Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Whats the worst thing about playing online?

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DarkDoc 1 month ago#1
Whats the worst thing about playing online? - Results (471 votes)
I don't play online
10.4%
49
Lag (or stuttery/inconsistent ISP/router)
17.2%
81
Ragequitters
4.25%
20
Trolls
10.62%
50
Crap on the microphone/messages (trashtalk/hatemail/music/kids/eating/racism)
15.07%
71
Bots, cheaters/hackers and AFKers
19.53%
92
Bad/Slow/Inaccurate matchmaking/smurfs
4.03%
19
The fact it distracts the development effort away from the core single-player modes
9.77%
46
The fact that the servers will one day be switched off
4.46%
21
Something else?
4.67%
22
More than 70% of people have never played online, and are not interested in it, but for those that do, what annoys you the most? What makes it so overrated?
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32x2z 1 month ago#3
Not being able to trash talk. I can't say all the swear/insensitive words I want, make fun of moms, and the sort because someone will report me. Not like the old days of Halo anyways.
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Beasthunt 1 month ago#4
Humans
Acts 2:38.
GunmaN1905 1 month ago#5
People being morons.
zKanoe 1 month ago#6
Beasthunt posted...
Humans
Something goes here...someday I'll remember what it was.
Mr kitty 1 month ago#7
Definitely
Crap on the microphone/messages (trashtalk/hatemail/music/kids/eating/racism)
DaidaHibana 1 month ago#8
Trolls, pushing you, trash talking, blocking ur line of shoot etc...humans in short
People complaining about others not using mics.
enderall 1 month ago#10
Humans, me as an INTJ going to an office is all I need as social activity.
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-5xad0w- 1 month ago#11
Other people.
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Dragon Nexus 1 month ago#12
Regardless of what you do, there's always one consistent problem.

Other people.
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Digital Storm 1 month ago#13
The rare disconnection problem... usually when something is going good.
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monkmith 1 month ago#14
the fact that no one talks anymore. halo 2 voice chat had its issues, but god damn it people talked back then.
People die when they are killed.
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SinisterSlay 1 month ago#15
zKanoe posted...
Beasthunt posted...
Humans

Have to agree, humans are the worst.
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Hunter_mk 1 month ago#16
Cheaters, at least on PC 

on Consoles Trolls, people that don't bother to work as a team, or just message to say that you suck
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Killah Priest 1 month ago#17
The only online I do is co op so it has to be lag
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chandl34 1 month ago#18
Low populations.
... even on Earth Mode.
Human interaction. Unless I'm playing with a team of friends, 99.99% of all other players are just shit. Shit at the game, shit as human beings, with an all too common 75% of those remaining being the Jean Ralphios of the human race.
Szymaa 1 month ago#20
-5xad0w- posted...
Other people.


It's just so true. Playing with other humans is the single best and worst part of online anything.
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KillerTruffle 1 month ago#21
It's hard to answer, because the worst thing about playing online is actually a combination of several of the options - too many assholes.

Cheating/hacking, trolls, ragequitters, racism/flaming/other crap, general toxicity... all boils down to too many assholes these days.

Overwatch used to be fantastic to play online for about the first three months or so. In all that time, I played a lot online, and not one negative comment or jerk. Losing teams would give GGs all the time, people on both teams would congratulate a player who made a particularly good play, and overall it was just very friendly competition and a ton of fun.

Then all the LoL trolls found the game and moved in. Jerk behavior ramped up considerably, and the game became infested with toxic assholes. That was further amplified by the ranked competitive mode. Now people are just angry all the time. Nobody seems to play for fun, people flame, ragequit, and all that.

So yeah... biggest problem is that there are too many assholes in online gaming.
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Boge 1 month ago#22
The players in general. They're either jerks or weirdos. I don't like strangers.
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zKanoe posted...
Beasthunt posted...
Humans

Eh...personally I give humanity a little more credit than that.

That said, for me it's more like:
GunmaN1905 posted...
People being morons.
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unknown_VS 1 month ago#24
KillerTruffle posted...
It's hard to answer,

Nah. It's really simple. 

