Black Ops II launched in 2012 as Treyarch's sequel in the Call of Duty series and became a staple of early YouTube montage culture. Its crisp hitmarker audio, especially the headshot variant, was ripped and shared on soundboards alongside other shooter cues like Enemy Spotted and the bomb has been planted line from Counter-Strike. As FPS editing moved to TikTok and Shorts, the sound survived as shorthand for precision, reused far beyond Black Ops II gameplay to flag any perfectly timed headshot or ironic real-life knock.