It seems when you're answering the Call of Duty, louder is better.

At least that's the view of a Lower Sackville, N.S., man whose noisy gaming landed him in a nasty feud with his neighbour and landlord, a dispute that ended up in court when he fought his eviction.

Mike Gilday, his wife and young son moved into an apartment on Cobequid Road in June 2014, according to a Nova Scotia small claims court decision released Tuesday.

Gilday is a stay-at-home dad who likes his Playstation. To enhance the gaming experience, he'd hooked his Playstation up to a surround sound system, complete with subwoofer.

The sound system apparently caused the Gildays' couch to shake every time there was a loud explosion in Call of Duty, the highly popular first-person shooter video game. His neighbours testified the noise shook some pictures off their wall.

Eviction dismissed

The neighbours complained to the landlady who said when she investigated, she heard what she described as "boom, boom" noises.

On one occasion, the neighbours called police. But the officer who arrived at the apartment testified he did not find the game system to be too loud and he felt the complaint was unfounded.

The landlord tried to evict the Gildays, accusing them of violating the "good behaviour" provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act.

But small claims court adjudicator Gregg Knudson dismissed the eviction effort in a decision released Tuesday.

"Mr. Gilday is playing video games and watching movies," Knudson wrote. "He is not doing anything illegal, but it is not constructive or necessary either, so there should be flexibility on both parts."