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It has come to my attention that some gamers on Xbox Live dedicate their life and souls to their videogames, taking them incredibly seriously and not allowing one spot of fun to interfere with their strict competitions with strangers. I think these people should be really concerned about their wellbeing, after all, it’s only a game!
These gamers are sad cases. They can be PC gamers who spend most of their time using ‘mods’ to create levels based on other games, or those who tweak their games ever so slightly to make it more hardcore. Some get so obsessed that they start their own forums specifically about these games and start ‘pwning’ people when they can’t play as well.
Then there are those who worry too much about their scores. Sure, Xbox Live and the various other online services allow you to compete in games. But what’s the point in being the best at a game? After all, it just means you’ve got a high score on a database until it either gets deleted or someone beats it. Scoring well on games can be a fun process, but getting self obsessed and dedicating yourself to beat scores, build up a rank or beat your own time by a nano-second is quite ridiculous. You’re only doing it to benefit yourself and it is quite possible that no one else really cares. Wow! So you got so many points, medal?
You could argue that it gives a person something to aim for, a goal. But there’s a difference between trying hard and cry-baby obsession. For example, the person who leaves a game, such as Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, before the results screen loads so that they don’t lose points. Why bother? If you can’t take losing, then why play? But what’s worse is the person who then doesn’t gain the points because of that other person leaving. So you play for the points now? You play merely to gain a digital number? If you want an increasing digital number, buy yourself an electronic calendar!
Then there’s the antisocial gamer. “You haven’t played this game for 200 hours and got a super high score!” That sentence is often followed by a kicking of that player who only wanted to play for a little fun. It would be different if there were other factors involved, but that reason alone is why so many people tend to start disliking their onlines games and is why opinions on PC online gaming vary so much. Think of it logically. How can that person increase their abilities if no one will give them the chance?
I admit, I have an obsession with videogames. I’ve been a semi-fanboy of Nintendo’s for around fifteen years now and I have all the major formats currently on the market. I play games a lot and I spend a lot of time here on the UKchatforums board. I am a serious gamer, I wont deny that, but I don’t let myself get obsessed with stats or beating other people (especially those I only know from the internet). Sure, I’m disappointed if I lose, but I give it another go or do something else.
I play entirely for fun. That’s why I find the majority of the stealthy games aren’t for me, and why games such as Rallisport Challenge 2, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Halo and the many other games I play are. I couldn’t give a monkeys if I lose a point, I couldn’t give a monkeys if my stats lower, and if my memory cards were deleted, sure I’d be disappointed, but I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
I’m just surprised that some gamers take things way too seriously. After all, it’s not real. It is a bunch of three-dimensional computer images and two-dimensional sprites interacting with other three-dimensional and two-dimensional ‘objects’. It would be different if it really mattered. Gaming should be about the fun. Not purely about the numbers. If you take gaming too seriously, you need help.
These gamers are sad cases. They can be PC gamers who spend most of their time using ‘mods’ to create levels based on other games, or those who tweak their games ever so slightly to make it more hardcore. Some get so obsessed that they start their own forums specifically about these games and start ‘pwning’ people when they can’t play as well.
Then there are those who worry too much about their scores. Sure, Xbox Live and the various other online services allow you to compete in games. But what’s the point in being the best at a game? After all, it just means you’ve got a high score on a database until it either gets deleted or someone beats it. Scoring well on games can be a fun process, but getting self obsessed and dedicating yourself to beat scores, build up a rank or beat your own time by a nano-second is quite ridiculous. You’re only doing it to benefit yourself and it is quite possible that no one else really cares. Wow! So you got so many points, medal?
You could argue that it gives a person something to aim for, a goal. But there’s a difference between trying hard and cry-baby obsession. For example, the person who leaves a game, such as Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, before the results screen loads so that they don’t lose points. Why bother? If you can’t take losing, then why play? But what’s worse is the person who then doesn’t gain the points because of that other person leaving. So you play for the points now? You play merely to gain a digital number? If you want an increasing digital number, buy yourself an electronic calendar!
Then there’s the antisocial gamer. “You haven’t played this game for 200 hours and got a super high score!” That sentence is often followed by a kicking of that player who only wanted to play for a little fun. It would be different if there were other factors involved, but that reason alone is why so many people tend to start disliking their onlines games and is why opinions on PC online gaming vary so much. Think of it logically. How can that person increase their abilities if no one will give them the chance?
I admit, I have an obsession with videogames. I’ve been a semi-fanboy of Nintendo’s for around fifteen years now and I have all the major formats currently on the market. I play games a lot and I spend a lot of time here on the UKchatforums board. I am a serious gamer, I wont deny that, but I don’t let myself get obsessed with stats or beating other people (especially those I only know from the internet). Sure, I’m disappointed if I lose, but I give it another go or do something else.
