we know that the COD community is going to be enjoying a lot of salty posts from people stuck in bronze and silver league. Ranked play in Modern Warfare 2 will be 4vs4 multiplayer that uses the official rules, restrictions, maps and modes from the pro league, and will be updated to keep it in-line with whatever the pro league's doing. Players have to reach level 16 before accessing ranked but at that point all unrestricted items, including weapons and attachments, will be automatically unlocked to put all players on the same footing.

The mode has a skill rating and will rank players in the following categories:

Curiously enough the SR is