LAG 

lag

verb
verb: lag; 3rd person present: lags; past tense: lagged; past participle: lagged; gerund or present participle: lagging
1.
fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development.
"they waited for Tim who was lagging behind"
synonyms:fall behind, straggle, fall back, trail (behind), linger, dally, dawdle, hang back, delay, move slowly, loiter, drag one's feet, take one's time, not keep pace, idle, dither, saunter, bring up the rear; More
informaldilly-dally, shilly-shally;
archaictarry
"Elizabeth had not walked over to the villa with the other guests, but lagged behind"
antonyms:lead, keep up, hurry

Nothing worse than that.
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DerPancake 1 month ago#25
Teammates acting like little bitches when things don't go their way.
Orestes417 1 month ago#26
The muppets you get matched with.
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KillerTruffle 1 month ago#27
unknown_VS posted...
Nothing worse than that.

I've dealt with lag. Yeah, it sucks, but it's *far* from the worst thing about online gaming. When you have lag with people you know that are all friendly and just having fun, lag may make you lose a match or something, but it's still all in good fun, people joke about it, blame your loss on the lag, etc... you've still enjoyed yourself and been entertained.

I don't care if I had a ping of 1 though, if I'm in a game loaded with assholes being assholes, I will not enjoy it. At all. Even if I kick all their asses and win by a landslide.

Games with assholes are not fun... at all. Games with lag can be.
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KrankyKat 1 month ago#28
The fact it's online. Latency. Random groups.

I love LAN with friends, coworkers, spouse. Same room or house/building.

I dislike Online, although I have spent time soloing mmo's as far as I could, in the past.
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unknown_VS 1 month ago#29
KillerTruffle posted...
unknown_VS posted...
Nothing worse than that.

I've dealt with lag. Yeah, it sucks, but it's *far* from the worst thing about online gaming. When you have lag with people you know that are all friendly and just having fun, lag may make you lose a match or something, but it's still all in good fun, people joke about it, blame your loss on the lag, etc... you've still enjoyed yourself and been entertained.

I don't care if I had a ping of 1 though, if I'm in a game loaded with assholes being assholes, I will not enjoy it. At all. Even if I kick all their asses and win by a landslide.

Games with assholes are not fun... at all. Games with lag can be.


Nothing of that is mutual exclusive, you can have it all in one game and a toxic player who's also laggy on top can get easily the worst thing ever... 

A toxic player without lag doesn't bother me much tbh, it's in combination with being a laggy fuck that's annoying as hell.
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KillerTruffle 1 month ago#30
unknown_VS posted...
Nothing of that is mutual exclusive, you can have it all in one game and a toxic player who's also laggy on top can get easily the worst thing ever...

I never claimed either was mutually exclusive. The poll is what we think the worst thing about online gaming is. For me, it's assholes.

I ask myself - can I have an enjoyable game if it:

* Has no lag, no assholes? - Yes.
* Has no lag, has assholes? - No.
* Has lag, no assholes? - Yes.
* Has lag, has assholes? - No.

I can enjoy myself even in games with lag - if the game has good, fun people playing. There are virtually no situations where I can enjoy a game with assholes though, lag or not.
"How do I get rid of a Trojan Horse?" -Sailor_Kakashi
"Leave it outside the gates of Troy overnight." -Davel23
unknown_VS 1 month ago#31
KillerTruffle posted...
unknown_VS posted...
Nothing of that is mutual exclusive, you can have it all in one game and a toxic player who's also laggy on top can get easily the worst thing ever...

I never claimed either was mutually exclusive. The poll is what we think the worst thing about online gaming is. For me, it's assholes.

I ask myself - can I have an enjoyable game if it:

* Has no lag, no assholes? - Yes.
* Has no lag, has assholes? - No.
* Has lag, no assholes? - Yes.
* Has lag, has assholes? - No.

I can enjoy myself even in games with lag - if the game has good, fun people playing. There are virtually no situations where I can enjoy a game with assholes though, lag or not.

.... and I'm saying every game has all the above, it doesn't depend on the game, it depends on who you play with. 

So basically? You just don't play online, or only with select people?
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KillerTruffle 1 month ago#32
unknown_VS posted...
and I'm saying every game has all the above

Uh... every game doesn't. I've played games without assholes. Like I said - the first three months Overwatch was officially released (out of beta) were golden, till the trolls found it. I played *tons* of games without assholes.

