Re:Using discord is morally lazy
by PaulHoule on Sunday October 22, 2023 @01:16PM
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I think Discord is not the best for organizing an open source project but I think it has a healthier business model than X.
The best times I’ve had playing online games like League of Legends have been when one of the players formed a party that was using Discord for communications. Some of it is Discord being technically better but some of it is also the sense of community it engenders. In unranked you have to deal with idiots who don’t know how to queue, who argue what kind of position they want to play, how you are supposed to play (like it turns out my support is absolutely creaming the other guy’s bottom, not something I could do on command, why does my bottom care if his character grows?). In ranked you wind up with people who think they can’t get ahead because the matchmaker pairs them with bad players and distract everyone by complaining bitterly about it.
Groups organized on discord had a PMA which was more fun and we played better. Something I think about playing LoL again and starting out a summoner at Lv. 1 but if I do I am going to get a Discord and invite people to it.
The best times I’ve had playing online games like League of Legends have been when one of the players formed a party that was using Discord for communications. Some of it is Discord being technically better but some of it is also the sense of community it engenders. In unranked you have to deal with idiots who don’t know how to queue, who argue what kind of position they want to play, how you are supposed to play (like it turns out my support is absolutely creaming the other guy’s bottom, not something I could do on command, why does my bottom care if his character grows?). In ranked you wind up with people who think they can’t get ahead because the matchmaker pairs them with bad players and distract everyone by complaining bitterly about it.
Groups organized on discord had a PMA which was more fun and we played better. Something I think about playing LoL again and starting out a summoner at Lv. 1 but if I do I am going to get a Discord and invite people to it.