Estate

Estate is a medium-sized multiplayer map in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Overview
Captain Macmillan's butt smells awful

Tactics
Gameplay

Go sniff the toilet after Mr. Monopoly uses it

Tips

 * A seldom used entry point to the lodge is through the north facing windows. This can be used for a surprise entrance to those covering the main doors or the back exit, however this can backfire as most snipers will be using these windows to aim out of.
 * The basement of the lodge is a popular place to control killstreaks such as chopper gunner and AC130, as there is a laundry room with only one entrance, however this room does have two windows which are susceptible to grenades.
 * There are plenty of shrubs and bushes which can act for great camouflage for snipers wearing ghillie suits. The flowers near the main entrance make excellent camouflage for almost any class, and provides a great view of the action.
 * The workshop at the north of the map and the lodge are predominantly made out wood, which makes footsteps a lot easier to hear, it is worth listening out for them, especially when defending a flag or headquarters. These wooden structures are also good for players using FMJ.
 * Using the sofa in the balcony of the lodge, players can climb the rafters, offering a unique vantage point. However this position is easily seen from killcams or from the greenhouse outside. They can also, with some precision, climb the tiny ledge into the corner of the ceiling, which is a much better spot.
 * Players can climb on top of the boathouse situated in the south east corner of the map. This involves jumping onto a chair, barrels and then onto the telegraph pole, before jumping onto the roof. Once prone this view offers a great view of the lodge and the north east of the map, but leaves the player exposed while trying to jump onto it.
 * In the dilapidated building facing the windowed side of the estate, it is possible to climb onto the roof of the building, by use of the windowsill. This is an excellent sniping point, as there is a small vine that the sniper's ghillie suit will blend in to.
 * There are two small windows that are located on the east side of the lodge that seem tactically useless, as neither offer a view anywhere. This is false, because if a player is trying to enter the lodge by climbing the propped-up logs on the eastern side, they can look through one of the windows, getting a good view of several popular camping points inside. They can then shoot any opponents inside, clearing the way for their teammates and confusing their enemies.
 * In the estate building, in the main room there is a game console called GameStation 5 with a controller that bears much resemblance to the Xbox 360 controller.
 * On the second-floor banister on the inside of the lodge, players often camp and snipe. Also, in the corner, there is a small opening between the wall and the dresser. The player can crouch there and wait for opponents, as the lamps on the dresser cannot be moved and block the view of opponents, and the spot also provides a good view of the top of the stairs.


 * From the banister, a player can jump from the railing onto the mounted moose head on the wall. From there, they have a good view the inside of the lodge, but are easily seen by snipers outside. As such, a player can also move onto the ledge and snipe or camp there, which gives them access to the aforementioned windows looking in and out of the lodge.

Trivia

 * The house is almost exactly the same as in Loose Ends except that there is a kitchen, the basement is a 'mancave,' and the entire house is generally cleared of the tables and plants, and the second floor's layout is changed slightly.
 * Another fake movie poster has the emblem for completing the "Slasher" challenge with the heading "Evil Cow".
 * An American flag is flying at the top of the Estate, which is strange as the campaign mission takes place in Russia.
 * In the basement of the main house, amidst the movie posters and other things, there is a Dutch wife stuffed in the little area above the couch along with a teddy bear.
 * The estate is full of pictures of William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States (1841). He is known for little other than being the first US president to die in office and having the shortest term of any US president ever. A picture of George Washington can also be found upstairs.


 * The cars license plates are 2009IW4, A reference to Infinity Ward and the year Modern Warfare 2 was released. The 4 may stand for the fact that Modern Warfare 2 was the fourth game in the Call of Duty series that Infinity Ward developed.
 * There is a Zodiac near the boat house.
 * Outside the mansion there is a white truck, and the license plate is in Cyrillic. Infinity Ward most likely reused the trucks from Loose Ends.
 * On the path up to the greenhouse the player can get stuck in between the fence and the hill if running down.
 * In the bathroom, if the player jumps on the toilet and looks in the alcove on the other side, one can see a hula doll squeezed in.
 * This is the only map to feature a red car.
 * The boots next to the plant are very similar to Shepherd's boots.
 * The New York license plates on the cars must have been reused from a map that was cut out of production, as there are no New York settings featured in the game, except for the map Highrise.
 * In the kitchen there are two watermelons, a reference to the watermelons from FNG. If shot or stabbed, the watermelon will explode, sending pieces of it all over the room.
 * In the upstairs bedroom there is a laptop with the same design used in Headquarters Pro.`
 * The names Vince Zampella and Jason West can be seen, in very small print, at the bottom of all the movie posters.
 * In the garage type building which is a popular camping spot for Snipers, there are two platforms. If one plants a Tactical Insertion on the second platform (furthest away from the house) the Tactical Insertion will be planted over the wood planks on the first platform.
 * All the movie posters have the Infinity Ward logo without the "Infinity Ward" text in it.
 * In the building with the Snowmobile, there is a picture of a tree. If one stands directly next to the wall and looks at it, the player can see that it is floating off the wall.
 * The middle windows in the Vioxys (Chevy Suburban or Cadillac Escalade) scattered around the map will always stay fixed when the car explodes. This can be seen when you shoot out ALL of the windows including the middle one and blow up the car the middle window will appear to be fixed.
 * There is a similar map to estate in Call of Duty: Black Ops called Villa.
 * The house is always considered an asset as it is the only spot on the map to have viewpoints on all the possible attack methods.

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Estate