A tactic used by snipers in FPS video games. Older than the COD franchise, this tactic has been made heavily popular with COD: Modern Warfare 1 and 2. One of the biggest debates surrounding quick scoping is whether or not the tactic requires real skill, how much skill, or if it's just a matter of repetition and blind probability.
The tactic itself involves utilizing quick reflexes to spot an enemy, center them on screen as best as possible, and then zoom into your scope only to then fire as soon as the crosshairs are visible.
Some view it as an exploit. This is due to the fact that the crosshairs essentially "lock on" briefly and allow one to achieve relatively easy one-shot kills. A missed shot usually means one need only quickly repeat. Since it's primarily dependent upon reflexes and simple visual cues, sufficient practice by any player eventually leads to the ability to quick scope repeatedly with a diminishing overall vulnerability while doing so.
The tactic is helpful for snipers while they're on the run, in close quarters, in place of a weaker secondary weapon. However, abuse of the tactic as a primary method of fighting has lead many to view it as the "cheap" preference of noobs. Many who rely on quick scoping have furthered this stereotype by abusing it repeatedly, even going as far as ridiculing those who snipe in more traditional fashions (often calling them "hard scopers" in a derogatory manner).
The tactic itself involves utilizing quick reflexes to spot an enemy, center them on screen as best as possible, and then zoom into your scope only to then fire as soon as the crosshairs are visible.
Some view it as an exploit. This is due to the fact that the crosshairs essentially "lock on" briefly and allow one to achieve relatively easy one-shot kills. A missed shot usually means one need only quickly repeat. Since it's primarily dependent upon reflexes and simple visual cues, sufficient practice by any player eventually leads to the ability to quick scope repeatedly with a diminishing overall vulnerability while doing so.
The tactic is helpful for snipers while they're on the run, in close quarters, in place of a weaker secondary weapon. However, abuse of the tactic as a primary method of fighting has lead many to view it as the "cheap" preference of noobs. Many who rely on quick scoping have furthered this stereotype by abusing it repeatedly, even going as far as ridiculing those who snipe in more traditional fashions (often calling them "hard scopers" in a derogatory manner).
Man, I was playing Modern Warfare 2 last night. I kept getting killed by this noob who did nothing but run around and quick scope. His hits were like 1 in 10, but he did it so frantically that he got enough kills to annoy us. His team still lost, though.
by ShootThemByProxy December 18, 2010
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A person who quick scopes will use a sniper rifle, but instead of aiming down the scope like sniper riffles were made for, they exploit a feature and shoot when the cross hairs meet, resulting in a one hit kill, despite the fact a majority of the time the cross hairs miss the target. Then when somebody uses a sniper riffle for what it was meant for and look down the scope, the people who quick scope yell at the player who looked down the scope and call them a "hard scoper"
by quickscopingisforfags September 25, 2010
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by Character Cool September 22, 2005
Get the no-scope mug.A play on words of "360-no-scope", when someone in a video game spins around, facing away from their target for a while, only to face them again and land a defeating blow. When a person engages in flirting with someone else they believe to be a member of the opposite gender, but once they find out the other person is the same gender as them they persist flirting. Often happens in personal messages such as a Twitter or Discord DM, but could in theory happen in real life.
👩🏻 "Hey king, you're looking mighty fine."
👩🏾 "Hey there! I'm actually a girl!"
👩🏻 "I said what I said 😏"
👩🏾 "Nice 360-homo-scope 😎"
👩🏾 "Hey there! I'm actually a girl!"
👩🏻 "I said what I said 😏"
👩🏾 "Nice 360-homo-scope 😎"
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Get the 360-homo-scope mug.A dumb move often performed by people too bored with a first-person shooter wherein a player using a sniper rifle fires and kills a target, without zooming in, while turning around as fast as humanly possible.
by dsaos October 27, 2010
Get the 360 no-scope mug.A move often performed by noobs in Call of Duty games who think they can no scope. The shot consists of the player firing a semi automatic sniper rifle repeatably at unrealistic speeds from the hip and getting a lucky shot. It requires absolutely no skill whatsoever.
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