ITT: Trends you just don't understand
>e-sports
>>319692225
Letsplayers.
My nephews watch all those fucking idiots on YouTube and think it's the greatest shit ever.
How don't you understand that people are interested in watching the best of the best compete in a very popular medium.
You might not enjoy it, but it's very understandable.
>>319692225
>>319692524
I'm pretty sure this is for people around 10-16 because when I bring my 12 year old to get togethers I just give him his ipad and he watches cs go matches and jontron
this shit is actually great for parents but i don't see the appeal, i was playing the games when i was his age instead of watching someone else play them.
>>319692225
While I dont like the term e-sports, I get people wanting to watch high level competition of a game they enjoy.
Now lets players, theres something I do not understand the popularity of. Why would someone choose to spend money on watching some random shmuck play a game that they could be playing themselves? Not even stuff like game grumps which is free and 40% video games and 60% friends telling stories and being dicks to eachother, but people straight up paying money to watch gayballs666 play Mine Craft on a custom server. It just boggles my fucking mind, just cut out the middle man and play the games yourselves
Microtransactions.
Especially those valve crates to unlock to get "awesome" skins.
>>319692752
I can understand things like Jontron where they play bad games and make fun of them, even having some sketches thrown around here and there. But things like Pewdiepie, Markiplier and pretty much just anyone else that's just playing the game and talking all the time is just extremely boring.
>>319692225
I agree that there are a ton of forced e-sports, but some games are fun to watch at a high level. it's subjective.
forced e-sports imo
>hearthstone
>any FPS
>WoW
there couldnt be anything more boring to watch than WoW as an esport
good esports
>dota 2
>fighting games
>>319693125
agreed, its a bloated scummy practice. And anything I wouldnt be able to pay for with the loose change in my cup holder certainly isnt a "micro" transaction.
e-sports as a commercial product just digusts me, and the viewers and culture surrounding it is literally the worst.
Lets players are pretty bad, but that's mostly children watching so I don't judge too much. It's easily accessible and easy to digest stupid entertainment and it makes them feel like they're part of a community.
I don't understand the SJW outrage on both sides, there is a middle ground that nobody seems to really look at. There's so much misdirected vitriol that I wonder what you guys actually expect to accomplish.
I don't understand grown ass men being gaming platform internet warriors.
I don't watch esports, but I get why people would. It's the same as watching football or baseball - sure, I can play baseball and have fun, but it's even more fun to watch actual pros do their thing
I hate lets plays, too. If I am interested in a game, I'd play it myself. I don't want to watch a knucklehead make lol randumb jokes while playing it.
>>319692225
Reaction videos.
It's like the definition of leeching.
>>319692225
You will never be good at video games to where you can claim money for it. Some people like to watch some of the best people and what creative shinanigans they can pull off.
>>319694256
i felt this way.. until.. i discovered this guy and his wife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPCDoANDkl4
>>319692225
>Top 5/10/15/69 Lists
Why the fuck are there so many of these? Do people just like having things numerically sorted? Are they genuinely autistic?
>>319692225
How is it hard for you to understand that people who are good at something like to comelete, and other people like to watch people who are good at something compete? Do you not understand real sports either?
Personally, I don't watch esports or real sports but it seems very obvious to me why others would like it. If you lack empathy to that extent you most likely have some kind of autism spectrum disorder.
The thing I personally don't understand is why lets players are so popular these days. "It makes lonely people feel like they have friends" is probably the best analysis I've heard so far.
>>319694256
it's funny because reaction videos took a huge nosedive numbers-wise after youtube stopped letting people reply to videos with other videos
now we just need to get rid of "___ reacts to:" and we'll be golden
>>319693125
isnt that their source of profit from f2p?
even then as long as it doesnt change the game and its only cosmetics i dont really see the problem
Pixelshit indie games and their popularity.
How people just throw money at streamers that are probably already better off than them.
>>319693551
>forced esports
>games I don't like
>good esports
>game I like
Personally I don't watch any esports except for ocasionally watching evo once every few years, but I'd be kinda interested to watch competitive hearthstone and see what the top level of play is like.
>>319694549
Of course not, they just like to pretend they are autistic. It's the new thing.
But seriously, they just pick like 5 games they like, then they start filling up the rest of the video with similar games. Plus, people watch those to waste time.
>>319695025
i like hearthstone a lot though, and WoW when I played it.
>>319694256
This 100%
That being said they can be good, H3H3 for example
Video games post 2007
Console wars. Like, I can't tell if all those "nintentoddler" vs "sonygger" threads are all just ironic shitposting or whether some of you autistic spergs are actually serious about this stuff. I mean, are you like 10 years old? Why do you pledge allegiance to a company and shitpost any threads about games on a platform you don't own? Do you really feel so insecure about your purchase that you need to justify it by insulting people who made a different one? People who unironically wank on about the "PC master race" are just as bad.
