Argh! The damn posers! - Page 2

Kaltagesta · 2004-07-02, 07:58 AM

I agree with you, but on the other hand, if your playing a noob, they aren't gonna have too much fun if they have just finished building their air strip and stuff - being the slow noobs that they are - only to get toally pwned by six Aurora's taking out half their base. Maybe they just want to play with someone of similar standards so that they can have a bit more of a fair fight. I know i enjoy close matches far more than ones that i own or ones that i get owned. I know not everyone is like that, and i know that there are a laod of people who only play noobs to get their stats up, but not everyone who DC's is like that.

Maybe you should try joining a tournament or ladder of some kind?

Dharkbayne · 2004-07-02, 11:31 AM

Make a server, but put in the name "Vets only - No noobs please" or something like that. And I'm pretty sure Tek has me on ignore, so someone quote me or something. Or if possible play only unranked games, not sure if C&C lets you do that though.

Triggar · 2004-07-02, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by hDrakbynea

Make a server, but put in the name "Vets only - No noobs please" or something like that. And I'm pretty sure Tek has me on ignore, so someone quote me or something. Or if possible play only unranked games, not sure if C&C lets you do that though.

Tek should have me on ignore too... but why would anyone ignore teh Dharkie?

TekDragon · 2004-07-02, 01:52 PM

Kalta, the problem with the posers is that newb smashing is ALL THEY DO. If they see that you have even a REMOTE chance of winning, they will quit. These people have awesome scores (almost as good as mine

) and they want people to think that they are the "best of the best" in the CnC community, yet ALL they have EVER played are newbs.

It makes it so the rest of us, who actually have skill, who have been playing RTS for nigh on a decade, become lumped into the "stat hugger" groups along with the REAL posers.

The problem manifests itself most strongly in the "quickmatch" option, where you hit the button and CnC gets you a quick opponent. Unfortunately, I have to spend 10 minutes doing this (if im using my TekDragon account) because every time i load a game, the fuker quits, getting no penalty (because the 2 minutes isn't up).

EA and all the other developers need to make it so that the ONLY place to view someone's stats is on official website. That way, they won't bother wasting the time looking up stats, cause even if the opponent is a newb you were just AFK for a good 30 seconds, and that's all most people need to get a healthy advantage.

Dharkbayne · 2004-07-02, 03:38 PM

I like the SC: Pandora Tomorrow ranking system, where if you play against people with lower levels than you in ranked game, you get no points, and can lose points, so it encourages playing people with the same skill level, and if you leave a game, you lose points.

Hamma · 2004-07-02, 05:33 PM

I stopped buying C&C games when EA took over

AztecWarrior · 2004-07-02, 05:39 PM

It's not a new problem: Look at Battle.net.

TekDragon · 2004-07-03, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

I stopped buying C&C games when EA took over

CnC Generals is an extremely fun and balanced game. The way they made anti units (anti tank, anti infantry, anti air) makes it better than ANY RTS game out there. In ALL other RTS games i played it's possible to win by simply making ONE unit type and zerging it.

In CnC Generals, you can spend 50k on tanks and zerg me. I'll spend 5k on rocket soldiers and own ALL your fucking tanks.

It makes it so the ONLY way to be effective is to use combined arms. Tanks, infantry on the sides, artillery behind, with air support as needed.

My only bitch is the stat rating system and the posers who abuse it.

Sputty · 2004-07-03, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

I stopped buying C&C games when EA took over

And now westwood is closed. GG EA.

TekDragon · 2004-07-03, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by Sputty

And now westwood is closed. GG EA.

They had a good run. EA took over, took their great storyline and ideas - and turned them into a balanced fun system.

The 3 sides to Generals (and the 12 sides in Zero Hour) are more balanced to each other than the TWO sides to ANY westood CnC game ever were.

Baneblade · 2004-07-04, 04:40 AM

Rise of Nations makes you use variety too...

eXoSloth · 2004-07-04, 05:11 AM

Originally Posted by hDrakbynea

Make a server, but put in the name "Vets only - No noobs please" or something like that. And I'm pretty sure Tek has me on ignore, so someone quote me or something. Or if possible play only unranked games, not sure if C&C lets you do that though.

Lonehunter · 2004-07-04, 07:28 AM

Ah yes I remember C&C Generals, had a lot of fun with it, but the disc was compromised, gone now, never bothered to get another one. Starcraft is enough for me, gotta love the Classics.

TekDragon · 2004-07-04, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by Lonehunter187

Ah yes I remember C&C Generals, had a lot of fun with it, but the disc was compromised, gone now, never bothered to get another one. Starcraft is enough for me, gotta love the Classics.

I suggest re-purchasing it. I tried going back to StarCraft and WarCraft 3. The systems are way too simplistic. Just mass-mass-mass and attack. No combined arms, no strategy.

Personally im glad EA took over. Now all RTS games will have to not only create cool units, but they will have to balance them in the same way EA did - or the game will feel like checkers compared to chess.

Oh, and Exo? I play quickmatch because it takes like 5 seconds to find someone. Even with the load times and the quitters I can get a game in anywhere from 30 seconds (first player i find wants to play) to 10 minutes (5 or so players quit before i find a match).

Either way that's better than using the lobby's to make games.

1. The map is already chosen, no suprise.
2. You already know your opponent's side, no suprise.
3. It takes FOREVER to get a pro game started. Stat huggers are taking over the lobby too.