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giogadi posted:Omg please stop. RPATDO_LAMD posted:this would be true if a single one of them ever spent any amount of money on moderation so they could permaban the people who get mad over losing a videogame and start shouting slurs and telling their teammates to kill themselves  Right. Getting people to play together is literally true for every multiplayer or co-op game. And almost all of them are better than the cesspool that is LoL or any other MOBA.
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giogadi posted:A perfect example of the value of competitive multiplayer is racing games like Gran Turismo. an extreme example of this is iRacing, since it's such a sim and being a subscription with paid cars and tracks, everyone who plays it tends to take it incredibly seriously. some of the most exciting wheel to wheel racing I've ever had have been in practice session servers before a race has even started. i've also only ever had 5 wins after about two years of racing.
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I don’t disagree that mobas can be toxic. But the value that comes from figuring things out and getting to a point where you can strategize with other people, IMO vastly overcomes the negatives. And those negatives are not in any way intrinsic to the game. And obviously if you find a group of chill people to play with it’s basically nirvana. I once had a (I’m guessing) 11-year-old teammate in CSGO that was so incredibly good at strategizing AND managing the egos of the team that I would’ve hired that dude on the spot as a manager, ezpz.
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:an extreme example of this is iRacing, since it's such a sim and being a subscription with paid cars and tracks, everyone who plays it tends to take it incredibly seriously. some of the most exciting wheel to wheel racing I've ever had have been in practice session servers before a race has even started. Yeah!! I play iracing as well, and have podiumed maybe once in a year of play. It’s a beautiful experience. It’s too bad GT sells this awful fake experience as “an experience for the true car lover” where you just win every race by tricking your car out to be 2x faster than the competition, and you get no encouragement from the game to try to engage it as an actual racing game.
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Aug 22, 2022 23:16
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giogadi posted:Yeah!! I play iracing as well, and have podiumed maybe once in a year of play. It’s a beautiful experience. It’s too bad GT sells this awful fake experience as “an experience for the true car lover” where you just win every race by tricking your car out to be 2x faster than the competition, and you get no encouragement from the game to try to engage it as an actual racing game. I'll give GT credit that it at least has some kind of safety rating now these days doesn't it? I haven't played sport or the new one as I only have a pc now. there's definitely room for "simcade" games imo, especially when it comes to single player, but in forza at least multiplayer is a shitshow because there's no downside to ramming people or divebombing from a mile back.
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:I'll give GT credit that it at least has some kind of safety rating now these days doesn't it? I haven't played sport or the new one as I only have a pc now. there's definitely room for "simcade" games imo, especially when it comes to single player, but in forza at least multiplayer is a shitshow because there's no downside to ramming people or divebombing from a mile back. Oh sorry, I was specifically talking about GT’s single player campaign, which is what I imagine 99% of players engage with solely. The Sport online mode is great.
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Stop trying to act like there's anything valuable to be gained for yourself or for society by playing video games. They're fun and it's okay to play them but they are culturally and educationally void and always will be.
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giogadi posted:Oh sorry, I was specifically talking about GT’s single player campaign, which is what I imagine 99% of players engage with solely. you are right about the single player. it's just upgrade your car to be as fast as possible and you don't even need to care about handling because the AI always sucks.
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"I'd hire that child who knew how to hold corners in an fps" says supernerd who lists running a wow guild on their cv
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Catboy is absolutely correct
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:"I'd hire that child who knew how to hold corners in an fps" says supernerd who lists running a wow guild on their cv you're gonna look so silly when I hit champ in rocket league and the mayor gives me the key to the city
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:Stop trying to act like there's anything valuable to be gained for yourself or for society by playing video games. They're fun and it's okay to play them but they are culturally and educationally void and always will be. Nothing more sad than a self hating catboy
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:Stop trying to act like there's anything valuable to be gained for yourself or for society by playing video games. They're fun and it's okay to play them but they are culturally and educationally void and always will be. there is nothing to be gained by anything. we are all dust in the end
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:"I'd hire that child who knew how to hold corners in an fps" says supernerd who lists running a wow guild on their cv HEY. If I were better than bronze league in literally any game I’ve ever played, I’d slam that poo poo right at the top of my cv. First sentence of my cover letter. In my email signature
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I was gold 5 last time I played league but I can't decide if my talents would be more valuable at a tech startup or at MIT
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Do y’all know anyone who is an awful toxic online gamer type, but is otherwise a nice and cool person? I don’t personally know any gamers like this so I can’t answer this but I’m curious if anybody else does.
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By definition they aren't nice or cool though? "It's ok, I'm not a violent person. I only beat my spouse!  "
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:"I'd hire that child who knew how to hold corners in an fps" says supernerd who lists running a wow guild on their cv I learned english exclusively from videogames. Then I was making lovely forums and websites about videogames. Then I got a job making websites for an international company. It would have to be an extreme dullard to think people put "playing videogames" on their CV. The kind of person who thinks outside the box, inside a box.
