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FOV 90<\/div>\n
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Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Organized FPS scrimmage is a time-honored tradition of PC gaming. Countless battles have been waged, friendships forged, and “GGs” exchanged in the name of contested territories, stolen flags, and almost-exploded explosives. FPS is my favorite genre because it’s a canvas that accommodates endless modes of fun\u2014formats that can happily coexist under the same banner to serve the current mood or group.<\/p>\n

But if you had to choose just one, which would be the greatest FPS mode of them all?<\/p>\n

That’s what we’re here to decide. We’re pitting the greats against each other in a single-elimination tournament, voted on by readers like you. Round 1 starts now. Go go go!<\/p>\n

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Important Context<\/h3>\n
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  1. As you probably noticed, there are more FPS modes in existence than the 16 I’ve included here.<\/strong> This is not an exhaustive exercise, but a curated battle of the most established, enduringly popular FPS formats of past and present.<\/li>\n
  2. Broadly speaking, this is a tournament for modes that have appeared in many games, and does not include mode variants<\/strong> (Kill Confirmed, for example, is a variant of Team Deathmatch)<\/li>\n
  3. The bracket uses generic mode names, but well-known aliases for modes are mentioned further down<\/strong>, where relevant (“Slayer” is Halo’s “FFA”, for example) <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    The Bracket<\/span><\/h3>\n
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    Here are the lineups for Round 1. <\/span>(Image credit: BracketHQ<\/a>, Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Round 1 – Vote!<\/h2>\n

    Read up on the matchups below and vote for your favorite. Round 1 voting closes on Saturday, October 3 at 11:59 PM PDT<\/strong>. The more votes we get, the more interesting the results, so tell your friends! Next week we’ll be back to share the results and begin Round 2.<\/p>\n

    Team Deathmatch or FFA\/Deathmatch?<\/span><\/h3>\n
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    (Image credit: Microsoft)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    AKA: Team Slayer (Halo) \/\/ Slayer (Halo)<\/em><\/p>\n

    Would you rather fight alone or with a team? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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