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Meaning of "No Russian" in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
@SilverStreak answered your main question adequately already, but to answer your question about whether the ultra-nationalist (It's been a while, but I believe he was named Makarov) is bad at English, ...
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How much swearing is there in Modern Warfare 2?
In single player there's not much. Soldiers are supposed to shoot, not talk.
As far as I can remember the story there's a bit of swearing on the radio throughout the whole mission, but a lot less ...
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Why didn't Allen just kill Makarov at the start of No Russian?
This is widely considered to be a plot hole, along with the Russian government using one American corpse as evidence of the attack being an American plot, rather than using on-site cameras to identify ...
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Steam Share not giving me access to one of the games
As per the Family Sharing FAQ:
Can all Steam games be shared with friends and family?
No, due to technical limitations, some Steam games may be unavailable for sharing. For example, titles that ...
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Meaning of "No Russian" in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
This is answered canonically in the Museum epilog of Modern Warfare 2.
In the No Russian museum display there is a plaque that describes the events of the level. The plaque reads that Makarov had &...
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How much swearing is there in Modern Warfare 2?
I agree with dly answer that the single player gameplay doesn't contain excessive amount of swearing and it is more prominent in the multiplayer, but I must point out that Modern Warfare 2 is one of ...
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Why is CoD: MW2's performance poor running under Low settings?
Your CPU seams to be the bottleneck.
Unfortunately you don't meet the minimum requirements:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
RAM: 1 GB RAM
GPU: 256 MB ...
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Did Soap and 141 have any information about who Prisoner 627 was?
The prisoner was only known to them as "Makarov's nemesis", which they might have reasoned was Price based on Makarov being Zakhaev's right-hand-man (who had an arm blown off by Price in the famous ...
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MW2 LAN party PS3 - DLC maps
I've never played LAN party, but it should be same system as online multiplayer; Every player should purchase DLC and download it on their own. The DLC maps are only downloaded when player purchased ...
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How exactly are we supposed to kill K9 dogs in COD MW2?
I believe you are talking about the campaign. I found out that if they are running at you, just shoot the K9 dogs. But if they jump on you, just mash the button on screen to snap its neck. But make ...
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Why do I get a popup saying hardware configuration has changed?
It could be a problem with your configuration getting reset.
Try setting the file config_mp.cfg to 'Read-only'. This file contains your user settings, and can be found in Steam\steamapps\common\MW2\...
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Why does mw2 online launch deathmatch games with only 2-3 people?
Unfortunately, this game is very old, and out of all the people that play, the system needs to find a match with decent connections, in a fairly quick period of time. Every connection needs to have a ...
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Can Juggernauts kill each other with friendly fire in CoD: Modern Warfare 2 Special Ops mode?
Without experimentation, I'd have to say that this is possible (from the point of view of game mechanics) but unlikely.
According to the Call of Duty Wikia pages:
Characters without plot armor (...
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How to pick up weapons fast and reliably? (to beat IW time for O Cristo Redentor)
I remember doing that in like the 4th or 5th attempt without that specific technique. I used a two hand p90 (if memmory serves) and did that alternating reload hands thing, since the clip is really ...
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I can never find any Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer games. Why?
If you have the DLC maps installed, try uninstalling them.
Less people have the DLC than don't. I and my friends still play this game years after release, and even though we all bought the DLC, we ...
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What's the plot of MW2?
You can read a quick synopsis from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's IMDB page
Five years after the events of Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Russia has been taken over by the Ultranationalists and an ...
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How do I get three stars on "The Pit" in Special Ops?
There are some perfectly workable solutions here already, here's another.
I often run through the pit before a play session in order to warm up and "calibrate" my thumbs. If I'm not hitting ...
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