I've actually played games with all four conditions. The one factor through every single game I've not enjoyed or hated has been that there were assholes playing. That, for me, is the worst part of online gaming.

unknown_VS posted...
So basically? You just don't play online, or only with select people?

And yeah... that's basically it. I almost never play online, and when I do, it's with friends. I don't do random PUBs or anything.
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32x2z 1 month ago#33
I'm surprised trash talk gets this much hate. It's just pre/mid game locker room talk. Didn't any of you guys play sports growing up? We all trash talk each other till the end when we have to say good game, it's standard procedure. Everyone gets to shit on each other because there's a good chance you'll "one up" the guy trash talking you even if you don't win. I've made some friends trash talking people and making them laugh.
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Orestes417 1 month ago#34
Trash talk is fine to a point, as long as it stays on the game. What's more obnoxious is the assholes who get offended by the most minor of things and expect you to care.
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unknown_VS 1 month ago#35
@KillerTruffle ok I get you're point, for me it's definitely lag. 
Especially because it's something that could be *nearly* eliminated with good netcode. 

(which includes not having to play against wifi warriors)
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KillerTruffle 1 month ago#36
Orestes417 posted...
Trash talk is fine to a point, as long as it stays on the game.

Trash talk is fine as long as it remains good-natured trash talk. Friends and I used to trash talk all the time when we played. But none of us ever meant it.. it was just in fun. These days, people take it to the "fuck your mother" level, and get personal/serious about it, and mean, and that I don't view as trash talk.
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32x2z 1 month ago#37
KillerTruffle posted...
Orestes417 posted...
Trash talk is fine to a point, as long as it stays on the game.

Trash talk is fine as long as it remains good-natured trash talk. Friends and I used to trash talk all the time when we played. But none of us ever meant it.. it was just in fun. These days, people take it to the "fuck your mother" level, and get personal/serious about it, and mean, and that I don't view as trash talk.


That's the thing, people legitimately get upset when I say "your mother" as a response to trash talk. Trash talk pertains to the game for me although "your mother" is a generic childs insult. 

For example someone will have the gold knife on CSGO war games and they'll fail to kill me and even though I'm not winning, I'll still jump on the mic and trash talk after I wreck him. If anything it's just gonna keep em interested in playing the game and get better. You'll never believe this though dude, the next game we're on the same team and not trash talking each other. What a shock! It's almost as if it was just for that situation and we're all good after it's over like real life. 

I was camping in one spot in CSGO, kept killing the same guy like 4-5 times in a row (he never really took off in the game lmao), he was getting mad on mic but it was just locker room trash. That's cool dude, I was just antagonizing him anyways so it's all just game related. Next game me and him were on same team and it's all good. Maybe that's just CSGO. I've had the complete opposite experience in R6 Siege. Rocket League I have no issues with even though I trash talk and they do as well. 

I like trash talk but I do have some friends who get really mean on trash talking as if they're being emotionally abusive to people. It's pretty bad ROFLMAO.
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CrestedTax 1 month ago#38
A combo of trolls/afker/ragequitter.

afks, ragequitters and whiny people made me quit league of legends.
Orestes417 1 month ago#39
The absolute worst is when the sheltered little snowflakes take offense to legitimate, game relevant direction like say "Someone wanna get this tracer off my ass so I can heal?". I mean yeah, I'm implying you're not doing your job and all, but that's because you're not doing your damn job. Now get a tissue and correct it.
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KillerTruffle 1 month ago#41
32x2z posted...
That's the thing, people legitimately get upset when I say "your mother" as a response to trash talk. Trash talk pertains to the game for me although "your mother" is a generic childs insult.

Yeah, but there's a key difference there. You're talking about saying "your mother" as a response to someone else's trash talk. I'm talking about someone getting so pissed at you they just scream "fuck your mother." That's a huge difference from
"Aww, did that payload slip right past you...?"
"Your mother" or "no, but your mother did."

It all comes down to whether you're just having fun with the other person, or you're intentionally trying to piss them off, or worse yet, you're doing it because you're actually angry yourself. If it's all in good fun and not getting too serious, it's fine. That's pretty rare these days though.

