I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore

Re:I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore by ruytlm on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @02:34AM (#17072073)

Going down the rabbit hole a bit further, I was always a bit pissed off with the 'match at exact skill level' method.

The best thing I ever did to progress in skill in a game was to play with/against people far better than me. I don't want to learn how to beat people who are only as good as I am; I want to learn the techniques and skills to beat the people who are at the top of the game.

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Re:I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore by Freak_NL on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @05:23AM (#17072698)

And lets be honest — thinking back to how a typical game in Team Fortress 2 went — sometimes just the complete and utter satisfaction of having an awesome killing streak at the expense of a bunch of n00bs (and after such a round the server would automatically rebalance the teams, so everyone gets a chance to meet their match).

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Re:I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore by lenocinor on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @01:54PM (#17076064)

I agree with this idea. The problem, I think, is that you can't choose what kind of game you get. Lots of times I want to have a reasonable chance at winning, but now and then I want to play really good people and see how they play. You can't ever choose to do this in current matchmaking schemes, and there should be a way to do that.

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