Damn straight, that PC gamer bouncer keeps all of the riff raff out.
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Does it feel weird knowing that the person destroying you online is probably a child?
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Damn straight, that PC gamer bouncer keeps all of the riff raff out.
jackissocool
Member
People don't destroy me online. I am very good at video games. I take delight in the children I destroy.
PetriP-TNT
Member
> playing CS:GO
> xXx_420_Killer_xXx has mic always on
> oh god no
> mute mute mute mute mute mute mute
I have said it many times and I'll say it again. In game voice chat is the worst thing to happen in video game history. Worse than DLC. Worse than DRM.
> xXx_420_Killer_xXx has mic always on
> oh god no
> mute mute mute mute mute mute mute
I have said it many times and I'll say it again. In game voice chat is the worst thing to happen in video game history. Worse than DLC. Worse than DRM.
Dreamgazer
Member
Let me guess, you didn't get into PC gaming until you were an adult?
MomoPufflet
Member
I hate everyone that kills me equally.
BobbyRobby
Member
No, they have a lot more free time.
And I don't really care about my gaming skills all that much.
If it's people I know personally, that is different.
And I don't really care about my gaming skills all that much.
If it's people I know personally, that is different.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Nah. I just tell them "at least I can buy things on my own you little prick" and move on.
Lame joke aside, I actually hate playing online with people I don't know so I'm always playing with friends and because those are the only voices I hear through my headset, I barely care if I'm getting my ass kicked by some kid or a 30-something guy. I'm just trying to have fun with pals, you know.
Lame joke aside, I actually hate playing online with people I don't know so I'm always playing with friends and because those are the only voices I hear through my headset, I barely care if I'm getting my ass kicked by some kid or a 30-something guy. I'm just trying to have fun with pals, you know.
Fbh
Member
Nah, not really.
I was probably better at online games when I was a kid/teen. When you have more time to play online you get more practice.
LOL
There are tons of kids in Team Fortress, Counter Strike and basically any shooter that doesn't need a mid-high end PC to run
MMORPG's are also packed with kids, specially if they have some sort of F2P option. And that's a genre that's almost entirely PC exclusive.
And let's not even get started on MOBA's, which are also basically PC exclusives and some of the most played games out there. I used to work in a place that sold riot points and a good 70% of people buying them were kids.
I was probably better at online games when I was a kid/teen. When you have more time to play online you get more practice.
LOL
There are tons of kids in Team Fortress, Counter Strike and basically any shooter that doesn't need a mid-high end PC to run
MMORPG's are also packed with kids, specially if they have some sort of F2P option. And that's a genre that's almost entirely PC exclusive.
And let's not even get started on MOBA's, which are also basically PC exclusives and some of the most played games out there. I used to work in a place that sold riot points and a good 70% of people buying them were kids.
adamantypants
Member
I'm completely terrible at online games. Everyone destroys me. I'm okay with that.
don't play enough games online to where this happens regularly. i'm sure some of the people i've lost to have been young but i highly doubt its some young kid beating me. games i play are umvc3 and rtcw enemy territory. the et server i play in is even for older gamers.
I'm above the typical male gaming age demographic (18-35) and I seriously own many in CoD (ghosts atm). KDR is 1.83 and number 200 in the world ranking in TDM. A lot of the young kids send me clan invites - i think it's cute w/ their squeaky voices. In pre-game lobbies i hear kids complaining that they suck (when either I or someone else destroys them) - i tell them it's only a game and at the same time give them tips on how to play better.
Fallout-NL
Member
Pff, yeah, like us 30 something year olds are now?
TheBlueBomber
Member
This
Waylon Drums
Member
What's even more strange is trying to talk to people on Miiverse and finding only preteens. Parents really just *don't* watch their children. It boggles my mind that there are 10 year olds with unlimited access to a social network.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
It's weird to think that people who were born after MGS1 are looking forward to MGSV. Makes you feel like a dinosaur.
FonkyByNature
Member
I get my ass kicked by little kids all the time in Call of Duty.
But you know what ? i've been there before when i was a teen and had a lot of time to game. I used to kick old people asses in Street Fighter back in the days, i guess i'm the old guy who get his ass kicked by kids now hehe.
But you know what ? i've been there before when i was a teen and had a lot of time to game. I used to kick old people asses in Street Fighter back in the days, i guess i'm the old guy who get his ass kicked by kids now hehe.
Good job?
RedRooster
Member
Every time I get shot in a game, I envision a 20 year old punk sitting in a dorm room filled with empty mountain dew bottles. His misery puts my mind at ease.
……forgetit
Member
Nah, I've had my ass kicked by kids irl too. Kids are good at games man.
BibiMaghoo
Member
No, because kids generally have better reflexes and reaction time than adults. This means they naturally have an advantage in speed, although the older player has the advantage in experience usually. If the game depends on speed more, you will die, and that is just fine.
I'm not one of those people that only has fun if they "win". I would never have any fun lol.
I'm not one of those people that only has fun if they "win". I would never have any fun lol.
omegashockwave
Member
I'm really bad and almost never play online multiplayer. Everyone beats me and I'm ok with that.
except halo reach and Mario kart; I destroy everyone in those
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Why should I be surprised that someone with more free time and less responsibilities is better than me at online gaming?
