#cod mw3 2011

[justyaraya]

COD OC: Karina Cherepanova

Name: Karina Cherepanova

Nikename: Black Widow

Date of birth: February 12, 1987

Age: 29 (at the time of the events of 2016-17)

Place of birth: Moscow, USSR🇷🇺

Citizenship: 🇷🇺

Rank: none

Specialty: mercenary, Makarov's right-hand man, leader of the Black Widow Squad

Unit: Ultranationalists

Family/Relationships

Mother: unknown❌

Father: unknown❌

Love interest: Vladimir Makarov❤🇷🇺 [Professional relationship]

Reference/appearance

Parameters

Hair: blonde

Eyes: brown

Pigmentation on the body: -

Scars: on the face and hands

Height: 165 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Body type: normal

Equipment

Body armor: lightweight

AK-47 assault rifle

Pistols: M9 and Makarov Pistol (PM)

Cold steel: Tactical knife

Personality

On the surface, it will seem that Karina is calm and harmless, but in fact she is short-tempered and cruel, especially in her methods of unleashing the language of hostages during interrogation. At first, she waits patiently, but the vase of her angelic patience immediately cracks and uses force. She loves to be sarcastic, especially Makarova, and even makes fun of him, she likes his ardor.

Fears - It's hard to say

Biography

Life in the 90s was quite difficult for many people, especially when banditry, theft, robbery, and murder flourished. Karina, one might say, lived in a real hell, in an immoral family, where noisy drunkenness periodically took place, there were fights. Karina does not have a father, her mother found a life partner when the girl was still little. But the one his mother chose was not the one he pretended to be, Instead of a "kind daddy", he showed a cruel man, and his upbringing was beatings, and Karina had a hard time, like her mother, but she believed that she was within the norm, but it affected Karina's emotional state. Due to the turmoil in the family and the lack of money for food, Karina had to work part-time to earn at least some penny, from which she slipped in her studies, graduated from school with grief in half, but then she had to work part-time, and everything in her life turned upside down. One day, unable to bear the anger of her stepfather and the next beatings, Karina took a knife in order to scare, protecting herself and her mother. She was scared at the time, which led to a state of passion, and inflicted a fatal blow on the man, which led to imprisonment for a certain period. The mother did not somehow defend Karina, having been surprised that her daughter was a murderer. Until 2016, Karina became a mercenary.

The meeting with Makarov is rather vague story. Karina decided to try to join his people as a volunteer, even if it was risky, at that moment Makarov needed people. Karina has been training for a long time, on an equal footing with others, and she also trained dogs, making them fighting dogs. Karina also has a four-legged companion, Doberman Fang, the same fighting dog, as well as a guard who always accompanies his mistress. The girl also provided assistance to the ultranationalists by supplying weapons, medicines, equipment, etc. Makarov, although he trembled with her arrogance and barbs, but appreciated her effectiveness in her work, allocated her a small detachment in which she became the leader, and the "Black Widow Squad", a shorter name "Spiders", appeared. They stayed in different parts of the world, Karina had to hide and work in the shadows, because loyalists followed her, which did not always make it possible to deliver a kind of "goods" to Makarov on time. As for her relationship with Vladimir, they are more professional than amorous. She continued to act unflinchingly, as if ignoring all the cold stares and sarcastic remarks, which only increased his irritation. In those rare moments when they were on the same wavelength, a spark of mutual understanding almost ignited the steppe of tension in which they were both immersed. As time passed, and as if in a dance of fate, they began to dance on the edge of a professional relationship, where each step could easily end in collapse or unexpected harmony.

[Biography may be edited]

[owlixx]

CoD Notes: MW3 Beat

I had heard that the 2011 MW3 was coincidentally also unusually short like 2023 MW3. I didn’t track my playtime, but I did beat it in just a couple sittings, so I’ll have to pull the mission list back up as I go along here to try and recall the exact order of events.

The opening picking right up where MW2 left off actually confused me as a kid because I barely remembered what had been going on. These games were just a couple years apart but 11 to 14 years old is a pretty big jump for a young boy to make since I was a little late to the party on MW3.

