BitoBain
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:O I should be more careful about bashing people in my posts. People actually read them! Thanks for your thoughtfulness again.The community will always be in a state of change, as with anything that involves a large group of people. The game will continue to evolve, though maybe not as rapidly or quite as much as it has in the past two years (early years of online games tend to be the years that involve a lot of testing and change), but change will still happen. I think your posts have been insightful to those of us who may not understand what it is to be one of the "rats" in the community as of recently, though I don't like you calling it that. I appreciate your post also.
You're right, I do mention the "good ol' days" here and there on the forums, but I do that with good intentions. I've mentioned a few times in various posts that I don't like where the community has gone from when I used to be very active in it. It's part of the reason why I choose not to really take part in it as much anymore. So when I do mention in detail what it used to be like back then, I do it with the hopes that maybe some of the bad apples that play now will realize that they are the plague that makes a lot of people facepalm when they play a few matches a day. There were bad apples in the community back then, and it wasn't all rainbows and butterflies, but it wasn't as widespread. The thing is though, issues like people saying "steamrolled" and "get rekt" is inevitable in online gaming communities. When a community grows, so do the amount of bad attitudes, and when a game ages, the amount of those players who get bored, will only become increasingly frustrated with the state of the game, losing, and the likes. Thus more and more bad attitudes are formed. I'm not saying that it's right that people act like this, but with growing competitiveness and the average age of the players who play the game, it was inevitable.
I understand that you thinking you're on the bottom of the community sucks. But every single person who ever made a name for themselves here at MCG, did so by starting out in the same place you did. The massive majority of those players who did so, worked hard to do it. It's possible for anyone, even those who start playing today to become well known if that's what they want. Work your tush off to garner respect from the best players. That's how the real world generally works. I wouldn't personally go casually walking into a formal mansion party, as I'm not in that social class of the mega rich. I see it as almost being the same thing in here (it's always been this way). You don't go into the top clan teamspeaks and expect to be the center of attention if no one really knows you I suppose. I don't think you should have to be known to any extent to garner respect in game though. It irks me to see people saying get rekt after a fight, because as gamers who all obviously have the same interest as the guy you just killed, you really shouldn't treat them like a piece of sh*t. It's silly and just flat out annoying.
Assuming that being known is all rainbows and butterflies is also ridiculous though. Sure well known players don't get put down in game as much, but it still happens. Being well known means you will be targeted a lot more, and most of the time you'll be put down even more when you die. I choose not to even play on my main account now because it's not fun to do so anymore. I can assure you, it's not all good. I've seen both worlds, and honestly, they both have their advantages and disadvantages. It just depends on your personality type and what kind of experience you want while playing the game. Back when I had just started out, I wanted to play to win, and eventually become well known in some way. Now that I'm a bit older, I'd rather play occasionally with friends when I can, while hopefully going unnoticed.
I'm just posting this to be the devil's advocate.
Also, just as a quick note. I apologize if I came off as a cocky Feminine Hygene Product in any of my old videos. At the time when I posted actively in 2012/2013, I did in fact play in a cocky manner. It's my personality, and it was my play style at the time. I betrayed people as it was fun for me to do so then. But I don't think I had any influence on people for them to act in that particular manner. I noticed that behavior happened when the clan community really started to form and compete on "paper", so-to-say. Again though, I'm sorry if you see me as being a main advocate for bad behavior. I don't like seeing it myself.
You said that everyone who is well known or accomplished in the world did so by starting out as a nobody. This is true. The picture changes when you realize that few people have what it takes to do great things, like invent a new kind of light bulb, run a 100m dash in under ten seconds, or become the president. But most people, no matter how hard they try, can not do the things stated above. No women has ever ran a four minute mile or a 10 second 100m. You have to have an above average IQ to become president, and have to be relatively tall for people to take you seriously as a leader. You have to get at least a reasonable amount of fps to win a sword fight in MCSG. "Rats" are rats because they are rats. They are not tigers or humans. The goal of a rat is not to invent a lightbulb, but to live, and rejoice when they cause a pandemic that brings a civilization of humans to its knees. In the case of MCSG, the "rats" are people who get few wins, disrespect, don't fit in, but still like playing. I will never become well known or respected because I:
- Can't PvP well.
- Feel extremely ungrateful and guilty in going out to earn money solely for the purpose of gaming, and feel even worse if I tell my parents that I want/am going to buy better equipment.
- Grimace every time someone swears, even at the age of 16, making me an oddball.
- Don't belong here because of my personality, but still like to play MCSG
I... still don't see how being famous could ever suck, though. If you get targeted, that is only a reaction from good times you had earlier in your career, when you became well known and had good times. And from what I see, famous people don't get targeted as much as they whine about, even before the disguise feature. Huahwi said himself that he never had a big problem with targeting before the disguise feature. Besides, you should be able to destroy those targeters because of your amazing computer. If I leap into a sword fight with someone, I usually get dashed to pieces before I know what is happening. At least if you lose, you know what happened, and you can plan and prevent for the future. If you lose, you can look back and say, I casted my fishing rod too late, or I should have avoided that corner where they got a triple hit on me. When I die, I just stare blankly at the screen, in awe at my predator's insane reach and ability to shoot around walls which I was supposedly hidden behind. I have no sympathy for famous people because they always, always brought it upon themselves in the first place.
The greatest joy for me is finding someone with little or no MCSG experience, then teaming up with them to lead them to victory. I guide them to chests and safe places, then hopefully the two of us can take down the lion at corn with a 1/5 ratio, then have a fair fight where I will most likely get destroyed because of my ping, but usually I just give them the win.
Edit: This post is quite off topic, but whatever. It comes from a discussion that used to be on topic.