I could easily train up to beat these basic scrubs but I'm not about that life anymore. Id rather spend my previous time on single player where I can see and do new things instead of the same repetitive shit.
I could easily train up to beat these basic scrubs but I'm not about that life anymore. Id rather spend my previous time on single player where I can see and do new things instead of the same repetitive shit.
except Mario Kart 8. I live for Mario Kart
It is irrelevant to the game how old your opponents are.
To expect otherwise is to cling on to outdated and useless social constructs such as seniority for seniority's sake.
In many areas, being a grownup might help you. You can destroy your body with substances that are illegal to pre-18 year olds. You can have jobs. You can have consentual sex. Congratulations.
And then you step into a playing field where all that does not matter. So do not complain, basically.
To expect otherwise is to cling on to outdated and useless social constructs such as seniority for seniority's sake.
In many areas, being a grownup might help you. You can destroy your body with substances that are illegal to pre-18 year olds. You can have jobs. You can have consentual sex. Congratulations.
And then you step into a playing field where all that does not matter. So do not complain, basically.
JetBlackPanda
Member
If you are playing on a console or a PC chances are more likely its an adult closer to the age of 31 and you almost have a 50% chance of playing with a female.
Check out the ESA stats for video game demographics 2014
these stats are kind of interesting too.
thats 71% over the age of 18.
Check out the ESA stats for video game demographics 2014
these stats are kind of interesting too.
thats 71% over the age of 18.
I don't feel like I was terribly better at games as a kid. I guess my reflexes aren't quite as good but I have a way better mindset for learning and adapting.
The thing is, most of the people I'm playing against likely *only* play that game - I get this feeling most strongly when playing something like Halo. So I'm obviously not going to be as experienced as a kid who has done nothing but play a game since launch whereas I'm playing 10 things at any given moment. It's why I try to play multiplayer-focused games at launch when everyone is bad rather than jumping in late (no way will I ever play Titanfall now unless it gets real cheap).
I always do fine when I commit myself to one multiplayer title. Unless it's online fighting games because I can't get good at those, I need people to play locally.
The thing is, most of the people I'm playing against likely *only* play that game - I get this feeling most strongly when playing something like Halo. So I'm obviously not going to be as experienced as a kid who has done nothing but play a game since launch whereas I'm playing 10 things at any given moment. It's why I try to play multiplayer-focused games at launch when everyone is bad rather than jumping in late (no way will I ever play Titanfall now unless it gets real cheap).
I always do fine when I commit myself to one multiplayer title. Unless it's online fighting games because I can't get good at those, I need people to play locally.
I see these types in FPS's. Pitching tents somewhere on the map =P
PC games are full of little kids. MMORPG's especially, they're like a breeding down for them.
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
I'm still holding my competitive edge so far, after four years of college (with very little free time) and a year and a half of work. I have more free time now that I'm working, due to no exams or homework, and I still maintain above a 2.5 in CoD. Sometimes I'll get utterly owned by a kid, and the shit talking bastard will make insinuations about my mother or assumed female siblings. Sometimes this can get the blood pressure rising, but then I remember that I've pretty much made it. I have a great job, and I'm about to buy a house. I'm pretty happy with my life, and I shouldn't let some screechy-voiced whelp bait me.
Admittedly, I may very well have been such a runt if voice chat was a thing when I started gaming. Those were simpler times, and the lack of voice chat precluded me from being a little shit lol
Admittedly, I may very well have been such a runt if voice chat was a thing when I started gaming. Those were simpler times, and the lack of voice chat precluded me from being a little shit lol
D Bo Chops
Member
To be honest, im 28 and the guys I play with online are my same age and we always dominate. Like... crush those little whiney kids into the ground and clear the entire server and make people quit out. I don't know how almost everyone on here says they get beat so much. The funny part is when the kids will trash talk, they can be shut down so easily without resorting to their petty ways. Simple logical rebuttals always confuse them and make them more angry lol.
Why? With this logic anyone who plays a game where children are playing then they're all "children" regardless of KDR's. The point of KDR's is to say that not always is a child better or has quicker reflexes than an adult.
because bragging about your COD e-penis on Neogaf to make a point that you're better than children makes you kinda childish IMO
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
This, too. I get a ton of hate messages from what I assume are little kids (or really sensitive, irrational adults) when I kill someone over and over again online. Sometimes through cheesetastic means, I'll admit (I was a Boy Scout, camping is just something I do XD). It's pretty easy to disarm a "fuck you and your mother you worthless prick" message with a simple "git gud."
On that note, is there a thread where we can post those kind of random hate messages that we get from strangers after they get owned? That could make for some damn entertaining reading.
Whenever I used to try for diamonds in the Rayman Legends challenges, my co-worker would delight in telling me that it was probably ten year-olds who were much better at the game than I was. Miiverse seems to bear this theory out, too. I don't have an issue with it, I don't have any illusion that I'm better at anything than everybody else.
PK Strawstorm
Member
I'm done with puberty. I win.