CitizenCope
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Is it hard to understand that some players are much better than others? If there was absolutely no skill shouldn't every game end in a draw?
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Is it hard to understand that some players are much better than others? If there was absolutely no skill shouldn't every game end in a draw?
They said this was sponsored.. he even mentioned a million dollars in the video.
Dont be a fool its been clear for years that COD is so popular online is because the skill level is very narrow.. you have to be really terrible to be terrible.. while there isnt much to being good. Also the game dosnt end in a draw cause its more paper rock scissors with peoples different load outs and such.
Compare it to something like Quake 3 where the skill levels are very broad and some people can be absolutely god like.
Hot Coldman
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YOU FUCKING WHAT
I'LL TAKE YOU OUT YOU DOZY TWAT
Seriously, never let these guys behind the wheel of a car
Hence why i said most. Usually sponsors (even sponsors of the teams, not only tournament sponsors) don't want that kind of stuff when their name is on display.
No. Only the average of many games would.
YouEnjoyMySelf
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As an older competitive Counter-Strike player this pisses me off. Sounds just like my little brother and his friends when they're on XBOX playing CoD. I remember the days of CoD1+2... the days of CAL and leagues for FPS games that were serious and professional. This is just sad.
And LOL at a tournament for CoD. Might as well pull names out of a hat.
And LOL at a tournament for CoD. Might as well pull names out of a hat.
Haunted
Member
No skill is obviously an exaggeration, but the skill ceiling is lower than in other games. And the lower the skill ceiling, the lower the respect for any given game, that's how it generally goes in the competitive scene.
Reading the comments, I thought this was going to be way worse than it was.
Didn't seem any different than most sports stuff. Only this is in a small room, and everyone is really close to each other. I didn't see anything absolutely outrageous. Is it appropriate, becoming behavior? No. But I also don't see this as like "the black hole of humanity".
Also, it's a supercut. I don't know how the entire match looked.
Didn't seem any different than most sports stuff. Only this is in a small room, and everyone is really close to each other. I didn't see anything absolutely outrageous. Is it appropriate, becoming behavior? No. But I also don't see this as like "the black hole of humanity".
Also, it's a supercut. I don't know how the entire match looked.
CitizenCope
Member
Thank you. I was really getting at the exageration you speak of. I can play COD and dominate online some nights then I'll play against my nephew and he absolutely embarrasses me. A completely different level.
Obviously 'no skill' is a slight exaggeration.
But if you compare it to other competitive games that require aiming precision and positioning, call of duty becomes a complete joke.
After you compare it to other games, the exaggeration becomes apt.
PlayALLtheGames
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I'm still laughing at the kid at 51 seconds. What the fuck is he saying???? LOL
Also, these guys are tools.
Also, these guys are tools.
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
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The shittiness of the auto-aim is greatly amplified by the fact that the guns have minimal recoil so the victor of each confrontation at matching skill levels is always going to be whoever pressed LT first. Halo for all the shit it gets at least required skill when it came to handling weapons. Call of Duty is basically laser tag on steroids.
OmegaTreeFish
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So its basically a Media Create thread?
Been involved (as a player and as an admin) is competitive play in several different PC games and in-person events were never like this in my experience, aside from the odd random idiot.
I should mention that whenever I play(ed), I was (and still am) the primary chirper in our group, though I usually push buttons in a... slightly more refined and tailored manner.
I should mention that whenever I play(ed), I was (and still am) the primary chirper in our group, though I usually push buttons in a... slightly more refined and tailored manner.
andregnreis
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Lol imagine if this was actually a Olympic sport and people start calling each other names -_-
Gonzo The Great
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The comments are worse than the video.
Rissoxx1 2 minutes ago
Fucking disgusting console gamers. This is is so unprofessional! Esport should only be on PC and never be seen on console again.
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Rissoxx1 2 minutes ago
Fucking disgusting console gamers. This is is so unprofessional! Esport should only be on PC and never be seen on console again.
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You spelled League of Legends incorrectly. You're also missing Mario Kart, but I don't blame you. I'll never understand why a luck based game has such a huge "competitive" following.
So it's only skill if the weapons recoil like an idiot...?
Doesn't that make it much harder to excel?
andregnreis
Member
Comments like these in the video show how immature and dumb a lot of players and the gaming community can be. I wonder if thats why gaming can still receive so many backslash without fighting back, like it being the cause for murderers, etc...
OmegaTreeFish
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This is kinda assuming that the opposing players are always facing each other on every encounter with targets pre-aimed at each other.
Those not how shooting games work. Surly things like:
Map awareness
Team positioning
sneaking behind the enemy
etc
all still count. Its one element of the game that works a bit different and suddenly its "lol consoles".
Some people are strange.
I got into an argument with some people about this.
In the case of an absolute slaughter outside of a structured competitive environment (a "pugstomp" or just a clan/ladder/guild match where one side is really outgunned), I usually don't say "gg", because it can come across as patronizing and insincere. I definitely use it for the close matches and for matches in more "official" play, or if I lose, but when I win in a more relaxed/informal context, I use a little more discretion and sometimes flesh it out with a sporting comment instead of just dropping the abbreviation. ymmv.
However, at its core, yes, it is the handshake equivalent.
SlipperyFishes
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These guys make journalist arguments look tame.
Uno Venova
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Uh, okay, they're really talking a lot of trash when playing COD, kind of like what I run into while playing online. I was expecting something more interesting.
JetBlackPanda
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wow what a joke.
-Amon-
Member
These guys are more busy screaming British obscenities then communicating with their team about map awareness and strategy.
Even the little bit of play you saw on the video was pretty bad.
They were just running out into the middle of a field, and firing on some guy, positioning went out the window long ago.
Gonzo The Great
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Don't you worry, the comment is now at +42. I don't understand why Gaben has so many followers. He isn't even charismatic.
TheProphet
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wow. they act just like the online gamer from recklesstortuga
Perhaps not, but competitive Dota, LoL, and Starcraft sure as hell don't look like this, if only due to the age gap and those games having more of a history of serious play.
ClosingADoor
Member
And why are you basing these things on a 'little bit of play'. All the shouting and stuff is when a match ends or after a death or something. The video showed little gameplay, not enough to judge these guys skills.
OmegaTreeFish
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Im not talking about the idiots in the video. Simply the people saying fps on console cant be competitive.