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What’s the point of playing multiplayer if you aren’t in the top 1% and know you never will be?
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Why is being the best the end goal? Why is doing something because you enjoy it not an option? And progression still happens even if you most likely won't ever be the best.
I'm never going to be an Apex Legend but I still find myself getting better with every game.
Because the alternative is playing against AI and as you know this has no value if you're trying to get really good at a game.
Because it's fun and I play games with my friends and socialize. What is this question even? Lol
I think it's better to set reasonable goals for yourself ("I want to be Platinum rank by the end of Season 4") and just appreciate the small victories (like getting revenge on someone that just got you in a deathmatch game) as they come.
Trying to focus on the bigger picture, like being the absolute best or achieving the highest rank, can suck all the fun out of it. Improvement will always come naturally with practice, try to focus on how to make the practice as fun as it can be.
Trying to focus on the bigger picture, like being the absolute best or achieving the highest rank, can suck all the fun out of it. Improvement will always come naturally with practice, try to focus on how to make the practice as fun as it can be.
I was top%er in my diablo 2 days, theres no difference to that now to my more casual multiplayer games.
I wanna be the very best, no one ever was!
I play games and football IRL because it's fun. How hard you work determines how many games you win or how high you rank.
Funny though I was in the top 1% on killzone once and I've been in the top 1% on COD4 remastered and MW2 back in the day. It's cool but it's not why I play. Getting into this 1% would only be important to me if it meant you earned money or in the killzone case for a trophy which is why I did it. That week was a roller coaster keeping myself up there.
I play games and football IRL because it's fun. How hard you work determines how many games you win or how high you rank.
Funny though I was in the top 1% on killzone once and I've been in the top 1% on COD4 remastered and MW2 back in the day. It's cool but it's not why I play. Getting into this 1% would only be important to me if it meant you earned money or in the killzone case for a trophy which is why I did it. That week was a roller coaster keeping myself up there.
you totally miss the point of a video game. It's about the journey, not the end.
You can take any game, even single player ones and there is bound to be someone who is better at playing it than you are. In fact you can take most things in life and there is usually someone who is better at it than you are. That does not mean you should not be able to enjoy what you are doing at the level you are currently.
I am far from being the best guitar player in the world but I still get tremendous enjoyment out of it. Like gaming it's a hobby, not some rat race to the top. Even if you are not ranked at the top does not mean you are not improving in the game.
I would say I'm surprised we have to explain what "fun" is to someone on here, but really...... I'm not.
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What's the point of doing anything then. I guess I better stop drawing since I'll never be in the top 1%. Guess my cooking is trash too. Oh and why should I bother going to the gym I'll never be a body builder. Get out of here with that shit.
Why do anything if you're not going to be the best?
Because progression is valuable in itself. And if getting better or progressing isn't something that interests you then plain old fashioned fun may be worth it for a while too. (Though not as long as if there was some motivation involved)
Because progression is valuable in itself. And if getting better or progressing isn't something that interests you then plain old fashioned fun may be worth it for a while too. (Though not as long as if there was some motivation involved)
Depends. You may enjoy different maps/stages (especially if we talk about games that have level editors, you can spend lifetime just playing on all those new maps other people create) or if you like weapons (or classes, maybe gimmick ones) or games' base mechanics so much that it's enough.
Also agree on example when you have a circle of friends and your way to communicate sometimes is playing online game, might be on your own server with rules you set up etc. etc.
I play games for fun. Multiplayer gaming is not my job, there are no performance reviews, and no bonuses tied to my performance. I literally don't care about being in the top 1%.
I don't even care about being in the theoretical top 1% of my career. I care more about being a great husband and dad.
I don't even care about being in the theoretical top 1% of my career. I care more about being a great husband and dad.
If it's the only game you're playing, playing 8 hrs. a day, and still not getting better or at the level you want for competitive reasons, then yeah, I'd say it's not worth it. But "for fun" is a perfectly fine thing to do for casual players, which makes up most MP playerbases, I'd think.
Why do you play singleplayer games when you know there are people that execute things better than you or faster than you? You can say for fun or whatever but why play Bloodborne if you can't beat it in under 30 minutes?
This is a terrible point. You can be good at a game with a player base of millions without being in the top 500 players/ Those top 500 are exceptional, not merely good.
