(30 Mar 2015, 6:58 pm)idiot wrote Dare I ask what Call of Duty dodgeball is?!
Call of Duty dodgeball is basically a few takes on the whole ''shooter game'' concept. There's loads of types we've played, many of which I can only remember how to play, not the names, but the most popular are:
- Last Man Standing
- Shoot the Messenger
- Seize the Reichstag
In Last Man Standing, the whole concept is pretty similar to dodgeball in itself. The idea is you have to survive being hit by the dodgeballs, but when you're the last on your team still standing, you have 30 seconds to run and avoid a merciless barrage of dodgeballs from the opposing team. I've been the last man standing once or twice. If you survive, the teacher promotes you to Sergeant (in other words: team captain) and you get to order your team about, as they all re-enter the game after you survive the 30 seconds.
With Shoot the Messenger, in each of the two teams there is a designated messenger who has to weeve their way through to the other side. The other team has no idea who it is, so anybody gets too close, the opposing team gets on their guard. Normally, the strategy is to rally all of the dodgeballs, then everybody charges to the line that seperates the two teams; the messenger (among the crowd) runs forward, and if they touch the wall of the enemy and manage to run back to their own wall; their team wins. As easy as it sounds, it's actually quite hard to get everyone to gather the balls (and not throw them) in unison and launch a full-on attack. Then, you have the problem of the enemy catching the dodgeballs and the messenger being caught in a trap on the other side, not forgetting having to run back!
Put simply, Seize the Reichstag is a play on the CoD: World at War mission where you (as part of the Red Army) seize the Reichstag from the Wehrmacht. Each side sees themselves as the Red Army, with the opposition being the Wehrmacht. The game consists of two people on each team covering themselves with riot shields, while they allow a team of as many as 5 people (with dodgeballs) run behind them to the enemy's territory. From there, it's just a bit of a kamikaze mission to get as many on the opposition out using the one dodgeball you have, but remembering the other team have dodgeballs as well, it just becomes every man for himself and a fight for survival. Generally, the aim from there is for the kamikaze people to throw the ball back to their own side to allow them to attack the remaining enemy.