Cybercraft NYC Tournament 3.0 (2 days!) - Page 11

On December 03 2010 17:19 AGIANTSMURF wrote:



I hope to god your getting paid

otherwise it might be time for

*Puts on sunglasses*

An Intervention......

On December 04 2010 01:24 dgReborn wrote:

tl:dr- WoW is about the friends not about the skill, effort, grind or yelling.

On December 04 2010 01:24 dgReborn wrote:
Last time i'm gonna seriously argue this point on WoW. No one. NO ONE, except arena players, play WoW for a challenge or because it requires skill. The skill cap on WoW is really low, but it isn't ment to be a competitive enviroment. Only the best of the best guilds compete for first kills, But even then i think thye understand that most of them just have dedication over other players rather then skill.

We play WoW because of the community. Guilds can actually form very strong friendships, alot like this lan group, and that is what makes us come back to play more. We play not to down new content alone. We play to down new content with the friends we've made in game. These are people we toiled with to learn new content. People you've shared triumphs and failures over. And usuelly people you've had fun playing with for the last few months to years.

Now that's if you are in a good guild. This is a rare experience amongst the 11 million players. The players who get into large guilds and just raid with random guildmates they never form bonds with. They are the ones who eventually quit the game and go around sayig how boring it is. It is not a fair judgement to not "play" the game then critique it's entertainment. To put in perspective, imagine someone who has only played 4v4 bronze level play in starcraft saying the game is no fun and he can't understand why people play. That can be due to multiple reasons, Preferance in game, Personal experience differing from the norm. But the likely reason is that he didn't experience the "game". The "real" game that we all experience.

We all understand that as far as execution goes it is all scripted. It is a dance. Always the same, always preforming the same actions in set times. However that doesn't make it any less appealing to players. It isn't about the difficulty of the "dance" it's about the flawless execution and "preformance" of that dance that gives a sense of accomplishment. Yes after a while it loses it's flare, but that's where new content comes it. Another dance to learn, master and execute.

Also I don't know bout you but for most games I play I place my enjoyment far above anything else. Yes it's great to be competetive and to be able to play with skill and confidence. But if you aren't having fun what's the point?

Now that obviously doesn't apply to pro gamers. That's their living. They can afford to place their skills and the competetion above their own personal enjoyment of the game. But at the start fun was what drove them.

My time spent in WoW has NEVER felt wasted in the sense that I would wish I never played. Every late night raid, every early morning PvP romp was a joy to experience. Not because of the content but because of the people I was experiencing the content with. WoW is the pure refined essence of "It'll always be more fun with friends"

tl:dr- WoW is about the friends not about the skill, effort, grind or yelling.

On December 04 2010 01:29 btway wrote:


True of any mmorpg, but I think Poke just misses Blixy :D

On December 04 2010 01:31 PeT[uK] wrote:
That was a very well-mannered rant. No but I agree, I always had fun playing WoW because of my RL and internet friends i played with. once they quit so did I. I didn't see the point.

On December 04 2010 01:39 ESKiLL wrote:
I wonder how to get to the teamliquid NYC livestream.... grrr

On December 04 2010 01:24 dgReborn wrote:
Agreed. When my guild quits i'll prolly quit with em. Most likely they will hop to a new MMO to feed their addictions...Maybe Firefall.

On December 04 2010 01:49 btway wrote:


The only reason I'll be playing D3 is because my old Mabi guild might play it too. In a few years.

On December 04 2010 01:41 dgReborn wrote:


With magic and sunshine. Not even sure if it's running yet tho. Gonna keep posting while I have nothing to do. Slow day is slow.

On December 04 2010 01:50 dgReborn wrote:


Mabi as in Mabinogi? I should actually go try it. Mabinogi heroes is awesome so Mabinogi has to interesting at least!

On December 04 2010 01:54 Schamus wrote:
So Idra just registered a stream. Pales in comparison to our little stream D=

On December 04 2010 01:55 ESKiLL wrote:
i have a lvl 28 Fiona T^T im pretty noob...

On December 04 2010 01:54 Schamus wrote:
So Idra just registered a stream. Pales in comparison to our little stream D=

On December 04 2010 01:56 ESKiLL wrote:


soo... i saw ur livestream the yesterday... how do i join? :o

On December 04 2010 01:50 dgReborn wrote:


Mabi as in Mabinogi? I should actually go try it. Mabinogi heroes is awesome so Mabinogi has to interesting at least!

On December 04 2010 02:12 btway wrote:


You need 0 lag and a good guild to enjoy it. Taking 1 hit = death in that game. It's literally impossible to try and "catch up" on levels since there's no level cap.

so yeah, train my evie pls. Turns out I'm going staff cus my friend went scythe already.

On December 04 2010 02:54 Certified wrote:
God damn it, were just short of filling the roster.
Come on people sign up and give it a shot! lol