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[edit] Headshot is not 'a videogame term.'

It's been used in movies and books (and general terminology) long before games allowed you to aim at things. Because it's so ubiquitous, I can't think of many specific examples to cite, as they tend not to jump out (any more than when somebody says 'doorway' or 'hello'). I know for sure that I heard it in the film 'Manhunter' recently, and that was released in 1986.

This article needs a hefty rewriting.--Gwilym 01:39, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

This article has received a hefty rewriting. I also changed some wikilinks, and removed many unneccessary ones which were either duplicates, or links to words that are common enough in English to be unneccessary. Some of the remaining ones were changed to point to pages more relevant to the subject (i.e. 'cheating in online games', rather than the ambiguous 'cheating'). --Gwilym 23:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Correct Headshot is probably best defined here:Information About Headshot Photography the content is copyright of the photographer however I'm sure he will give permission to cite it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.137.238.201 (talk • contribs) 23:28, 6 August 2007
Yeah, we solved this, kids. See head shot. Chris Cunningham 22:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who did it first

Which game had the first headshot?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.230.44.3 (talk • contribs) 14:16, 14 September 2006.

I'm going to guess that RPGs (even paper RPGs) got to it before the shooters did - but if we're sticking with shooters, I honestly don't know. Possibly Goldeneye on N64, though probably not.--Gwilym 19:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] image?

to enhance the page (from a gaming point of view) perhaps someone could add the icon from counter strike of a headshot, also used on FPS Doug's shirt... also adding FEAR to the list of games which recognise headshots couldn't hurt --motorbyclist 23:11, 5 December 2006

  • Headshot images would be good. As for F.E.A.R., there's no point in cluttering the page with more games, since practically every first-person shooter now recognises headshots. --Scottie theNerd 10:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advertising in this page

I believe that the section regarding headshots in Half Life 2: Deathmatch violates Wiki's anti-advertising measures, and ought to be deleted in its entirety.Amazinmets41 21:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amazinmets41 (talk • contribs) 19:54, 3 February 2007 (UTC).


[edit] History

The history so far on this page seems as though it is a gaming history and is lacking any relation to head shots, it should be removed as it is or completely redone. Rudysloup 22:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Subject of HL2:DM & Plugin

I fail to see how this information isen't relavent,.. and in the same context of the previous paragraph mentioning Half-life. Here was my previous addition:

While the headshot function is built into Counter-Strike: Source it was never implimented in Valve Corporation's Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. In August of 2006 a script was introduced & created by "Keeper" of [KBH] Clan (http://www.kbhclan.com) that adds the headshot into Half-Life 2: Deathmatch In October of 2006 the first beta version of the plugin was released & to this day is widely accepted and used by many clans and gaming servers. The current version of the plugin can be found here: http://www.hl2plugins.com/

It does relate to the subject matter and is important information associated with it..

However,.. I can see the point of the anti-advertising comment above by Amazinmets41

Perhaps we can agree on an abridged version of the above.

While the headshot function is built into Counter-Strike: Source it was never implimented in Valve Corporation's Half-Life 2: Deathmatch In August of 2006 a script was first introduced & created by "[KBH] Keeper" that adds the headshot into Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Would this be acceptable..?--O0paradox0o 14:39, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

No, it is a blatant self promotion, and therefore is an advertisement. People do not care if you made it, nor does Wiki want that kind of garbage cluttering their pages.Amazinmets41

It is not just advertising that has caused this section to be deleted, although it does seem to be advertising to me. It is that it is not information you would find in an encyclopedia on a subject. If I looked up shoes in an encyclopedia I may find a link to Nike but certainly not to a specific lesser known model of shoe that someone liked to wear. It would be a good idea to read What Wikipedia is not Specifically Wikipedia is not a soap box , Wikipedia is not a directory and Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Listing all the plugins and mods that have been made for computer games could easily amount to hundreds of paragraphs bogging this article down which was the point of my first deletion. This hl2dm plugin was not the first ever head shot plugin, probably not even the first one used in HL2DM, and it certainly will not be the last. The article should make mention that headshot mods and plugins have been made for games that lacked such functionality but it should not list each specific plugin nor its makers and their clan affiliation. Rudysloup 22:46, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

It is the first headshot plugin for HL2DM. If you can find another feel free to prove me incorrect. But lets put it this way.. It is the only headshot plugin currently in use for HL2DM. I could care less about self-promotion honestly. However I believe many would consider it to be a relevant piece of information in relation to HL2DM considering it's wide use. --O0paradox0o 01:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unreal Tournament

In unreal tournament, at least in the 1999 deluxe editon, in chaos mode u can get the RPB sniper rifle, with this gun it is possible to get multiple headshots with a single shot due to bullets going through more than 1 target. this is very rare and i belive you get extra kill points.

[edit] Advertising Clan?

"Most notably in the Call of Duty series of games by the company activision where the [1SK]Clan (spelled 1~Shot~Kill, a well known and feared gaming clan) is responsible for 99% of all these headshots and as in real life, headshot indicates that a game character (be it the player, an opponent, an ally or an NPC) has been hit in the head, usually by a bullet. It is often attempted in sniping."

Citation please? I've removed it because it sounds like someone has a god complex. 24.136.88.151 07:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

Thumperward sez this page is not notable. Somebody fix this before this page gets deleted. --208.138.31.76 (talk) 16:03, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Before there was a 2, there was a 1, people

I've read three articles today that have referenced Team Fortress 2 in places where Team Fortress Classic would have been equally, if not more, appropriate. Does anyone even remember TFC anymore? How disappointing. 74.67.244.214 (talk) 20:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

This is typical of new releases. The more recent a source of information is, the more likely it is going to be used by current "researchers". Applies to any field of knowledge. --Scottie_theNerd 21:19, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Headshots in real life

I've frequently come across kids (mostly) in video games that have taken the double/triple/whatever damage from a headshot to be a real life medical fact - that the same amount of trauma is several times more dangerous when applied to the head. However, I have always been taught that the skull makes the head a comparatively resilient body part. Not that it matters practically if you get struck by a 12.7mm bullet at supersonic speed, but the academic interest is there.

I also remember reading in an article about gun wounds in the two world wars that headshots are among the least fatal wounds, not counting extremeties. But I can't remember where or when I read it, or who the authors were, so it's rather doubtful.

If someone with competence in the area could contribute some insight, it would be interesting, and would make the article more noteable. --Mickel (talk) 08:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)