Orestes417 posted...
The absolute worst is when the sheltered little snowflakes take offense to legitimate, game relevant direction like say "Someone wanna get this tracer off my ass so I can heal?". I mean yeah, I'm implying you're not doing your job and all, but that's because you're not doing your damn job. Now get a tissue and correct it.

Yeh, I lump those people into the asshole category too. People who won't play right (or don't know how), but absolutely refuse to listen to advice even if it's much more gentle/tactful than "get them off my ass!" and get all offended and angry instead I still consider to be assholes.
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pothocket 1 month ago#42
Playing with randoms is the worst thing about online. There's so much that statement includes; racists, idiots, toxic people, cheaters.... I just hate playing with randoms.
arleas 1 month ago#43
Without reading any of the other messages (so this may have been addressed) to me, the worst thing about online is when they ignore offline/single player in favor of online because it can stop pirates (or so they *think*). 
Combine that with all of the other stuff and it just means that the game has a very limited shelf-life and then it's worthless. At least in the case of Denuvo, when they crack the game and/or they realize that the DRM is useless and remove it, the game will still work. Sucks that you have to crack it, but oh well. In the case of a game with a primarily online focus, if there's no servers and no players, then even if the game works there's no point. 

I don't really care as much about the games that have never been offline (like TF2 may have bots but there's never really been an offline mode to it other than the practice mode mod). It really only applies to games where you EXPECT to play offline only to find out they gimped the offline so they could sell in-game currency, special weapons, loot boxes, etc. 

I can adapt to lag assuming it's constant. If it's like everything is fine and then OOPS 400ping for 15 seconds...well then no, that is not acceptable. Assholes can ruin a game, but as long as you can mute/block them then it's not as bad, and I've actually seen some games where the whole server will team up on the one jerk until he leaves.

Hackers ruin a game because you can't even win if the whole server teams up against the guy usually... the only thing that beats a hacker is banning them...assuming they can't just pull up a new account and go right back to hacking. 

Bad matchmaking ruins games too...I don't see why you can't just put up a server browser and let people pick where they want to go, but I guess that just means that some people pay for a server that goes mostly unused for the whole month and might see 30 minutes of use (if you can get people to populate the server at all).
KainFourteh 1 month ago#44
The people.
Dredj 1 month ago#45
Easily trash talk. I'm just to old to put up with it now in my 30's. Every day in Rocket League it's people even those grouped together spamming the chat commands.

In MHW yesterday fighting Kulve Taroth someone put down a barrel bomb next to me just as I fired a quick shot, a cone AoE attack, which blew it up so he gets mad and calls me out in chat "like omg really Dredj wtf" so I explain what happened then he starts making shit up saying it was a charged shot and I aimed it, meanwhile his mate is hitting me knocking me around. Disgusted with their attitude I was going to leave the quest but he kicked me first.
Kinoringan 1 month ago#46
Lag and frequent disconnection. Since I'm in malaysia, I've to content with 300ms ~ 1000ms ping. My performance and reaction is not as good with westerners who play with 50ms ping. FPS multiplayer games are out of the question. I can't even shoot a zombie who is charging at me at Dayz unless the zombie is right at my face. Also I've to content with frequent disconnection, hence why I prefer to go dungeoning/raiding with guildmates who are more understanding when I dc either that or I go solo most of the time. PUG will always kick me out the moment I dc.
DarkDoc 1 month ago#47
Hunter_mk posted...
Cheaters, at least on PC 

on Consoles Trolls, people that don't bother to work as a team, or just message to say that you suck

Funny you mention that. I asked it on console as well.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/691088-xbox-one/76959765
Bleu_Skie 1 month ago#48
I picked rage quitting. It ruins my experience more often than any other thing on the poll. Even worse when they say a bunch of shit, then leave when they fuck up because they know they gonna get ripped to the moon and back.
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ArkonBlade 1 month ago#49
zKanoe posted...
Beasthunt posted...
Humans

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DarkDoc 4 weeks ago#50
BrokenMachine85 posted...
Other: Feeling like I'm looking after other people's kids for free.

