Every year, a subset of items in Call of Duty are not used in competitive play. These can range from attachments to perks to entire weapons. This is called the Gentleman’s Agreement (GA).
The start of the Modern Warfare 2 season is just around the corner. The GA takes things away from competitive play. People focus on what things should be on the GA in the early stages of the game.
The first GA of the season was made when the Kastov-74u was removed from competitive play. This is down to the fact that it is so hard to compete with that weapon at all ranges.
Current MW2 GA list
Here is a list of the things that are currently restricted by GA in Modern Warfare 2.
Worldwide
The Kastov-74u weaponSmoke grenades in Hardpoint and ControlTeams can only use one smoke in Search and Destroy. Teams can use only two trophy systems in respawn modes. Flashbangs
NA
NA currently has no additional GAs that are not in the worldwide list.
EU
EU currently has no additional GAs that are not in the worldwide list.
The GA of flashbangs may be removed if Infinity Ward fix an issue involving them. Sometimes trophy systems do not catch them. Infinity Ward will likely fix that problem but in the interim, flashes will remain GA’d in EU. Frag grenades may also join the GA list for the same reason.
Why is the GA important?
The GA ensures that all competitive play in Call of Duty is as fair and balanced as possible.
This is in place to avoid any situations where one weapon or feature absolutely dominates play.
The most recent example of this happening on a professional level was when Kris “Spart” Cervantez made the Volk Assault Rifle the center of attention at Major 2 in Vanguard.
Spart’s run with the Volk at Major 2 in 2022 helped LAG go from LR1 to winning the title.
Official Call of Duty League rules do not cover absolutely everything in the game so the players take it into their own hands to govern a ruleset that works best for everyone.
Glitches are also another focus of the GA. In Vanguard, several different spots gave players the ability to be technically inside the Hardpoint area without appearing to be. The GA made players stop using those spots until developers patched them.
Who decides the GA?
The majority of players have to agree to put something on the Gentleman’s Agreement. Only players who play competitively have input. There are several figureheads at the top of that foodchain.
In NA, it’s usually down to Austin “SlasheR” Liddicoat and Lamar “Accuracy” Abedi to finalise the GA. They have both been around in the Call of Duty League scene for years and have a lot of respect to their name.
In Europe, Lewis “LewTee” Todd is responsible for finalising the GA. People have a respect for his position in the community. This is the reason that he the EU community trusts Todd with the role of deciding the region’s GA. All 12 CDL teams give their input on what belongs in the GA.
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