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Real Life Modern Warfare 2: Gamer vs. Soldier

By - Source: Tom's Hardware US

Gamer takes on an SAS sniper in a race in Modern Warfare 2's The Pit.

The Gadget Show on UK TV station Five has done something very cool. Anyone who has played Modern Warfare 2 should be familiar with 'The Pit' training level that starts players off with a grading of their skill.

Now that very same Pit level with its two-dimensional targets has been re-created in real life.

One of the Gadget Show's hosts, Jason Bradbury, wrote on his blog, "It took over a week to build, to the level’s exact specifications. Better still, with me on my Xbox 360 version of the game, I challenged an actual Special Forces Soldier to a race from the start of the level to the end, taking down targets (and avoiding civies!)"

Check out the video clip of the gamer vs. soldier showdown.

Real Life Modern Warfare 2 The Pit

As for what the U.S. Army thinks of gamers vs. soldiers...

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  • 33
    sincreator , March 25, 2010 7:38 AM
    The SAS guy handled the course as if it was the real life situation. Taking down the targets so not to put himself in danger. The way any soldier would be trained. Of course someone that is used to playing a game can just run in there guns blazing. I'm not surprised at all about the outcome.

    If that was a real life scenario the gamer would of been dead, and that soldier would still be alive to fight another day.
  • 23
    randomizer , March 25, 2010 7:40 AM
    If those were real enemy soldiers, the SAS guy would have survived by being cautious, whereas the gamer would have been shot to pieces while running around in the open.
  • 23
    micr0be , March 25, 2010 7:18 AM
    how pathetic to actually be glad u beat a real life training exercise with a video game .... OH NO FINGER CRAMP....
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  • 1
    Shadow703793 , March 25, 2010 6:49 AM
    Cool. I won't spoil the fun and say who won... but me think you can guess.
  • 22
    builderbobftw , March 25, 2010 7:03 AM
    Does it have real life dedicated servers?

    Oh right.....
  • 20
    lleshlo , March 25, 2010 7:06 AM
    That guy blows on COD.
  • 4
    t1t4n1um , March 25, 2010 7:06 AM
    no specs on accuracy levels?
  • 21
    ominous prime , March 25, 2010 7:15 AM
    "Competition" starts at about 4:06, so you can avoid the 4 minutes of ridiculous buildup. Reading the title, I thought I was going to see a gamer run through the course with a real gun. I was disappointed.

    Also, pretty much a crap vid, I wouldn't waste my time again.
  • 23
    micr0be , March 25, 2010 7:18 AM
    how pathetic to actually be glad u beat a real life training exercise with a video game .... OH NO FINGER CRAMP....
  • 21
    Trueno07 , March 25, 2010 7:20 AM
    That SAS guy seemed pretty badass. Wouldn't wanna mess with him.
  • 22
    gnookergi , March 25, 2010 7:35 AM
    I'm sure the auto-aim in MW2 was helpful.
  • 33
    sincreator , March 25, 2010 7:38 AM
    The SAS guy handled the course as if it was the real life situation. Taking down the targets so not to put himself in danger. The way any soldier would be trained. Of course someone that is used to playing a game can just run in there guns blazing. I'm not surprised at all about the outcome.

    If that was a real life scenario the gamer would of been dead, and that soldier would still be alive to fight another day.
  • -7
    builderbobftw , March 25, 2010 7:40 AM
    Quote:
    I'm sure the auto-aim in MW2 was helpful.


    I think everybody that doesn't suck disabled that a long time ago.
  • 23
    randomizer , March 25, 2010 7:40 AM
    If those were real enemy soldiers, the SAS guy would have survived by being cautious, whereas the gamer would have been shot to pieces while running around in the open.
  • -7
    jednx01 , March 25, 2010 7:43 AM
    35.8 is really bad... I have done it in 26. lol
  • 12
    zachary k , March 25, 2010 7:52 AM
    can you lean around corners in real life? or use the butt of your gun instead of taking out a knife? NO!!! oh wait, i am getting MW2 confused with real life, like some people who think they are the same.
  • 5
    SneakySnake , March 25, 2010 8:49 AM
    builderbobftwI think everybody that doesn't suck disabled that a long time ago.


    On the 360 ?? Do tell on this technique
  • 4
    SneakySnake , March 25, 2010 8:50 AM
    zachary kcan you lean around corners in real life? or use the butt of your gun instead of taking out a knife? NO!!! oh wait, i am getting MW2 confused with real life, like some people who think they are the same.


    Or knife guys from a good 10 feet away (commando perk), and have akimbo shotguns
  • 1
    emlee0203 , March 25, 2010 9:03 AM
    when the sas guy said "oh no" he sounded like one of the guys in the campaign...lol
  • 10
    techd2 , March 25, 2010 9:09 AM
    randomizer I agree, the Geek would have been done in 5sec because he would have been shot. :) 
  • 1
    enzo matrix , March 25, 2010 9:09 AM
    What's really wierd is I started MW2, did the pit a couple times, exited, logged onto Tom's Hardware and the first article I see is this one.
  • 6
    enzo matrix , March 25, 2010 9:10 AM
    gnookergiI'm sure the auto-aim in MW2 was helpful.

    What auto aim? Or is the auto aim console only?
  • 5
    pojih , March 25, 2010 9:13 AM
    clearly its a guy in real life vs a video game.

    maybe you can do it faster, maybe you can pick out the ways in which the rl version was more realistic

    but maybe, just maybe...


    you can realize that they re-did a mw2 "map" to scale, and had someone with live rounds attempt it...

    I'm a fan
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