Competition in gaming

[Cicatriz]

Since we are all gamers, this is a very good read.

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090309/newheiser-a.shtml

 

[FlyingPolish]

lol, half the servers you just randomly go on to pub there will be at least one person doing something unfair to others.

 

[b0bfath3r]

Nice. That chess set is awesome.

 

[Gypsy]

I really enjoyed that, Cicatriz - a very interesting read. Thanks for posting!

 

[LIZard]

Wow, awesome article. Thanks for posting.

 

[featherfoot07]

That was pretty good.
I want to hook up a keyboard and a mouse to a 360 and play sometime, just to see how good it works.

 

[!Woodstock!]

Feather - it works well. I don't have a 360, but I have tried that out.

 

[Frazar]

my friend has spent over $40,000 (yes 40!) on gaming... he has the BEST computer... a HUGE monitor... and has like every game ever created... he lives in Maryland and his dad is a very huge lawyer.. so he is spoiled

 

[bigwilly]

hate > "camping or avoiding confrontation with the enemy can turn a game into a stalemate in which nothing happens because no one wants to give up a good position"

 

[OSVG]

Hate the Mario kart effect, I will hold the lead the entire game to get blue shelled 3 times in front of the line and come in last

 

[Spitfire'd]

Hate the Mario kart effect, I will hold the lead the entire game to get blue shelled 3 times in front of the line and come in last

I always thought Mario Kart '64 was the "fairest" of them all. I enjoy playing Mario Kart Wii but if I'm not in the right mood to take a few losses to bad luck I don't play it.

That stuff happens in the game and you have to be ready for it. When you actually do win though it makes that fun...and if you do it with the Wii racing wheel like I do....mwa ha ha.

I'm the same way with DoD, TF2 and CS:S. Really for me I just don't play multi player if I'm not in the right mood. Especially as a member of the clan I don't want to mis-represent it just when I'm having a bad day.

 

[DarkosCY]

very good read, thanks for posting that cicatriz! as people have mentioned before, i absolutely LOATHE it when i'm half a minute away from everyone else in MarioCart, and suddenly a get hammered by 3 blue shells, 2 red ones, the last of which tosses me in a pool of lava; it is NOT fun, especially when you just know it's gonna happen. I agree to making games fair for all, but punishing or handicapping someone because they're good at the game is just plain wrong. I mean, by definition this strategy defeats itself, you're trying to make the game fair to all by making it unfair to a particular caste of players!!
i feel that CoD4 is a very balanced game, with very high rewards to people who dedicate a lot of time, practice makes perfect, i'm sure most of you know how frustrating it is to constantly getting killed by competitive team members, but i believe that's a fair reward to the time they invested. And besides, a good player in CoD4 is someone who has fast reflexes and good marksmanship, i don't mind that. What frustrates me the most is just how much ping and fps affect your game, though I'd like to see someone come up with a solution to that ;p

 

[Boyle]

Nice article. Thanks Cicatriz.