Penny Arcade made a sort-of related comic
Not related at all to this topic, but it's a cute comic.
Actually polygon would be the ones to make such a statement such as that, so maybe you are right...
Penny Arcade made a sort-of related comic
Just listened to Gies on the recent Rebel FM discussing Doom. He essentially stated that he used an elite controller on the Xbone, and apparently played with the sticks reversed(guessing he is a southpaw), but the problem was that this also reversed the triggers, thus the shoot button was on the left trigger making it very awkward to acclimate(he just wanted the sticks reversed). On top of that he complained the sensitivity of the elite controller profile he was using caused his aiming to overshoot targets constantly until he made adjustments.
Essentially the video was likely recorded during this whole process which did not show him or the game in the best light, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Still an immensely poor decision to even utilize that footage at all assuming all of the above to be a factor, particularly for a site like Polygon where credibility is their trade.
That's just excuses, forget the shooting part the aiming was off from the get go and sensitivity changes won't make that big of a difference. Unless the controller was set to southpaw and the player wasn't a southpaw it makes little sense to use that reasoning.
Elite controller allows you to map any button to any action, so even if he selected southpaw and LT/RT were reversed he could have fixed it in a matter of 10 seconds and done so before he even began the game. Same for sensitivity,which can be defaulted to a normal non elite controller. So he was aware enough to know what's causing the issue but not aware enough to have the controller settings changed within seconds and instead kept on going for 30 minutes like that?
Just listened to Gies on the recent Rebel FM discussing Doom. He essentially stated that he used an elite controller on the Xbone, and apparently played with the sticks reversed(guessing he is a southpaw), but the problem was that this also reversed the triggers, thus the shoot button was on the left trigger making it very awkward to acclimate(he just wanted the sticks reversed). On top of that he complained the sensitivity of the elite controller profile he was using caused his aiming to overshoot targets constantly until he made adjustments.
Essentially the video was likely recorded during this whole process which did not show him or the game in the best light, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Still an immensely poor decision to even utilize that footage at all assuming all of the above to be a factor, particularly for a site like Polygon where credibility is their trade.
That's just excuses.
Elite controller allows you to map any button to any action, so even if he selected southpaw and LT/RT were reversed he could have fixed it in a matter of 10 seconds and done so before he even began the game. Same for sensitivity,which can be defaulted to a normal non elite controller.
So he was aware enough to know what's causing the issue but not aware enough to have the controller settings changed within seconds and instead kept on going for 30 minutes like that?
Embarrassing.
Which? That someone got blocked on Twitter, or that someone made a 10 minute YouTube response to being blocked on Twitter?
Eh, takes time to come up with a believable story.Why didn't Arthur just tweet an explanation 3 days ago and kill this thread earlier?
Which? That someone got blocked on Twitter, or that someone made a 10 minute YouTube response to being blocked on Twitter?
The latter for sure. lolWhich? That someone got blocked on Twitter, or that someone made a 10 minute YouTube response to being blocked on Twitter?
Just listened to Gies on the recent Rebel FM discussing Doom. He essentially stated that he used an elite controller on the Xbone, and apparently played with the sticks reversed(guessing he is a southpaw), but the problem was that this also reversed the triggers, thus the shoot button was on the left trigger making it very awkward to acclimate(he just wanted the sticks reversed). On top of that he complained the sensitivity of the elite controller profile he was using caused his aiming to overshoot targets constantly until he made adjustments.
Essentially the video was likely recorded during this whole process which did not show him or the game in the best light, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Still an immensely poor decision to even utilize that footage at all assuming all of the above to be a factor, particularly for a site like Polygon where credibility is their trade.
Do we know for sure it's Gies? I saw him playing a bit on Twitch the other night. Was at least as competent as me... which is to say, not too shabby.Hey I'm with you. It was a terrible choice and an editorial snafu to bother pushing his supposed settings wankery video to the public space, particularly for a game that is relatively unknown and secretive up through launch. I'm just stating what was mentioned on the podcast, not defending it. I've never used an elite controller so am completely unaware that it even offered such profile settings until his remarks.
At the end of the day, it's absolutely a disservice to his audience and the product that he not get his personal settings handicap sorted before uploading a video. I'm an inverted aim player, I would never upload pre-launch game footage of my struggles to aim properly until flicking on inverted Y-axis in options. Yet he effectively did just that. (And yes it makes no sense he would continue to struggle for as long as he did given how far the footage goes...)
What is the other story?Eh, takes time to come up with a believable story.![]()
Do we know for sure it's Gies? I saw him playing a bit on Twitch the other night. Was at least as competent as me... which is to say, not too shabby.
Looks like he banned ReviewTechUSA too, for doing basically nothing. I`m not the biggest fan of RTU, but I agree with him on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcyXBsr8jKI
lol banned? give me a fucking break.
Can't live in a bubble without building them walls.
oh no he's in a video game bubble! how awful!
I didn't hear you I already blocked your post for having a valid dissenting opinion.
He also tweeted how much fun he had playing it. I don't know, he's bad at the game, but some people are. Part of me thinks that if even 20% of all players are as bad as he is, his viewpoint on a game is perfectly valid.I am pretty sure it is Russ Frushtick, he flat out said on the 404 podcast Friday,he was uploading video of him playing Doom to Polygon FB. Which is the video in question.