For people who feel the need to always accomplish something while playing a game, that is what leveling and battle passes are for. It doesn't matter if you aren't any good at the game, you are still advancing in it. For other people, it is just about playing with friends.
It's like when you go to the gym. Are you gonna be the greatest lifter of all time? Do you have the biggest muscles and lowest body fat? Probably not. But you're not competing with them. You're competing with yourself. You're seeing just how far you can push yourself and fix your own mistakes. Your individual progress is something you can control and that's where the grind comes in.
I'm playing Gears 5 a lot rn. I went from barely being Gold to getting into Diamond, which puts me in the top 2%. I'm aiming for masters. Maybe I'll get there and maybe I wont. It's a team game and you have no control over you getting stuck with AFKs, guests, complete idiots(just played a game with a guy loudly announcing on the mic he couldn't find his glasses). You're not gonna win every game. But as long as I have a good game, when I'm on The top of the leaderboard, and when I feel my habits and skills are improving, then I'm satisfied.
And what happens when you reach 1%, anyway? Do you just stop playing? You get a cool skin but that's it. You're still playing the same game as everybody else. The chase for #1 is where the fun is. Think about Mario Kart, if you spent the entire game out in front, no blue shells or anything, it would be a bit boring tbh. The most fun part of Mario kart is trying to seperate yourself from the group and see how close you can get to being the best. You might end up fifth but the attempt is what mattered.
I'm playing Gears 5 a lot rn. I went from barely being Gold to getting into Diamond, which puts me in the top 2%. I'm aiming for masters. Maybe I'll get there and maybe I wont. It's a team game and you have no control over you getting stuck with AFKs, guests, complete idiots(just played a game with a guy loudly announcing on the mic he couldn't find his glasses). You're not gonna win every game. But as long as I have a good game, when I'm on The top of the leaderboard, and when I feel my habits and skills are improving, then I'm satisfied.
And what happens when you reach 1%, anyway? Do you just stop playing? You get a cool skin but that's it. You're still playing the same game as everybody else. The chase for #1 is where the fun is. Think about Mario Kart, if you spent the entire game out in front, no blue shells or anything, it would be a bit boring tbh. The most fun part of Mario kart is trying to seperate yourself from the group and see how close you can get to being the best. You might end up fifth but the attempt is what mattered.
"Hey you guys want to play Settlers of Catan?"
"What's the point if none of us are going to be in the top 1% of the world?"
"Uh ... to have fun?"
"What is fun, really? Shall we define "fun"? If I'm not improving to become the best in the world, what's the damn point?"
"So are you in or are you out?"
"Sigh ... just this once, I'll use 10% of my power."
"What's the point if none of us are going to be in the top 1% of the world?"
"Uh ... to have fun?"
"What is fun, really? Shall we define "fun"? If I'm not improving to become the best in the world, what's the damn point?"
"So are you in or are you out?"
"Sigh ... just this once, I'll use 10% of my power."
Also everyone feels like this till they go to locals and drown in pools.
Not gonna lie, I came in expecting, or rather hoping, this was some quote from some streamer and their ridiculous statement.
What a weird thread. It confuses my brain that a question like this has to be asked and the answer isn't obvious. Where you rank compared to others I would hope is not the most popular focus with multiplayer games. Sure it's a nice thing to know for those that care but no one I play with gives a shit about their position compared to others... and most of us try our asses off to do our best with various games like PUBG, ESO and others.
How do you gauge if you're in the top 1000 or 500 in smash with how GSP works? That's what I want to know.
If you feel like the point of a game is to be the best player in the world, than I can see why someone would not have fun. I probably wouldn't even play games if that was the case.
What has been in the top 1000 at Smash got you if you don't mind me asking?
I largely don't play PvP if I can help it, because I don't have a competitive mindset, and neither losing nor winning in PvP is very fun for me. But there are other skills I'm working on getting better at (that I will also never be top 10 at) and in general I have to agree with everyone else. It's really like saying "why do anything if you can't be number 1?" and that seems like an unhealthy opinion to have. Mostly I'm not going to be competing against other people who are leagues better than me anyway, so "don't have to be the fastest, just faster than the slowest" and all that.
Personally, I'd also say that "good" starts at maybe the top 40% (so, could be thousands, or even millions), not the top 100 people out of millions. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I think I went 1-20 yesterday in Power Rangers but I was still enjoying my time playing because I could see myself improving and adapting to what was being thrown at me.