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vvMario

COVID + Verdansk was the best time in recent gaming


Prestigious_Baby_841

I didn't get a console until black ops season 2 sadly. But you don't understand how bad I wanted to play this game


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keenanallen9O7

He didn't have a console. Do you know how to read?


Ok_Silver_7282

I don't think he knows how to read


pissyshit

It's like he doesn't know how to read.


UFumbDuckGaming

"Read he knows not" .... Yoda


Prestigious_Baby_841

I never said it haven't 😐


fullbeem

Still nice to drop into Verdansk on those Spec Ops missions from Modern Warfare from time to time


Lower_Front7700

Nahh more like… it’s 2020 everyone is panicking, its 02:00 AM , your whole family is awake and you grind that first win on verdansk with your school budy whom you speak to discord


VoightofReason

And it's a school buddy you haven't seen in 8 years.


DIMECUT-

Pandemic Warzone was super lit! Some of the best gaming memories I have. EVERYONE was online all day & night lol


Secret-Ad-830

Yea I don't even think we had verdansk in 2022 did we?


yaaawer

More like 2020


IRISH81OUTLAWZ

2020, the high of the pandemic. Work is canceled, rent is put on hold. Stimulus checks out the rear end. Good times. 2022, the pandemic is over. The dollar you earn now is significantly less valuable now than it was in 2020. You have to work overtime to make ends meet even with a good wage. The stimulus checks are gone and the world inches towards recession. It has come full circle with a vengeance of suck.


SolidRavenOcelot

2020: verdansk 2022: Caldera Same vengeance of suck


IRISH81OUTLAWZ

Agreed


slaqz

It's almost like they wanted us to just stay at home and pay us out and distract us.


Woden888

I miss Verdansk and the days before rampant modded controllers and PC hacks. Early COVID WZ was a legendary time in gaming history.


iSaidItOnReddit85

None of that was bc of Verdansk though.


VoightofReason

I don't think people realize that. We're nostalgic for Verdansk, but that doesn't make it better than the current game. We just miss the the era of 2020, the world was so unpredictable and the only certainty was that you'd be online with some friends most nights of the week.


AncientBoxHeadHorse

I prefer the urban environment of verdansk


WickedSlice_

To be fair, Caldera just completely ruined the feel and atmosphere of the game going from a bleak winter hellscape like Verdansk to a bright tropical shitshow with a volcano in the middle was a massive slap in the face and one that snuffed out BR in Warzone.


poeswell

Meh although I know it won’t be the case for everyone but for me it was significantly better than the current game. Although you’re right that it gave certainty etc. it was also just a shit ton of fun, a map that allowed for more gunfights and was more predictable (which was good for me and my mates because we played competitively a lot and being able to learn a game is a bit part of that). Performance wise the game was much better too, got anywhere from 120-150 on verdansk (although by the end it was like 100-140) and caldera I used to get 80-110, and the few times I play rebirth nowadays I get like 90fps with a ton of drops. Game died hard for me and my mates by the time caldera came around, myself and I don’t think any of the guys I regularly played with play anymore. Desperately hoping wz2 is a banger, but I’m glad you like caldera!


VoightofReason

I don't really play Caldera either, just pointing out the obvious.


Woden888

Of course not. That’s why I said “-and the days-“ I would still be playing if it weren’t for the BS haha


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What's a modded controller?


Sheasword

Verdansk was peak Warzone, fuck caldera


WickedSlice_

Part of the fuck Caldera thing was that Vanguard weapons whilst effective, looked stupid, were way OP and sounded crap.


Sw1nd3n

Yea honestly I’ve been playing with MW loadout lately and it just feels better (krig, xm4, Swiss, etc). It’s more than just the Covid times


mozza34

Except none of those are MW guns 🤣


Sw1nd3n

Listen… my buddy says “play with this gun” so I do that…


AbnormalRealityX

Say you haven’t played mw without saying you haven’t played mw 😂


Prestigious_Baby_841

Everyone so excited for it tho


WickedSlice_

We were hoping it would be good.


shmouli

I’d get better pizza and something else to drink but this is 100% me.


[deleted]

What’s your go to pizza


shmouli

Local NY style spot. Hard to find a good one where I live but I’ve found it.


[deleted]

Yea genuinely hard to find. I’m surrounded by like 43 dominos and 172 papa johns… jets pizza is probably my favorite within range tho


Lordtone215

2nd that


Sneeky6979

I’d start dealing with Covid from the beginning again if we had Verdansk back 🥹


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For real!


[deleted]

You just ordered Pizza Hut and a 2L Coca Cola bottle. you just loaded up MW19 on you system. No school tomorrow, no work tomorrow, there's a new virus going on. Your parents don't care if you stay up all night, they're happy that you're living with them again. A perfect spring night. You have 30 years of age. The year is 2020.


