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Paintball 2 Discussion / Re: Why haven't YOU played much recently? What would make you play more?
« on: October 21, 2012, 11:12:59 AM »
I mainly stopped playing because of real life reasons; lost a lot of spare time I used to have. When the excrementstorm finally cleared, I thought of coming back to DP, but ultimately gave up for one single reason.
Which is the sheer immaturity of the comp community in this game, as seen in this very thread. Having played other games competitively(Tribes: Ascend is what I'm playing right now), DP definitely has the most immature and egoistic of them all. Of course, there are exceptions like blaa and the other ballers(I only really remember the euro players, didn't play much against americans).
The way most new players get into comp in pretty much all games is via newbie clans. The kind of clans that go around pubs asking for people to join. Usually, some clan members eventually see the rest of the clan is really bad and want to hop onto a new team/start a new team with some friends they made there. That's how I got into the comp community, and I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one.
DP's comp community actively discourages newbies from making the leap of getting into a new clan by being outstanding idiots to absolutely everyone. Stepping it up a notch means playing against and dealing with these people, and most people just don't seem to want to do this.
I really don't know how to fix this and what's caused this, but I'm almost certain this is part of the cause why the comp scene isn't benefiting from the obviously high download numbers of the game.
Which is the sheer immaturity of the comp community in this game, as seen in this very thread. Having played other games competitively(Tribes: Ascend is what I'm playing right now), DP definitely has the most immature and egoistic of them all. Of course, there are exceptions like blaa and the other ballers(I only really remember the euro players, didn't play much against americans).
The way most new players get into comp in pretty much all games is via newbie clans. The kind of clans that go around pubs asking for people to join. Usually, some clan members eventually see the rest of the clan is really bad and want to hop onto a new team/start a new team with some friends they made there. That's how I got into the comp community, and I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one.
DP's comp community actively discourages newbies from making the leap of getting into a new clan by being outstanding idiots to absolutely everyone. Stepping it up a notch means playing against and dealing with these people, and most people just don't seem to want to do this.
I really don't know how to fix this and what's caused this, but I'm almost certain this is part of the cause why the comp scene isn't benefiting from the obviously high download numbers of the game.
