Really starting to hate modern gamers...

[Knuckle]

Originally Posted by bled12345 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So this is a bit of a vent, and rant... I'm 29, got into online gaming around 98/99. One of the things that drew me in was just how many awesome people I got to play with, and the fun times you'd have playing multiplayer in whatever it may be....

It seems like in the past few years, the gaming community has gotten worse....

It feels like the annoying 12 year olds in call of duty from 8 years ago are fellow adults now, but they grew up to be shitty adults. Any of you feel this way?

I just played a game of CS GO, and on the 2nd round being the last person alive on my team, I kill 2 people and then die and we lose the round, and my team vote kicks me, and I get a 2 hour ban..... I'm sure the guys on my team thought it was just frikken hilarious, but this kind of trolling seems rampant in all aspects of gaming now, it's like it's awesome and coveted to be just outright toxic to people you are playing with.


Anyways.... it's sad to see the next generation of gaming culture ruining one of my favourite sanctuaries, is it too much to ask for people to not be entirely shitty to one another while doing a recreational activity that is supposed to be centred around FUN?

Hard to say, we were on the frontier of online gaming, when it wasn't something you took for granted, and it was amazing being connected to people in a common interest that was more niche. Now, every asshole you didnt want to deal with is playing the same games as you, so its like getting on a subway when you connect to an online game.

[Swish]

Worst of it is that there's games out there now that actively encourage bad behavior.

H1Z1 definitely up there, and I'm guilty of it myself... I've been nice to people only to be shot in the head, stabbed, punched and whatever else. So why not grief other people? I'm a bad person in that kind of game.

EQ (thankfully) encourages cooperation and a friendly environment where you make friends that you'll see again. Even WoW had that to start with before they started clustering servers together, at which time the LFG tool just paired you up with 4 other random people from other servers. After that nobody cared about their own behavior.

[radditsu]

Everything was better in the old days.

[Deadmantis]

My 10 year old nephew is the next generation of gamers and I hate to admit they are just terrible. I watch him play on his console and even on his phone (this clash of clans crap) and all they care about is themselves and shitting on everyone else.

I tried to take him under my wing and show him old school gaming but he doesn't care about teamwork or playing a role, it's all about blowing everyone else up and winning.

It's just gonna get worse. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Deadmantis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My 10 year old nephew is the next generation of gamers and I hate to admit they are just terrible. I watch him play on his console and even on his phone (this clash of clans crap) and all they care about is themselves and shitting on everyone else.

I tried to take him under my wing and show him old school gaming but he doesn't care about teamwork or playing a role, it's all about blowing everyone else up and winning.

It's just gonna get worse. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There's hope out there... some kids are hardcore into Minecraft which isn't based on that quite so much.

[ctechguy]

I'm 45 now, started EQ in my late 20's when it came out, and can't agree with you more.

I find many (not all) "modern gamers" to be shallow, self-absorbed, uneducated, incurious about the world around them, self-centered, childish, petty and without values.

It's probably why I've been here more than a year and haven't ever bothered with a guild.

[Tenlaar]

Originally Posted by ctechguy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I find many (not all) "modern gamers" to be shallow, self-absorbed, uneducated, uncurious about the world around them, self-centered, childish, petty and without values.

This isn't just gamers, it's almost all young people.

[2pacalypse]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There's hope out there... some kids are hardcore into Minecraft which isn't based on that quite so much.

minecraft is one of the greatest games of all time and all my little cousins play it obsessively even though they're still young enough to enjoy awful Transformer movies. I don't think the future of children is depressing and horrifying so much as the future of American mass-media. As always, the sharp ones will see through the bullshit and the dumb ones will play BrownSlayerSim 5: America Triumphs.

Also, lol at all these people who think competition in games is a bad thing. It's the foundation of literally every game still worth playing, including EQ red.

"Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers. They also all play call of duty” -a really old fool

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

The greater the barrier of entry, the better the population.

[Mandalore93]

Price is clearly not that much of a barrier anymore. See how well Call of Duty 4 Map packs 1-4 have done over the years and WoW is still going pretty strong with its sub base although its lost a few million by now.

Going to be assholes everywhere in real life and online. All about finding a good core to play with. Honestly can't even think of a game outside of P99 that I've played that hasn't been with the same few dozen guys from a clan from some no name game 8 years ago.