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Yes, I know. A game thread. In General! Sorry
I've had a bee in my bonnet for quite a while about this: The ability to earn XP in first person shooters
IMHO - it's fucking lame. Really really fucking lame. It's for n00bs, shitheads and kids.
And produces shit feelings like this:
You buy a game, start playing and you have to put up with some 12 year old fucktard who's spent 5 full days playing in the last week so he can "earn" the shiny homing jizzcannon of auto-win just prior to peppering the field, killing half his team mates along with you and then declaring (in capitals) his ultimate skill.
When you have the audacity to slowly walk up to the fucker and stab him in the face you're now immediately pronounced a hackz0r n00b and become the subject of a kick vote. That's not particularly new - but even more galling simply because he's holding his penisgobbergun but doesn't know how to point it.
I've been sticking with L4D2 because at least success at Versus means that the three other players with you are working as a team - but I miss a big free-for-all (or even a decent capture the flag).
L4D's biggest problem is the number of ragers. People quit as soon as they're losing. Or if they realise they may not win.
I think this a partly a knock-on effect of the n00bing-up of most FPS's with better weapons simply for people who spend more time in-game: It makes shit players feel better than they really are and when they come to a game where winning is based on skill and teamwork rather than having better weaponry they cry and rage and leave
If more games had a level playing field then shit players would have to work harder to succeed. Or they could fuck off and play hello kitty island adventure instead. As it is, FPS's nowadays, for the most part, suck fat pony cock.
Not because they're no fun. But because they never reach the heights that they could when everyone was treated equally
Is it just me?
I've had a bee in my bonnet for quite a while about this: The ability to earn XP in first person shooters
IMHO - it's fucking lame. Really really fucking lame. It's for n00bs, shitheads and kids.
And produces shit feelings like this:
XP removes the skill element to a very large extent. Whatever happened to the idea of a level playing field?Spending hours upon hours getting lv. 15 so you can use magnum aim just to compete with every fucker out there is great fun.
Every map I go on seems to be full of Level 50s now. Some people have way too much time on their hands.
You buy a game, start playing and you have to put up with some 12 year old fucktard who's spent 5 full days playing in the last week so he can "earn" the shiny homing jizzcannon of auto-win just prior to peppering the field, killing half his team mates along with you and then declaring (in capitals) his ultimate skill.
When you have the audacity to slowly walk up to the fucker and stab him in the face you're now immediately pronounced a hackz0r n00b and become the subject of a kick vote. That's not particularly new - but even more galling simply because he's holding his penisgobbergun but doesn't know how to point it.
I've been sticking with L4D2 because at least success at Versus means that the three other players with you are working as a team - but I miss a big free-for-all (or even a decent capture the flag).
L4D's biggest problem is the number of ragers. People quit as soon as they're losing. Or if they realise they may not win.
I think this a partly a knock-on effect of the n00bing-up of most FPS's with better weapons simply for people who spend more time in-game: It makes shit players feel better than they really are and when they come to a game where winning is based on skill and teamwork rather than having better weaponry they cry and rage and leave
If more games had a level playing field then shit players would have to work harder to succeed. Or they could fuck off and play hello kitty island adventure instead. As it is, FPS's nowadays, for the most part, suck fat pony cock.
Not because they're no fun. But because they never reach the heights that they could when everyone was treated equally
Is it just me?