What is Boosting in Call of Duty?

If you’ve been playing Call of Duty for longer than a few months, then you have probably heard of boosting. It sounds like allowing a player to climb on your head to reach a higher vantage point like in the game Counter-Strike, but in reality, it’s much nefarious than that in Call of Duty.

There are a few different types of boosting in the game Call of Duty. But traditionally, Call of Duty boosting refers to players teaming up to cheat the rank up system by farming kills off of one another. Players will typically spawn into the same lobbies in modes like Free for All and kill one another for knife kills, free headshots, explosive kills, or whatever they are attempting to gain or achieve.

Activision has mentioned repeatedly in the past that Call of Duty boosting is considered a bannable offense. First time offenders of boosting might get a temporary ban, but players that are found to be boosting several different times can get permanently banned from playing the game.

According to a classic video by veteran content creator SandyRavage, which is the first in a video series called Booster Justice, players are shown boosting as far abc as the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. During this video, SandyRavage hunts down players who are boosting in Free for All lobbies and punishes them for their crimes.

Another type of boosting happens when players pay a service to allow access to their account and allow another player to play the game for them. This type of boosting is also found to be against the terms of service of the game, so you should think carefully before giving anyone else access to your account, since it could cause you to lose your account.

Have you heard the term reverse boosting? You might have heard this term in conversations about skill based matchmaking, also known as SBMM. Reverse boosting refers to players purposely playing poorly to lower their skill rating, so that they will get matched in lobbies with worse players.