Repeatedly crouching after a combo that induces knockdown. Statements like, “You are free,” and “Bodied.”
Don’t know about CCGs too much but you hear stories like table flipping.
Many speedrunners get accused of TAs or other cheats, runs being claimed as illegal due to reasons like skips that are not recognized.
Smash, repeatedly crouching/taunting and “Disrespect” Splatoon, shooting teammates repeatedly (though it does nothing) and repeatedly squid/kid Transformation (mimics crouching)
Just pointing out Toxicity exists even in those places, though not advertised so much.
Are you seriously under the impression that the “current generation” doesn’t play sports? Are you high?
I want you to read this quote:
“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”
Do you know who said that? It was Socrates. Young people aren’t any better or worse than whatever generation you’re from. You’re just getting old. You have the same complaint Socrates had. Human history managed to make it all the way to your generation after that, and it will continue on long after you’re gone.
You are making yourself miserable and angry for no reason. You’re just getting older, like the rest of us.
Here’s full comprehensive deep dive into why the 3 biggest, most recent hero shooters “failed” if anyone wants to watch something, it’s a pretty good channel
also RIP Battleborn I miss u, you did pve missions first, they were so good
“Don’t trust everything you see online,” doesn’t mean, “Trust whatever you feel like online, since no one can disprove it.” Those are different things.
Sometimes it helps. FGC is like the Wrestling franchises where the well known Toxic players like LTG have turned into villains and seeing them get bodied is a show in itself really boosting the viewership.
This wasn’t a stab at children. It’s a stab at the video game culture that exists.
They want a seat at the table, but they think the way to get there is to turn competators into NPC drones who only have good things to say about each other.
There is no comradery between your average competitor anymore. This was caused by not learning how to be a good competitor.
While playing a pick up game of literally anything, I could tell a friend of mine that I would make him look like a fool, standing there drooling (there would have been more foul language, censored for the forums). After the activity was finished we would be friends again. You don’t get that with video game players by and large. I don’t think this will ever be the case as long as we live in a world where everyone is expected to treat everyone like they are a china doll.
I enjoy confrontation. I enjoy reading these little tid bits of people who are absolutely out of their element, telling me how things really are. Its awesome.
exact. Instead, we always find too many offers that keep the player away from the game to chase numbers to show to shareholders at the end of the year:
go to twitch for rewards, so we can brag that OW2 is a game people like to watch online, definitely NOT for in game rewards;
go get coins on microsoft rewards, this strengthens our bond with our new future boss;
go buy Bastion for 1 coin during the winter WOnderland, so we can say that virtually people appreciate using the shop (come on, it was clearly sold for ONE coin just for this reason, it made much more sense to give it away directly);
the monetization could have been saved if they had made the BP is the real main source of income of the game in terms of exlcusive. And I’ll give you 3 concrete examples:
OW1: Pay once for the game, sell lootboxes to users and spam llotboxes as rewards. at some point people have all the content in the gallery, so spam me any way possible the smurfing account. here is how OW1 worked and how its economy had become unsustainable even for itself;
OW2 today: f2p, but you denigrate collecting to anyone, the leveling up is a middle finger to anyone who doesn’t buy the premium version, the shop has prohibitive prices and the bp is an incomplete “themed” content bundle because the shop has to sell as much as possible. obviously the credits are worth next to nothing in OW2 content.
OW2 ideally: make the BP a true content exclusive with a well-defined nteme so that collectors always buy you 6 BPs every year (for a total of around $60 guaranteed, much better than just one day = shopping). leveling up gives you “silver coins” to use in the gallery, while the “golden coin” (earnable like now) allows you to buy BP or REAL exclusives like Blizzcon skins or past skin challenges. No crazy monetization in collectibles, let’s use them as rewards achievements instead of like now with icons.
The difference with the current method is this: the BP becomes an exclusive and NEVER only “the cheapest (and incomplete) bundle you can buy in OW2, a game where the whole gallery is an exclusive”
I think OW2 fails in another sense: it’s too strong a rework that is stressing the community, a fate that also befell Heroes of the Storm.
If you have a source of estimations you feel is more accurate, please post it, I’d be more than interested to read. If you have specific issues with that site’s methodology, let me know those complaints as well.
I trust you’re basing your thoughts on SOME data, and not just your personal feelings about the game.
I don’t, because no such data exists anywhere outside of Blizzard. Do you know why there are news headlines when they give their investor calls and reveal their metrics? Because we don’t already know that information. It’s hidden from the public the rest of the time. That’s why it’s news when they reveal it. Why else would it be news at that point?
Use your brain, please.
What methodology? You mean this:
We have compiled every data on a table and chart for better understanding on the current games full data statistics.
Wow, a lot of science happening over there, I can tell.
Why are you conflating my point down to your own personal experience?
I gave a reason as to why Video Games will not contend with the heavy hitters of real sports. Did you have a server that hosted a Superbowl of whatever game it was, and pay the players on your server millions of dollars?
Not the same thing.
My point stands. Video game players will never be in the same category, ever. Additionally, they think the way they are going about it now, is the way to get there, its not.
So to clarify, you don’t have a better source, you’re basing what you say on your personal feelings alone instead of any sort of estimations, and you resort to personal attacks when someone questions you.
It’s not the best by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s been consistently in the ballpark for other games for years. If someone has a better source of data, I’d more than welcome it.
But that is the thing, there is no data about it online, only blizzard announces it as their shareholder meetings.
Bad/unreliable data is worse than no data at all as it gives a wrong impression on an outlook.
The only you can be sure is that if this game had millions and millions of players… ohh blizzard would be way more energetic about it and gloat its numbers left and right. It really doesnt feel like it.
Reality is OW2 is going well though. People ARE more engaged. There’s a VERY vocal group of bitter players from OW1 who complain a lot, but it’s not smart to listen to them, is it?
People get way too emotionally invested in this. People think I hate OW2, so it HAS to fail. Step back from the emotions and realize it’s actually a solid game (with a VERY different strategic path than OW1 had) that is doing OK.
My prediction is when we see Blizzard’s first financial report with OW2 in it, we’ll see it was actually a success. If I’m wrong, I’ll apologize then.