I play entirely for fun. That’s why I find the majority of the stealthy games aren’t for me, and why games such as Rallisport Challenge 2, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Halo and the many other games I play are. I couldn’t give a monkeys if I lose a point, I couldn’t give a monkeys if my stats lower, and if my memory cards were deleted, sure I’d be disappointed, but I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
I’m just surprised that some gamers take things way too seriously. After all, it’s not real. It is a bunch of three-dimensional computer images and two-dimensional sprites interacting with other three-dimensional and two-dimensional ‘objects’. It would be different if it really mattered. Gaming should be about the fun. Not purely about the numbers. If you take gaming too seriously, you need help.
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I liked the way halo let people TK.
For one, the serial TK-ers would be turned on by the rest of the team and it would be fantastically fun.
For one, the serial TK-ers would be turned on by the rest of the team and it would be fantastically fun.
Facing Worlds is brilliance. I just snipe up top and let my mates get slaughtered below.
HEADSHOT
HEADSHOT
MMMMOOONNNSSTEERRR KILLLL!
HEADSHOT
HEADSHOT
MMMMOOONNNSSTEERRR KILLLL!
Boo yaa. Camping is fine. Its otherwise known as DEFENDING. What I do have are idiots who keep on tking. One tk or even 2 is fine, just or fun, comical, not affecting the game. but when some noob in a banshee crashes into you for the 20th time while you flag dissapears over the horizon is just stupidity. Once i tked someone using a rocked launcher for fun, and he tked me about 15 times saying DONT TK ME. Gee, I learned MY lesson.
I also hate the way people moan if you do some things which are "unfriendly"
Camping in Unreal Tournie is the most fun thing ever, but the amount of abuse you get for "cheating" is beyong belief.
If camping hadn't been intended in the Morpheus - Facing Worlds levels, then why is it that Sniper Rifles arelocated at the top of the buildings?
Of course, I can't be bothered camping, because of the abuse, but I will go up and stop somebodies "godlike" killing spree, just ebcause they suck, and I rock.
Camping in Unreal Tournie is the most fun thing ever, but the amount of abuse you get for "cheating" is beyong belief.
If camping hadn't been intended in the Morpheus - Facing Worlds levels, then why is it that Sniper Rifles arelocated at the top of the buildings?
Of course, I can't be bothered camping, because of the abuse, but I will go up and stop somebodies "godlike" killing spree, just ebcause they suck, and I rock.
Remember. It's okay to obsess over football but to do to the same over games is just baaaad.
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> Strafio wrote:
> Double post - happens.
> Tripple post - clumsy, but again possible...
>
> Quadruple post? Oh dear! :-Dq
>
> That's nothing, I just 'read' all those posts of yours, without
> realising they were all the same...
I read about three. Then realised that they looked familiar.
> Strafio wrote:
> Double post - happens.
> Tripple post - clumsy, but again possible...
>
> Quadruple post? Oh dear! :-Dq
>
> That's nothing, I just 'read' all those posts of yours, without
> realising they were all the same...
I read about three. Then realised that they looked familiar.
It's just a matter of opinion and personality. What is said in the original post is easily applied to, say, extreme sports. You may wonder why skateboarders or snowboarders do what they do to the extent that it is a dangerous obsession. It's just what they like, and they cope with it.
I don't like it when people look down on gamers, thinking they actually have a problem. It's not a problem, or a dilemma, it's what they like and it's what entertains them. They don't see spending time on their PC as a shameful thing.
I don't like it when people look down on gamers, thinking they actually have a problem. It's not a problem, or a dilemma, it's what they like and it's what entertains them. They don't see spending time on their PC as a shameful thing.
i agree, gaming is for fun. if it becomes overly obsessive then it can mean very sad people with not many friends. but hey, its thier lives.
Edgy wrote:
> These gamers are sad cases. They can be PC gamers who spend most of
> their time using ‘mods’ to create levels based on other games, or
> those who tweak their games ever so slightly to make it more
> hardcore.
I sort of disagree with this bit though.
Anything creative is cool.
It's achne elitism that's sad. :-)
> These gamers are sad cases. They can be PC gamers who spend most of
> their time using ‘mods’ to create levels based on other games, or
> those who tweak their games ever so slightly to make it more
> hardcore.
I sort of disagree with this bit though.
Anything creative is cool.
It's achne elitism that's sad. :-)
Strafio wrote:
"Ask Goatboy to restart the UK Dentists!"
I was in that for a bit, it was great fun, Operation Flashpoint :D. The very first game I played with them, we all bundled into a helicopter, flew off to land near the enemy, but the pilot managed to turn the helicopter over during the flight and killed us all.
Then we got in trucks and tried to smash into each other, which all blew up. It really was great fun... I wasn't in it long though, my connection sucked ass and I came into it late too, so was hard to er, inflitrate.
But if you can get yourself a completely non-serious clan, go for it, it's great fun.
"Ask Goatboy to restart the UK Dentists!"
I was in that for a bit, it was great fun, Operation Flashpoint :D. The very first game I played with them, we all bundled into a helicopter, flew off to land near the enemy, but the pilot managed to turn the helicopter over during the flight and killed us all.
Then we got in trucks and tried to smash into each other, which all blew up. It really was great fun... I wasn't in it long though, my connection sucked ass and I came into it late too, so was hard to er, inflitrate.
But if you can get yourself a completely non-serious clan, go for it, it's great fun.
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