This is a rant that you probably don't care about so don't complain about it later.
Recommended reading that's probably better than this crap:
http://rjbs.manxome.org/rubric/entry/2083
So as a developer, I don't really have the chance to actually
play VC:MP; for every 10 hours I put into it, I probably get one hour of play time (which does not include me joining servers to test fixes or new features). Even then, if I join on my regular nick, there's probably a 99% chance someone is going to ask me a tech support question about not being able to reach the masterlist, report some random bug, or ask me to add peds.
I started getting back into VC:MP by using alternate nicknames so this doesn't happen when I want to play a quick DM session. However, I also suck, and I mean I
really suck. I play on a trackpad so my tracking is atrocious if I try to shoot at long ranges, and I can't lead-aim for my life so I tend to get destroyed in stubby duels. This is unfortunate because the "official" pro player loadout seems to be a stubby, an M4, a TEC-9 and a laser rifle, and no matter how much I practice, I don't get much better.
That said, while on my alt a while ago, I decided to use the army skin on LW, the most stereotypical "noob" skin, second only to the Tommy skin. Not only that, but against VU's storied history as the "Anti-Roofing, Anti-Spazzing" clan, I flew over to Downtown, landed across the street from the police spawn, and roofed like hell. I got most of my kills by waiting for people to be knocked down by shotguns and then stealing other people's kills.
I got a few people complaining about how much of an idiot I must be for not using the sacred shotgun and having a "real" fight. I thought that I'd probably be upset too if I kept getting killed by someone roofing with an M60, but then I realized —
who gives a shit?Probably the most annoying part about VC:MP to me is the insistence on being "honorable" even though literally nobody follows this. Getting killed while typing a sin of the highest order and using the Spaz is so low effort that you might as well kill yourself. Still, that round is probably the most fun I'd had playing VC:MP in a long while because it was something that I was comfortable with.
People tend to get all pissy about not having a "real" fight, but now I'm pretty sure that VC:MP would be way too boring without having people playing with different strategies. The sense of urgency from fighting a 6v1 or having to deal with a roofer, a carkiller, and a guy with a shotgun all at once is actually pretty fun once you ignore the idea of some guy playing the wrong way by using their car. It's petty, and you don't get paid based on your K/D ratio anyway.
(Which isn't to say there aren't bad ways of playing VC:MP. Map mods, hacks, and playing with an unplayable low FPS or high ping is ridiculous, no one wants to see you warping your way across the map.)
If people want to play competitively and only have to deal with people using the M4 and a stubby, that's their choice, and they're free to find a server that respects that. However, spewing garbage about how there are only three real weapons in the game and everything else is BS that should be banned is some bullshit in itself.
If you're the type of person who does this, stop. You're basically telling people that their way of having fun is wrong and that fun is only allowed the way you do it. No one enjoys it and you're probably pissing yourself off over nothing. Pick something that's comfortable with you, switch it up if you want. Just stop crying every time a guy with a spaz drives by on top of a car and find a way to defend yourself against that instead. Maybe you'll actually enjoy yourself then.
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