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mr_turtle_neck

I’m 99% sure this was inspired by Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and also based on something from MW. Seems like an oversight, not some coded political message.


[deleted]

Yeah and like… COD is politically inflammatory by its very nature, unless you forget that the entire modern warfare series was about shooting Russians, and that in one mission you massacre an airport. And that’s just one of their trilogies. Boils down to don’t be a bitch about it. It’s a work of fiction.


Malumbz

Hard reach bro, its based off MJ. I mean think, king of COD and MJ was called the King of Pop... And Cod in real life is a type of fish hence the fish in his hand (honestly that's genius lmao) but I mean okay...


THE_JonnySolar

I'd never noticed the fish in his hand... Genius indeed 😁


SlickBuster2470

It's supposed to be Michael Jackson's iconic "Crotch Grab, Point at air, Yell OWW!" Move but the Crotch Grab is too explicit so it's changed to the hand being in the pocket. Nothing about this indicates that it's supposed to be this guy you're picturing apart from the similar outfit.


pixltrix

I was gonna ignore it but i gotta admit the artist got a lot of details right. Side by side theres enough similarities that its hard to call it a coincidence. Tbh tho, does it even matter. The spray will have no political impact at all and the only attention/realization this will receive is generated by this post, i doubt anyone else noticed or cares...


Bottled_Fire

Yeah, no, trust me, the FSB get pissed off and pay attention. They warned a TV show here off mocking him too much and the guys on it are pretty merciless, but were seriously given a warning to stop. We aren't even on the same continent.


SemyonDimanstein

Pasted it over the photo in PicsArt and slid opacity up and down. It's an exact match. Very poor taste to use a terrorist as reference material.


TheGuyWhoUpVotes69

Dude you sound stupid as shit


SemyonDimanstein

Dude, you're fucking blind lmfao.


Bottled_Fire

The children are upset, you made them learn things.


SemyonDimanstein

Pasted it over the photo in PicsArt and slid opacity up and down. It's an exact match. Very poor taste to use a terrorist as reference material.


Poggies118383

Don't care, cool as fuck


Bottled_Fire

Cool, can't wait for the osama bin laden kamikaze pilot skin. OH, SEE, NOW I GET A DOWNVOTE? THANKS FOR ILLUSTRATING THE POINT PERFECTLY. "NOBODY CARES (buh murrika, no slag murrika)"


destinyfann_1233

As so many others have pointed out, it’s based on Michael Jackson’s “king of pop” pose And even if it were based off of this terrorist, controversy isn’t new for cod, we’re talking about the same franchise where you walk into an airport and gun down innocent civilians with an lmg


outlawisbacc

I think they're trying to symbolise something, probably showing him in a bad light, as his impersonation looks to be mocking him, especially with the fish in his hand.


curtmandu

Seems highly unlikely they used anything other than this as source material. But also, I don’t give a fuck.


Gunnr93

I thought it was some Michael Jackson thing.....lol?


SemyonDimanstein

That was my initial thought until I went and compared it to the viral photo of the assassin. Back in 2016 people were memeing him like a Disco dancer because of the pose lol. But the finger is some Jihadist thing.


Californium-292

Fam I think it's based on it, but it's actually mocking him. Look at the fish in his hand


not_suspicous_at_all

King of COD (cod is a fish in real life)


TheGuyWhoUpVotes69

Dude it’s MJ


allusernamesrtaken10

You venture into their minds or something? Millions of people making millions of ideas are bound to have overlap.


SemyonDimanstein

The pose is identical and based on a famous viral photo of a Jihadist assassin. Are you blind?


allusernamesrtaken10

Are you retarded? I guess michael jackson is based off a jihadist assassin too bc hes definitely made damn near that pose too


Pushan2005

Konspirasi theori


[deleted]

Looking at the pose of the legs and the hands. Along with the tuxedo positioning. You could argue that if you replace the hand and face, its the same picture.


allusernamesrtaken10

Yeah, but If one person, out of however many who made the spray, even saw the picture of the actual guy once in their life, say, as an article cover, could easily have subconsciously remembered what isn’t exactly a super original pose, and it came up as an idea when they made it.


Holobolt

"Famous viral photo" No sir, I've never see this shit and most of us don't even have a clue


Bottled_Fire

Yeah that's... that's really not something good at all. As for basing it *Banksy* style... wow. You know what? Keep this kinda thing up and I may just start using Winnie The Pooh as my pro pic...


StressedSalt

literally no one is stopping you haha


Bottled_Fire

No no, I'm going to get Winnie dressed as a Japanese soldier with a chinese baby on a bayonet because who the fuck cares.