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itry posted:By definition they aren't nice or cool though? Maybe I should ask this differently: is anyone friends with a toxic online gamer? If so, why? Do these people have friends? How?
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you know what's even better than developing teamwork from videogames? any Sport at all. especially since most of them would help get you in shape, then u might get hosed. (as a positive)
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EA Sports posted:you know what's even better than developing teamwork from videogames? any Sport at all. you're just trying to sell more copies of fifa and madden i'm onto you "EA Sports"
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Lots of pro athletes play esports
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giogadi posted:Lots of pro athletes play esports “You are NOT a pro athlete”
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I know it's not a deep game and in some ways isn't even a GOOD game but gently caress The Ascent is just gorgeous. It's got that cyberpunk feel down perfectly. I'm in the high town area and I'm astonished at the level of detail. It's a shame this wasn't more RPG-y.
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Meme Poker Party posted:That's grandfathered in as a non-souls game because they weren't the souls company yet. Good point. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village are Souls-likes.
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What is the best shooter that doesn’t require me having to rely on other people in any meaningful way? Also I expect short rounds, and hopefully no vertical progression
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jokes posted:What is the best shooter that doesn’t require me having to rely on other people in any meaningful way? quake live
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jokes posted:What is the best shooter that doesn’t require me having to rely on other people in any meaningful way? Evolve Stage 2, just play as the monster
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giogadi posted:Lots of pro athletes play esports pretty much the entire NBA are closeted nerds and always have been
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itry posted:They read your inputs. Tbh I don't mind that part of Elden Ring at all. It's kind of counterintuitive, but imo it makes for better design if you get consistently punished for leaving yourself open 100% of the time and know for sure what you can and can't get away with. That said, Elden Ring is basically just ike a big buffet and has the quality to match. The big dungeons are like delicious fresh cuts of steak, and the exploration is like munching on chicken tenders. But there's no real identity, nothing is made for purpose and a lot of it is very obviously being reused. Those catacombs in particular are downright embarrassing, those are like the sketchy seafood tray. And the PvP is the food poisoning. I still love it, but only because I haven't played a game this poorly balanced (in a fun way) since Morrowind. Its nowhere near that good, but if you know what you're doing you can game the mechanics in ways that are always rewarding. Like using powerstanced scythes to 2-shot Radahn before anyone else because his hit boxes were kinda hosed up so jumping attacks would hit him like 4 times. Unpopular opini9n, but I think they went for "funny" over "balanced" and it was the right call. After Sekiro and Nioh 2 a game that tried to earnestly su4vive on the Dark Souls combat system would seem to be a massive step back. Adding unbalanced weapons, like a trumpet that can can kill dragons faster than any sword, are what makes it fun.
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jokes posted:What is the best shooter that doesn’t require me having to rely on other people in any meaningful way? ultrakill
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jokes posted:What is the best shooter that doesn’t require me having to rely on other people in any meaningful way? Halo Infinite.  Anyway, games that make you have to hit enemies a million times before they die like Blasphemous or Hollow Knight have bad combat systems and drag otherwise good games down. Oh, you found an upgrade to increase sword damage by .05%? I take it back, the combat system is good now.
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Nioh was too hard for me! 
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Bifner McDoogle posted:That said, Elden Ring is basically just ike a big buffet and has the quality to match. The big dungeons are like delicious fresh cuts of steak, and the exploration is like munching on chicken tenders. But there's no real identity, nothing is made for purpose and a lot of it is very obviously being reused. Those catacombs in particular are downright embarrassing, those are like the sketchy seafood tray. And the PvP is the food poisoning. Those doot doot horns are pretty funny, it's true. Not very useful in co-op though. At least not as useful as just bleeding everything to death. neato burrito posted:Nioh was too hard for me! Have you tried getting good? 
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giogadi posted:Do y’all know anyone who is an awful toxic online gamer type, but is otherwise a nice and cool person? I don’t personally know any gamers like this so I can’t answer this but I’m curious if anybody else does. My flatmate is a high school teacher and uses all the gamer words while playing Rocket League. He otherwise never uses them. It was very funny to watch him run classes over Zoom and have to tell his students to not use the same words and to stop playing Fortnite during class. Redezga fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Aug 23, 2022 |
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Redezga posted:My flatmate is a high school teacher and uses all the gamer words while playing Rocket League. He otherwise never uses them. It was very funny to watch him run classes over Zoom and have to tell his students to not use the same words and to stop playing Fortnite during class. I suppose watching a bigot be a hypocrite could be funny. Not really my flavor of humor
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jokes posted:What is the best shooter that doesn’t require me having to rely on other people in any meaningful way? Unreal tournament
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:I like Yakuza's scale for open worldness. It's a small open world, but it is dense and full of things to do and every corner you turn you run into a guy with underwear on his head or something and it keeps me engaged. I can't think of any other open world games on the same scale. Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines? That game is real loving old though.
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giogadi posted:Omg please stop. lol yup dota invented the concept of cooperative multiplayer
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