I was asked to respond to this thread thoroughly so here I am responding to it thoroughly
though I probably have much more relevant things I need to attend to but whatever it's my 1800th post
Hello kids,
still seeing a bit of snot on your nose there so it's probably too early for greetings like that
There have been many topics praising the existence of this mod, its freedom when it comes to dming and etc. During my VCMP journey, I have witnessed plenty of memorable times, moments that when you somehow intend to leave the game force you to go back and open the VCMP browser.
cannot and will not argue there, I've been sharing this sentiment for the last 9 years and 3 months (and counting)
I was just playing some duels with some random guy (it's not hard to admit I getting rekt ((as many say)) I am not even a half of what I was) whose name I will of course not mention, and while I was playing I just started thinking why this mod should not definitely exist anymore
now being personally shit at deathmatching should probably not give you reason to declare the worthlessness of a multiplayer modification loved by many
it is unfitting and quite selfish if I dare say so myself
Saying the community of this wonderful game is highly toxic sounds cliche nowadays, and even though it is, it's not definitely a reason for leaving a game.
objectively speaking, the game always stays the game
with the plethora of possibilities we have been given with the release of 0.4, I could quite honestly say there is literally something for everyone these days
latching on to the worst part (toxicity) is subjective, masochistic and exclusively personal preference
so yes, it is not a reason for leaving the game
The 1st reason to admit that having this game alive is a sin, is hosts, in fact, this is the reason itself of why this game should not exist anymore. Believe it or not, low pingers (mostly European players, as hosts are often in Paris or Berlin) are always on disadvantage, but as most members of the community are high pinger users, they tend to hide themselves among each other to create the false belief that playing with people that has over 150 ping is fair, but in no way is it fair.
honestly -
- nobody is forcing or [amendment:
(or even asking) (ok, fine. offering to play - maybe, but in no way...)] imploring the high pingers to play on servers designated for low pingers - the aforementioned happening creates discrepancies not only in the aspect of latency, but also in the ethnical, cultural and linguistic departments
- I don't see the issue in, and at the same time see a solution for, everyone being able to play at low pings
- to bring this list to a logical conclusion - high pingers play on far away servers solely out of personal preference, to which I, as a member of management of a European-hosted server do not object to by any means
Back in 2017, there was a match on VCDC finals, jUan (who I don't get along well with) vs Freak (a very close friend of mine) and it doesn't hurt admitting that jUan was in clear disadvantage, as a low-pinger, he was forced to OVER-lead aim to reach Freak, of course, I am not saying that without lag, jUan would have won, but, realizing he was in disadvantage is a point to be made. For laggers like me (LA player) it's easy to get used to playing under laggy conditions and eventually you'll consider yourself a pro because you are untouchable, but, this is not due to your mighty skills, but to your lag and to me, it looks like lagging has turned into an "ego-booster", as the more unhittable you are due to lag, the more you brag.
what?we are in the second decade of the second millennium, VC:MP has been around for 15 years (if not more), and you are suddenly bringing up (and exaggerating the fact of) lead-aiming?
what in the world is "
OVER-lead aiming"?
- laggy VC:MP players have been playing the mod since it's very inception
- there have ALWAYS been low-pingers far less capable than jUan and there have ALWAYS been laggers with a much greater asspull than Freak and both sides have ALWAYS successfully prevailed over one another in their battles.
- the real ones rarely ever complain about anyone lagging because 'lag' is such a miserable excuse these days, and it honestly always has been a miserable excuse. there is nobody that lead-aim cannot solve in VC:MP
amendment: refrained from including (or in this case excluding) hackers from the last point because they are not worth, or the point of discussion here
The 2nd reason, and the most despicable one, is the normalization of these behaviors on the game, that have eventually made of VC an "unplayable" game for many. Yes, what I mean by normalizing these behaviors, I mean that we have normalized the "high pingers" are fair players is one of them and this is something that in other games is completely impossible, you won't find it normal in games like Fortnite or Apex Legends, and going stages down, not even games like CS:GO or similar ones, will allow that. Probably around 80% of the VCMP players are Asian or American people that play in European servers, funny, huh.
as I wrote earlier, this 'normalization' you speak of is purely personal preference and it
can be improved if somebody will want to take care of it in a way to actually improve it.
another
actual reason (and another reason why your Fortnite/Apex Legends/CS:GO analogy is complete fucking bullshit) is because all the platforms you mentioned give players the
possibility to disperse themselves in such a way that nobody lags at the end of the day.
Just to close this shit, I'd like to say, that in no way I am directly encouraging to the closure of this mod, as it's just a part of being critical towards something; also, many friends of mine and of yours, are here, and this is certainly the only thing that unites both parts, isn't it? It's normal, many people are attached to the game due to friendships, memories or even factions, many people love scripting for VCMP, many others love just chilling online in Vice City, and that's where RPG and other alternatives appear, but I ain't going that deep.
yeah sure why not
Of course, this is just my point of view and in no way am I intending to encourage you to leave nor close the game, I'm just seeing the other face of the whole thing and viewing it from a critical point, but well, I don't expect you all to understand.
no, just no.
amendment: to me, this looks like a hate speech from a guy that can't confess his incompetence in having his ass whopped on a 20-kill streak by someone better than him
which, by the way, you pretty much admitted to in the very beginning of your text
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This gun above, is to protect yourself from retarded repliers/replies, use it in case of:
1. Butthurting
2. Provoking
3. Useless replies
honestly Lederhos, with all due respect, keep the gun to yourself because this post has clearly reflected on you all the 3 qualities you wrote above.
honestly I don't even want to respond to the rest, which is why I'm not going to comment on how Thomas never comes up with anything constructive in the big boy topics and I will not ask him to stay in his lane, and I will also not congratulate him on his demotion.