If pisses me off when I'm on a great streak then the time runs out. It means that I have to run to their spawn or to their camping spots and expose myself
The two rounds is great. Smoove is the first person I heard to say it's not good for the game mode. It prevents a team from being backed into a crappy spawn and being hopeless for 8 minutes. Switching sides or whatever evens out the playing field. Because when you play GBs, getting B first is THE most important part of the entire game. In past CoDs, you lose it at the start, you are in for a hell of a fight and winning becomes way too difficult. Hopefully you change your mind smoove!
Good video, Chris. Also, regarding connections and stuff from 6:43 to 7:22. Amen. That little 40 second part of the video sums up my feelings towards this game.
I originally disagreed with you on domination, but you got me now. I totally forgot about epic comebacks and the time limit prevents a lot of that. And the new strategy with the time limit I experienced first hand. The second round, the team camped out B and never captured it so we couldn't win. When I finally went around and got A, they took B and then C. It was a disaster. I think more would play classic if they had both, and i'm all day ground war domination as well if we could.
this new style works very well, it makes people play the objective, trust me the dominated spot can change very quick, even one team that won a round can still lose the whole game
i think this new version is perfect because it keeps every body on their toes. People became too comfortable with being able to come back...people are too comfortable with winning one certain way. This shakes thing up and makes the player have to go hard from the beginning...dont get too comfortable with slacking and then think you can come back in the end...just dominate from the beginng you good...
That would be a great mode. I'm on board with the idea of switching sides in the middle of the match to make for more fairness, but the 2nd round should NOT have a timer, and it should end when the maximum score limit (200) is reached.
It's not just that. I'm not complaining, I'm just gonna state a fact here. I saw a comment on one of his 2k videos saying "Smoove where are your CoD vids?". This was late October. Smoove replied "There won't be any CoD until BO2 comes out. When it does, I will be releasing videos like I did when 2k come out." It wasn't those exact words, but you get the point. It's like he promised CoD videos, but then once it came out, he's like "Oh wait! Just kidding! No CoD this year!" Kind of a tease.
I'm glad you're a pretty obvious beast at this game, yet you still fight for the patches that the game desperately needs. Most people who did decent in this game would just let it be, but you're fighting for yourself AND the community. I commend that so much.
Hey smoove a cool way to rank up is to dolphin dive and then within 10 secs you can get back up and get a kill, that will give you a dropshot medal which will give you 100 points for each.
i agree too. i lost a match the other day 171-169 and we took the B flag on Overflow with 30 seconds left and only needed half a second to tie it up.....
I agree with you 100% They need to bring back the original Domination, and a seperate Ground War Domination Playlist (Original Domination) would be an amazing addition to Black Ops 2.
HAHAHAHA very true! I miss Smoove's MW2 days. MW2 wasn't the best game but Smoove was in his CoD prime there. It may sound silly to say there's a 'prime' for video making, but something about Smoove's MW2 days were special. The camping, the tac insertion noobs, the waiting on a noob song, the crazy comebacks in domination, the epic nukes, and just the overall excitement that Smoove had about the game. His 2k videos are great this year, but for CoD, his videos haven't been the same since MW2.
I haven't got to play yet, but they should add "classic domination" to the playlist. That would be so easy for them to do and they could see how many people play either versions of domination
1000% agree....there is no point in capturing B with less than like 2 minutes in first round when you are just gonna lose it might as well save scorestreak
i think the 5 minute switch side thing in domination is a good thing. it forces people to play the objective. the problem with the other COD games is that people would camp (not play the objective) and call in powerful killstreaks due the great duration of the match. that ruins it because these killstreaks make it easy for your team to cap flags and your team ends up winning...despite not playing the objective.
That's how competitive leagues do it. It makes the game fair. Everyone knows that in Domination knows that there is always one spawn that seems to give the better advantage. So to level the playing field, both teams get to use the "better" spawn
i totally agree, i really miss the old domination, it just isnt the same, it should be one round, its just different and feels like I cant do as much for my team.