If you're limiting the games you play to a single platform, you're missing out on a lot no matter what system you choose.
>>319695025
>>319693551
I like WoW but he's right, watching WoW competitive was the most sleep inducing shit ever when I tuned into it years ago. It would take forever because of how stupidly long healers delayed pvp .
ANYTHING that includes the following
>face cam
>reaction videos
>lets plays
>90% of twitch
>top 10,20,30 whatever
>vlogs
>people talking about trending stuff just for the sake of views
if there is something that makes me feel like i wasted time of my life is anything with the above, i will never understand the trend that some people have to watch someone play something or do something, it feels like playing the sims without any gameplay, you just watch people do things
>>319692225
translation: I'm jealous people are paid to play video games
>>319695540
All of it is pure unadulterated falseflag shitposing, all of it. Only retards take that shit seriously.
Watching other people play video games.
>>319692554
Not him but I guess I just don't like those shitty games,
>>319692225
e-sports have been a trend since the turn of the millennium. You have to be as old as grandpa Simpson to not get it.
>fun of playing video games
>excitement of competition and having thousands of dollars on the line in a single match
>get to travel the world on sponsors money
I understand it, what I can't understand is why people watch boring shit like ASSFAGGOTS
>>319692225
Open world and EXP/level up mechanics in every game
X Simulator 201Y games
>>319696110
By 90% of Twitch I assume you mean competitive tournaments as the other 10%?
>>319696337
only retards *post it
>>319694354
Based ethan
>>319696498
yes, when twitch is used as it is meant to be used for, you know, tournaments and competitive games it's all good, it's nice to see the pros do their things. I, to this day, cannot understand the amount of kids that think playing a game while having the webcam on and hearing only sound is a good idea
>>319692225
Agreed. Granted I don't get the love for any kind of sports-watching
>>319696643
speedrunning is good on twitch for certain games
>>319692752
>watching cs:go matches
its just spectator sports
i cant for the life of me imagine why one would watch baseball outside of watching a good hit i'd rather be playing such a slow game
>>319692554
i enjoy watching competitive video games.
It´s just they arent sports. Such thing as "e-sports" doesnt exist.
>>319692225
JUST followed by nigger speak, and now "IT ISN'T FAIR"
please stop, /v/, you don't need to do these things
>>319696806
i dont mind watching it in the sun, at the stadium, with beer and friends
>>319692225
What's not to understand about esports? It's the same thing as regular sports, people have teams or individuals they like and support. There's the same sense of competition as any regular sport, and to make it to the top you still have to be highly skilled at your game of choice.
>reaction videos to video game trailers
Not really vidya trends but vidya anyways.
>CS:GO
>EYE DIVINE Cybermancy
>Expensive Cosmetic items in multiplayer games.
>Dwarf Fortress
Watching someone else playing a game on Youtube.
Mobas as a whole.
>>319694549
>>319695212
They are extremely addictive to watch
>>319694354
Too bad he's a jew.
Realistic sports games
I don't see the appeal at all
>>319693551
I've played WoW to 2,6k rating. Which was high for the average playerbase at a time when there was much rating inflation.
For players below a certain level they can't appreciate what's happening. I guess that's true of most games with even a hint of mechanics required, aka anything but Mobas.
However watching cata and wotlk competitive was the fucking shit. The 2011 blizzcon final match was insane and the 2009/2010 MLG circuit for WoW was incredible, the story-line of even just what compositions turned up to the tournament was incredible it changed every tournament from not just balance changes but even metagame and scaling. EU KR and NA all had different ways of playing the game and watching them mix was so interesting.
I do wish there was a game similar to world of warcraft from wotlk with just an arena mode, everything I've found is is too simple mechanically or plays extremely poorly. I've never found anything that scratches that itch though.
WoW is hardly forced though. It's just dead.
I'M 29 AND IT HAPPENED TO ME TOO
YOU WILL GET OLDER AND KIDS WILL GET DUMBER AND DUMBER
IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOOOOOOUUUUUUU
>>319697586
Has it changed a lot since 2011? My friend tried to show me it recently, I can appreciate and understand what's happening, but it was so tedious and boring to watch. Healers never run out of mana.
>>319697586
>aka anything but mobas
You're a huge hypocritical retard if you believe this. Playing DotA at a high level requires a lot more skill than playing WoW at a high level. If playing dota is so easy why don't you and a bunch of your retard friends go and play dota competitively and make a lot of money by winning every tournament?