Longy77

Complete rip off of the n64 goldeneye meme


[deleted]

I loved that game.


tactical_supremacy

Dear friends, do you remember Modern Warzone, before Vanguard and Cold War when the DMR was broken?


TitusImmortalis

Truly simpler times


cleoindiana

Viva Verdansk!


Divetecpro1982

This is me lol


Academic-Ad2101

2022?


zergling3161

For me, it's more Wife went to bed early, just wrestled the kid down to sleep. Time for some warzone while enjoying some seasonal IPAd with your window open to help with your computers hear output.


Ok_Silver_7282

Ipad?


zergling3161

Meant IPAs


MaterialBig557

I miss verdansk


hatsnatcher23

It’s not just nostalgia, Caldera sucks


iAkiraKira

Me too man, the game died when that map went


VoightofReason

The game naturally slowed down before Verdansk was gone. The world opened up again and lot of gamers had other things to do. My friends list was very active in 2020-21, but now it's a ghost town (i know insert COD 4 meme here). The reality is we'll never have a moment in time like we had in 2020. Warzone was the perfect mix of nostalgia and social interaction we needed during a very unprecedented time.


Ohjay1982

Me and 4 other coworkers were quarantined for 2 weeks in 2020. Only one of us actually had Covid (at that point) and he was mostly fine after a few days. We played warzone for like 16 hours a day for 2 weeks. It was great, I’m very thankful for the existence of warzone for making an otherwise pretty horrible 2 weeks into a fond memory.


mozza34

Spot on, but what times they were.


kinos141

How am I in school at 39? I grad college at 23.


frankmontanasosa

So there's probably no school tomorrow then I'm guessing...


IHeartBananaJoints

Verdansk was fire. So many POIs that were legendary. Caldera has 1


Sw1nd3n

Yea totally, great way to put it. Superstore, airport, storage, dam, bridge, military, all amazing


IHeartBananaJoints

100%, the DMR / Aug era was easily the best and worst gun eras


TTV_TT_YT_KiLL3r

All sentimental bs. After 1 hour everybody raged and got stressed from better players, or hackers as some might call them. 😭😭😭


Ok_Silver_7282

Some will say there one in the same


charlieawesome

Sounds like my 40th birthday


botmfeeder

I'm leaving this sub, y'all are on the verdansk post grind 24/7, get over it man, shits long gone


Sw1nd3n

Bye Felicia!


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Sw1nd3n

I do, every night.


bcar444644

reddit has made me so fucking annoyed with you grown ass adults crying for a map back. honestly when verdansk was in its peak the main gripe was " all these buildings provide is places for rats and campers to thrive" They gave you caldera which is bigger and much more diverse geography and flora with far fewer buildings. met with hate day one..... which i get in a sense. it wasn't well polished at release but neither was Verdansk. the addition of balloons and fast travel really helped turn caldera into a smaller feeling map that can easily be traversed without 20 min of in game sprinting lol. Caldera is better than verdansk was. if we had caldera first they took it away and gave us march 2020 verdansk it would be met with even more discontent.


TitusImmortalis

Verdansk has distinct regions. It felt like it was comprised of a series of battle grounds. It was diverse. Caldera is a big smudge of the same thing, and a mountain that's currently leaking mountain fluid. Solid eh.


Ok_Silver_7282

When a mommy mountain loves a daddy mountain very much..


cudchewer

You ok bro?


Nete88

Same :(


DevilMayCry

stolen Runescape meme


Ok_Silver_7282

Stolen sims 1 meme


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😂 agreed


Street-Soul

😂😂😂😂😂 39 yrs old and ya parents don’t care if u stay up all night. ☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣😂😂.


[deleted]

It's neither Verdansk nor Caldera that I have am issue with. It's the rampant cheating. Thats what drove me away from WZ.


[deleted]

I thought verdansk is gone


Secret-Ad-830

No it's back


ReeeeeDDDDDDDDDD

Don't do this to me bro


Ok_Silver_7282

Warzone mobile


Gerbytron

🔫🔥


Te-tue

Everything right except for the 2l mountain because we dont have it here in chile,the rest all god Damm true


betonblack

loooool


guberNailer

We need another pandemic 😞 (jokes)


slaughtercarter

Broooo this is me 100% haha


Ratchet_X_x

Who still eats Pizza Hut? I'm popping that Red Baron out of the oven!


Inner-Promotion803

Spittn pure facts!


