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Real Life Modern Warfare 2: Gamer vs. Soldier

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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.

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

55 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Shadow703793 25 March 2010 06:49
    Cool. I won't spoil the fun and say who won... but me think you can guess.
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  • builderbobftw 25 March 2010 07:03
    Does it have real life dedicated servers?

    Oh right.....
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  • lleshlo 25 March 2010 07:06
    That guy blows on COD.
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  • t1t4n1um 25 March 2010 07:06
    no specs on accuracy levels?
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  • ominous prime 25 March 2010 07:15
    "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.
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  • micr0be 25 March 2010 07:18
    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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  • Trueno07 25 March 2010 07:20
    That SAS guy seemed pretty badass. Wouldn't wanna mess with him.
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  • 25 March 2010 07:35
    I'm sure the auto-aim in MW2 was helpful.
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  • sincreator 25 March 2010 07:38
    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.
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  • builderbobftw 25 March 2010 07:40
    9191523 said:
    I'm sure the auto-aim in MW2 was helpful.

    I think everybody that doesn't suck disabled that a long time ago.
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