In case you weren’t aware, Prop Hunt is the ludicrous mode where you either get to be an object at random, try to be unnoticed, or kill those objects. It’s pure madness, and most of the time, very funny. The vase on the tank is the truth; the very essence of it being a smart strategy. Hiding in plain sight. But the discussion went from ‘adorable hiding spots’ to ‘please fix your game’ in no time.
We’ll go through the dirt because it is plenty and quite messy. Players don’t like almost everything. The player with the ID angel_martinez98 reported a bug in the zombies event where a character, TEDD, was not showing up on the Astra Malorum map. He goes, ‘Do you guys even know this bug is happening ??’ which is a perfect summary of the mood—like the players are crying in a vacuum. Then, there was Daniel Black, going straight for Black Ops 6 and asking if the armory glitch would ever be fixed or if the devs had purposely left it in to promote the new ‘trash b07 game.’ Others sided with the view that the new titles are merely cash cows, with one player, D L, calling BO7 a ‘money grab’ and asking for a refund.
However, these bugs are not confined to a single game. They create a sort of an all-time greatest hits of glitches. Olivia Kipling made a wry comment saying that ‘the main menu’ is her favorite hiding spot! because ‘you’ can’t seem to make a stable game.’ Ouch. But can anyone help but recognize that? There were a number of players like Matt and K, who were whining about their loadout classes being reset after updates or just when they start the app. ‘I’ve had enough and I’m tired of it,’ Matt commented. David had a tougher one, he lost a saved Zombies game at round 30 and when he loaded it up he saw that it had been reset to round one. That is painful!
Another issue is cheating, and it’s among the biggest on the list. Knuxx Grey was advocating for bans on the players who stream and sell the cheats in the Zombies leaderboards. Another user, J, posted a video of a cheater pre-aiming through walls and called for his banning. It’s an open war with no end in sight.
Some of the replies were nothing but pure, unrestrained annoyance. ‘TAKE OFF SBMM,’ screamed DriZyak, referring to the controversial skill-based matchmaking system. ‘Fix bo6 multiplayer NOW!!!! I’m not going to buy bo7,’ K-nyte asserted. There were calls for killing streaks to be removed from loot crates in battle royale, complaints about the new grappling hook and wall-jumping mechanics, and even requests for entirely new historical missions. It was just overwhelming.
What is even more surprising to find in all the noise is that a handful of people actually participated in the Prop Hunt poll. Glitchy 🪄 responded with a timeless one: ‘I always loved being a traffic cone on Nuketown. Nobody ever looks up! That vase is bold, though.’ And FalconSun told some creators that the vase tactic is a ‘new method… hiding in plain sight.’ So, the vibe was there, only it was covered by a mountain of technical issues.
What can we learn from all this? The Call of Duty community is very enthusiastic, but at the moment, that enthusiasm is mostly based on frustration. The developers start a light-hearted conversation about a fun game style and the gaming community turns it into a loudspeaker through which their grievances over the years are expressed. This situation highlights the ongoing struggle between the needs of live-service games and the community’s enjoyment demand. The bugs, the resets, the cheaters—they all merge to make it feel like the game is broken, even when the core idea is like solid gold, just like a vase vibing on a tank.
Call of Duty is in a strange position. On the one hand, they are still putting out new content and attempting to get people interested. On the other hand, a large segment of their audience feels neglected or like they are beta testers for a product they have already bought. The Prop Hunt tweet unintentionally showcased that divide perfectly. The vase is vibing, but the gamers? They are most definitely not. They want a repair, a stable, functioning game that performs as advertised. Until then, it’s likely that the comments will keep on resembling a lot of noise intermixed with some occasional good comments. They seem to be giving the advice that the Call of Duty team should fix their issues first before getting rid of the urban vibes.