>people think that MOBA killed RTS
>when MMO games didn't kill RPG
>when multiplayer FPS didn't kill single player FPS
>they think it's the same crowd for both genres
In reality they found a reason to hate popular games, because with a reason you don't feel bad about it.
>Reaction videos
>Unboxing Videos
Why?
mfw people always tell me i did a good job in dota 2. i've got only shit skins to show. mfw i've got almost 3000 hours played. feels good man. while my friends only play that game to play fashion dota2 and really suck. 1,5k hours in to the game and they've got the gall to ask what storm spirits skill set is.
>>319692225
Having to spend real money on a game AFTER you buy it. Back in my day we paid for the game and you unlocked everything by playing the living fuck out of it. Not pay for endgame stuff right off the bat. You kids and your give it to me now attitude. Sheesh.
>>319698201
>tfw i sold all my cosmetics for hundreds of steam-credit-dollarydoos
>>319698295
yeah it's a bummer man, makes me appreciate every new game that doesn't do that though
>>319698378
tfw i've already got everything i want from all steam sales. steam dollarydoos got zero value to me :(
i dont have very relevant fw :c
>>319692225
Defending terrible buisness practices as some inevitability you must accept
>>319698195
>Reaction Videos
These are essentially first-time experience do-overs through someone else
>Unboxing Videos
Similar to reaction videos, but usually some poorfag's first time experience in opening something cool/expensive, while also being informative since the good ones actually detail the contents of the box
I'm super good at Tetris I win everytime I hate it when there's a line and clears a line of progress once I fill up the screen and win I restart and win again
>>319697989
You really didn't read.
> I guess that's true of most games with even a hint of mechanics required
> mechanics
Where did I say skill?
>>319697810
2011 was Cata? It's definitely worse (which says a lot).
As a viewer it's still entertaining from time to time. But there's little comp variety. Mana does go to 0 often, but that's only because dampening kills mana or a cleave just has too big a throughput of damage.
As a player it's awful. RMD and Turbo Cleave are the number one comps. If you are queing anything else and there's an equal skill RMD or Turbo, you won't meet it because your MMR won't even be close enough.
They've removed a lot of "skill based" skills, and interesting things. It's just not fun to play right now. Leigon for PvP looks shit as there's even less skills. Find an alpha streamer and look at their bars. The used to be 5 bars full for most chars, now they have 3 half full bars as that's where their binds are.
Come back for the first month of Leigon, because every xpac is amazing when it opens because I don't know why. Then fuck off until the next one.
>>319697989
> If playing dota is so easy why don't you and a bunch of your retard friends go and play dota competitively and make a lot of money by winning every tournament?
Not him but if you are older than 13 and making this argument please either read a book or kill yourself
>>319697586
The issue with MMOs as an "esport" is that PVP in MMO's is a joke. There's to much of an emphasis on non-skill aspects to win. I have an issue with any game where your gear and the like make up more of an impact than your skill
>>319696960
>I alone personally decide the definition of this word
Let's Players
I never understand the appeal of watching a video of someone else playing a video game, unless you're curious about buying it. These channels with "seasons" and "episodes" bring a whole new meaning to reality TV.
Gotta second microtransactions too. Watching this industry go from fun medium with lots of possibilities to turning video games into mini casinos has been kinda sad. Not surprising since business people only give a shit about fucking evert cent out of you, but still sad to see. I've been turned off from games cuz of the nickel and diming culture that has taken over.
>>319698201
>look at my inventory
>couple of rares, the usual items,Meepo items from store
>look at chat in client
>everyone mentions items that can be sold for 50-100$
>I would just sell those items and buy games
I wonder if they spend mad money on chests or trading like the jewest of jews.
>extending arm outward
>mouth goes over hand
>>319694638
I forgot that was ever a thing
Good riddance
>pushing buttons with greasy cheeto fingers
>sports
o i m lafn
>>319692225
I don't get watching sports at all. Regular or otherwise.
>>319698958
WoW Arena has never had that problem for a long period of time.
Gear right now is standard for everyone almost. Which is a shame because there's no cool choices to make.
Sometimes certain items come out at the start of patches like trinkets or weapons and are really good but they always fall into line eventually.
Nine times out of ten you needed the standard easy to obtain PvP gear to be best geared.
Even if you wasn't you was competitive still and has an advantage in another way (usually you would be able to take more damage).
>>319699404
So I could beat someone while wearing level 1 armor?
No, I could not. The best gear being easy to get does not change the fact you need the gear.
>>319698195
I like them to see everything that is included in the box, so I know what to expect if I buy the thing. I just skip through it tho looking for the bits I want. Sometimes these videos take forever to fucking unbox something.
>>319697392
It's why Blitz games will always be better than Madden.
>>319692752
>this shit is actually great for parents
Not long term. In fact I'm willing to bet the vast majority of this kids will develop autism or at least some severe form of social unawareness from not spending time interacting with other children.