I don't mind the switching rounds because it does give the other team a chance if they are getting spawned trapped. Also alot of Maps have a better side to spawn on. I don't like the Time limit though, because sometimes i join a lobby with my team and we try and make a come back, we get all the momentum on our side but you can't fight the TIME. I personally think it should be a score limit of 200.
Honestly, I don't have a problem with the new domination. COD needed change and I have absolutely no problem with change. MW3 pissed me off and just about made me give up on COD altogether, but Black Ops 2 has won me back. I get pissed off sometimes with how smg's destroy the assault rifle class, but at the end of the day, you can't change that. Shotguns are actually good for once and I am going for their diamond camo's. Treyarch buffed their range and damage and I'm in love with them now :) .
Same here, I have my connection to best and I still run into BS, like guys in the corner, I get first 2-3 shots and he comes back and kills me. I also been running into bad spawns, I take five steps and then I run into somebody or sometimes one guy spawns behind me. While the rest of the team is focused on the players on the other side, the 1 guy shoots your team in the back. They need to patch, fix these to make this game almost perfect.
Say we are on Carrier, my team gets a 20 or 30 point lead, and I've got a stealth chopper and a lodestar in my back pocket going into the second round. I don't care how good you are, YOU WILL NOT COME BACK. Overpowered killstreaks, wide open maps, and a really short timer make it impossible. My team gets A&B for even a minute while the chopper and lodestar are up, and it's over, just play defense until the clock runs out, don't have to play the objectives any more
They have the SCAR which has currently replaced the M4A1 in most socom units. It is also what the ACR design is based off of. As said before the AN-94 has replaced the AK-47. It is just a more modernized version. Galil Ace is what it looks like, maybe they are the same.. Anyway the point is, we have plenty of assault rifles in the game, they are just brand new and not what you are used to. Though they did add the M-16 which was nice.
in one of your videos you said there was the annoying loud sounds, well i found out that those are all the explosions. such as, gernades, airstrikes, c4, claymores, bouncing bettys, shock charges, and more
dude i honestly think that this cod has hands down the best dom its so much fun to play there trying to make it like mlg with two sides it based around competitive blops2.
I remember you saying you didn't like Modern Warfare 3, or thought it sucked, or just put it in a negative light. But you played it anyway. I don't really think you can say this game is worse than Modern Warfare 3, but if you genuinely don't have fun playing it, I'm behind you 100% on your decision to stop playing it come the new year. I respect you Smoove, just keep on rocking on.
Its not like everyone sucks, if you really know how to play domination you would know how to make a comeback, or at least make keep the score back and forth and win at the end. Its basically the same as regular domination (GW) you can't make a comeback when the score is 130-80
i think it should be round based with a five minuter timer. but the second round shouldnt have a timer. This would bring back epic combacks and make more sense.
To answer the question in the title, no domination is not ruined, there is not as much spawn trapping now which is a good thing, and personally i find the beginning of games the most fun and now you get that twice in 1 match, I think the time limit makes the game different but not worse.
First round- once a team gets to one hundred, round one ends. Then in round two, whoever gets to 200 wins. No time limit, no problems, both teams get two spawn on both sides. Problem solved?
I do agree with some points you made during this video, but my personal opinion is that i like this style of domination a little more then the original type. i dont know why but i ferl more in control of how things go down.
I'm pretty sure the reason they have a time limit in domination now is because lots of people didn't realise that let's say in black ops 1 if you didn't capture any flag and you tell the other team not to either the game can pretty much go on ........forever !
