Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter is a game mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops, and is part of the Wager Match series of game modes. Sharpshooter consists of six players competing in a free-for-all style game with a twist. All players start off with the same randomly selected weapon for 45 seconds. After that time, a new weapon will be randomly selected. Typically, less powerful weapons like handguns will start the game and more powerful ones will come later, but that is very much not always the case.

Every kill will earn the player a perk (Sleight of Hand Pro for the first kill, Lightweight Pro for the second, and Steady Aim Pro for the third) and a scoring multiplier for every kill after these three perks. Perks and multipliers are lost on death. Any weapon can be selected during the game, even the Grim Reaper and Death Machine, which in normal game modes can only be obtained through the use of a Care Package. Ammo is unlimited in this mode, meaning that players can waste a lot of ammo in a weapon to kill their target, though must consider reloading.

There is no set score limit, but game play ends after about 9 minutes. The last weapon period of the game gives all players the 2x kill multiplier, making the result of this game very easily coming down to the wire.

Getting an Afterlife kill will cause the player to spawn with Sleight of Hand Pro and counts toward the next life's killstreak. It is unknown if this is intentional.

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