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[l33tworks]

Go watch a guy called gimpy21.

They are literally shooting medium lasers at 2km at each other. It's hilarious.

[Tyler Valentine]

LOL! Thank you, work just got better

[l33tworks]

Actually I think he's got a alt account and pretending to suck. Watch the seals play though.

Edited by l33tworks, 10 December 2015 - 03:19 PM.

[l33tworks]

check out a guy called ESgame. Legit newbie I think

[jss78]

l33tworks, on 10 December 2015 - 03:42 PM, said:

check out a guy called ESgame. Legit newbie I think

I believe so. I have a good feeling about this -- he has a ton of viewers, and a lot of them seem interested.

Dude's learning quickly too: "I'm going to pack as many lasers as I can."

[badaa]

the point of this thread is.....

[Bilbo]

badaa, on 10 December 2015 - 04:25 PM, said:

the point of this thread is.....

...to belittle others and giggle like a little girl while doing so?

[DAYLEET]

l33tworks, on 10 December 2015 - 03:18 PM, said:

Actually I think he's got a alt account and pretending to suck. Watch the seals play though.

His main is T2 he said. Hes running a 2flamer 2 mg locust because he wants to stay t5 and help them... he did use the word help more than once... and he reported another guy for language... I dunno how his main got T2 by the way he pilot his locust, im guessing enough lrm shooting will get you there in the long run.

ESgame own 87 mech, dunno how much of a noob he can be but he got a lot of viewers and that just a good thing for the game. Good luck to him.

Edited by DAYLEET, 10 December 2015 - 04:37 PM.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Bilbo, on 10 December 2015 - 04:27 PM, said:

...to belittle others and giggle like a little girl while doing so?

Look like one, too.

[DAYLEET]

DAYLEET, on 10 December 2015 - 04:31 PM, said:

ESgame own 87 mech, dunno how much of a noob he can be but he got a lot of viewers and that just a good thing for the game. Good luck to him.

Ok im spectating him now and this is great. His gang is definetly new and it's actually entertaining to watch them play. They are trying to figure out what they do right/wrong, interesting to watch even when you pull your hair sometimes lol.

Edited by DAYLEET, 10 December 2015 - 04:51 PM.

[SkyHammyr]

l33tworks, on 10 December 2015 - 03:14 PM, said:

Go watch a guy called gimpy21.

They are literally shooting medium lasers at 2km at each other. It's hilarious.

For someone who doesn't know how to Press R, you don't have a lot of room to talk.

[Scanz]

Yeap. its funny

[TexAce]

DAYLEET, on 10 December 2015 - 04:31 PM, said:

His main is T2 he said. Hes running a 2flamer 2 mg locust because he wants to stay t5 and help them... he did use the word help more than once... and he reported another guy for language... I dunno how his main got T2 by the way he pilot his locust, im guessing enough lrm shooting will get you there in the long run.

ESgame own 87 mech, dunno how much of a noob he can be but he got a lot of viewers and that just a good thing for the game. Good luck to him.

Im pretty sure by watching the stream, that NGNG made them accounts with predefined mechs which they can use (he has Bombadil in his friends list). They also got over 35k MC to spend each. Its marketing, really good marketing. Because enough people are asking which game this is.

Good move by PGI.

Edited by TexAce, 10 December 2015 - 05:10 PM.

[DAYLEET]

TexAce, on 10 December 2015 - 05:10 PM, said:

Its marketing, really good marketing. Because enough people are asking which game this is.

Good move by PGI.

I agree.

[Elizander]

SkyHammr, on 10 December 2015 - 04:53 PM, said:

For someone who doesn't know how to Press R, you don't have a lot of room to talk.

I don't press R most of the time either unless I'm low on ammo. I blame the peek and shoot meta.

[Johny Rocket]

Watching ESgame because its kinda funny to watch noobs with unlimited mech and weapons choices.

@28 min may shed some light on why so many noobs chose lrms. Lol

[l33tworks]

DAYLEET, on 10 December 2015 - 04:31 PM, said:

ESgame own 87 mech, dunno how much of a noob he can be but he got a lot of viewers and that just a good thing for the game. Good luck to him.

Its sponsored content. Read it as PGI paid him to stream the game, and also set him up with an account loaded with stuff (because it would be boring to watch someone just start out and grind for weeks.)

I think the biggest insight with the new players has been that no one thinks of this as a Giant war machines simulation. I think the following sentence sums up it perfectly "I don't know what guy I want to use". The very first thing said in the stream.

http://www.twitch.tv/esgame/v/29276228

Seriously watch the whole thing. Its interesting.

New players 100% solidly think of the game as any other first person shooter, where you pick your "guy" like Team fortress, Rainbox six, battlefied etc.

"Guy" was said at least 40 times. Jump jets are referred to as "jet packs", pack meaning something an individual wears (32:36).

51:30 "His left leg is broken"

The game looks and plays like the mechs are people, because they really are people sized. All those cars are really just mouse sized, and you are person sized. The gravity is that of what would be if you were human sized.

33:58. Guy says my left leg and right torso are "f***ed, When it was his right leg and left arm. Thats because the paper doll readings are back to front as Ive said in the past.

Edited by l33tworks, 11 December 2015 - 12:53 AM.

[l33tworks]

56:13 "SMALL LASERS ONLY WEIGHT HALF A POUND" Hahaha if thats not proof the mech scaling is ridiculously bad then I don't know what is.

DAYLEET, on 10 December 2015 - 04:45 PM, said:

Ok im spectating him now and this is great. His gang is definetly new and it's actually entertaining to watch them play. They are trying to figure out what they do right/wrong, interesting to watch even when you pull your hair sometimes lol.

Yea I love seeing the new player experience. I cant be the only one that finds it hilarious. Its akin to watching a puppytrying to walk for the first time.

SkyHammr, on 10 December 2015 - 04:53 PM, said:

For someone who doesn't know how to Press R, you don't have a lot of room to talk.

Really? Lol its sad you actually believe that if you're not religiously targeting mechs if you don't need to or want to makes you not know how to play the game.

Thats like saying you can trash talk a Heavy weight champion of the world for not knowing how to fight, just because he doesn't know how to tie his boxing match shoe laces.

[jss78]

It was fun to watch. It was obvious that some features of the mechlab (omnipods, how and why Ferro/Endo/SHS vs DHS work) are SERIOUSLY arcane to players who don't just know that stuff. Although the guys really seemed to enjoy the possibilities of mech customization. Gameplay wise they sure were quick learners -- quick to spot tactical errors, and the streaming dude got a pretty good game in a Marauder despite using SHS.

The most heart-warming bit was where they marvelled at how nice their team-mates were although they sucked. Well done there, MWO community.

[l33tworks]

Its interesting to see that 0-12 stomps can still happen in tier 5. It goes to show that the stomps are just the snowball nature of the game, and not any imbalance in matchmaking. Honestly the game is very unpredictable, where if a single player makes a mistake at the start of the match or does something right can cascade into a win or complete loss of the team.

I like that nature of MWO in some way, but I really feel 12v12 is too much and it just exaggerates the problem. 8vs8 is a much better game mode, or they need to have 4vs4 game mode.