Online shooters - too much stress?

[alinos]

this is why PC MW2 got Fucked up

i give u props for realising that there are unfair advantages which is why we have dedicated servers

and a 2nd point MMO's need to die, the fact that its gonna make more long term profit means good rpgs are far and few between

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I chase the perfect play - where lag, cheaters and luck are all defied to create a single, beautiful moment of online domination. It may be sneaking across the map to kill someone without a sound, to the split second space of time to place a bullet firmly between your nemesis's eyes.


Sure it's frustrating, horrible to endure at times, and can make you question your motive for it. But I have never found as much enjoyment in anything in my life other than that singular moment where everything comes together and you achieve your goal over another person.

To me, no single player game can match that, purely because they aren't a living, breathing human.

This is absolutely true, and part of the reason I feel so compelled to keep pushing and getting better.

But unfortunately the good begins to be outweighed by the bad.

And by the way, fuck killstreak rewards, they ruin the game.

 

[latenightapplepie]

I get a bit competitive with Halo 3 online a fair bit. But I'll accept even a meagre positive kill/death ratio.

I think you're right though - you have to relax, take a step back and play something else sometimes.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

this is why PC MW2 got Fucked up

i give u props for realising that there are unfair advantages which is why we have dedicated servers

Dude I don't just recognise it, I ***** about it in here all the time haha...

Examples of my shameful nerd rage:

'WHAT THE FUCK!I FUCKING SHOT THAT GUY RIGHT IN THE FACE FOUR TIMES AND HE KILLS ME? AND WHY DIDN'T I FIRE ONE FUCKING SHOT IN THE KILLCAM????'

'WHAT! I WAS BEHIND THE WALL! HOW DID HE TELEPORT ME BACK OUT FROM BEHIND IT TO KILL ME??? THIS GAME GIVES ME HERPES!'

 

[Echo_419]

Well done. One of the few good threads. I feel the same way as you do man. Having said that the friends i have on Xbox live are my 'real world' friends as well and are all pretty much the same skill level and it can be really fun to have private matches together. It is competitive but always close and friendly.

 

[Octorok]

Dear god, are you living my exact life or am I living yours?!
Thats pretty much a yes I have those problems. I like to be competitive (deathmatches!) but only if everyone else is having fun with it. I honestly can say I've learned not to give a fuck who wins. I say learned because it took awhile.

Odd. Almost exactly me too. Except that I still care about my K/D ratio and about winning or getting good killstreaks. Not because I want to be the best but because I do enjoy myself when I win. It's true - I get pissed off at a death that I ought to be calm about. But I am a better player because of my desire to do better, and as such, have more fun because I win more often.

I take the game too seriusly, no really competitively. I know I'll never ever be the best, but I can be pretty good or just the best on my team and that makes my game fun.

 

[ryai458]

I love online shooters mostly COD games though I became sick of halo, on topic though I take online seriously I want to be better, it is that constant drive that keeps me play, that and I'm pretty good so I don't get aggervated because I'm getting my ass kicked, because I'm am just like now I know how the enemy feels when I'm doing good.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Well done. One of the few good threads. I feel the same way as you do man. Having said that the friends i have on Xbox live are my 'real world' friends as well and are all pretty much the same skill level and it can be really fun to have private matches together. It is competitive but always close and friendly.

Why thank you, I generally try not to start pointless threads around these parts.

Totally agree about the private games, when me and me real-life buddies have private free for alls, it results in howling laughter and endless fun, none of us care who wins as long as we make eachother and ourselves look stupid.

Then as soon as we go into a public match the laughter usually turns to rage...

 

[Pipotchi]

I like using a Stinger to knock out someones Killstreak reward staright out of the sky, now thats funny

 

[Gralian]

Competition is good when it reaps reward. I love the killstreak system in CoD, and the rank levelling from 1-70 but i absolutely cant stand the competitive environment of Counter Strike for example. No reward for doing well, no way to show level of "experience" and a community so venemous that they can shoot a flea off your hat a million miles away and go LOLOL DUDE YOU JUST GOT OWNED NOOB.

And that's what's enough to make me go 'fuck that' and whack on some final fantasy, or something.

 

[tsb247]

I have found that the competative nature of online gaming does indeed create a lot of stress. However, I have found that I am naturally good at some games and naturally bad at others. Then again, things are a little different in the PC gaming universe... There's a little more variety.

It doesn't get to me so much anymore.

 

[DemonicVixen]

Yeah this thread sounds like me. I get really stressed if i can't win or keep getting killed. I go crazy. I smashed my laptop once after being killed three times in a row on Delta Force (first shooting game i ever bought a few years ago). Now i find any game i can't relax unti l i win or at least don't get killed at the same spot. I can cry when i fail several times, literally cry with anger and hurt that the game doesn't like me lol.

 

[DTWolfwood]

never was a competitor in gaming. prided myself in being better than most but when some else came along what was way better i just left that game and joined another XD. no point trying to best some1 when you have been bested. Nice to be a winner but a las, its all just numbers. If at the end of the day you can't tell yourself who is #2 on the leaderboards than imagine; NO ONE else knows/care either cept #2 of course

 

[Gralian]

Its not just online shooters that cause too much stress either. I would argue MMO games like wow cause just as much stress, when you're undergeared and unable to catch up with everyone else because you dont have time to raid, then you're worthless in pvp and people wont take you for raids when you do have time because your gear is awful and you're always the first to die without hardly contributing to the group / raid / battleground / whatever.

Anything competitive is always going to cause a lot of stress regardless of the medium or environment.

 

[mechanixis]

Amen to that.

I am the opposite of a competitive person. I feel like a dick for winning, because I feel like I'm ruining someone's day. When I was younger, I would play Smash Bros. with my little brother, and he has aspergers syndrome. So back then, he would completely flip out if he lost, throw the controller across the room and storm off. Multiplayer was, therefore, the art of keeping him in his comfort zone.
I think because of this, for me, multiplayer has never been about winning - it's been about contributing to as enthralling an experience as possible for everyone involved. I never pull too far ahead in a multiplayer match - I always hold back just enough to keep things tense. So naturally, I don't find much satisfaction in Xbox Live - everyone else on there just wants to beat each other into the dust. If I play online, it's always for some form of co-op.

Plus I'm what I like to call a 'cinematic gamer'. I'm the kind of guy who wears shitty armor in Fallout because it looks cool, or tries to pull off stylish but completely ineffective tactics in Halo. So I suck at the sort of high-tension competitiveness that most multiplayer games demand. Gaming is about immersion for me, not the feeling of accomplishment that comes from victory.

 

[AWAR]

well yes i have to say i get very very stressed out when playing cod 4.
Overall im a calm person only when playing cod 4 i smash the keyboard on the wall when a guy kills with nades from 10000 feet 2 seconds after spawn..