The reasoning is kinda obvious in this article, but he explains it much better than I can be bothered to.
Real battles > fictional Michael Bay BS
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Because Call of Duty 1 was the best CoD. How I yearn for the days of competitive S&D on carentan or dawnville again. Pistol round to pick sides before a match. GLHF don't forget to record your demos. Fake bomb planting, B.A.R. Vs MP-44. Playing against a friendly clan and the last 1v1 decides to have a melee fight. CaL and TWL. Those were the days. Last I looked(few months ago) there were still a few servers running rifles only. I miss it.