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| The 'invitability' of teamfortress as it stands... |  | 10-Sep-2004 14:25:16 | ||
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| Heres another essay, written in realtime straight from the heart direct to you live from man himself...[PnP]Messiah... oh can you here the inner crowd roar? Today I'm going to talk about the current TF scene as I see it and whats going to happen next. Maybe I should change my name to [PnP]Prophet? you know I decided once that a Prophet is somebody who sees a possible reality they don't like and then decide to tell a fable in order to alter the minds of those who are a part of the collective story which we end ups unfolding in which we call our 'lives'. Well friend, the reality I have seen is the death of a game and the bitter fools of a community it leaves behind. And so today I share with you what I saw and how its going to change. Last night I played a pug. I don't play many. I've played maybe 4 in about 4 years. I've still probably played more TF then you though whoever you are. So I'll tell you I'm an authority on the subject. I know it rubs you the wrong way. I'll also tell you I'm a bullshit artist. Some sort of cosmic joker here to fully fuck with your brain. Why do I do it? Because you're fixed in your ways and you need to change and move onto something new. If there weren't folk like myself around to mix shit up you'd end up unhappy and depressed. You should consider yourself lucky you've got your own personal Messiah here in the TF scene to unravel the shit you've got yourself into with this game. The current 'fixed' mentality of TF So, here's how it is. You're all masters at this game. You've got every map nailed. Every position fixed. Every attacking run mapped out. The best way to cruise through every map. The best places to spam shit. The best places to do gay shit. Its all figured out. You're no longer open to suggestions. You all think you're the shit. You know certain players are the kings. Others are shit. Others are average. Certain people can attack. Others can defend. What does the fixed mentality create? What happens when you've got very fixed ideas about the way things should be is it creates an overall feeling of tension. There's little room to breathe. Things need to be exactly the way you want them to be otherwise shit falls apart. You notice how nobody likes to suggest change because it disrupts that feeling of certainty? I can hear it already "Oh no!!! Oh no mr messiah we cannot possible integrate that because that would mean it would mean I would lose this and Oh NOOOOO IT would imbalance this and then the game would change and then I wouldn't be the king of doing the same shit I've done for 7 years".. hahahha Here is an example of what this fixed mentality has created in the community. Last night I played a pug. We were playing 2n2. I let my team know that I'm currently slightly disadvantaged playing on a trackpad. I was positioned in the front defense. I thought "this will be fun to play hwguy". Arsey kindly suggested that I play soldier because I would get raped by scouts. I felt stupid to be in there and figured I'd get raped but decided to hold strong in my desire to play for fun instead of 'play-the-same-way-for-ever' lockdown. Within a few minutes of starting. I watched 2 teammate soldiers on defense taking each other down in the front room because one of them misunderstood where he was meant to be. I could mention names but who gives a shit? Everybody does it so get over blaming individuals. Meanwhile the only cuss I got in the game was from my own scout who was pissed off because in the midst of battle and the rush to get out there he ran into mirvs. I threw 5 mirvs the whole game and was accused of spamming. I had fun, but I observed much anger and resentment amongst everybody. Frustration is the inability to see that things can change and the more fixed your views are about the way things should be the more frustrated you become. See this teammate scout (whos name is also witheld) applied his same understanding of the way other people have played in the past and decided that since he's encountered 1 million other teamkilling wankers in the past I must be one of them so he cussed me! That makes a lot of sense. Thats really leading by example on the way you want the game to change hey mate? Now, this also shows the divide between attack and defense as though they are on different teams. Really there's 4 different teams playing in a game where there is meant to be 2. Like 2 games playing at once. Sometimes attack and defense come together in unity but hardly ever. So coming back to the subject...INVITABILITY. A new word. Teamfortress works the same way as business. In order for it to survive it must have some sort of turnover of people within it to stay alive. It must actually change and grow in order to adapt to the constantly changing needs of the people who operate it. What happens when you've got a business that just says "this is the same way we've always done and we're not willing to change"? Everybody in the business is a complete tight arse who feels inches away from a creeping death. What I'm saying is, this game is not inviting anymore to newcomers and you're all getting so fed up with shit that you're dropping like flies, probably only playing because your TF skills is the one certain thing you've been able to stick with. Whats going to happen down this track of tight-arsed-fixed-monopolising-skill-mastering-and-holding TF players is the death of the game. Who wants to join a game or start from fresh when your teammates fuck you over for being new or trying some new shit? Somebody explain please how this fosters a teamspirit and overall goodness for the success of teamfortress? Will the real Messiah please stand up? Whats going to happen The game is going to change whether you like it or not. We are going to start getting over the 'i'm to good to talk to you' shit and start actually communicating. When we communicate within a community we do not need to fear ending up with some game that nobody likes or that is imbalanced because if it is it will be changed for the better. But basically, say goodbye to how you see TF now because its dying quickly. Everybody can feel a weak pulse. But who's going to do the work? As you know there are very few willing developers around to do this sort of stuff to upgrade TF. But can you blame them? I mean really, who, besides some enlightened champion like myself, would wanna bend over backwards to help out people who shoot down those who are trying to do something for the best for all? You'd have to have some sort of magical powers to see through the egotistical sludge of this scene in order to see a way out. I do. I've got more to say - but the cleaning lady is vacuuming around me and my woman has arrived and I'm hungry so stay posted.. | ||||
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