Lol. Interesting answer.
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    anubisbahamut 4 weeks ago#51
    Cheating, I can deal with anything else but cheaters should get jail time!
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    threedown 4 weeks ago#52
    Nothing more annoying than cheaters. 

    Lag is a close second. 

    Servers being switched off has only affected me on two games but it did really suck. Most of the time I've already moved on by the time that happens. 

    I don't worry about trash talk, I'm usually in private chat with friends anyways.
    LOLIAmAnAlt 4 weeks ago#53
    People that tell/complain about you and what you are doing, when in fact it's them but they are too blinded too see that they can do faults.
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    LOLIAmAnAlt 4 weeks ago#54
    Also, 70% of gamers never played online? I find that extremely hard to believe.
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    Foxfire15 4 weeks ago#55
    Cheating. Though, it's a great feeling to crush the cheaters by simply being better. Still hate playing them.
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    Axeof_WoeK 4 weeks ago#56
    It will always be lag for me. People are shit but thats fundamental to the nature of people, gaming or not. Choosing to play team based games is unfortunately choosing to wade knee deep into that muck. As long as games properly implement the ability to silence text/voice/spammers and report cheaters thosee are not a problem for me.

    If you could play online games with the responsiveness of lan the entire fighting game genre would be saved, people from other regions would get less hate, one giant excuse removed from the equation, peer-to-peer games would actually be fine etc.
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    iCurious 4 weeks ago#57
    People with godlike reflexes. I really hate playing against people that can consistently headshot a tiny fast moving target from 30 miles away without scoping or taking time to aim. Slight exaggeration of course, but you get the point. In non-shooter online games where grinding determines who's strongest, it'd be the extreme no-lifers, who make the middle no-lifers like myself look like newborns. There's nothing wrong with it or that should be done about it, but I'm just saying it's rarely fun to play against other players when some of them seem superhuman.

    Then there's the lag, and the trolls. That's about it for me.
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    Mentao 4 weeks ago#58
    For me, is the fact that one day the servers will go offline, hence, all your invested time will be a waste (RIP Dust 514). Then again, NOTHING lasts forever.

    Other than that, I really hate people that complain about everything. Snipers that start insulting when they get sniped. Campers that start complaining about others camping. I guess people who doesn't know how a competition works.

    Yeah, I've seen a few places online where there is a good community. I remember playing Mechwarrior online, I even found people who would teach you on the fly to try to make the team win even when there were others playing alone and getting themselves killed. That's where I realized that good leaders, regardless of the circumstances, can guide a team to win. I was one of the newbies, but still, there were times that we had good leadership and would conquer the enemy with excellent tactics.
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    DarkDoc 4 weeks ago#59
    32x2z posted...
    Not being able to trash talk. I can't say all the swear/insensitive words I want, make fun of moms, and the sort because someone will report me.

    That's a very unique answer.
    Djoser2000 4 weeks ago#60
    Online multi-player is a treadmill.
    A single player game ends and you start something new (or the same game, using different choices, etc). 

    It's like the arcades of the 80s. Never feels satisfying, without an ending.
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    I simply dislike most genres that are conducive to multiplayer. Don't like MMO's, don't like fighting games or racing games, etc.

    The only ones I do like are very specific shooters (very high skill curves where it takes like 10+ body shots to kill so headshots are highly encouraged, no regenerating health, other stuff) and Diablo 2 (only 2, not 3).

    One of my favorite shooters (in terms of mechanics) was ruined by lag, it had terrible coding which made it so being laggy was a huge advantage to you, and for some reason it let you choose your own upload speed so you could very easily exploit that fact. And consequently lag switching was even more advantageous so cheating was a huge problem, and the game was very lax in regulation so they were rarely banned.

    So I would go with lag if I were to pick one of the poll options besides other.
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    Lagggg especially on PS4
    Galcian 4 weeks ago#63
    hackers
    VanderZoo 4 weeks ago#64
    Assholes. Most people I meet are great, but I was paired with a real jerk last night on Black Ops 4. Completely anti-social, I don't know why he had a mic or was playing Duos.

    His name was MSIbeast, and this is on PS4, so I asked if he was into PC gaming, and he says "yeah, you don't need to talk to me about PC gaming buddy". Very condescending and passive aggressive.