But blind eye only protects against computer controlled aircraft. Basicallt ehy split blind eye pro and assasin pro into 4 perks-ghost, cold blooded, blind eye, and another one I forgot.
whats up mayn... as usuall good point about the game its kinda wired i agree with you... is there any chance to play with/against you i live in sweden but i can arange it for the zone time. keep it fly and thanks bro
They could keep the 2 round system but they could take out the time limit 4 the 2nd round so u can have the game ending when a team gets till 200 points
Smoove, I completely agree with you on Domination. The only time I have played it was release day and haven't since. You should still give Black Ops 2 a chance, try hardpoint. Personally, I think it the best game mode, lots of kills and really fun to play
It is possible to triplecap right at the start of the game, I have a screenshot at my profile from mw2 when I won 200:5. when the enemies captured the flag just at the end of the game :)
Yes, 2 rounds would be perfectly fine if they removed the timer. The teams switch spawns when one team gets to 100, and then the game ends when one team gets to 200. This 10 minute time limit is a real bummer.
One of the only things I liked about the new domination is that from hating it so much it got me o try out new game-types like kill confirmed which I like now
They should keep the two rounds but instead of a time limit ending a round, they should make it so that a round ends after so many points get distributed. That way you have to cap to win and you cant make the excuse of "starting on the bad side"
So, I partially agree with you. I like the two round Domination but also do not agree with the time cap. Treyarch should keep it at two rounds but have the first round end when any team reaches 100 then have the match end when a team reaches 200. We would get the best of both worlds...major underdog comebacks and domination point carnage!!! In your words, "Give that boy a SPLAA AA AAAA AA AAASH!"
It does create an imbalance . . he's got a point. The two rounds is great, getting a shot on each side of the map makes it tons better (Terminal anybody?). But he's right, you get a lead in the first half, call in big killstreaks and don't have to do anything with B but keep the other team from capping it? It can make it unfair, you get on the good side of the map to start the game, then play defense when you're on the bad side. No push to flip spawns, flank, etc.
Completely agree about the new 2 round system. I don't mind the 2 rounds so much, but the time limit ruins it. You should still need to get to 200 IMO.
Chris I think that the whole two round system is for the losing team just to get extra xp than the usual xp they would have gotten from the first round. I don't know this exactly but its just my opinion.
If pisses me off when I'm on a great streak then the time runs out. It means that I have to run to their spawn or to their camping spots and expose myself
i like the fact smgs are the main weapon class in this game cuz it reduces campers
messege to smoove: you are so natural at commentating and so many good quality videos it feels like my eyes are being massaged
I miss 2012😢
who else ships smoove x 5000 watts lol
still crazy to me how 99% of the community loved bo2 but you only made 42 videos. this was the end of chris smoove uploading cod multiplayer
lmao the font is fuckked up bro, I thaught that the vector k10 was called the vector kid
Miss the old smoove
Me too...me too 😭
Well here we are in 2022, as my first ever like video in the history of my UA-cam channels. Thanks for entertaining me and still doing so in 2022❤️
Domination is now screwed. ITS TERRIBLE!!!!
TehPengu I
9:02 epic voice crack!
The two rounds is great. Smoove is the first person I heard to say it's not good for the game mode. It prevents a team from being backed into a crappy spawn and being hopeless for 8 minutes. Switching sides or whatever evens out the playing field. Because when you play GBs, getting B first is THE most important part of the entire game. In past CoDs, you lose it at the start, you are in for a hell of a fight and winning becomes way too difficult. Hopefully you change your mind smoove!
I thought it said POW to so me and my friends just call it that anyway
Hijack is one of the worst maps ever. Its ass
mattawesome1000 no it isn't
5000 watts and smoove still going strong is crazy man
Good video, Chris.
Also, regarding connections and stuff from 6:43 to 7:22.
Amen. That little 40 second part of the video sums up my feelings towards this game.
i think they should definitely get some feedback and determine if enough people say bring back classic Dom then they should just change it.
What about rather than putting a time limit on it. The round swaps when a team hits 100 points and game ends at 200.
