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[Magna Canus]

Hi all,
I was just curious about how many people we have here that considider themselves "competative players", how many are here "just for fun", and how many are a combination of both.

I think the "Barracks" would have been a better place for this post, but when I started a topic there the poll options were not available.

Edited by Magnakanus, 28 October 2013 - 03:06 AM.

[sC4r]

yea i see your "mother" language isnt english but "competative" is actually spelled competitive
fix it before some real englishman sir will come

[Sandpit]

I am not sure where to put myself. I don't have 12 people to drop with but I think it's all competitive even if not in a league

[Old Farkas]

I am a casual player. So casual that even after a year i am still bad at this game. But i like this game nevertheless.

[Deathlike]

Because of the poll, I voted on all of them... not to troll as I do them all.

[Sandpit]

I'm still slightly confused on this one. Just because you play casually doesn't mean you can't or don't play competitively and vice versa. Do you mean casual as in just click buttons, don't care about builds, wins and losses, etc.?

[Funkadelic Mayhem]

where is the "all of the above" option?

oh ya and the "i dont vote in public polls" option....

[Azakael]

I consider myself a casual. I'm not a member of any Merc Corp/ Clan/ Guild/ House/ Regiment/ WTFEver. I don't play regularly to train my skills. I don't own any special gear to improve my game play. (Okay, I have a gaming mouse, but it's not just for MWO.) I don't focus on the 'superior' weapons. I don't drop in the 'superior' Mechs. I don't use the 'ultimate'/ 'meta' builds. I drop in 'Mechs I enjoy and play with the loadouts I find fun - regardless of whether they are useless or broken. (Okay, so I don't run the Flamer/ 4x MG Locust I put together. I ran it once and swapped the Flamer for a MLas.)

[-Natural Selection-]

I am a casual, however my main 4 man group is very good. Our group as a whole would get back into it if the game was more polished with more players. The core issues with hsr, hit boxes, weapon balance, and maps (non-true object edges) make it not worth the time atm. Plus with the up to 4 or 12 man limits makes working up to or practicing short manned not worth the effort.

It is a fun game to pass the time with, maybe when it evolves and grows more.

[Magna Canus]

Sandpit, on 28 October 2013 - 05:01 PM, said:

I'm still slightly confused on this one. Just because you play casually doesn't mean you can't or don't play competitively and vice versa. Do you mean casual as in just click buttons, don't care about builds, wins and losses, etc.?

That's a good question. I made the assumption that the "random button clicker" would not be on the forum placing votes. By nature MWO's best feature and I would say its base requirement is that you do actually modify the mech to your liking.

So "casual" is somebody that has fun but does not worry about KDR, Win/Loss, or other elements that would be considered "competitive".

[Magna Canus]

Funkadelic Mayhem, on 29 October 2013 - 07:57 AM, said:

where is the "all of the above" option?

oh ya and the "i dont vote in public polls" option....

All of the above would be "Mixed: Competitive & Casual".
I figure if you don't vote on polls I dont need an extra option for that.

[Blurry]

I play for fun but I am competitive. Every game I strive to do better. Which usually happens.

Havent really looked at anything beyond solo q as I just got the hang of things now.
But always down for more fun.

[Zerberus]

Competitive Casual or Casual Competitor, you choose

[Alaskan Nobody]

I have found I dislike myself when I let myself get overly competitive, so I play mostly casually.
Having said that I tend to take my ability to pilot what (frequently called garbage builds) I pilot quite seriously.

[Otto Cannon]

I'm a filthy casual. I don't have anything like enough time to try being one of the best at a computer game. Everyone likes to win matches and be good, but I'm absolutely fine with other people being better than me at this.

[Divine Retribution]

I try to be casual, taking fun non-min/max builds and goofing off to relax. But the matchmaker puts me against competitive players and skilled lances of 733Cs, DDCs, dual gauss or AC/40 heavies, light swarms, etc. If my casual gaming results in loss after loss I'll switch to a competitive build and play seriously. After a few games of serious play I get bored with having to play the same builds over and over in carry mode, and I log out. The next time I log in it starts over again. Each gaming session where I feel forced into playing competitively using a min/max build I lose a little more interest in playing this game over the long-term.

If I'm lucky on a good night I'll mostly fight against 4-mans and PUGs that are also casual. Then I can relax in my fun builds without being a hindrance to the folks I drop with and whoever else is on my team.

Some players/lances play super competitively and will only run min/max builds because to them fun means rolling the enemy and winning, nothing else seems to matter. Not hating them for it, I know everyone has a different idea of fun. I just wish I could unplug from that idea of fun from time to time but the matchmaker doesn't allow for it. I suppose I could make a second account and only run joke builds. Hopefully it would keep me away from the more-competitive types (or at least the competitive types that are actually good players). It's just not my style. This post turned into a bit of a whine, but whatever...

Edited by Divine Retribution, 01 November 2013 - 05:29 PM.

[Magna Canus]

Divine Retribution, on 01 November 2013 - 05:21 PM, said:

I try to be casual, taking fun non-min/max builds and goofing off to relax. But the matchmaker puts me against competitive players and skilled lances of 733Cs, DDCs, dual gauss or AC/40 heavies, light swarms, etc. If my casual gaming results in loss after loss I'll switch to a competitive build and play seriously. After a few games of serious play I get bored with having to play the same builds over and over in carry mode, and I log out. The next time I log in it starts over again. Each gaming session where I feel forced into playing competitively using a min/max build I lose a little more interest in playing this game over the long-term.

If I'm lucky on a good night I'll mostly fight against 4-mans and PUGs that are also casual. Then I can relax in my fun builds without being a hindrance to the folks I drop with and whoever else is on my team.

Some players/lances play super competitively and will only run min/max builds because to them fun means rolling the enemy and winning, nothing else seems to matter. Not hating them for it, I know everyone has a different idea of fun. I just wish I could unplug from that idea of fun from time to time but the matchmaker doesn't allow for it. I suppose I could make a second account and only run joke builds. Hopefully it would keep me away from the more-competitive types (or at least the competitive types that are actually good players). It's just not my style. This post turned into a bit of a whine, but whatever...

I think this is a core issue with long term players here and in a lot of other PvP games and I really hope the ability to create private matches will help solve this issues for all of us. My ELO stinks to high heaven so drop me a note when we get private lobies and you can run your joke builds in one of my games. =)

[w0rm]

If I could I would avoid all queues beside 12s.