Would you compete in a national 'Call of Duty' tournament for the military?

2015-09-04T18:42:12-04:00

I'm not a huge gamer myself, but recently heard about a competition being put on by XBox called "Battle of the Branches". Service members (and likely veterans as well) can compete for a national title of best 'Call of Duty' gamer and win some pretty significant prizes. Interested to know who might partake.

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 4 at 2015 6:47 PM

2015-09-04T18:47:54-04:00

I put maybe, but not because of the prizes. Honestly I'd love to do it but I doubt I'd get far!

Response by CH (MAJ) Thomas Conner made Sep 4 at 2015 7:10 PM

2015-09-04T19:10:35-04:00

I tried playing Call of Duty, but after five days of never getting past the first challenge of the first level, I decided there are some dogs too old to learn new tricks!

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Sep 4 at 2015 10:14 PM

2015-09-04T22:14:14-04:00

No, but I will bet on my 9&12 year old grandsons to whip some butts.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Sep 5 at 2015 2:53 AM

2015-09-05T02:53:08-04:00

No, I'm and old dude and no Gamer but I would love to see more about this and see Military folks competing and showing the others how it is really done.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Sep 5 at 2015 4:05 PM

2015-09-05T16:05:01-04:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kcRWK4yzE

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 5 at 2015 4:10 PM

2015-09-05T16:10:41-04:00

One condition, it must be battle field

Response by SSG Michael Hathaway made Sep 11 at 2015 4:46 AM

2015-09-11T04:46:42-04:00

Honestly, I love tournaments. I'm not a great player but I do like playing. If the tournament were free for me, no entry fee, I would participate.

This is especially true if I got what this dude got in 2012:
https://redd.it/2s87hn

http://i.imgur.com/Y9NphZE.jpg

How do you get medals in the Army? By answering the Call of Duty of course! • /r/army

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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 11 at 2015 2:48 PM

2015-09-11T14:48:50-04:00

Video games are just a relaxing downtime thing for me to relieve stress. I would get destroyed in one of those competitions, now my 17 yr old would do it in a heart beat.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 27 at 2015 12:21 AM

2015-09-27T00:21:49-04:00

I won't compete myself, as I'm not a fan of the arcade-style FPS, but I'll have to forward this to a friend who I'm fairly certain is the best Halo player in the military, so I'm sure he has a shot at CoD! Thanks for the post.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2015 5:34 PM

2015-11-21T17:34:56-05:00

Never done competitive gaming but would love to try! My favorite game series are Call of Duty, Halo and Fallout for Xbox. seriously though, call me!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 31 at 2016 2:39 PM

2016-08-31T14:39:40-04:00

No, but that's because I suck at it. Lol