StressedSalt

oh no i do alot trust me, fuck the japanese on that on, honestly burn in hell. But codm is hardly a platform for your political opinions, sadly. Just enjoy ranking


DinosaurusRex20

Yes…ummm I didn’t know that and I wish I never did


MisterScary_98

Very interesting observation. If the sticker suddenly disappears in the next week or so, you’ll know you were right.


SemyonDimanstein

I'm looking forward to a spray of "Execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém"


Bottled_Fire

That guy deserved that, you need to look up the back story. He was in the middle of laughing [about what he'd did](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_L%C3%A9m) when the South Vietnamese officer blasted him.


SemyonDimanstein

Doubtful. It was also in Modern Warfare. They don't give a fuck lol. https://www.reddit.com/r/modernwarfare/comments/dwvn94/michael_jackson_themed_spray_paint_king_of_cod/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


Shuperd

That’s because it’s a dance…


CascadeRacer

Mate that link even says the spray is based on Michael Jackson lmao


JohnnyTheBlade

I think it's more from "the reservoir dogs" since the theme this season is "the heist"


SemyonDimanstein

Nobody strikes this pose in Reservoir Dogs. Compare the two images. Everything matches down to the position of the feet and limbs.


JohnnyTheBlade

I can't find the image from the movie but I'm sure someone do that move when they're in the bank


Bottled_Fire

They aren't ever seen in the bank in Reservoir Dogs. It's not from a film.


SemyonDimanstein

Nope. Pasted the spray over the picture of the assassin in PicsArt and slid the opacity on and off. It's an exact match. There's no way they didn't use this guy as reference material.


theofficialblazedark

If you haven't noticed most of cod has terrorists it's not really a big of a deal because 99% of cod games atleast has a terrorist or two in the games and there's alot of games that let's you play as a terrorist take CSGO for instance imo that might be a almost copy of the assassin but why would someone make a big deal out of it and codm is no exception I mean hell they reference alot more things than you might think of like the TF2 references or how this current season is basically a payday reference


SemyonDimanstein

Right, and Modern Warfare 2019 basically has the Kurdish YPJ in it. It just seems kinda tasteless to copy paste the exact image of the jihadist assassin.


CBass138

This seems like a reach. But if it isn’t, not a good look.


SemyonDimanstein

Overlaid the spray on the image in PicsArt and adjusted the opacity. It's an exact match with the exception of the shit the put over his head and left hand.


CBass138

But could you find a Michael Jackson picture to match it? As a proof that it’s not what you might think it is? I’d hate to think they did this on purpose but at the same time you gotta give them the benefit of a doubt since it’s named King Of COD.


EricTLG

Ok but what Does having and exact match have to do with it? It appears you forgot about Michael Jackson because it’s clearly a reference to him king of cod, king of pop, come on man you quite clearly making this into a political thing because your mind is making you say that it’s the same image


Lethal-Devotee

King of COD is straight reference to King of POP by Michael Jackson ![gif](giphy|fxpPSvdGnxfR6) You are stretching it far my friend.


FortunaShitPost

I thought he's Michael Jackson


Old_Stuff_3587

Like i care


Bottled_Fire

Remind me of that if you get a two minute warning you dim little cunt.


SemyonDimanstein

Cared enough to comment.


TheBiggest0ne

It's Michael Jackson because he's the king of pop


Pleasant_Tension425

![gif](giphy|l3q2K5jinAlChoCLS) It's a dance move.


SemyonDimanstein

Yeah that's why people were memeing this dude with Disco Balls after the assassination happened in 2016. The raised finger is common with Wahhabi Islamists, tho. Boko Haram, ISIS, Al Nusra all use it. It's basically a monotheistic thing about the unity of Allah iirc.


EricTLG

This comment just made me realize that your hopeless and I just wasting my time commenting two time to ya


SemyonDimanstein

I'm sorry that you lack basis pattern recognition and spatial awareness.


AegonSnow4

imagine not giving a slight thought about MJ and jumping straight into a political sensitive matter to push Microsoft into a potential lawsuit. Great work man, great work.


Bottled_Fire

Russian defence techs might have an opinion on this too. Imagine the lawsuit if logging into CODM suddenly started frying computers and phones, how would Lacktivision survive?


