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I just don’t like hyper competitive games. I don’t have time to get frustrated.

I like single player games where I have the option to change things I don’t like via mods or console commands.

Like competitive games, but I don’t like overly competitive people. At the end of the day, win or lose, it’s still a video game and it should be fun. Competitive games with friends who understand that and don’t get tilted can be great fun, even when you’re on a losing streak.

Like competitive games, but I don’t like overly competitive people.

I wish competitive games did a better job not only matching people of similar skill, but similar personalities. I know it’s just a bunch of pixels and numbers in a screen, why do you keep pairing me with these chuds that have no emotional maturity?

Some games have an option to search for a like-minded party type and it really should be a standard option.

I find that to be the main issue with SBMM. The lobby system, in my experience, creates a better sense of progression against your enemies. If you don’t like who you’re playing with, you join a new session. If you do like them, you can stay as long as you want.

I don’t mind competitive games, just not the crazy competitive ones. TF2 is a great example - fun, casual, PvP. Tarkov is probably my least favorite - hyper competitive, huge losses if you die, big incentive to cheat.

It’s a shame that Tarkov is what it is, because I love shooters and it’s probably the best of them, mechanics wise.

Just dropping in, in case you haven’t heard about it: Single player Tarkov exists, and is very fun! It obviously won’t have the same reactions and interactions as humans, but they’re emulated pretty damn well with some additional mods.

There is PVE Tarkov now. You have the option to play with other people in your team. But only if you want to. Don’t know what they ask for it atm.

Even if I lose a round in Xonotic I still have fun cause i still played

Will definitely check this out, love me a good arena boomer shooter

The best games of Counter-Strike (the old one, before CSGO) I ever played were with friends in pub matches. Competitive is fun, but 32 player poolday? That’s the best experience you can have.

Now I’m all about co-op games or single player. I’ve been top scorer in FPS’, I know it’s a thrill, but it’s not as fun as losing with your friends.

I remember playing Overwatch and getting super angry about every single match, and then that Reggie quote “If it’s not fun, why bother?” popped up in my head and I just stopped playing. Probably one of the last times I ever touched “competitive” games.

I love being able to pause when my son needs something too

I used to like multiplayer back when there was a larger community element. Now no one uses their mic and the lobby changes every match so I’m basically just playing against bots anyway.

Reject modernity, embrace tradition - we’ll still be there for you in the arena and boomer shooter crowd, and of course, various Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2 lobbies.

Come prepared.

I’ve been playing a lot of Red Alert 2 lately which has similar vibes as well

There is something beautiful in TF2 kicking off the whole cosmetic microtransactions/lootbox industry, then sitting back and continuing to be a fun community game for the next decade.

This hits hard. I still remember joining the same 3 cs servers and befriending the people there. Good times.

Back when servers were hosted and you had a little community of maybe 200 people who would cycle in and out.

I met some lifelong friends in those servers.

A few friends and I are planning a 90s lan. Simple rules like no games published after 2001-08-23, no internet, only self-hosted servers, and all shit talking must be out loud. Also shit talking must be kid safe since we’re all old and have kids old enough to be competent but young enough we don’t want to teach them the true art of shit talking.

My kids are teenagers now. Teaching them the true art of shit-talking has been a pleasure.

My youngest kicking my ass at every fucking game we play has not been.

“but daaad, we just want to chill, can’t we play and not be toxic to others?”

raises hand

“YOU WILL TEABAG YOUR SCHOOLFRIEND SO HELP ME GOD”

This sounds like an insane amount of fun. The only thing more fun than a LAN as a kid, is a LAN when you’re 40 and can afford top tier snacks. And you have kids to be waiters

And you might actually be playing against bots, depending on the game.

This is their personal preference and has nothing to do with their generation

As an “elder Millennial,” who do you think drove traffic on WoW, Half Life, Halo, COD, etc?

That’s definitely elder millennial more than younger millennial

Yup, born in 1982 and I feel this way. I’m too old for competitive twitch-shooters (bloody shame that, I used to love them). Most other games are shit for online gaming.

Only thing I ever play online is survival games with my brother, who lives 500 km away from me. It’s more of a reason to talk for longer sessions though.

Same. I just watch StarCraft now. I was never that good to begin with, but playing now is likely to make my withered heart explode.

I’m young x and I feel this way as well.

Sometimes I don’t even fight the computer. I just need to expand the factory. And coal is running low so Ill just quickly spin up a nuclear reactor or eight

The factory must grow.

and when time is running low, I’d bring out the ole scanmem and set my resources to 99999 just to get past the grind

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