>>319699583
Same as TV
>>319692225
Minecraft.
I just don't get it. Probably never will. I've had friends try to get me in to it, but it just doesnt appeal to me in any way, shape or form.
>>319692225
Twitch streamers
I just hate the culture that they created for themselves, it's the most obnoxious disingenuous shit.
>>319698130
>when MMO games didn't kill RPG
It's true.Bethesda did that.
>>319699539
... really?
There's no point trying to discuss this with someone who's going to be a cunt about it.
Just take find your favorite anime reaction image and claim some kind of victory.
>>319694256
They're not that bad if you think about it.
It's like when you find a scare video or shock video on the internet and show your friends or relatives just because it's funny or interesting to see their reaction
Vaping
>>319699798
Why are you butthurt? You can like your mmo pvp all you like but don't go around calling other games shit when you think the epitome of skill is having to wear the proper PVP gear to be able to hurt someone at all
>>319694354
nah
fuck off
unless there's genuine criticism for an important topic, it's kinda just shit
>>319692225
Bethesda games
>>319692752
Some girls I know that are 18 - 20 watch LPs in public.
I specify in public because I also watch one LPer, but that's just in my own time alone, cause I know how pathetic it looks watching someone else play vidya and overreact to the smallest shit.
>>319699719
This so much. I even saw that video of some meincraft conference with a bunch of autistic kids, it was sad, like the developers really dont know how to handle this shit.
I don't fully understand why when kiddies get furious they call everything cancer
>>319699738
I really don't understand subscriptions, and donations.
I regularly watch a few streams.
You're giving away money you've earned to someone doing something they enjoy?
You like watching this particular individual person playing games so much that you're going to take money from your own wallet to give to them although it has no impact on anything besides you might get them to pretend to get a bit wet about you giving them the money?
>>319693551
How are mobs more entertaining to watch than shooters? That sounds like autism desu senpai.
MMOs
Interacting with a bunch of people in a game world sounds super cool. Doing it with a bunch of mediocre gameplay and quests at the same time does not.
>>319699583
>develop autism
>develop
>>319692225
> tfw Halo World Championship prize money is at around $1.8 million and growing
> tfw it's mostly funded by people buying REQ packs
>>319700006
Don't you have to pay real money to get characters from mobas?
Mobile gaming in its entirety. Incidentally I also have no love for tablet computers.
>>319693125
I'm just sick of every single game having them.
Like, I don't mind them in shit like MMOs where it's "Pay to get extra exp/gold drops or costumes or whatever", especially if the game in question is f2p, since that's probably where their profits come from to be able to maintain their servers and updates.
But if a game has a price to play it, with DLC on top of it, AND crates with shitty skins, it drives me up the fucking wall. And more and more games are doing it, it's obnoxious.
>>319692524
LPs are small fries.
Check out this TOY review channel: videos with 100 MILLION views or more (related, 400 milllion views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8vzbIuvhoo
>>319697989
he means its easy to understand whats going on in fights in mobas, not that it's mechanically not complex etc. all the heroes have limited skills and that's why it appeals to viewers it's not like wow arena with 100000billion keybind and macros
>>319699583
I bet you think tap water is dangerous too.
Let's not forget chemtrails and vaccines!
>>319700985
Depends on the MOBA. Pretty sure all of DOTAs characters (Champions? Heroes? Whatever) are unlocked from the start. League of Legends Champions are unlocked through either real-world currency or in-game currency which you get for winning.
Obviously, RWC means you get them faster.
>>319700756
This desu. Every MMO I've given a chance has some (mediocre) gameplay and simply get bored.
Otherwise, turn based games with human opponents are fucking great. Pokemon, Monsters at My Metro, Hearthstone... I have hours upon hours playing that shit.
Any recommendations?
Wonder how the future will be in 10 years, for me at least. I just dont get it how streamers and shit get that level of attention, and i feel like companies are part of the problem, they encourage all of this.
How Tim Schafer still has work.
>>319701403
Tap water is bad for you. The toxin flouride and the estrogen from birth control pills, pesticides that make men sterile and queer, and other pollutants. Although bottled water is ten times worse because it's almost always just tap water that's been done the disservice of being left in a plastic bottle for a long time and allowed to accumulate a shitload of bacteria.
And the chemtrails aren't unhealthy. They're actually helping to keep it cool.
It's why air plane technology hasn't actually changed or evolved in any real way since the late 70's. Hell, after they forcefully decommissioned the concord it's been proven that it's been regressing.
>>319701338
Oh you're right.
LP is tiny potatoes compared to toy play channels.
Want to know what makes even more money then LP?
People making little tv/cartoon shows out of games.
