Looking for friends: If you suck, please apply

[Shadow Tyrant]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm sick and fucking tired of getting a new game, trying to learn how to play online, and getting booted because "I suck." Well no shit I suck. I got this game like two days ago. What do you want me to do about it? It's not like I can practice getting better because I get kicked from every game I join. Especially on ranked games, where all the "pros" start new accounts so instead of getting paired with someone who's new like I am, I get paired with a bunch of people who yell at me for loosing. (Even though I'm the ONLY ONE ALIVE BECAUSE THEY ALL DIED AND EXPECT ME TO BEAT THREE PEOPLE AT ONCE.) It's especially great when the game doesn't even let you get a feel for the maps before you play, so you have no idea what you're walking in to.

This topic is both for the discussion of such events and also for those people like me, who want to get better but can't to get together. My gamertag is Postraumatic. If you suck, add me and we can practice sucking together, without having to worry about what other people think. (Innuendo not intended.) Right now I'm playing Gears of War, but I also have Halo, F.E.A.R. and TF2.

 

[Theo Samaritan]

Unfortunatly you will find that alot on XBL.

It seems anyone who runs a game has a superiority complex.

If you had the PC version of TF2 i would bring you into my little server group. They are all servers which are very newb friends - any assholes get kicked pretty quick as the admins are stealthy. Unfortunatly with the 360 version you are suck with X-Child Live.

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

I wouldn't mind helping you out. I am quite good at all those games you mentioned other than F.E.A.R which I don't own. My gears seems to have gone on a walk about, and I can't find it anywhere. Though in fairness I have only looked for about thirty seconds. I guess what I am trying to say is that I don't mind helping you out, or just having a laugh. Gamertag: Conqueror Kenny.

 

[NeedAUserName]

not on PS3.... no one gives a crap.

 

[GreenHerring]

I've had similar problems in the past, though they didn't go so far as getting kicked. Since I usually don't have $60 American to shell out on a game's release, I usually wait for reviews, see if the price goes down, etc. This also means that I'm six months to a year behind much of the gaming niche. It also means I'm just getting started while most of the public is on to expertise and/or second accounts

However, I can honestly tell you (for what it's worth) that once you progress at one or two shooters, it usually carries over pretty well. Adapt to Halo and you'll be decent at TF2 or COD4, and so on.

 

[Spartan Bannana]

If you're okay with my voice having not changed yet, my gamertag is Spartan Bannana

 

[H.R.Shovenstuff]

I'm shit!!
Gamertag: NaMhoram

 

[Alone Disciple]

I hear that. Because I actually work 50 hours a week, have a kid, walk a dog, etc....I'm too busy with 'real life' that I usually get schooled in CoD4 when I want to play a casual game, and generally get booted because I don't have 4 hours a day to non-stop skirmish, hone my skills and trash talk incessently.

You can add AloneDisciple to your list (or anyone else).

Games I play:
CoD4, Halo 3, Crackdown, GoW, Mercs 2, GH III, AoT, RB 1 & 2

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I completely mistook what this post was talking about...

 

[Bling Cat]

If you want add me. I also have a top tip! Dont play wanting to win, just play casually, maybe surfing the forums at the same time. Everytime you die, refresh or something. Just dont care what happens. I play like this and dominate the scoreboards, whereas when I play to win, I lose almost every time. Oh yes, Gamertag is Bling Cat. Curse my ineptitude for coming up with a better alias.

 

[Shadow Tyrant]

However, I can honestly tell you (for what it's worth) that once you progress at one or two shooters, it usually carries over pretty well. Adapt to Halo and you'll be decent at TF2 or COD4, and so on.

This is true, but if you're switching to a new genre, it's really a pain. GoW is a shooter, but it's also third person, so for me that's really awkward getting used to. (At least for the first few times.) And a lot of the games have different styles of play, too. Try playing Halo-style in TF2 and see how long you last.

I'll add you guys.

 

[Raven28256]

Blah, I know what you mean. I especially hate it when the gamers that, quite frankly, have no lives start insulting the lack of skill other players have. I remember playing a game of Call of Duty 4 with this cocky little shit about a week after it came out. He was really good and rambled about how everyone else playing was terrible. I looked up his stats...And he had already accumulated over 60 hours online. Not only that, but he had a full 1000/1000 in Gamerscore for Call of Duty 4. Mind you, this was within the FIRST FUCKING WEEK of the game being out.

Excuse me for sucking at the game compared to you because, you know, I have a life outside of Xbox Live.

 

[Caliostro]

To me playing shooters on a console is like driving a car with your teeth...

That said, you're going to have to learn to ignore these twat mouths. Ironically they'll generally be from your own team, who will constantly whine at you for not being good enough to fix their mistakes.

Just ignore them and laugh out loud every time you kill them, nothing will make them more pissed off... Even if they kill you 50 times after, every time you kill them they cry inside.

 

[The Shade]

I totally agree with this outburst. I can't play TF2, because 80% of the games I join I immediately get booted because I don't have enough experience.

How they expect me to GET experience if they keep doing that is a mystery.

Interesting, isn't it, that the online gaming community is subject to this abberation of elitism.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

I'm meh:
XBL = "sirdanrhodes"

 

[milomalo]

not on PS3.... no one gives a crap.

thats so F**in true

 

[Mariena]

I totally agree with this outburst. I can't play TF2, because 80% of the games I join I immediately get booted because I don't have enough experience.

How they expect me to GET experience if they keep doing that is a mystery.

Interesting, isn't it, that the online gaming community is subject to this abberation of elitism.

.. huh? Okay. I have never, ever, EVER experienced this (I play PC only, no consoles). Kicked for being too unexperienced?

What platform is this, anyway?

 

[GreenHerring]

This is true, but if you're switching to a new genre, it's really a pain. GoW is a shooter, but it's also third person, so for me that's really awkward getting used to. (At least for the first few times.) And a lot of the games have different styles of play, too. Try playing Halo-style in TF2 and see how long you last.

Yeah, good point. Playing Mass Effect was a pain for a while, as I'm sure GTA IV will be when I finally get my hands on it. I was referring mostly to controls rather than mindset, but you bring up a good point. In Halo you're pretty peachy taking half a clip, unlike nearly every other FPS.

In retrospect, it's hilarious to remember how I tried to apply Halo tactics to COD4.