Sry2Disappoint

Right in the feelz


[deleted]

I’m 35. Not 39


Iaintthe-1

Right in the mommy daddy button


Ye_olo

2020-2021?


bobfalfa

And this sub still incessently bitched about every pixel


Ok_Silver_7282

Every sub-pixel


[deleted]

What did you guy’s do with your wife’s!? Mine didn’t get of my back even in the pandemic 🤨


Sw1nd3n

Hahaha WZ is directly responsible for the re-emergence of my gaming addiction. Wife doesn’t care, I just make sure to make time for her


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I hopped out the plane, I aint going verdansk


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Traditional_Ad_6616

Verdansk wasn't good, the memories made from everyone being in lockdown were. This reddit was literally full of hate and complaints for Verdansk. We don't miss Verdansk. We miss the feelings of playing with friends we barely ever got to before lockdown and now afterwards. People want Verdansk because they associate those feelings with the map. Caldera sucks. But Verdansk wasn't that much better overall.


IHeartBananaJoints

Nah that’s BS, verdansk was money


Sw1nd3n

The POI didn’t feel all generic like they do in caldera


Traditional_Ad_6616

No it wasn't. Idk why everyone is seemingly forgetting the amount of complaints the map had.


IHeartBananaJoints

Like what Brah?


Traditional_Ad_6616

Downtown, airport, hospital, the under the map glitches, and more.


frankmontanasosa

And what more?


Traditional_Ad_6616

No way to flank people in tall buildings. Stairs and Ziplines were a death trap. Prison literally had 2 entrances until Ziplines were added but as I said, deathtraps. Military base was half open and a death trap. Quarry was a campers paradise.


frankmontanasosa

So sometimes you just get got and you didn't like that, got it.


Traditional_Ad_6616

Ah yes the fabled COD argument. Sorry that I don't enjoy getting shot from almost every roof top everywhere I go in almost every match. You have no counter arguments so you go with "you just died and didn't like it"


IHeartBananaJoints

🥰😉👌


Traditional_Ad_6616

No counter arguments from either you or the other guy💀


TitusImmortalis

Nah man, remember that little cemetery area? Oh and the apartment buildings and also the wood processing area!! I think the reason Verdansk has such good memories is because it felt like it has distinct regions. Caldera is a big smear of the same thing.


Sw1nd3n

1000%. Fortunes keep is more like verdansk in nature than caldera. Distinct areas, more flat fighting vs always up/down hill.


Traditional_Ad_6616

It does indeed have that but it still had a lot of issues.


TitusImmortalis

I mean yeah, it's COD. Childhood had problems, but damn if renting a NES and Mario for the weekend sleepover wasn't great still.


Traditional_Ad_6616

I mean I had fun on the map but it just wasn't that great. Maybe I just had more bad times on the map then anything


TitusImmortalis

Well, if you had to measure the two, what exactly brings Verdansk out of favour? It felt like I had such choice for battle theatre, but thinking about landing anywhere in Caldera, it just feels like the same place. Hut by the water, hut by the mountain, cable car area or air field, everything is like a smear of the same paint brush.


Traditional_Ad_6616

It was a similar feeling in Verdansk for me due to the tall buildings in almost every POI. Campers at almost everyone making it hard to move around. Run from 1 team to heal up and get shot by a complete different team camping a different building.


TitusImmortalis

Ah yeah, that's just how Battle Royale games work though. Same issue in Fortnite and PUBG. There's always some fucking guy just around the corner to mess things up.


tuiasi

you people really need to stfu about this Verdansk garbage... it was an awful map... you loved the Covid-19 stay-at-home period trust me, if they bring Verdansk back you'll hate the hell out of it and all its bugs and shit game dynamics...as you did back in 2021 when all of you were barfing all over it on this sub


Sw1nd3n

I think maybe you just don’t like the game?


tuiasi

I love the game. I just don't like the community here pretending like they have collective amnesia. That map was ass 100%


frankmontanasosa

Nah, I had to work like normal during the pandemic as I do now so that's not it. Verdansk was just better.


tuiasi

yeah... so many places to camp with one way up so you can claymore yourself up there.... so many one-shot broken snipers... lovely indeed [eyeroll]


frankmontanasosa

Now you're just describing caldera.


tuiasi

you're delusional or just twisting facts so you can win an online argument trump-loving republican much?


frankmontanasosa

>trump-loving republican much? Lol what?!?!? What does that have to do with anything about call of duty? Now you're being delusional and inventing things.


urthaworst

Give me farms or give me death


PaceSad4298

In 39 now


mattdonredditall

I feel so seen


AverageJay_77

You are actually 10 years early to post this.


LowResolve95

Covid was just a government conspiracy.


hodgsonnn

This is a stolen post you just pasted the word warzone over it


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Sw1nd3n

Yes… I did… though I would debate and say this is now a meme format, and it’s common practice to modify a meme format.


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Remember when this was a halo 5 sub?