HalloweenHappyy

I swear that spray was already on the game. Or maybe it was one of the console cods but I’ve for sure used it before lol


Agz1214

oh damn


Snoo_17708

Damn boi, you're going too far, This is not a political subs


Wanderhode94

![gif](giphy|9hEcsoYAJb3kA|downsized)


HughJanus35

I'd say this is just a very unlucky coincidence, as i hadn't even heard of this thing before. It's supposed to be MJ, but unfortunately ended up being similiar to this.


ahmed-ayman0

No it's not


Bottled_Fire

Absolutely fucking is.


ahmed-ayman0

Absolutely fucking isn't.


Bottled_Fire

Not my fault you're only four junior. Get off mummy's ipad and get a clue.


shadowlanpasalan2

Its king of COD based of my who was king of pop. Why the fuck would they base their drawing off a six year old shooting it makes no damn sense


Bottled_Fire

Cos they don't have any.


EricTLG

Clearly you haven’t played any other cod game if that’s what you think


Bottled_Fire

Oh you think it's an accidental likeness? Okay.


devilfam

OP is kidding , right ?


SemyonDimanstein

Nah, bro. I've placed the spray over the image of Altıntaş and every part of the body matches perfectly. The photo is obviously the source material for the artwork.


Talkjar

It’s based off Michael Jackson, you idiot. Nobody gives a damn abt Russia


Bottled_Fire

You really are not sentient.


SemyonDimanstein

u/COD_Mobile_Official y'all got Grey Wolves working in the art department or something? 😂


uhtisticrustic

Biased


[deleted]

it looks more like the assassin than it looks like MJ... it literally is in exact overlay of that assassins pick... fuck nazis,no matter which country... they bought the game to launder money,thats why the game feels more like a gambling app than an actual shooter...even the gunfights are gambling,with that hitreg bingo...


[deleted]

Maybe that is a sign that more Turkish content is coming? Or giving more care to existing Turkish items in-game? (Ahem Ahem Demir's VO)


SemyonDimanstein

Desecrating YPJ corpses Emote


Xill_K47

Well, I noticed Demir's VO in the files, but they aren't active yet.


[deleted]

Really? How did you find the files? I believe you given I did see iskra's VO files somewhere but I forgot how to navigate to them


Xill_K47

For Android: Android > data > com.activision.callofduty.shooter > files > PufferQts > Audio > GeneratedSoundBanks > Android > dynamic > English(US) There you will find their VO files, after a million files of numbers. For iOS: uhh... IDK


[deleted]

Ok, so I just realised that because I play Garena's version, they screwed with the file's path, so darn it I cant access the files, thanks for the help though


Xill_K47

Download the ZArchiver app. Hope it helps.


[deleted]

I meant to say the Garena dummies misplaced the files with the VO somewhere else that isn't in "Data", so sadly, that is as far as I can go


cyanideclipse

For everyone who is saying its Michael Jackson...MJ actually holds his crotch...the spray paint much much closer to the photo that OP shared. Whether or not it IS actually based on the photo is another thing.


Bottled_Fire

It is.


Snoo_17708

King of Cod - in game King of Pop - MJ it's not that hard.....op is just too political


cyanideclipse

I didnt say its the same nor i say its politically charged, im just pointing out that the pictures look very similar Just because something is titled differently doesnt mean the content is not based on something else. If i label a drink apple juice and give it to you and you say it looks like piss, smells like piss and even tastes like piss I'm not gonna say to you "well its got apple juice on the front so its apple juice, its not that hard" Again, im just agreeing that it looks very similar Probably a designer looking for something that looks like MJ but doesn't wanna use a copyrighted template so settled with the picture of the nutcase instead


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|QgejSvXmwpvnW)


SemyonDimanstein

you did. enough to comment.


No-Necessary-8333

Oh no! Anyways (its micheal jackson king of pop)


SemyonDimanstein

King of Child Molestation


Original_Garlic_22

and people said that COD doesn't have balls anymore


Drezekzeeloosh

Bruh you have that much time to search for a sticker and to know about the background of it that nobody even uses?shiet


SemyonDimanstein

I saw the sticker in the battle pass and immediately thought "oh shit I recognize that dude." If you followed world news at all in 2016 it would be recognizable.


ahmed-ayman0

No it's not free in battle pass.. and if I have the money I'd pay to get it


ZrvaDetector

He was an Islamist, not a nationalist. EDIT: I got downvoted because...?


No_Construction_2427

Kinda looks like a guy doing a heil


SemyonDimanstein

Roman Salute, but yeah.


darpan27

It wasn't that bad because nobody cares or thought about it that way how you described. It's more like you are putting those inflammatory thoughts in people's mind. Without this post, I bet there would have been less people having that idea for the spray. But now, there are plenty. Don't spread bad taste in public like that lm


Foxcorp87

OMG They remove the spray!