That shit is amazingly popular.
>>319702586
As an animator: no we fucking don't. We make pennies compared to liveblogs/letsplays becasue the cpm model is stacked for 10 minute + long videos uploaded frequently few times a week). Despite getting 100% watch time and 2.5 million view a month i make around $900-1.2k
>friends in online games wanting to chat outside the game
Really this applies everywhere, even outside of gaming
It one of the reasons I look forward to playing No Man's Sky. Normies will probably play it and get bored in 5 minutes but I love the idea of the first anti-social MMO. I love the idea of playing a game where I can do nothing but avoiding people
>hey want to hang out we can...
>ignored and blocked
twitch donations.
somebody explain this complete and utter insanity
>>319697019
EYE is in it's own crazy world where you can hack people and control them like a demented creature, make people explode into creatures, jump 40 feet into the air and fall down on someone turning them into meat bits, along with a sword that explodes on hit, and a handgun that can shoot down helicopters.
Shit's fun but super grindy for all the fun upgrades
>>319692225
what is there to understand? people like to compete, and these people happen to love video games. its not rocket science
>>319703807
I think he means more like the focus and viewership of esports beyond seeing who's the best at it
Lets Plays will be dead and barren in 5 years minimum.
The same with all the past popular channels.
>>319695351
This
e-sports has been a trend since forever, The Wizard is a movie about fucking e-sports like come on dude
>>319692225
That's simple? Did you ever have a friend that would do nothing but try to make you angry/sad when you played with him as a kid? Well, Esports are just an evolution of that. Since they could get more money and better experiences via other methods, it's pretty obvious that they're mostly playing to make other human beings feel bad.
>>319704935
Sounds like you're shit at games desu
>e-celebs
I see people posting Jontron or whatever that fat faggot's name is all the time and I just don't get it.
>>319696487
Even before that if you remember Starcade.
>>319705102
I'm actually fairly good. Honestly, making people feel bad is my whole reason for playing in competitions, and it seems to be the same for plenty of other guys I know. See, I play SFIV with some guys and I always ask them "why do you invest so much time into this game when you could just get a real job? Half of you aren't even that good." Then they say something like "I love to win" or some other stupid shit. Feel free to keep projecting about shit you know nothing about, though.
>>319697392
you wont see the appeal unless you like sports.
>>319705289
Play hard, play to win, if the loser gets mad it's their fucking problem.
You still sound like a shitter.
I understand watching LPs for the people who are talking in the videos (even I do it sometimes), but why do people watch LPs of new vidya that releases that they're interested in? Why have the game spoiled if you plan on playing it?
>>319705494
Who said that I said it was bad if people get mad? Who said that I don't like seeing people get mad? Do you lack comprehension? It's pretty obvious that most "competitive" gamers don't care about competition or anything like that, or else they'd just play a real fucking sport. More importantly, how can you claim you love competition when you purposely try your hardest to get any little advantage over your opponent? If you were that good, you wouldn't need to desperately look up guides on everything to beat that kid down the street. I know it's hard to accept that you wasted so much of your time not getting a real job and being a nigger, much like the people that think they can go pro in football just because they played in high school, but read this article to get a better idea of how wrong your bitch ass is.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150528042259/http://culture.vg/features/art-theory/why-versus-multiplayer-games-are-worse-games-than-jrpgs.html
>>319703409
I don't understand people who donate hundreds.
I watch a stream that gets about 500 viewers per broadcast, and I've seen people donate around $100 or 200 in a single donation. One person has done it multiple times to where it's added up to at least $2000.
>>319692225
Western RPGs in a medieval setting
>>319693551
This, only fuck dota2 as well.
Only Smash, and fighting games are fun to watch. Has Splatoon blown up yet? If so, that too.
>>319694256
>>319694549
>>319706436
This too.
>>319692225
Monster hunter
I'll concede that fighting a big monster is fun but it running away and having to grind for everything is boring as fuck yet some how it sells millions of copies in a day.
>>319705623
I personally use let's plays (one or two vids at most) for games I don't know anything about and want to see in action before I go dropping $40.
For games you know you're going to play it makes sense for things like minecraft or terraria where creativity is a big aspect of the game case that lets creatively bankrupt people at least see what the game has to offer
>>319696347
I don't like basketball yet I can still understand how people watch it.
>>319707604
I picked up 3U a couple of weeks ago and I loved it, but holy shit some of the aspects of that game is just infuriating. The lack of more i-frames on dodge and the sheer immobility the player can sometimes have is infuriating at times, let alone those fucking underwater battles. I'd love to get 4U and X since those did away with underwater, but it's on the 3DS and I don't have a N3DS. I really wish they'd release those games for the Wii U, it could really use the support.