I originally disagreed with you on domination, but you got me now. I totally forgot about epic comebacks and the time limit prevents a lot of that. And the new strategy with the time limit I experienced first hand. The second round, the team camped out B and never captured it so we couldn't win. When I finally went around and got A, they took B and then C. It was a disaster. I think more would play classic if they had both, and i'm all day ground war domination as well if we could.
this new style works very well, it makes people play the objective, trust me the dominated spot can change very quick, even one team that won a round can still lose the whole game
i think this new version is perfect because it keeps every body on their toes. People became too comfortable with being able to come back...people are too comfortable with winning one certain way. This shakes thing up and makes the player have to go hard from the beginning...dont get too comfortable with slacking and then think you can come back in the end...just dominate from the beginng you good...
Let Smoove post what he wants, if he is posting a game he isnt having fun with it will just result in unenergized commentaries
That would be a great mode. I'm on board with the idea of switching sides in the middle of the match to make for more fairness, but the 2nd round should NOT have a timer, and it should end when the maximum score limit (200) is reached.
Please do more Black Ops 2 vids chris! I've been watching you since MW2 you're the best commentator
It's not just that. I'm not complaining, I'm just gonna state a fact here. I saw a comment on one of his 2k videos saying "Smoove where are your CoD vids?". This was late October. Smoove replied "There won't be any CoD until BO2 comes out. When it does, I will be releasing videos like I did when 2k come out." It wasn't those exact words, but you get the point. It's like he promised CoD videos, but then once it came out, he's like "Oh wait! Just kidding! No CoD this year!" Kind of a tease.
Bro that M27 did some work!
I'm glad you're a pretty obvious beast at this game, yet you still fight for the patches that the game desperately needs. Most people who did decent in this game would just let it be, but you're fighting for yourself AND the community. I commend that so much.
Hey smoove a cool way to rank up is to dolphin dive and then within 10 secs you can get back up and get a kill, that will give you a dropshot medal which will give you 100 points for each.
i agree too. i lost a match the other day 171-169 and we took the B flag on Overflow with 30 seconds left and only needed half a second to tie it up.....
I agree with you 100% They need to bring back the original Domination, and a seperate Ground War Domination Playlist (Original Domination) would be an amazing addition to Black Ops 2.
All of Csmoove's videos are the bomb.... but I still love his mw2 videos the most
HAHAHAHA very true! I miss Smoove's MW2 days. MW2 wasn't the best game but Smoove was in his CoD prime there. It may sound silly to say there's a 'prime' for video making, but something about Smoove's MW2 days were special. The camping, the tac insertion noobs, the waiting on a noob song, the crazy comebacks in domination, the epic nukes, and just the overall excitement that Smoove had about the game. His 2k videos are great this year, but for CoD, his videos haven't been the same since MW2.
I haven't got to play yet, but they should add "classic domination" to the playlist. That would be so easy for them to do and they could see how many people play either versions of domination
Smoove u shud link david v twittwr and make a pettion to bring back old dom, do it for everyone
well said. (by the way, if you like 2k13, could you upload some pleaassseee???)
Smoove I always loved your opinion and seeing you're review do u think I should get the game or not?
they should have a ground war playlist that you can choose what game mode you want to play like headquarters or anything like that
1000% agree....there is no point in capturing B with less than like 2 minutes in first round when you are just gonna lose it might as well save scorestreak
Chris smoove you complete me man you are my inspiration on gaming.
Chris Smoove please upload more videos please thankyou i really enjoy them.
i think the 5 minute switch side thing in domination is a good thing. it forces people to play the objective.
the problem with the other COD games is that people would camp (not play the objective) and call in powerful killstreaks due the great duration of the match. that ruins it because these killstreaks make it easy for your team to cap flags and your team ends up winning...despite not playing the objective.
That's how competitive leagues do it. It makes the game fair. Everyone knows that in Domination knows that there is always one spawn that seems to give the better advantage. So to level the playing field, both teams get to use the "better" spawn
i totally agree, i really miss the old domination, it just isnt the same, it should be one round, its just different and feels like I cant do as much for my team.
