So yesterday I was playing a few rounds of Modern Warfare 2 and I found myself to be steadily decreasing in kills and steadily increasing in deaths...this fact upset me. I have put a decent amount of time into playing the game. I started to wonder if I had played the game so much that I got stuck in a rut of a particular gaming style. I figured that I was doing really well by using certain weapons and strategies that I was continuing to use them. Once I thought about it more I realized that I had failed to transition to new strategies, this was disheartening considering that Black Ops is coming out in the near future. And as I thought about it more I actually found myself playing a lot of Halo 3 which is totally different style of game play and different controls as well.
These two things are a main cause of a gamer losing his/her skill, failing to adapt to new strategies and playing the game less. So don't worry about it, if you want to get your skill back ad start pwning noobs again here are a few tips for you
1. Practice-Play the game you want to be good at a lot. Nothing works more than practice. Its the same as if you want to be good at a musical instrument; but remember to play in moderation
2. Watch for the trends from other players. Look at the players that are tearing up the leader charts what are they doing well, what are they avoiding. Things like that, but don't copy make the playing style your own, its like avoiding plagiarism lol
3. Don't use noob combos. You can use the noob tube (players on MW2 know what this is) or the plasma pistol/anything combo. Even though this will get you a lot of kills it won't really improve your overall skill. Practice persicion, it goes a long way.
4. Don't get to upset with yourself. Being upset typicall makes you play worse. If you notice that your getting mad at the game becuase your not doing well. STOP PLAYING THE GAME for a little bit...and please no rage quitting.
I hope that you can use these tips to get yourself back to your gaming glory. SIDE NOTE: These work with games from the past as well.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Katie and I
So Katie is a little bit of a nerd, which is one of the reasons why I love her. Recently she has been on a kick of playing Pokemon Heart Gold, and she'll tell me about it over the phone while I'm talking to her. I always laugh because she says she's a secret nerd and I find that cute. But there is one game the we bond over and that is the series Assassin's Creed; which I might add is an awesome set of games. What she really likes about the game is the cool surroundings, the storyline and the historical figures. I enjoy that stuff too but I really like the combat system as well. Nothing like assassinating a guard by jumping off a roof top to make you feel good about yourself.
The one game that she hates though is World of Warcraft specifically when she has called me up and I'm in the middle of an instance or a raid...I don't blame her though because, I was pretty concentrated on those when I played. But other than that I don't know of any other games that she hates. She does want to learn how to play Halo, which I think is cool. It's always a good time teaching someone a video game. I love my secret nerd.
The one game that she hates though is World of Warcraft specifically when she has called me up and I'm in the middle of an instance or a raid...I don't blame her though because, I was pretty concentrated on those when I played. But other than that I don't know of any other games that she hates. She does want to learn how to play Halo, which I think is cool. It's always a good time teaching someone a video game. I love my secret nerd.
New Games I'm Excited About
There are plenty of new games coming out this year. Some of the ones I'm looking forward to are Halo Reach which comes out on 9/14/10, Call of Duty: Black Ops which comes out on 11/9/10, the new Medal of Honor which comes out in October and finally Assassin's Creed 2: Brotherhood which comes out in November. The reason I'm excited for Halo Reach is obvious...its the new halo game. The game is set before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved (which is the first halo game btw). It seems like its a cool game heres a clip http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/vidaudio.aspx?c=58
Now you might say Medal of Honor? I know these games aren't always the best but this on looks pretty cool for one reason, the online ranking system. From what I have heard the better you are the bigger your beard gets...that's pretty much the coolest thing I have ever heard in a video game. As for Call of Duty: Black Ops I'm getting it purely for the online aspect of it and Assassin's Creed 2: Brotherhood looks like its going to be fun and challenging so I'm excited about that as well
Now you might say Medal of Honor? I know these games aren't always the best but this on looks pretty cool for one reason, the online ranking system. From what I have heard the better you are the bigger your beard gets...that's pretty much the coolest thing I have ever heard in a video game. As for Call of Duty: Black Ops I'm getting it purely for the online aspect of it and Assassin's Creed 2: Brotherhood looks like its going to be fun and challenging so I'm excited about that as well
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
My Complaint with MMOs
Truth be told I am a fan of MMOs, I did, at one point, play World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings Online. But I stopped because of the amount of childish people on the servers.
Lets examine World of Warcraft...Its a fun game, going around and killing bad guys and noobs. Leveling is fun too, but the games loses its fun quality when you hit the level cap. Then all you do is sit in trade chat spamming "LFG ICC 10/25 MAN" only to get invited into a group and kicked because some guy who created an add-on decided that your gear score is too low or he doesn't like your race (yes this has happened to me before, I was a Blood Elf mage at the time)...now I can understand the value of having good armor and all that jazz but what I don't get is that people ask for these crazy specs and gear scores for like the beginning level raids.
So I was like "Ok, I guess I have to find some people with the same problem and create a group" the problem with that is that no one wants to seem like they're a noob...so you get stuck emblem farming to get ok gear and when you finally start to raid the game developers decide to add a new raid or nerf your skills...so you get stuck in an endless painful spiral of spamming and farming then fall into a crazed state of gaming. So to combat this the developers make the game easier which in turn makes all the old salty dogs of the MMO world angry. They start to make it almost impossible to do anything because the requirements the set up are so crazy that only the handful of people who care enough to play the game for 12 hrs at a time can fulfill them.
This is the problem in my mind about MMOs and I know people will say "Then don't play the game bro! You don't have to hate on this game. >.<!!" My response to that is STOP BEING A NOOB play the game with an intent for fun and stop trying to make yourself look cool over the Internet...its only a video game.
Lets examine World of Warcraft...Its a fun game, going around and killing bad guys and noobs. Leveling is fun too, but the games loses its fun quality when you hit the level cap. Then all you do is sit in trade chat spamming "LFG ICC 10/25 MAN" only to get invited into a group and kicked because some guy who created an add-on decided that your gear score is too low or he doesn't like your race (yes this has happened to me before, I was a Blood Elf mage at the time)...now I can understand the value of having good armor and all that jazz but what I don't get is that people ask for these crazy specs and gear scores for like the beginning level raids.
So I was like "Ok, I guess I have to find some people with the same problem and create a group" the problem with that is that no one wants to seem like they're a noob...so you get stuck emblem farming to get ok gear and when you finally start to raid the game developers decide to add a new raid or nerf your skills...so you get stuck in an endless painful spiral of spamming and farming then fall into a crazed state of gaming. So to combat this the developers make the game easier which in turn makes all the old salty dogs of the MMO world angry. They start to make it almost impossible to do anything because the requirements the set up are so crazy that only the handful of people who care enough to play the game for 12 hrs at a time can fulfill them.
This is the problem in my mind about MMOs and I know people will say "Then don't play the game bro! You don't have to hate on this game. >.<!!" My response to that is STOP BEING A NOOB play the game with an intent for fun and stop trying to make yourself look cool over the Internet...its only a video game.
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