>Open World game
>More than half of it's content is useless collectables
W3 did it even worse by giving you a shitload of underleveled items not even worth selling.
>CDProjekt is good to their fans!
>Why?
>FREE DLC BRAH :D
>That term makes no-
>TROOOOOOOOOLL, reddit ;)
What an empty fucking term.
>>319709280
How does 'Free Downloadable Content' not make any sense?
It's content, that you download, for free.
Wow. Did I blow your mind?
>>319692225
Fighting games
>>319698962
Uh.. no?
Video games arent sports, its as simple as that.
>>319709280
>the term "Free Downloadable Content" makes no sense
I mean, I guess I can understand if you've only known it by the meme definition of "extra game stuff you buy" most people use it for nowadays, but you'd have to be pretty stupid to not know what it actually means
>>319709537
Great, we don't want casual pussy faggots like you playing with us anyway.
>>319707604
This. Except I just don't understand why people like it when some monsters can take 10+ minutes to kill.
>>319709768
Why is /fgg/ so full of overly competitive niggers? Do you people really get this upset over video games.
>>319708014
>I personally use let's plays (one or two vids at most) for games I don't know anything about and want to see in action before I go dropping $40.
Thank you, I thought I was the only one.
>>319709513
It's a fucking update you retarded neanderthal.
Oh wow, look at these saints giving us what I like to call "CFFTBDEDLC", "Completely Free From The Best Developers Ever Downloadable Content".
EPPPPPPPPPPPIKKKKKKKKKKK ECKKKKKKS DEEEEE XDDDD HOOHHAA
Kickstarters that ask for millions, and people backing companies who haven't released their previous games yet.
>>319710794
Why does this bother you so much?
>>319711030
Kill yourself.
>>319711080
For what purpose?
>>319692225
>Youtuber reacts to *Video
Following e-celebs. Not just watching them play video games or listening to their banter, but going so far as to actually care about their private lives and what they do that has absolutely jackshit to do with video games.
>>319711178
I despise you.
You adore a bunch of hacks who pretend to appreciate your service, and give you shitty fucking loot bags to keep you around.
You people are scum.
>>319711374
kek, I've never even played Witcher game. I just think you're getting a teeny tiny bit too upset over what people think of a developer. Is it past your bedtime?
>>319699583
if everybody has autism then nobody does
>tfw you still get it
I'd rather be that dad all the daughter's friends wanna fuck than stay behind.
Thank you, hostile job.
>>319709280
it's extra content that you download... for free.
you might be retarded.
>>319693125
>tfw will never understood why the fuck people shit themselves over cosmetics
Especially TF2. It's a fucking FPS, what the fuck are you doing if you're looking at your character model so much.
And the obsession with "muh fix the economy" instead of the game's balance. There's usually people bragging about how they turned a profit from the TF2 economy, but it's almost always just pocket change that hardly measures up to the free time invested.
>all these people saying 'let's players'
>these are the same people who are probably rejects who never had anyone watch any of their videos
loving every laugh
>>319692524
The only kind of LPs worth anything are the very informative ones (particularily found in Screenshot LPs). They tell you so much stuff about the lore, the gameplay mechanics, and the hidden stuff.
>>319712679
>the only people that could possible dislike something are those that have attempted it and failed at it.
I bet you think all of the people that hate furries are ex-furries.
>>319712679
>projecting
nty familia
>>319713018
Dunno, it just seems like there's a lot of sour grapes and autism in this thread senpai
>>319692225
>Hearthstone/ MTG clone games played via computer
>kappa
>being a toxic cocksucker instead of helping others
>paying for cosmetics
>paying for intentionally broken items
>paying for in-game currency
>hatred for Call of Duty, but no hostility towards CS:GO (literally the same game, just different game mode and retarded "realistic spray pattern)
>Watching other people play a videogame (that isn't a guide)
>having to play a game for X+ years to have merit despite having better gear
>Inability to form a coherent opinion on a game without starting a "Dust has settled thread"
Gaming died in 2004. Everything that is happening now is because of this board.
>>319713139
>sour grapes
where?
>>319692225
I can understand why some people like e-sports by they just don't appeal to my sensibilities at all. This might make me sound like a Gone Home loving, David Cage-cock sucking faggot but I like my games to be a 30-150 hour interactive experience with a beginning and an end rather than something competitive.
>>319713303
How did /v/ lead to the creation of Heathstone?
Daily reminder that if you post "Y-you just suck!" you're exactly why people don't like e-sports. Could you imagine that if someone told you they don't like football their excuse would be "You only hate it because you can't play it!" despite it being a sport mostly enjoyed by fat Americans?
>>319713752
>all this projection
It's like you've never been to a college football game.
