Now I might get a lot of crap about this topic, but let's be honest: things are different.
Back in the day where all we had was local multiplayer, we would play with only our friends, and we'd all end up having a jolly good time. Everyone already enjoyed eachother's company and the games were just a great thing to do with that company.
Nowadays, we can go online and play with random strangers who might not fit into our specific social group, and we end up playing with people who think of the game a bit differently than us. For example: amoung your friends you may have deemed a certain weapon or item as "cheap" or "unfair" and in local multiplayer you all have agreed not to use it in order to make the game more fun (and even if somebody breaks that agreement and uses it anyway you could always get up and smack him across the face), but once you go online nothings stops people from using that item and taking away from your fun.
>>>(I can't even play Call of Duty anymore because of the goddamn grenade launchers and runners with tactical knife.)
Also, in games where you can communicate with players on the opposing teams, manners never seem to be an issue. Xbox LIVE is filled with people constantly shouting racist/sexist/homophobic things at eachother. This is because there's going to be zero negative effect on their lives by you not liking the way they act (If that person was in the room with you you could always get up and smack him across the face). This also leads to more cases of the above problem, and people use cheap weapons because they're not being rude to anyone they really know.
>>>(This is evident in xbox live games like Halo and Call of Duty, but a lack of manners bothers me the most in StarCraft II for the computer. The last time I played a person other than one of friends who actually bothered to say "gg" or "good game" was when I played an AI to shake off the rust between then and the Beta. I also hate when Terran lift up one of their buildings after they've clearly already lost and drag the game on a just a little bit longer.)
These are really just two examples of why I think online play isn't anywhere near as enjoyable as local, but I'm sure if I put my mind to it I could put a few more out there. However, I believe all these problems can be solved with a swift blow to the head and a trip back to the main menu in the case of a local game, so I suggest the removal of a ranking system so that we can restart the game the second some dick shoots me square in the face with an rocket launcher, and an attachment to next generation controllers that violently electrocutes anyone who has gotten enough votes by other players to have them thrown out of the game.
...or you can just do what Yahtzee does and only play the single player.
Back in the day where all we had was local multiplayer, we would play with only our friends, and we'd all end up having a jolly good time. Everyone already enjoyed eachother's company and the games were just a great thing to do with that company.
Nowadays, we can go online and play with random strangers who might not fit into our specific social group, and we end up playing with people who think of the game a bit differently than us. For example: amoung your friends you may have deemed a certain weapon or item as "cheap" or "unfair" and in local multiplayer you all have agreed not to use it in order to make the game more fun (and even if somebody breaks that agreement and uses it anyway you could always get up and smack him across the face), but once you go online nothings stops people from using that item and taking away from your fun.
>>>(I can't even play Call of Duty anymore because of the goddamn grenade launchers and runners with tactical knife.)
Also, in games where you can communicate with players on the opposing teams, manners never seem to be an issue. Xbox LIVE is filled with people constantly shouting racist/sexist/homophobic things at eachother. This is because there's going to be zero negative effect on their lives by you not liking the way they act (If that person was in the room with you you could always get up and smack him across the face). This also leads to more cases of the above problem, and people use cheap weapons because they're not being rude to anyone they really know.
>>>(This is evident in xbox live games like Halo and Call of Duty, but a lack of manners bothers me the most in StarCraft II for the computer. The last time I played a person other than one of friends who actually bothered to say "gg" or "good game" was when I played an AI to shake off the rust between then and the Beta. I also hate when Terran lift up one of their buildings after they've clearly already lost and drag the game on a just a little bit longer.)
These are really just two examples of why I think online play isn't anywhere near as enjoyable as local, but I'm sure if I put my mind to it I could put a few more out there. However, I believe all these problems can be solved with a swift blow to the head and a trip back to the main menu in the case of a local game, so I suggest the removal of a ranking system so that we can restart the game the second some dick shoots me square in the face with an rocket launcher, and an attachment to next generation controllers that violently electrocutes anyone who has gotten enough votes by other players to have them thrown out of the game.
...or you can just do what Yahtzee does and only play the single player.
