So I was just playing Uncharted 2 online and go into a coop objective round. So I'm in the lobby waiting for start-up and my two partners, FirstChief and SnakeKilller, for the session start chatting on their mic.
(Voice of a six year old) "Niko! Let's pick village, Niko! Village! Yayyyy!"
(Voice of another six year old) "Okay."
So I start thinking to myself: "Fucking great. This is going to be painful." and begin to curse Naughty Dog for their 40,000 quit penalty.
So we go through a round and I realize that not only was I not having to babysit them, they matched my score. And I wasn't slouching either. These two were just holding down this building with no trouble.
And it was adorable! He'd be like, "You stay here Niko. I'll go get ammo. Stay here okay Niko?" "Okay."
Apparently one was using a FAL and the other was using an AK so the ammo runner would pick up a FAL, scrounge for ammo, and switch back for the AK so the partner could pick it up. Wrap your head around that. You'd be lucky to get adults to cooperate let alone coordinate on that level. Why just last night there was some guy who refused to revive me and the other teammate because we weren't on his platform. A goddamn hop away and he couldn't be bothered with it.
So second round comes about and I'm half observing, half defending them. FirstChief gets downed on his ammo run and I jump in headshoting the three mooks surrounding him before healing him.
He runs off without a word and I'm thinking, "Psh. You're welcome."
So while all this was going on the other kid was downed and FirstChief comes running in and revives SnakeKilller (Who is Niko by the way) and just breathlessly yammers on, "Niko! Niko! The girl! Elena! She saved me and I saved you!" "What?" "The girl! She saved me! And I saved you!" "Okay."
Afterwards there was a connection error and I was sincerely sad to see them go.
tl;dr Okay. So we know online gaming is a cutthroat bully for you chilly for me shithole world. But does anybody have a good story of selflessness or general heartwarming?
(Voice of a six year old) "Niko! Let's pick village, Niko! Village! Yayyyy!"
(Voice of another six year old) "Okay."
So I start thinking to myself: "Fucking great. This is going to be painful." and begin to curse Naughty Dog for their 40,000 quit penalty.
So we go through a round and I realize that not only was I not having to babysit them, they matched my score. And I wasn't slouching either. These two were just holding down this building with no trouble.
And it was adorable! He'd be like, "You stay here Niko. I'll go get ammo. Stay here okay Niko?" "Okay."
Apparently one was using a FAL and the other was using an AK so the ammo runner would pick up a FAL, scrounge for ammo, and switch back for the AK so the partner could pick it up. Wrap your head around that. You'd be lucky to get adults to cooperate let alone coordinate on that level. Why just last night there was some guy who refused to revive me and the other teammate because we weren't on his platform. A goddamn hop away and he couldn't be bothered with it.
So second round comes about and I'm half observing, half defending them. FirstChief gets downed on his ammo run and I jump in headshoting the three mooks surrounding him before healing him.
He runs off without a word and I'm thinking, "Psh. You're welcome."
So while all this was going on the other kid was downed and FirstChief comes running in and revives SnakeKilller (Who is Niko by the way) and just breathlessly yammers on, "Niko! Niko! The girl! Elena! She saved me and I saved you!" "What?" "The girl! She saved me! And I saved you!" "Okay."
Afterwards there was a connection error and I was sincerely sad to see them go.
tl;dr Okay. So we know online gaming is a cutthroat bully for you chilly for me shithole world. But does anybody have a good story of selflessness or general heartwarming?