    Was like that the entire match, just a rude guy.
    maybecalls 4 weeks ago#65
    Lag.

    I love M & B Warband: Napoleonic Wars commander battle, but the lag is often so bad that you can't change your officer's item, and end up stuck with just the telescope. Not good when you charge the enemy and can't actually fight.
    DarkDoc 4 weeks ago#66
    enderall posted...
    Humans, me as an INTJ going to an office is all I need as social activity.

    Lol.
    DarkDoc 3 weeks ago#67
    LOLIAmAnAlt posted...
    Also, 70% of gamers never played online? I find that extremely hard to believe.

    Well, that's the data for console. Lots of games give you a trophy for playing your first online match, and in most games, only about 20%-40% of people get the trophy.

    I admit, PC might be a bit higher.
    Altair400 3 weeks ago#68
    Toxic ass communities.

    I'm looking at you, League of Legends.
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    FFT-Fan 3 weeks ago#69
    DarkDoc posted...
    More than 70% of people have never played online, and are not interested in it, but for those that do, what annoys you the most? What makes it so overrated?

    Everything. Every option jumped out at me as awful to deal with, all are reasons why I dislike online. I very strongly prefer single player games, so long as they do not have the possibility of being shut down in the future due to DRM servers being taken down(meaning they aren't actually offline games).

    Dedicated single player games are just vastly superior experiences IMO. I went through a WOW phase in the past and I'm just completely over it now. I've found RPGs like the Witcher 3 or heavily modded Skyrim/Fallout 4 or BOTW/other Nintendo games to be so much better.
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    DarkDoc 3 weeks ago#70
    chandl34 posted...
    Low populations.

    Yeah, I guess that basically makes matchmaking slower and/or less accurate.
    DarkDoc 3 weeks ago#71
    Twindragonfang posted...
    Human interaction. Unless I'm playing with a team of friends, 99.99% of all other players are just shit. Shit at the game, shit as human beings

    Yeah, that much is becoming very clear from the voting...
    DarkDoc 2 weeks ago#72
    KillerTruffle posted...
    the worst thing about playing online is actually a combination of several of the options - too many assholes.

    Cheating/hacking, trolls, ragequitters, racism/flaming/other crap, general toxicity... all boils down to too many assholes these days.

    Yeah, that's why I tried to break them up. All together those are over 51% of the results so far.
    pothocket 2 weeks ago#73
    johnny_pay 2 weeks ago#74
    People on mics. Every time I do an activity in a game that requires a mic there is someone with their mic open so you can hear everything going on in their house, it's especially annoying on pc where push to talk is a thing.
    Black_Rarity 2 weeks ago#75
    For MMOs, it’s usually the worlds being lonely until you level up and get deeper into the game.
    Combo Master 2 weeks ago#76
    Random strangers talking becdause it can be extremely annoying obviosuly.. I only now a days rtalk on a headset with a few girls i know in life that play games and their friends if we are in a group chat. I make sure not to get emotional and come off like a weirdo when i play though.
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    GanglyKhan 2 weeks ago#77
    Stop shilling your thread everywhere lol
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    Dabeastmvp123 2 weeks ago#78
    Laggy players that gives themselves frame advantage, and I'm stuck with my inputs not being read. So I'm eating all their attacks while I can't do anything.
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    gtomanga 2 weeks ago#79
    Lags.
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    DarkDoc 1 week ago#80
    unknown_VS posted...
    You just don't play online, or only with select people?

    That certainly solves some of it. Knowing the people you play with Irl...
    Cheats / hackers. Everything else can be adapted to, but d***splats using hacks just to feel like a winner for once, ruin it for everyone.
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    Orestes417 1 week ago#82
    DarkDoc posted...
    unknown_VS posted...
    You just don't play online, or only with select people?

    That certainly solves some of it. Knowing the people you play with Irl...


    It also makes it much much worse if you're at different skill/effort levels.
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    unknown_VS 1 week ago#83
    New definitive answer :

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    especially paired with a laggy wifi (ab)user 

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    polopili 1 week ago#84
    Kids. Also adults who act like kids.

