Your own fan base occasionally showing unhinged disdain toward you comes with the territory of being an immensely popular video game franchise. As we approach Black Ops 6’s launch, Modern Warfare 3 players are adamant that it’s the most “brain rot” game in the series so far.

No yearly series is bigger than Call of Duty, and the scrutiny coming from its own fans is proportionately sized. A fiery discussion in the Modern Warfare 3 subreddit goes as far as to paint one particular aspect of the multiplayer with colorful descriptions such as “peak brain rot” and it being strictly for “ADHD squirrel-brain” players.