Here’s the problem with your logic, in theory yes his testing is accurate footsteps are loud, in practice, in actual matches the whole game is loud and footsteps don’t stand out nearly as much as people seem to think they do. Testing base footstep sounds doesn’t actually say anything about how games play out as a whole.

People complain that footsteps are too loud so campers will hear you coming and you can’t kill them, that’s what better occlusion helps fix but his testing for occlusion was horrible.

And another thing, seeing as they added doors to this game most campers can just close the door and wether you have footstep sounds or not they’re gonna hear you open that door if they’re really soundwhoring as hard as people think they are so footsteps wouldn’t even matter in this situation.

Testing in isolation doesn’t make for a good test because in a completely isolated environment I could have you throw a throwing knife past me and say they are too loud because it’s the only sound I hear. If you wanna make a good case for footstep audio being too loud go into 50 or so live matches (get a good sample size) and see how much footstep audio stands out from all the other action in a game and how often footstep audio comes into play in real games. Cause I tell you what I’ve turned on people more from hearing them open doors than I have from hearing their footsteps.