    Also some games I feel like there's no point to playing online. Like Warframe. I just team up with mute ninjas who complete the objective and move to the next. Might as well play with bots.
    DarkDoc 1 week ago#85
    Orestes417 posted...
    Trash talk is fine to a point, as long as it stays on the game. What's more obnoxious is the assholes who get offended by the most minor of things and expect you to care.

    Yeah, loads of people complain on fighting game boards because "he didn't give me a rematch!" Like, are you seriously that thin-skinned?
    Axeof_WoeK 1 week ago#86
    DarkDoc posted...
    Orestes417 posted...
    Trash talk is fine to a point, as long as it stays on the game. What's more obnoxious is the assholes who get offended by the most minor of things and expect you to care.

    Yeah, loads of people complain on fighting game boards because "he didn't give me a rematch!" Like, are you seriously that thin-skinned?

    No, you dont understand. There are complex rituals at play here. 8)

    BrokenMachine85 posted...
    Other: Feeling like I'm looking after other people's kids for free.


    HA! Exactly!!!
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    DarkDoc 5 days ago#88
    Mushroom87 5 days ago#89
    Somebody that cant set up their audio properly so I got to hear myself echo
    Orestes417 5 days ago#90
    Extend that to assholes who have open mics. Are you a quadriplegic? No? Then you're either using PTT or muted. Ain't got time to be listening to your ambient noise all match.
    Please keep talking so we can all pretend that our problems are just in our heads.
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    Digital_S 4 days ago#91
    Dicks who get upset at your play style. i.e Treat casual matches like it's ranked.
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    Orestes417 4 days ago#92
    Counterpoint, dicks who think flailing around and throwing the game for their team is a valid "play style" regardless of mode.
    Please keep talking so we can all pretend that our problems are just in our heads.
    Orestes417 posted...
    Counterpoint, dicks who think flailing around and throwing the game for their team is a valid "play style" regardless of mode.


    Counter-counter-point. Everyone's new at some point and some games throw players straight in at the deep end amongst the seasoned.
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    Beasthunt 4 days ago#94
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    BarbaricAvatar posted...
    Orestes417 posted...
    Counterpoint, dicks who think flailing around and throwing the game for their team is a valid "play style" regardless of mode.


    Counter-counter-point. Everyone's new at some point and some games throw players straight in at the deep end amongst the seasoned.

    I don't think that's a counter to his point, considering his point wasn't actually talking about newbies, but about trolls intentionally throwing games and being pricks in general.
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    Orestes417 4 days ago#97
    KillerTruffle posted...
    BarbaricAvatar posted...
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    Counter-counter-point. Everyone's new at some point and some games throw players straight in at the deep end amongst the seasoned.

    I don't think that's a counter to his point, considering his point wasn't actually talking about newbies, but about trolls intentionally throwing games and being pricks in general.


    Indeed. It's one thing to be playing to the best of your abilities. I got no problem with team mates that legitimately suck but are trying. Team mates who think that "I play for fun" or "it's not comp" excuses ruining the game for their team by selfishly fucking around however... those people can eat a bag of dicks.
    Please keep talking so we can all pretend that our problems are just in our heads.
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    ZaruenKosai 3 days ago#99
    32x2z posted...
    Not being able to trash talk. I can't say all the swear/insensitive words I want, make fun of moms, and the sort because someone will report me. Not like the old days of Halo anyways.


    You mean you have to behave the same way as you would in person? (In other words you an not hide under the mask of anonymity.
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    iCurious posted...
    People with godlike reflexes. I really hate playing against people that can consistently headshot a tiny fast moving target from 30 miles away without scoping or taking time to aim. Slight exaggeration of course, but you get the point. In non-shooter online games where grinding determines who's strongest, it'd be the extreme no-lifers, who make the middle no-lifers like myself look like newborns. There's nothing wrong with it or that should be done about it, but I'm just saying it's rarely fun to play against other players when some of them seem superhuman.

    Then there's the lag, and the trolls. That's about it for me.


    /gitgud

    youre denouncing people for being skilled.

    thats like saying stephen hawking is a bad person because he is too smart and not allowing others a chance for their ideas.
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    2. PC
    3. Whats the worst thing about playing online?
      1. Boards
      2. PC
      3. Whats the worst thing about playing online?
      Velius_ 3 days ago#101
      All those damn 10 years olds having sex with my mother!
      =
      Orestes417 posted...
      Extend that to assholes who have open mics. Are you a quadriplegic? No? Then you're either using PTT or muted. Ain't got time to be listening to your ambient noise all match.


