Call of Duty has dropped a gargantuan engagement bomb on the gaming community, and the players are already losing their minds about it. The official Call of Duty Twitter handle went ahead and asked players to tweet their Activision ID with the hashtag #BO7BetaStats in order to get their personalized Black Ops 7 Beta Combat Record. The response from the community was absolutely insane.
The tweet said “Time to flex those Beta stats 💪” with a link to what seems to be a stats generator. Within minutes, hundreds of people flooded the replies, giving their Activision IDs and begging for their personal stats from the Black Ops 7 beta experience.
This is basically blockbuster news for Call of Duty fans because this almost certainly means that the Black Ops 7 project is indeed progressing and that the developers at this time are actually doing community engagement for input and hype. Personalized stat tracking has been huge in Call of Duty since time immemorial, and beta stats released a little early have the current player base super hyped up for the next entry in the saga.
A glance at the replies gives a real taste of the vibe in the community. One of the very first to chime in was Neekotina with NID Neekotina#3136809, followed by several others including IMBEAST#4320631, KillCash#4929550, and SecretBoyJosh#3963694. From just the reaction, you could hear the thirst of the playerbase screaming for any scrap of information about the next installment of Black Ops.
But there were opposing views as well. One player named Juju NL answered in French, which translates to: “Ouech stats of quiche!!!! It’s hard to play solo I tell you!!! The SBMM is really annoying.. I don’t have any real fun playing … I have one good game and then it’s over.” This disdainful take on Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM) brings forth yet another worthy discussion within the Call of Duty community as to whether competitive balancing is worth it or not.
On the opposite, another gentleman by the name of SR D gave a constructive criticism: “Bruh, how come now that this shit’s all futuristic they ain’t bringing back the specialists’ ults? That’d make it way fresher and not the same boring shit.” This would suggest that there might be a more futuristic direction going on in Black Ops 7, with some hoping for having specialist ultimates being returned from other games.
The diversity of the player IDs in the response is also quite crazy-we see everything from jazii#7945083 to x0veronica0x#4643312 to CHRONIC#5373748. It speaks a lot about the worldwide set of Call of Duty and the kind of players getting involved in the future of the franchise.
And what’s cool about this one is just how quick players jumped on this opportunity: within seconds of the original tweet, players were responding, with Dotzlit dropping his ID as KillCash#4929550 and j o s h following quickly with SecretBoyJosh#3963694. This kind of spontaneous enthusiasm from the fans is precisely what Activision and Treyarch wanted to see appear out of this.
Some were confused-Exxtended_maG literally replied under the message “drop that beta code” while others seemed to take it seriously. In any case, this was quite easy to follow as almost all others complied with providing their Activision IDs as requested.
Such community engagement for Black Ops 7 under Call of Duty suggests that the developers feel really confident that this game is well on its way. Beta stat tracking is normally something that happens a lot further down the line in development, so if it’s already in place, it would seem that maybe we’re much closer to full release than a lot of people thought.
The flood of responses clearly states that the Call of Duty players thirst for any scraps of new game material or insight about Black Ops 7. The mix of excitement and constructive criticism describes a community already invested in the franchise’s evolution and have no issues vocalizing their views.
Tracking and personalized combat records have always been a strong point in Call of Duty, allowing players to look at their Kill/Death ratios, Win/Loss records, favored weapons, and overall performance metrics. If extending these features to Black Ops 7, it would mark a big step for the franchise in regards to stat tracking.
The more Activision IDs that players submit to get their beta stats and share their experiences about it, the more will start discussing the mechanics, weapon balance, and how it feels. Early-stage community feedback is immensely important from a developer standpoint in getting the game ready for launch.
The Black Ops sub-series has always been a strong suite of the Call of Duty franchise, with tight coalition campaign, tight multiplayer options, and often experimental zombie modes. If Black Ops 7, however, carries on that legacy while factoring beta-testing community feedback into its design, it is going to be some of the strongest support the series has ever received.
At the moment, players are in a bit of a holding pattern, hoping to get a peek at their personalized combat records while also mulling over what Black Ops 7 is going to really bring to the table. One thing is for certain, though: From this point forward, the Call of Duty community is just as passionate and engaged as ever, ready to dig deep into whatever this developer tosses to them. The PlayStation and Xbox platforms will surely be buzzing with activity.