>>319699839
It's used to be fun showing the scare video reactions now it's just "I'm going to scream wildly into the camera like a idiot" while some announcement trailer plays.
>>319713870
No shit. We don't play much football in Germany. Anyway, I think you may have missed my point. I'm saying that "you dislike it because you are bad at it" is a poor defense, when you could just say something like "It's simply not for you." Wouldn't you laugh at a guy that gets upset over a review of a mlp game saying the person was just bad at it, when instead it should have just been obvious that the game was not made for that kind of person?
>>319692524
I've always liked watching people play games, especially IRL.
I like let's plays for games I've played before, am interested in playing, or don't really want to play but am interested in. It's not really a substitute, but a new way to experience games.
Non-solo commentary that isn't overdone actually makes watching let's play feel like a podcast or something.
>>319699572
>Retard won't put the camera down ever
>Doesn't jump cut to open
>Doesn't have any scissors or tools to cut the package open
>Watching someone struggle to open a box with one hand like a ape
>Unboxing videos for regular games
>>319707604
This is somewhat related but I hate how MH, RE and SF fags keep Capcom afloat eating any crap that crapcom tries to sell to save they sorry asses.
>>319707604
>>319714576
When MH fans express what they love about MH, it usually sounds like people expressing how much they love work. MH fandom marketing is “the love of work”.
“Boy, I really do love working!”
“Yes indeed!”
“But all those little people go around and just play around all the time! Not wanting to put in a hard days work!”
What am I paying for? Entertainment or exercise? Monster Hunter is nothing but the work. Basically, you’ll be spending all of your time farming until you have worthwhile gear before you can enjoy the game? Why can’t I enjoy it now? I’m paying for entertainment after all, right?
But yeah, SF and MH fags are just as bad as MMO fags that claim you can't judge a game before dumping 400 hours into it.
>>319705623
>Hey bro I've heard of that game!
>Ah cool, did you get to...
>Oh no no no, I never played it. I watched a Let's play of the whole thing but the game looked pretty fun!
>>319709280
While we are at this I fucking hate the dumb shit Tripwire is been doing with KF2.
Why you boast and go proud as fuck and say "yeah we give them free updates! You should be thankful" when is a fucking EARLY ACCESS game.
Is clear as water they didnt learn a thing with how badly Ro2 launch turn out to be and they going to fuck up even harder from now on
>>319710794
Monster Hunter would like a word with you.
>>319698980
On Let's Players:
I've always been curious to watch others play games I've played/beaten.
>>319692752
>this shit is actually great for parents
No, it isn't.
>>319715825
For shit parents sure.
>>319699583
>develop autism
Nigga, that's not how it works.
>>319697586
I remember in BC for a WoW tournament that a guy using a paladin was literally laughed at by the commentators. It was that point I stopped caring for PvP.
Commentators who just talk about their daily life or their past experiences constantly A.K.A. LeafyisHere, Luna,
>>319699583
Then they'll all develop autism and get along just fine.
>>319713546
Secondaries from /tg/.
>>319716904
commentators are there to fill the time thatbad gamesneed before they start becoming interesting.
The Runaway Guys
The lesbian on the left is kind of annoying.
>>319692554
>the best of the best
See, when you say that, it makes it sounds like something interesting. In video games, being the "best of the best" just boils down to how boring and tedious you can make the gameplay. Go ahead, try to interest me in meta-talk, epic strats, or anything involving shorthand speak. Boring.
>>319716495
What's wrong with this if it was a bad build?
>>319692225
the e-sports tag is kinda shitty. Competitive vidya belongs less next to football or shit and more next to chess and that kind of games.
>>319716994
>Secondaries from /tg/.
But /tg/ hates WoW since WC3, hell even secondaries cant do as much.
Its just Blizzard been unimaginative fucks.Heartstone was a side project made just for fun and it took off and forced shit crap like packs and such.
>>319712780
My man
http://lparchive.org/Breaking-Final-Fantasy-VI/
>>319695351
Yep.
People buying consoles for multiplats instead of exclusives. Makes no goddamn sense to me.
>>319692225
>Smash Bros esports
Why does everyone act like they're in an anime?
>>319717865
Talking about this, I hate people who buy consoles in the first two years of release.
The best thing is to wait at least 2-3 years to check out which games are worth playing.
>>319697767
fuck man im only 21 and ive already started to see it
>>319692225
>e-sports
>Trends
where were you the last 10 years?
>>319692225
>trends
e-sport have been around forever now shit for bricks
>>319718073
Have you considered it's because they were raised watching anime?
>>319717219
Define build here. Build as in bad build of WoW or bad build as in bad paladin build?