I don't mind the switching rounds because it does give the other team a chance if they are getting spawned trapped. Also alot of Maps have a better side to spawn on. I don't like the Time limit though, because sometimes i join a lobby with my team and we try and make a come back, we get all the momentum on our side but you can't fight the TIME. I personally think it should be a score limit of 200.
they should bring back classic domination, but then still have a playlist for this new domination
The should release a playlist called "Retro Domination", it'll be the old domination
Honestly, I don't have a problem with the new domination. COD needed change and I have absolutely no problem with change. MW3 pissed me off and just about made me give up on COD altogether, but Black Ops 2 has won me back. I get pissed off sometimes with how smg's destroy the assault rifle class, but at the end of the day, you can't change that. Shotguns are actually good for once and I am going for their diamond camo's. Treyarch buffed their range and damage and I'm in love with them now :) .
Same here, I have my connection to best and I still run into BS, like guys in the corner, I get first 2-3 shots and he comes back and kills me. I also been running into bad spawns, I take five steps and then I run into somebody or sometimes one guy spawns behind me. While the rest of the team is focused on the players on the other side, the 1 guy shoots your team in the back. They need to patch, fix these to make this game almost perfect.
Say we are on Carrier, my team gets a 20 or 30 point lead, and I've got a stealth chopper and a lodestar in my back pocket going into the second round. I don't care how good you are, YOU WILL NOT COME BACK. Overpowered killstreaks, wide open maps, and a really short timer make it impossible. My team gets A&B for even a minute while the chopper and lodestar are up, and it's over, just play defense until the clock runs out, don't have to play the objectives any more
I feel that there are so little maps. But I like the domination halftime because, my team was down by 53 then caught back to a 2 point win.
They have the SCAR which has currently replaced the M4A1 in most socom units. It is also what the ACR design is based off of. As said before the AN-94 has replaced the AK-47. It is just a more modernized version. Galil Ace is what it looks like, maybe they are the same.. Anyway the point is, we have plenty of assault rifles in the game, they are just brand new and not what you are used to. Though they did add the M-16 which was nice.
in one of your videos you said there was the annoying loud sounds, well i found out that those are all the explosions. such as, gernades, airstrikes, c4, claymores, bouncing bettys, shock charges, and more
dude i honestly think that this cod has hands down the best dom its so much fun to play there trying to make it like mlg with two sides it based around competitive blops2.
The connection problem is most likely the inability to turn off theater mode
but your youtube pic is the blops 2 cover art? that makes perfect sense
do you think if they took the timer out, it would be better?
I remember you saying you didn't like Modern Warfare 3, or thought it sucked, or just put it in a negative light. But you played it anyway. I don't really think you can say this game is worse than Modern Warfare 3, but if you genuinely don't have fun playing it, I'm behind you 100% on your decision to stop playing it come the new year. I respect you Smoove, just keep on rocking on.
Its not like everyone sucks, if you really know how to play domination you would know how to make a comeback, or at least make keep the score back and forth and win at the end. Its basically the same as regular domination (GW) you can't make a comeback when the score is 130-80
Smoove in zombies what mode are you gonna play? tranzit or 4v4?
omg did.u see that dude at 8:29 Cleeaned UPP
i think it should be round based with a five minuter timer. but the second round shouldnt have a timer. This would bring back epic combacks and make more sense.
Smoove i been watching your vids since 2k9 and your amazing
i could watch smoove videos the same amount as smoove could play dom...... all day
Play zombies Smoove it's a smoove move to play with me. Every thing is smoove when you play zombies with me.
To answer the question in the title, no domination is not ruined, there is not as much spawn trapping now which is a good thing, and personally i find the beginning of games the most fun and now you get that twice in 1 match, I think the time limit makes the game different but not worse.
the first round doesn't end when one team hits 100 points but the game does end when a team hits 200 points
First round- once a team gets to one hundred, round one ends. Then in round two, whoever gets to 200 wins. No time limit, no problems, both teams get two spawn on both sides. Problem solved?
I do agree with some points you made during this video, but my personal opinion is that i like this style of domination a little more then the original type. i dont know why but i ferl more in control of how things go down.