This whole game starts with and features a whole lot of Price fretting over Soap, which is doubly funny with a guy named “Yuri” being the most heavily involved with that.

Anyways, I think of the New York mission as the first real mission of this game and it highlights one of my main criticisms of this game: how disconnected the US part of the campaign feels. This story feels like it jumps back and forth wildly between a personal quest for revenge on Makarov and then getting to see WW3 itself as a slightly more ordinary troop on the ground.Now, the New York opening mission itself is fine and serves as a pretty fun introduction to the game with the epic scale and rooftop battling, but it starts to wear thin later on. Also what’s up with that funky grenade launcher they give us for one mission with no ammo refills? Feels like it was meant to exist solely to be in trailers.

The submarine assault mission is fun but then the subsequent boat section is a little too similar to the ending of MW2, especially the way the NPC moves around the boat just like Price.

The first Yuri mission is…fine. Driving the little robot tank is classic gimmick-y CoD but fun enough.

I enjoyed the plane hijacking mission pretty well. I think that’s one of the better reasons to force the player to suddenly be a new character: to both rapidly kill them off and also to serve as exposition for what the bad guy is doing and how high the stakes are.

The African village assault is fine, reminded me of playing RE5 especially in the way of thinking “is this problematic?” the whole time.

The SAS London warehouse assault and subsequent train derailment is a pretty fine mission. I’d be more okay with hopping to this one-off character if we didn’t have so many tangential American missions.

And then of course, the Act 1 closer is the skippable “offensive/disturbing” gas attack victim mission. I think it’s meant to really highlight the destruction on a more personal scale but it just comes across not only cheesy, but a poor imitation of No Russian, which genuinely unsettled me a bit as an adult. This just made me laugh. I also had misremembered this mission as taking place in Paris, whoops, but that’s not until later.

Then there’s the post-gas German mission…can’t remember much here.

Then another, different African country mission for Yuri which only realized was a different place because the wiki told me just now. I enjoyed the sandstorm part.

Then some more pretty bland stuff for Frost in Europe for a couple missions…

Then fighting with the “resistance” which is fun but felt like it could’ve been fleshed out a bit more on the exact circumstances.

And then the big finale of Act 2 where Soap dies and Yuri’s past is revealed! So funny that he dies in both MW3’s, I suppose people are mad about it in the new one because it’s too obvious? I don’t have this massive love for Soap like some fans, I mostly just think the concept of making a silent protagonist into an NPC later is kind of a fun gimmick like in Borderlands, but I’d be much more sad to see Price go and honestly I think it hurt more to see Yuri get killed because I was actually conscious of his character while playing as him. Specifically, I really like the twist that he was with Makarov all along.

Which brings us to the castle infiltration mission. This mission isn’t bad, but the best part is Price antagonizing Yuri the whole time. I really like the complexity of their dynamic here. It reminded me of Bulletstorm, how your cyborg buddy and the soldier woman you recruit verbally abuse you the whole game.

Failed daughter rescue mission, can’t remember a thing about it. Actually I think that’s the one where you get a building dropped on you which is a little fun.

Then the big Russian president rescue mission which is pretty grandiose. However, most of what I remember is Sandman sacrificing himself and Price being like “noooooo!!!!!” Which is hilarious because they barely know each other and all the US characters in this game are soooo boring. I wonder if that’s because the real US military funded this and forced them to write the US soldiers with a very specific cookie cutter propaganda personality.

And the the big finale, where you finally get to play as Price, and in Juggernaut armor no less. A fun finale, if a bit short for all the buildup to it. I like Price as the sole survivor here, I think it fits his character.

So yeah, in the end, I can barely remember anything from the US soldier side of things. It’s deeply funny to me that Yuri gets a face, a character model, a voice actor, a backstory, a playable flashback montage, and Frost gets precisely zero of those things despite playing as him half the game. It feels like IW wanted to have their cake and eat it too, experiment with “what if protagonist interesting?” without committing all the way. I mean, I realize that silent protagonists were kind of the standard there for a bit, especially with technological restrictions at the time, but it seems so silly now in the era of third-person cinematic games like Last of Us and God of War becoming the norm rather than the exception.