If its the latter, he meant paladins as a whole and was bashing the two that showed up simply for being paladins as they lacked literally any tools to do anything outside of bubble.
metacritic, I am unsure why faggots gloat over it if their favorite game if it receives a high metacritic score and when a game they like receives a low metacritic score they make fun of metacritic. Talk about double standards.
>>319709634
You know they give it that title for a reason, you fucking autist?
It's because they want to draw in people that aren't on the autism spectrum, so the threw the word 'sports' in there to see if 'non-gamers' could get into it.
>>319718797
Is shitposting ammo, any reasonable person dont give a fuck about metacritic
>>319692225
Let's Plays.
It's not the same as being in the room with someone as they play. When your friend dies, you can laugh and call him a bitch, and he can react by calling you a bitch back. You can laugh at the Let's Player, but he won't see you laugh at him.
>>319718645
>implying all of them watch anime
>>319718672
The latter. I'm saying what's wrong with laughing at them if it's a bad class? Is it really cruel if it's objectively bad for pvp?
>>319718917
I understand that, but shouldn't you actually play a game instead of gloating over it on the internet? Seems like a waste of time.
>>319718073
This applies to a lot of games. I beat a guy in an MtG tournament a few weeks back and he started doing his Yugioh villain rant, i.e. "I can't believe it. This guy... he beat me with a weak, pathetic, red deck!" I had to try so hard to hold back laughter and/or getting in on what I thought was an act, I was seriously thinking of a Joey Wheeler comeback until I realized the guy was serious.
>>319719038
Because it showed the game had no balance, no care for balance, and everyone knew it and, more importantly, was OK with it.
>>319719316
Man, I would never go full chuuni like that, but seeing someone do that in front of me would be cool as hell. 10/10 points if they start spouting off japanese words.
>>319718387
That one's kind of a necessary evil though, otherwise every console would flop. Much as I want to agree with you, we need those idiots.
>>319718797
The smart way to use Metacritic is as a hubof critiques - that is to say, it's an easy way of comparing and contrasting various praises and criticisms. If there's 13 reviews up and 10 of them say the sound quality's a bit dodgy, odds are there's some sincere truth to it. That all said, the scores are pointless and only morons and shitposters adhere to it.
>>319692225
It's just underage fags trying to act cool for playing assgaggots and rooty tooty.
Fightan' and melee are alright though, since they can be fun to watch.
I can get E-Celebrity tie in games like that Starcraft celebrity VN and that Pewdiepie game.
They seem to be written and made with more careful thought to the game design and details, even if it's been drench in Pixels and 16 bit colors.
What I don't get is updated expansions to released games. That are released under the same title but with a subtitle. Stuff like, "Game fight: Giggles"
So I'll think, "Oh, which game do I buy?" And I'll have to research the game first before I buy the game.
It's kept me from buying Soul Sacrifice at first.
>>319719019
Majority does, anime is mainstream
>>319719818
>It's kept me from buying Soul Sacrifice at first.
I don't think another update after Delta's happening.Freedom Wars: Retribution when? It's got good fundamental gameplay but it feels so incomplete.
>>319705623
>About to play ___
>What should I expect?
Same thing as these shit threads you see on /v/.
Smash bros commentators
>>319718832
That didn't seem to work much outside of the normalfag CSGO community.
>>319715043
This.
This so fucking hard.
Like, why would you do this.
>>319719446
It wouldn't matter if you're already in a card shop full of spergs. I only ever had one guy call me out for anime stuff, but it was some fat spic playing Dungeons and Dragons anyway.
Just how fucking popular the PS4 has gotten baffles me. Its on par with the PS2 with nowhere near as many good games as the PS2 had in the first couple of years.
>>319719793
Have you ever heard of QuakeCon?
>>319720267
I can get behind the idea of watching some multiplayer LPs before buying as long is not blantant shilling or editing , but for single player shit? Hell no.
>>319719609
>That one's kind of a necessary evil though
Yeah but the main problem is for example with this generation is how the first year all three consoles barely got anything and everybody shitposted in based of "upcoming games"
>>319719316
Pro-tip: that guy was probably joking and you're just autistic.
>>319721135
Joking? We talked for a bit and it was pretty obvious he had autism. They actually had to escort him out of the place for getting to angry afterwards.
>>319710993
I really just can't understand why people fall for the obvious kickstarter jewery
>>319700783
>>319716410
As far as I'm aware the causes of autism are still relatively unknown. They haven't outright said it is genetic and they haven't said it can be developed either, it's up in the air right now.
I think it's just a very weak, very vague umbrella term. Think of all the different kinds of autists you've seen, they're not all the same are they? The spectrum encompasses a lot of people you could easily see as just being eccentric or quirky, why we have to identify anyone who doesn't express normal social behavior as mentally ill is rather disturbing if you asked me.
