In Call of Duty: Warzone 2 there is a theory that shots from better players are recognized worse. A streamer now shows ‘evidence’.
Who is it about?
- Tim “TimTheTatman” Betar is a 32-year-old American who streams on YouTube.
- On the platform, he has 4.82 million subscribers and primarily broadcasts gameplay from various shooters, especially CoD Warzone 2.
- Before his switch to YouTube, TimTheTatman was among the top 10 largest streamers on Twitch
Shots from better players allegedly are not counted as hits
What disadvantages are involved? In a video, TimTheTatman addresses the theory that there is a so-called “skill-based hit registration” in CoD Warzone 2 and states that he is convinced of its existence.
With “skill-based hit registration”, CoD players refer to the assumption that the game influences the recognition of individual shots, which according to this theory depends on how skilled players or their abilities are.
So if you are a good player, fewer bullets from the shots you fire at a target are recognized as actual hits compared to worse players. A shot that is not counted as a hit, even if it hits the opponent’s body, does no damage.
If a player feels that their opponent should have died in a fight because they hit ‘every’ shot, then according to this theory, it is due to the “skill-based hit registration”.
However, the theory often relates to a not entirely accurate perception of the affected players. They search for a fault in the game, which can partially be recognized upon closer inspection, that shots were not as accurate as initially thought (via reddit).
Streamer is convinced of skill-based hit registration
What evidence does the streamer have? TimTheTatman says at the beginning of his video that he has evidence for the skill-based registration of hits and shows a round in the Battle Royale of CoD Warzone 2, in which he loses a gunfight.
I have evidence that there is skill-based hit registration in this game. I didn’t fully believe it until this moment when I was in a gunfight with someone […]
TimTheTatman via YouTube
His opponent is on a bridge and is under fire from the streamer. But the streamer’s character dies and TimTheTatman looks stunned at the camera.
He cannot believe that he did not take out his opponent and says: “I am convinced that there is a skill-based hit registration. I am convinced of it.”
The video from TimTheTatman is embedded here with timestamp. You can find the gunfight that the streamer loses at 05:17.
Slow motion is supposed to confirm the impression: Before the streamer can further deal with the scene, he has to fight for re-entry in the Gulag. There, even without a simple trick that can easily lead to victories, he is successful and allowed to return to the Warzone.
In the next minutes of the video, TimTheTatman finishes the match and then addresses the lost encounter again. In doing so, he reviews his shots in slow motion (in the video from minute 13:58).
Additionally, the streamer explains again that he did not believe in skill-based hit registration before, but now refers to the bullets he fired:
“Look at the bullets. Okay, the bullets hit his head and he… no, no, no.[…] I did not miss. I did not miss. This is crazy. This is not right. I occasionally shoot poorly, but this is not right.”
Does the streamer really prove that the theory is true? No, in the end he only shows a scene in which it is unclear whether his shots were not registered as hits by the game or if he simply did not hit. Even in slow-motion footage, it is difficult to see exactly where the bullets land.
If he really hit, there could also be various reasons why the hits were not recognized. For instance, a temporary problem with the internet could be possible. It occasionally happens in shooters that a shot is not recognized as a hit by the game.