People seemed to ignore this. Honestly though who cares who played it. The discussion is more about is it better or worse to show gameplay footage from people not good at the game?
Me personally still dont care.
Honestly to me it looked like someone playing mouse and keyboard for the very first time.
Also Russ was commenting on how he couldn't capture at a higher res and some other things were going on.
how dare you censor me! now I have to go make a 50 minute video complaining about this gross injustice!
Oh hey, we just recreated the internet. /And scene.
In all seriousness this whole thing is embarrassing and petty. And still kind of hilarious.
Why would anyone want an educated opinion from someone who is clrearly not educated in the subject matter?
Reminded me of my dad trying to figure both controllers sticks at once.
Honestly looks like a media stun for them clicks, exploiting a hot topic like gg and stuff like that.
what makes you think that this is what's happening.
Sweet Mother of God.
Holy shit. Is this guy for real![]()
Someone should put this voice over the Doom video
Holy shit. Like, wow.
This is brilliant.
Polygon: The Wonder Years
I have no words for this... this is the beginning of the end. Lol
Wait, so it actually WAS Gies?! Why would he ever admit to that?!?
If the Video Game International Neogaf Authority has concluded that to be a competent video game player you need to be able to operate both sticks at the same time. And Doom allows forward progress to someone guilty of these crimes of incompetence. Does that make Doom a baby game for babies? Incompetent babies?
Also, shouldn't it be the Video And Gaming International Neogaf Authority? I feel like that rolls off the tongue better.
Oh boy, John Walker. Of course someone wants to bring that condescending ass into the conversation.
Looks like he banned ReviewTechUSA too, for doing basically nothing. I`m not the biggest fan of RTU, but I agree with him on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcyXBsr8jKI
Oh boy, John Walker. Of course someone wants to bring that condescending ass into the conversation.
The title of the editorial is right though: You Dont Need To Be Good At Games To Enjoy Them
But we're not talking about simple pleasure seeking. We're talking about a job centered around playing games. And besides that, we're not talking about being average or mediocre with a game. We're also not talking about being "bad" at a perhaps more "impenetrable" genre like a MOBA or an RTS. We're not even really talking about being "bad" at an FPS. We're talking about footage of a game that looks like the person has no idea how to move in a video game, which is an utterly basic skill. Knowing how to "move and look" in a game isn't something that's singularly important for an FPS. That's kind of something required for a good chunk of the industry.
And without some context, like perhaps, a person talking over the video explaining their prior experience with FPS games or how they're struggling to adapt to the controls or "how much fun they're having," what use is the Polygon video to us?
Also, shouldn't it be the Video And Gaming International Neogaf Authority? I feel like that rolls off the tongue better.
- He also thought it was absurd that someone whose job is to criticize games seems to be afraid of taking criticism, and thinks it's a bad trend he's also seeing elsewhere. The guy mentioned being blocked by some other journalist who he had never interacted with because someone who had criticized the journalist had simply mentioned this guy.[/indent]
No accounting for subtlety. No accounting for subtlety. Sounds like you probably hail from the Democratic Institute of Kamiya. I can always spot a DIK.
Isn't it that thing that shows you what words are spoken on screen?What's a subtle?
Isn't it that thing that shows you what words are spoken on screen?
Just listened to Gies on the recent Rebel FM discussing Doom. He essentially stated that he used an elite controller on the Xbone, and apparently played with the sticks reversed(guessing he is a southpaw), but the problem was that this also reversed the triggers, thus the shoot button was on the left trigger making it very awkward to acclimate(he just wanted the sticks reversed). On top of that he complained the sensitivity of the elite controller profile he was using caused his aiming to overshoot targets constantly until he made adjustments.
Essentially the video was likely recorded during this whole process which did not show him or the game in the best light, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Still an immensely poor decision to even utilize that footage at all assuming all of the above to be a factor, particularly for a site like Polygon where credibility is their trade.
I've said this before and I'll say this again - if you want to criticize somebody, especially somebody in the games press, Twitter is not the place to do it because you'll be lumped in with the thousands of other people on Twitter shouting you're a SJW, a shill, or whatever the sin of the week is.
Frankly, I'm stunned most of the people in the games press are as nice as they are on Twitter. Or maybe I'm just a raging asshole.
Just listened to Gies on the recent Rebel FM discussing Doom. He essentially stated that he used an elite controller on the Xbone, and apparently played with the sticks reversed(guessing he is a southpaw), but the problem was that this also reversed the triggers, thus the shoot button was on the left trigger making it very awkward to acclimate(he just wanted the sticks reversed). On top of that he complained the sensitivity of the elite controller profile he was using caused his aiming to overshoot targets constantly until he made adjustments.
Essentially the video was likely recorded during this whole process which did not show him or the game in the best light, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Still an immensely poor decision to even utilize that footage at all assuming all of the above to be a factor, particularly for a site like Polygon where credibility is their trade.
Gies said on twitter this wasn't him playing in the video
Gies said on twitter this wasn't him playing in the video
So why did he tell someone else that he was the guy playing?