I'm pretty sure the reason they have a time limit in domination now is because lots of people didn't realise that let's say in black ops 1 if you didn't capture any flag and you tell the other team not to either the game can pretty much go on ........forever !
They fixed the knife so you wouldn't lunge or do the "commando" knife. That's why it feels different
But blind eye only protects against computer controlled aircraft. Basicallt ehy split blind eye pro and assasin pro into 4 perks-ghost, cold blooded, blind eye, and another one I forgot.
whats up mayn... as usuall good point about the game its kinda wired i agree with you... is there any chance to play with/against you i live in sweden but i can arange it for the zone time. keep it fly and thanks bro
They could keep the 2 round system but they could take out the time limit 4 the 2nd round so u can have the game ending when a team gets till 200 points
I still think I might want to play, mainly, because I never even played this before.
they should make a ground war playlist core, hardcore, groundwar it kinda rhymes to so they might as well do it
nice video crhis. should i buy mw2 or mw3?
maybe they should change it that if the time limit runs out and you have all 3 doms it carries on until you lose one
It's sucks that you don't like black ops 2 smoove, I'm loving it
Smoove, I completely agree with you on Domination. The only time I have played it was release day and haven't since. You should still give Black Ops 2 a chance, try hardpoint. Personally, I think it the best game mode, lots of kills and really fun to play
It is possible to triplecap right at the start of the game, I have a screenshot at my profile from mw2 when I won 200:5. when the enemies captured the flag just at the end of the game :)
whats the name of the song in the beginning? (that is if Remedy have put this out on you tube.)
Did you try the Adjustible stock for the Assault Rifles?
Yes, 2 rounds would be perfectly fine if they removed the timer. The teams switch spawns when one team gets to 100, and then the game ends when one team gets to 200. This 10 minute time limit is a real bummer.
smoove chillin in the whirlpool
I agree, no more Smoove Comebacks!
One of the only things I liked about the new domination is that from hating it so much it got me o try out new game-types like kill confirmed which I like now
the round system is not that bad, but they have to fix the time issue, that just sucks...
the lag compensation is also pretty bad...
Chris, you have playstation 3? I am Brazilian and I follow a little time, you wanted me to answer this
They should keep the two rounds but instead of a time limit ending a round, they should make it so that a round ends after so many points get distributed. That way you have to cap to win and you cant make the excuse of "starting on the bad side"
Smoove i thought u where gonna put out like 5 vids a week of cod videos when it came out like u did nba?
So, I partially agree with you. I like the two round Domination but also do not agree with the time cap. Treyarch should keep it at two rounds but have the first round end when any team reaches 100 then have the match end when a team reaches 200. We would get the best of both worlds...major underdog comebacks and domination point carnage!!! In your words, "Give that boy a SPLAA AA AAAA AA AAASH!"
It does create an imbalance . . he's got a point. The two rounds is great, getting a shot on each side of the map makes it tons better (Terminal anybody?). But he's right, you get a lead in the first half, call in big killstreaks and don't have to do anything with B but keep the other team from capping it? It can make it unfair, you get on the good side of the map to start the game, then play defense when you're on the bad side. No push to flip spawns, flank, etc.
If they are gonna keep it at 5 min rounds, I think they should do the best 2 out of 3 with the spawns in round 3 on neutral sides of B.
Completely agree about the new 2 round system. I don't mind the 2 rounds so much, but the time limit ruins it. You should still need to get to 200 IMO.
You are right. Classic domination is what everyone is used to. We don't like changes so suddenly like that.
Y does it seem that most games in bo2 end at the time limit but previous Cods rarely went to time
Smoove you miss the acr huh
hey smoove, you gonna post zombies?
chris i agree with you 100% i used to love domination, and now i dont even play it anymore.
Chris I think that the whole two round system is for the losing team just to get extra xp than the usual xp they would have gotten from the first round. I don't know this exactly but its just my opinion.