The newest generation gets their gun info from call of duty.

[pirate]

Those "kids" usually don't throw the 60 bucks themselves on the counter to buy the game in most cases. Nothing like watching 7 year olds play games about murder...

 

[Shive.Justin]

Call of Dooty weapons experts remind me of Guitar Hero musicians.

^^^^LMAO

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Yes, the laziness of our youth!

 

[indytechnerd]

Better than the Counterstrike kids from the last batch and their "Deagle" nonsense.

What? You can't do a mag dump on a .50AE, off hand, while slide-stepping sideways and jumping off a box?

Wus.

 

[crispy]

Yup... in real life your peripheral vision doesn't turn red each time you get hit. In real life there are no "respawns".

If video games wanted realism, your character would be running along and the screen would go mute/blank (cause you don't hear the one that gets you) and your game would melt (there would be no re-playing).

 

[snowrs]

I am a Doom kid and I still want a BFG

 

[jmiller676]

I don't know how many times I have corrected people on line. Once some d-bag said thats the last clip for my Glock....I asked him what model of Glock it was because it must be old...he started cussing me out saying he just bought it before the match.

 

[littletommy]

Me and my 3 boys play those games, but my kids have all actually fired REAL AKs, ARs, Saigas (thanks to Mammynun) Mosin Nagants, M1 Garands, 1911s, .44 magnums, various shotguns, rifles, handguns. I don't mind them playing and have never gotten the sense from any of them that they feel like it's a real experience.

 

[indiucky]

It looks like the new COD Modern warfare addresses these issues and is trying to make it as real as they can.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX46kgyy1G8

 

[ryknoll3]

I don't know how many times I have corrected people on line. Once some d-bag said thats the last clip for my Glock....I asked him what model of Glock it was because it must be old...he started cussing me out saying he just bought it before the match.

Since at least 1/2 of the people at your average shooting range call it a "clip" too, I don't think you can blame COD for this one. =)

 

[redneckmedic]

 

[jmiller676]

Since at least 1/2 of the people at your average shooting range call it a "clip" too, I don't think you can blame COD for this one. =)

LOL, good point!

 

[SmileDocHill]

Before I was a gun guy I was a ww2 Hx buff. I got "Brothers in Arms, Road to Hill 30" as a gift years ago and thought it was awesome. It won awards by the history channel (for historical content not gun or "real life" accuracy) The "training" part designed to get used to the controls discussed each weapon, its practical use, and so on. I wasn't a gun guy when I played it and now that I'm a gun guy I haven't played it in years so I can't say how gun accurate it is. I can say I remember playing other games after that one and being offended at how you can shoot a guy with a pistol 200 yds away. Other games try to "equalize" the similar weapons (like the K98 vs. the M1 Garand) to make "play" more even but "Brothers in Arms" tried to make each weapon as historically accurate as possible. When you finish a section of the game it unlocks the historical narrative of what actually happened in that same town. They basically took WW2 historical events, re-created the town and physical layout, situation, and goals, then you had at it. After you tried they let you know what really happened. Obviously, it is a computer game, not basic training but from a history buff perspective it was MUCH better than any other.


My point is that, I was the guy that the OP is complaining about at one point but I can now see his complaint. (I'm not complaining about his complaining ) But you should consider also that these games might have been the stimulus to get people into guns where they might not have otherwise.
I know it doesn't lessen the annoyance of having someone impart their "knowledge" on you that really only explains how mis-informed they are. The trick for me is to say to yourself, I've been given another chance to help someone grow up.

 

[snowrs]

I have never run into anyone who claimed they were an expert because they used one in a video game, but I am also much older than the OP. I use to play Warcraft, and I knew that no matter how hard I try I cannot shoot fireballs out of my hands. I also am not a hot elf but that discussion isfor another thread.

 

[db1959]

Not to long ago My friend brought his 12 year old over to do some shooting. The kid saw my Beretta 92 and said "Look, a M9!". He was close enough in my book. He identified the SKS and he new the Mosin Nagant. All from playing CoD, WaW and the battlefield series. He was a pretty good shot too.

 

[Sylvain]

We all know that the real experts get their info from INGO.

 

[.452browning]

You should watch some of the "sneak peeks" of Modern warefare 3.

One guy honestly thought a badger tactical latch for his M4 on there was another red dot sight because it was painted yellow and looked like one from behind.

He also said the folding machine gun (G18) was designed by red jacket.

 

[bigg cheese]

Better than the Counterstrike kids from the last batch and their "Deagle" nonsense.

Counter-strike is a great game . Purely entertainment though. I've only been playing it since the year it was release... what, in 1999 ?

And yes, I was a deagle guy who got kick-ass headshots all the time .

favorite is still the P90 though . I'd be a happy owner of one if I could afford it .

 

[jmiller676]

Counter-strike is a great game . Purely entertainment though. I've only been playing it since the year it was release... what, in 1999 ?

And yes, I was a deagle guy who got kick-ass headshots all the time .

favorite is still the P90 though . I'd be a happy owner of one if I could afford it .

AHHH yes...the P90 in most games now the same effective range as aa M110 SASS.

 

[Count Blackula]

My son play a video game where the sniper has to hit you twice with a 50 BMG to kill you

Is it Battlefield Bad Company 2, by chance? I love that game.

I'd be lying if I said my initial interest in guns wasn't due to video games, but I've always known the line between entertainment and reality, especially since owning a few rifles for approximately a year. Whenever I have the chance to pass on that knowledge to someone inexperienced with guns, I do it.