A Quick Scope (not to be confused with flash sight picture) are usually seen in FPS games, but we’re going to use the term differently here. Think of quick scoping (or quickscoping) as a gear review or interesting news report equivalent of the brief two-pumps-and-a-tickle we gave your mom that time.

Basically neither thorough nor completely satisfying, but well worth the little bit of time it took.

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The term quickscope (it can be a noun or verb) refers to an activity usually seen in First Person Shooter (FPS) video games like CounterStrike, Team Fortress, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, and others like them.

But that’s not how we use their term, no sir sez we. We use the term to describe a brief, arguably cursory (though hopefully educational) look at something we’ve seen or heard about on social media or elsewhere. Most likely a quick scope like of this will be a informative social media post, a synopsis, or an overview with a more thorough follow-up article intended for the future.

Note: It’s just as likely that we’ll never actually get around to writing the follow-on article, but sometimes we are it happen. .

Scroll down for the how it fits in the vernacular of FPS game.

What is a “Quick Scope”?

This is part of a quick scope explanation on WikiHow.

Quickscoping is a technique used in First Person Shooter (FPS) games like Call of Duty where you pop up a scoped weapon, aim down the sights or reticle, and kill an opponent extremely quickly. A quickscope kill usually occurs in under a second and will likely infuriate opponents (many of whom deride it).

Quickscoping is the verb; to Quick Scope

Urban Dictionary defines it, in part, as “utilizing quick reflexes to spot an enemy, center them on screen as best as possible, and then zoom into your scope only to then fire as soon as the crosshairs are visible.”

Quickscoping in gaming vernacular is the opposite of hard scoping, which is the more accurate analog to real-world scopes and time spent behind the glass or “on scope”.  The activity in games is frequently reviled as a cheap or cheat method, largely due to game mechanics in games (particularly console games) that feature an “aim assist” that help put crosshairs on an enemy.

In other games, however, a successful quickscope is regarded as a mark of skill instead of an exploit. You can learn more about the term at Know Your Meme.

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