      But but... How are you going to know when I'm ripping a bong if I don't open broadcast it?
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      Orestes417 posted...
      KillerTruffle posted...
      BarbaricAvatar posted...
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      I don't think that's a counter to his point, considering his point wasn't actually talking about newbies, but about trolls intentionally throwing games and being pricks in general.


      Indeed. It's one thing to be playing to the best of your abilities. I got no problem with team mates that legitimately suck but are trying. Team mates who think that "I play for fun" or "it's not comp" excuses ruining the game for their team by selfishly fucking around however... those people can eat a bag of dicks.


      I'm surprised you find it so easy to tell the difference between sucking and deliberately sucking. I tend to put them both in the same category of "not helpful". 
      When i started playing TF2 last year, i was acutely aware that i wasn't being very helpful to the mission as i wasn't clear on the best tactics. You're saying you can tell when someone doesn't know what they're supposed to be doing versus someone who knows what they're supposed to be doing but isn't doing it. I don't believe you.
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      BarbaricAvatar posted...
      Orestes417 posted...
      KillerTruffle posted...
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      Indeed. It's one thing to be playing to the best of your abilities. I got no problem with team mates that legitimately suck but are trying. Team mates who think that "I play for fun" or "it's not comp" excuses ruining the game for their team by selfishly fucking around however... those people can eat a bag of dicks.


      I'm surprised you find it so easy to tell the difference between sucking and deliberately sucking. I tend to put them both in the same category of "not helpful". 
      When i started playing TF2 last year, i was acutely aware that i wasn't being very helpful to the mission as i wasn't clear on the best tactics. You're saying you can tell when someone doesn't know what they're supposed to be doing versus someone who knows what they're supposed to be doing but isn't doing it. I don't believe you.


      When you spend enough time playing a game, I mean hundreds if not thousands of hours, you learn to quickly identify people that are working towards a group goal and johnny chicken fucker off stroking his rocket launcher.
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      Orestes417 3 days ago#106
      BarbaricAvatar posted...
      Orestes417 posted...
      KillerTruffle posted...
       show hidden quote(s)


      Indeed. It's one thing to be playing to the best of your abilities. I got no problem with team mates that legitimately suck but are trying. Team mates who think that "I play for fun" or "it's not comp" excuses ruining the game for their team by selfishly fucking around however... those people can eat a bag of dicks.


      I'm surprised you find it so easy to tell the difference between sucking and deliberately sucking. I tend to put them both in the same category of "not helpful". 
      When i started playing TF2 last year, i was acutely aware that i wasn't being very helpful to the mission as i wasn't clear on the best tactics. You're saying you can tell when someone doesn't know what they're supposed to be doing versus someone who knows what they're supposed to be doing but isn't doing it. I don't believe you.


      It's very simple really. The person who either legitimately is bad or is new will generally attempt to correct their issues when politely asked to do so even if they're not always successful. The other group will deflect with the aforementioned "It's not comp bro" or "I play for fun" or somesuch
      Please keep talking so we can all pretend that our problems are just in our heads.
      DarkDoc 1 day ago#107
      Bleu_Skie posted...
      I picked rage quitting. It ruins my experience more often than any other thing on the poll. Even worse when they say a bunch of shit, then leave when they fuck up because they know they gonna get ripped to the moon and back.

      I'm surprised not many people said that tbh. It's a big thing in fighting games.
      James xeno 22 hours ago#108
      #1 and "The fact it distracts the development effort away from the core single-player modes" (the server thing sucks too)
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      Orestes417 22 hours ago#109
      James xeno posted...
      "The fact it distracts the development effort away from the core single-player modes"


      That old bullshit. Often they're done by different teams and beyond that there are plenty of dedicated MP first and MP only games.
      Please keep talking so we can all pretend that our problems are just in our heads.
      DarkDoc 35 minutes ago#110
      Any advance on 471 votes?
      1. Boards
      2. PC 
      3. Whats the worst thing about playing online?

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