Also this game isn’t super visually distinct in the US side of things. Yuri gets all kinds of locales from African village to night time castle to the overcast grey village they airlift Soap out of at the beginning. Yuri gets varying shades of brown and grey as he trudges from country to country meaninglessly since they all look the same. Oh yeah, it is very funny with the Eiffel Tower falls.

Like MW1, I enjoyed use of the G36C with red dot sight most. Although I hit up the ACR from MW2 when I could find it. Which reminds me…this game feels very similar to MW2. I know they’re all very similar to one another, but I think especially going from MW2 on 360 to MW3 on PC means I can’t tell what’s different because it’s a different game versus just a different platform.

Oh, also I did do precisely one survival mode run after the campaign, on Terminal since I had never done that before and had been itching to try it there. Made it to wave 19 in one try, which I am pretty happy with. It’s kind of a clunky mode, if I’m being honest, but I appreciate that it has its own rank and XP, setting the precedent for stuff like BO2’s zombie ranks, BO3’s 3 separate mode rankings, and BO4 and onward having integrated ranks across modes.

Also I could’ve sworn that I only ever played one map in survival but I checked my highs scores and I seem to have records for almost every map. I think the reason I thought that is because half the maps in this game have the same drab, grey palette.

I played one match of multiplayer using Plutonium, the fan mod that adds a server browsers and some other features. The prospect of starting back at level 1 isn’t super enticing, especially when there was basically just one active match. I do appreciate that this game added gun levels, which feels sorely lacking in MW2/BO1. I don’t love camo just being one of the things unlocked via gun level. I do like gun perks decently. I think Black Ops 2 is finally the first game to start handling attachments better.

Overall, I think MW3 had the weakest campaign of the trilogy. MW2 had the spectacle while MW1 had the cohesion, but this game borrows a lot of the same spectacle from MW3. Slow mo breaches were a lot cooler the first dozen times, for example. Driving a boat was cooler the first time.

[shnezok]

WE NEED MORE COD ART !!!!!1!!!!!1111!!!1!!!!1!!1111!!1

I tried drawing Yuri once but fucked him up beyond recognition and never had the balls to post it.

Funnily enough, that inspired me to start drawing more realistic characters and move away from the anime style—so thank you for your sacrifice, Volkov.

[raptorb0nes]

Makarov + Yuri Sims 4 CC!

Definitely not my usual kind of post, but I recently shared some screenshots from my game on twitter and people have been asking for the CC that I use.

I tried to put together a little file of the customization CC that I used to make these two characters, so hopefully this will suffice haha

Downloads

The files are all located here in this folder. (You only need to download one of the zip files. There's one for either character, or the merged folder of all the resources.) You will need to unzip the files first! There is a readme file in the folder with every link to the cc within the folders. As mentioned in the readme, this is only skin/face details and hair, not clothes, because I mostly just use base game and expansion pack clothing.

Enjoy!

[greeneyedsigma]

Allow me to keep the descriptions rolling with Sandman (MW3 2011) ...Don’t ask me why I got so detailed with him, I love Sandman.

Captain (he got promoted) Robert (Robbie) “Sandman” Miller, pretty much no one even knows his name besides his squad and family. Everyone just calls him Sandman or Master Sergeant. And nobody calls him Robert...except his mother, and only when she’s pissed.

44 years old

he’s got dark blond hair and warm brown eyes.

6’4, in great shape for a man his age, a beefcake with a smidge of softness around his belly, he’s a DILF without actually being a dad. (He has dad energy, like Price)

Has been offered promotion beyond master sergeant multiple times, has never accepted. In Delta Force being an officer means a shitload more time behind a desk than Sandman cares for. Edit: Begrudgingly accepted promotion to Captain.

