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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
April 27 2014 21:50 GMT
#101
haha, i am exactly the opposite.
I am too scare to play against anonymous people. I always love to play against/with "known" people (friends or lan), even if I never played a game, I just join the game and play!
anonymous?! no way.
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LA_Morello
Profile Joined July 2011
Brazil143 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-01 18:40:39
May 01 2014 14:20 GMT
#102
I think the people who are scared to play are actually scared to fail because they’re such tryhards and so insanely competitive that they choose to avoid failure by dodging the contest altogether.


Thats basically my life. I play Dota almost every day, and my friends says I give up as soon as we fall behind. Truth is, I prefer to get a loss right away than considering the chance to fight for the slight chance of winning, and still lose.

It ends up being a pain for my friends, as I tend to give up as soon as we lose a set of barracks, and since most of the time I play position 1, we end up losing when I stop trying.

On April 22 2014 09:26 Frappucino wrote:
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On April 22 2014 04:41 Thieving Magpie wrote:
On April 22 2014 01:16 Frappucino wrote:
Some people aren't motivated by competitiveness, completely normal. That's why in MMORPG PVP area is often separated from usual gameplay


In early WoL, PvP was also separate from "usual" gameplay


Dunno about WoL. But that's why there are AI-opponent and campaign, separated from Battlenet for those who don't want to play another player.

Which reminds me, lack of LAN in SC2 can be a problem for those who prefer to play friends. It's a good starting point to build confidence to play other people.


I think he was making a joke about WoL's PvP being about 4-Gate vs 4-Gate every game. If you don't play SC2, think about a mirror matchup where everyone did the same build everytime, and the fastest player won.
hp.Shell
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2527 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-05 00:03:20
May 05 2014 00:01 GMT
#103
For some people it's probably a comfort zone issue. They're not comfortable losing because they view themselves as "good at video games" and they don't want that taken away from their ego by losing in a competitive game.

For others it might be a time / commitment issue (actually I think lots of people have trouble with commitment), where they are more interested in the game itself and watching the scene / meta unfold rather than actually taking part in the playing of the game. Some people think it's a waste of time. If they aren't gonna go pro, then why bother playing competitively? But that's folly, because games are fun, it's fun to compete even if you suck, because you will still improve a tiny bit every time hopefully. And the progression aspect is what draws me to bw.
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josemb40
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Peru611 Posts
May 05 2014 14:54 GMT
#104
On my way to losing
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
May 05 2014 21:59 GMT
#105
I'm too scared to post against actual people
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
Sbrubbles
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil5776 Posts
May 07 2014 18:26 GMT
#106
If you're feeling scared/pressured, just queue AR. No reason to worry yourself with picking a hero, games go full retard 95% of the time anyway and are more fun.
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