2011-12-30, 06:58 PM
Dusk Wrote:No, but the lack of developer support, strong community support and non-player interest (FPS games in general are plagued by this) does. Skill cap and depth of mechanics is also a consideration, but LoL is quite popular and has done well as a competitive game since Riot started pushing it as an e-sport and throwing money at it even though it's lacking a lot in that field.Well yeah, ironically those are the two games I've been relatively public about. A competitive scene is a competitive scene in my opinion. What I was getting at is that I just tend to talk about every game competitively rather than just the ones that are developed around the idea.
Anyhow, I don't want to hate on TF2, I think it's a fun game. I was just amused that the topic of the thread was "is my interest in competitive games inappropriate for Southperry?" and then you mention two games that are usually regarded as casual and that have relatively small competitive scenes.
Loose Wrote:I'm too gimmicky to be competitive, and yet I still manage to win a lot of the times. I'd really like to be more competitive but it's against my nature to pick the cheapest or most effective strategy in the game. I'd rather wow the crowd than make them say "Oh, it's just Dark Wesker again."That's the mindset behind competition; inevitably, though, someone will show up that knows the perfect way to stop the common ace, and you'll have to keep switching it up. That's what gets me so interested.