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We all have those moments of supreme gamer rage, where all logic seems to fly right out the window, and we turn to any old excuse we can find to blame the game or someone else for our failings as a player. We’ve all played those games that simply got the better of us and perhaps made us re-evaluate quite how good at games we are – it’s a tough reality to face up to, but once the rage has settled and the truth has sunk in, that normally seems to be the case.
Of course, sometimes the game is going to be poorly designed and your friends are going to be cheating, but most of the time these tend to be excuses players make to account for their sucky playing ability.
Here are 10 excuses gamers make for sucking at games…
Of course, sometimes the game is going to be poorly designed and your friends are going to be cheating, but most of the time these tend to be excuses players make to account for their sucky playing ability.
Here are 10 excuses gamers make for sucking at games…
Lag.
Back in 1999, when everyone but the wealthy were still using 56k connections, this might have been a valid complaint, but today, with our 100MB fiber optic lines, the excuse doesn’t hold water. Back in the day, lag used to be one of the most infuriating things about online gaming; due to the high latency of 56k modems, your play would be frequently interrupted by a lost connection, and you’re helpless as players with better connections could whizz around the map, killing you and winning the game.
Back in 1999, when everyone but the wealthy were still using 56k connections, this might have been a valid complaint, but today, with our 100MB fiber optic lines, the excuse doesn’t hold water. Back in the day, lag used to be one of the most infuriating things about online gaming; due to the high latency of 56k modems, your play would be frequently interrupted by a lost connection, and you’re helpless as players with better connections could whizz around the map, killing you and winning the game.
Screen Looking.
To be fair, this is one I complain about whenever I play split-screen multiplayer round a buddy’s house, but it’s just part and parcel of the local multiplayer experience, really. “Screen looking” is just what it says; let’s say there’s four of you playing Call of Duty on one TV – who isn’t going to look, even by accident, at the screens of their opponents every so often? It’s basically unavoidable, though more honourable players might pretend to ignore what they’ve seen and walk into sure death – yet in my experience, most people aren’t that noble…
To be fair, this is one I complain about whenever I play split-screen multiplayer round a buddy’s house, but it’s just part and parcel of the local multiplayer experience, really. “Screen looking” is just what it says; let’s say there’s four of you playing Call of Duty on one TV – who isn’t going to look, even by accident, at the screens of their opponents every so often? It’s basically unavoidable, though more honourable players might pretend to ignore what they’ve seen and walk into sure death – yet in my experience, most people aren’t that noble…
Button Mashing.
Yes, I’ve been annoyed by this before, but it’s not an adequate excuse for repeatedly getting your ass kicked by your incompetent mate. Find a better strategy and deal with it.
Yes, I’ve been annoyed by this before, but it’s not an adequate excuse for repeatedly getting your ass kicked by your incompetent mate. Find a better strategy and deal with it.
The Learning Curve is Too Steep.
At least this being a structural complaint about the game is a lot easier to dispel – complain about this sort of thing online and you’re liable to be hit back with a litany of abuse, with people insulting your lack of gaming prowess.
At least this being a structural complaint about the game is a lot easier to dispel – complain about this sort of thing online and you’re liable to be hit back with a litany of abuse, with people insulting your lack of gaming prowess.
My controller is broken.
It’s a dumb excuse because it can be so easily proven wrong. If you ever hand someone an unofficial controller, expect them to pull out this excuse if you completely trounce them.
It’s a dumb excuse because it can be so easily proven wrong. If you ever hand someone an unofficial controller, expect them to pull out this excuse if you completely trounce them.
The AI is too Smart
Speaking as someone who beat the Trial on my first go, I had good fun ripping the lesser players to shreds who dismissed the game as having unfair AI and basically forcing the player into conditions that would ensure their defeat. This simply isn’t true; I’m hardly the best God of War player out there, but I made it through with 70% of my health in tact by simply dodging and timing my attacks correctly.
Speaking as someone who beat the Trial on my first go, I had good fun ripping the lesser players to shreds who dismissed the game as having unfair AI and basically forcing the player into conditions that would ensure their defeat. This simply isn’t true; I’m hardly the best God of War player out there, but I made it through with 70% of my health in tact by simply dodging and timing my attacks correctly.
Camping.
Back in the days of Counterstrike, this was a fair complaint, but anti-camping measures are pronounced enough in most games that this isn’t nearly the problem it used to be.
Back in the days of Counterstrike, this was a fair complaint, but anti-camping measures are pronounced enough in most games that this isn’t nearly the problem it used to be.
Cheaters.
It sucks when you destroy a server full of crap players, rack up a 12-kill streak, unleash the Pavelow and then have a bunch of people report you for being a cheater despite having no evidence for it other than their own bruised egos. What these players actually need to do is to get better and then get even…
It sucks when you destroy a server full of crap players, rack up a 12-kill streak, unleash the Pavelow and then have a bunch of people report you for being a cheater despite having no evidence for it other than their own bruised egos. What these players actually need to do is to get better and then get even…
Everyone Else is a Noob.
These players need to direct their complaints towards the developers for creating what they perceive to be an unbalanced experience rather than players who are simply taking of advantage of something readily available to them. Plus, whenever I used the Noob Tube and heard people screaming at me down the voice-comms, it just made me use the gun even more frequently while laughing manically at their pleas for me to stop.
These players need to direct their complaints towards the developers for creating what they perceive to be an unbalanced experience rather than players who are simply taking of advantage of something readily available to them. Plus, whenever I used the Noob Tube and heard people screaming at me down the voice-comms, it just made me use the gun even more frequently while laughing manically at their pleas for me to stop.
Poor Game Design.
Sometimes games are genuinely shoddily designed (see last year’s Amy above, an extremely promising game that succumbed to terrible design flaws), whereas others simply ask the player to think about the world they’re traversing in a different, even abstract way that they are just not used to. However, impatient players will be quick to dismiss this as the game not being designed well because it doesn’t cater to their basic notions of what a game should be.
Sometimes games are genuinely shoddily designed (see last year’s Amy above, an extremely promising game that succumbed to terrible design flaws), whereas others simply ask the player to think about the world they’re traversing in a different, even abstract way that they are just not used to. However, impatient players will be quick to dismiss this as the game not being designed well because it doesn’t cater to their basic notions of what a game should be.
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