A German YouTuber who has been playing almost exclusively Call of Duty for years is no longer interested in the shooter and is looking for variety.
Who is it about? The German YouTuber Cem Gülken, also known as Haptic/HapticRush, is primarily known as a content creator for Call of Duty. On his HapticRush channel, he has 900,000 subscribers and regularly gets over 200,000 views on his videos.
Haptic has been playing Call of Duty since Black Ops 1 and regularly shows in his videos and streams that he has become an expert over the years, playing the shooter at a high level.
In a new video on YouTube, Haptic explained that he no longer wants to limit his content to Call of Duty and instead wants to showcase other games as well.
Frustration over problems and a functioning shop
Why is he no longer interested in CoD? At the beginning of the video, Haptic says that he hasn’t touched Call of Duty in 3 months. He stopped playing Black Ops 6 around December when the debate about the cheating problem was particularly intense.
Haptic states that he does not miss Black Ops 6 either. The game is “the best attempt since BO3,” but he also says: “Everything around it is dog shit.”
Overall, the YouTuber emphasizes that he simply has “no desire” for Call of Duty anymore and accuses Activision of preferring to bring a “crappy Ninja Turtle collaboration” instead of fixing the game, stating: “Look, this is the most important thing for them, the shop always works flawlessly.”
Haptic started making videos about Call of Duty because he enjoyed playing it with his friends. However, for the first time, he is now in a phase where he wants to produce content for other games.
What does he criticize about Call of Duty and Activision? Haptic makes it clear that he believes Black Ops 6 is not in good shape and needs to be urgently fixed. He reports on game crashes in league matches, a delayed hitbox, and the ongoing cheating problem that Call of Duty has not been able to manage.
Haptic is also a vocal critic of skill-based matchmaking and regularly emphasizes in his videos that he has no desire to constantly play against the best 5-10% of CoD players. This is not fun and is exhausting. Even a former CoD developer thinks that SBMM is unfair to good players.
Additionally, Haptic criticizes the data that Activision collects about players. He is bothered by the fact that the game documents which operator he plays at what time and which skins he uses. Haptic asks: “Why is that important? Why is that being tracked? Does it… have anything to do with making money?” He then concludes: “We are just a lemon being squeezed.”
If you want to take a look at the data Activision collects about you, you can easily request it. There is also a value that quantifies your skill. Here you can read how and where to request your data: There’s a secret number in Call of Duty that represents your skill – here’s how to request your data from Activision