Born in Long Island, New York. Is the oldest of 5, has three brothers and a baby sister (18 year difference between him and his sister). His dad died shortly after his sister was born and his mother never remarried, so he was like a dad to his youngest siblings.

He was recently “traumatized”, attended his sister's labour in place of her baby daddy and 1) saw her lady bits and 2) saw his niece crowning. (fem!) Frost makes fun of him for being so squeamish about it.

He and Frost are together romantically (because fuck IRL fraternization rules). She calls him Robbie in bed, so the handful of times she slips up and calls him Robbie in public makes him flustered (she thinks it’s adorable and sometimes does it on purpose). Grinch (being the cranky bitch he is) gives them shit about it. Truck gives him shit about giving them shit.

He and Price have been friends for years, since at least the early 2000s, and they both jokingly keep track of who’s saved who’s life and use that tally to cash in favours with the other.

[cashmerecrow]

141 Poster Boy

[licorishh]

I keep seeing things about how in the new Modern Warfare III Soap apparently has terrible writing and all I can think is that if you had played the original trilogy from 2007-2011 then you would know the original and frankly better Soap had phenomenal writing

[python333]

have you heard about mw3..? if so, thoughts?

i have. i have also heard theories and I Am Upset. so i will be ignoring any character deaths that are so-called "canon" and will instead continue being blissfully ignorant of all of it!!!

and yes i did see a trailer for it, yes i did squeal like a stereotypical fangirl, yes i did immediately start daydreaming for a good hour about ghost being my dad instead of writing when i literally have a fic i still need to do research for :3

[bellsofficialbalaclava]

yeah price you DO deserve a cigar after all that. jesus christ

[bayeis]

I drew Price as a Dr. Suess character and my manager said I needed a new hobby and that the "autistic hyperfixation" is crazy

I'm not even autistic 😔

[gh0stlightblog]

[justyaraya]

🥀🦇Makarov x Karina||Vampires🥀🦇

Happy Helloween

A couple out for blood becomes the stuff of nightmares🩸🩸🩸

[8-rae-rae-8]

wouldst thou be opposed to... *looks to my right, looks to my left. leans in and whispers* an au within an au?... by this i mean a rewrite.. of sorts.. of running, running, captured, safe, BUT! hurt with NO (or at most minimal) comfort for graves... *i am finger-tenting. my evil mustache curls up. i smirk cruelly*. i want my dear to suffer more, but i have not the understanding of the story (i have never played any call of duty game... i am just in the fandom for the muscular men written with emotions)... i beg of you, be merciful !!

Hey what the fuck does this mean 😭😭

I appreciate the enthusiasm but PLEASE don't rewrite my stuff at all if that's what you're asking. And I'm not rewriting it either at all.

Never, never rewrite my stuff

If you want a good AU to write in the same vein, check out the classification AU and forced reg AU tags on my profile

But do NOT rewrite my stuff, ever. Don't negotiate that, that's a hard line. I didn't think I had to say that

Here's one of the hurt/no comfort fics with Graves though

It's too cold

If you want to get into the CoD Lore:

CoD 4, modern warfare (2007)

CoD MW2 (2009)

CoD MW3 (2011)

The Ghost comics (online free)

CoD MW (2019)

CoD MWII

CoD MWIII

Look for the campaigns without commentary

[sneakmeawristband]

I played COD: MW 1-3 (2019-2023) and THEN I played COD: MW 1-3 (2007-2011) and THEN I played COD: MW and MW2 again but not MW3 because that campaign was hot garbage and I'm disappointed in myself for ever letting it taint my hard drive and I'm currently slapping that start new campaign button AGAIN on MW 2019. So that's how my mental health is doing so far in 2025. What about you guys?

[cristaq]

First entry!

So I feel like there is not enough content out there for the original Modern Warfare series. The reboot is cool and all but I grew up playing the original games, I was a cod kid through and through. I was planning on rewriting the entire series but that is a daunting task.

Instead, I am starting out with a fix-it for the ending of MW3 2011! I believe that Soap and Price have been through hell together and they deserve a happy ending. Their chemistry is through the roof throughout the series. This is my tribute to the characters that made my childhood awesome. Read it here.

Summary: Soap barely survives getting blown up in Prague and he is placed in a medically induced coma. Price sets out to get his revenge and takes down Makarov at Oasis Hotel. He returns to Soap's side, waiting patiently for his lover to wake up in a world where the war is finally over.

[mistydeyes]

I wanna get to know more about cod but idk where to start.

When I was younger I new of cod,but I wasn’t really into it.As I never had a console, (I was a wii kid 😭) my parents wouldn’t allow me to play those types of games.

but now that I’m older I joined the fandom a bit late and I wanna know where to start like what comics? I need to read,what game I should play first or watch a gameplay of etc

hi anon! thank you so much for asking :) it is a little daunting when you first look at it (especially with so many games, there's over 20+). i would recommend playing these/watching the gameplay in this order and i included some of the extra content where it fits with the games. the wiki is also a great source for information. here's a little timeline for you! this is primarily focusing on the cod: modern warfare series.

so what most people want to know is where to start if you're interested in the modern warfare story (with price, gaz. ghost, and simon). call of duty is separated into 4 different arcs: world war ii, modern warfare, black ops, and standalone games. as such it doesn't matter what order you play the overall games but within each category, they are mostly released with extra content in order

the initial games (2007-2011) what started it all for the reboots! the story has all the familiar faces but a different story! this includes soap and price having a stronger dynamic (as oppose to the reboot's Price/Gaz and Soap/Ghost). the timeline of the characters are also different compared to the reboot as you'll see throughout the games (this includes major events and character deaths). we follow Captain Price and his Taskforce 141 as they fight through various enemies and try to save the world. there is also more of an emphasis on joint missions (and playable characters) from the US military and federal agencies. there are also more playable characters (Sgt. Paul Jackson, Sgt. Gary "Roach" Sanderson, PFC Joseph Allen and James Ramirez, Yuri, SSG Derek "Frost" Westbrook, and Sgt. Marcus Burns). overall summaries: suggestive gaming | the leaderboard (timeline) price and soap's story: inkslasher

Soap's Journal from the Hardened Edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 2011 part of the collector's edition for MW3, this 80+ page book details soap's pov for various events happening prior to the first game and through the last game. this includes military sketches, diagrams, and written entries from soap. soap's journal

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 2007 gameplay: gamingabsolute | gamer's little playground (only cutscenes)

Modern Warfare 2: Ghost - 2009 my post summary | the comic simon's story explained: inkslasher

Modern Warfare 2 - 2009 shameless promo here but this is my favorite game in the whole series! gameplay: mkiceandfire | gamer's little playground (only cutscenes)

Modern Warfare 3 - 2011 gameplay: nrmwalkthroughhd | gamer's little playground (only cutscenes)

the reboot (2019-2023) while sharing the same name/characterization as some of the characters in the initial series (including Price, Soap, Gaz, Ghost, Nikolai, Makarov, and General Shepherd), this story line is different from the initial series. instead of having many separate missions, it primarily follows Cpt. Price's Taskforce 141 and their allies, Laswell + Alex from the CIA, Urzik's rebel leader Farah Karim, Colonel Alejandro Vargas and SGM Rodlfo "Rudy" Parra, Nikolai, and PMC Commander Graves. the dynamics have changed in the game with the games focusing on Price and Gaz (+ Alex, Laswell, and Farah), then Soap and Ghost (+ Los Vaqueros and Graves).

Modern Warfare - 2019 gameplay: tmartn2 | shirrako (only cutscenes) summary: suggestive gaming | gamespot

Warzone - 2019 this six season battle royale style video game includes many of the characters from the main game. there are also various stories at align with the narratives in Modern Warfare, Black Ops, and Vanguard. summary: inkslasher

Modern Warfare II - 2022 gameplay: gamer's little playground | adguideshd (only cutscenes) summary: mrroflwaffles

Modern Warfare III - 2023 to be released in november