Call of Duty Developer Gets Death Threats After New Patch
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These incessant little whiners aren't concerned about balance, because let's face it: there is no such thing as "balance" in twitch shooters like CoD. It's all about who's got the fastest fingers and the best hardware.
Nah, the kinds of people that make death threats over inconsequential changes in a video game have compulsion issues and are best steered clear of, on the internet and in real life.
Nah, the kinds of people that make death threats over inconsequential changes in a video game have compulsion issues and are best steered clear of, on the internet and in real life.
He's definitely right about this being far too common. Hard to believe people can wind themselves up so much over a video game they like to play sometimes. This makes the idea of gamers feeling too entitled look warm and fuzzy by comparison.
Not sure how to interpret the behaviour really without saying duh codblops or something equally retarded. It's obvious things like Twitter give people an inflated sense of their own importance and influence. Being able to sit at a keyboard comfortably may have something to do with the power trip. Though for some reason these people are actually threatening the guys making their games with physical harm... It's almost like even they want them to stop making COD games.
At least this stuff is so obviously retarded and (hopefully) empty it can be ignored in some equal level of comfort. Too bad about the rest of Twitter... Don't even get me started on all the others... Not to mention all those internet forums filled with opinionated morons you can never seem to avoid... err I mean wonderful people I can't get enough of. Honest.
Not sure how to interpret the behaviour really without saying duh codblops or something equally retarded. It's obvious things like Twitter give people an inflated sense of their own importance and influence. Being able to sit at a keyboard comfortably may have something to do with the power trip. Though for some reason these people are actually threatening the guys making their games with physical harm... It's almost like even they want them to stop making COD games.
At least this stuff is so obviously retarded and (hopefully) empty it can be ignored in some equal level of comfort. Too bad about the rest of Twitter... Don't even get me started on all the others... Not to mention all those internet forums filled with opinionated morons you can never seem to avoid... err I mean wonderful people I can't get enough of. Honest.
And this is why I have no fucking interest in buying any of the COD franchise.
I'm subscribed to Troller's Youtube channel, name of Soprano Pictures, who pretends to either be a man with down syndrome or a squeaky six-year old and proceeds to wind people up on COD. Now, what happens most of the time on his videos is that the other players on the channel start to bully him and abuse him (while he says the most hilarious things back), saying the most vile, vicious and disgusting things to him, completely taking the piss of who they think is an intellectually disabled person or a small child. I don't want to be part of that kind of community. I don't want to play with people who say the most horrific things to random people on the internet just because they think they can get away with it.
For the record, since everyone's probably questioning why the hell anyone would find it funny to watch a intellectually disabled person (or someone pretending to be one) being bullied online, he usually ends his episodes by revealing himself and inviting them to watch themselves on his channel. Though even then, that usually only causes said assholes to abuse him even more...
Edit: Stop me if I'm on the wrong track, guys, but wasn't part of this patch designed to lower the firing speed of two snipers rifles? You know, weapons that aren't supposed to be used run-and-gun style like automatic rifles?
I'm subscribed to Troller's Youtube channel, name of Soprano Pictures, who pretends to either be a man with down syndrome or a squeaky six-year old and proceeds to wind people up on COD. Now, what happens most of the time on his videos is that the other players on the channel start to bully him and abuse him (while he says the most hilarious things back), saying the most vile, vicious and disgusting things to him, completely taking the piss of who they think is an intellectually disabled person or a small child. I don't want to be part of that kind of community. I don't want to play with people who say the most horrific things to random people on the internet just because they think they can get away with it.
For the record, since everyone's probably questioning why the hell anyone would find it funny to watch a intellectually disabled person (or someone pretending to be one) being bullied online, he usually ends his episodes by revealing himself and inviting them to watch themselves on his channel. Though even then, that usually only causes said assholes to abuse him even more...
I'm not sure if what I just posted counts as 'advertising' or whatever breach of the code of conduct, so if it does, I'd appreciate it if you'd just ask me to edit this out rather than being slapped with a warning.
Oh my god, this, a thousand fucking times this. This type of vile drivel coming from these aggressive MORONS, being sent straight to the bloody DEVELOPERS, really should be enough reason to pull out the Banhammer if some poor bastard gets jail time for saying something stupid in an anonymous game/facebook post.The Rogue Wolf said:
Edit: Stop me if I'm on the wrong track, guys, but wasn't part of this patch designed to lower the firing speed of two snipers rifles? You know, weapons that aren't supposed to be used run-and-gun style like automatic rifles?
I wouldn't go that far. I can think of instances where death threats are appropriate. However, NONE of them have anything to do with entertainment industry: I.E. the stuff people are supposed to do for fun.Zachary Amaranth said:
The only thing I really know about this game is this meme. Threats from obnoxious children are petty & empty, unless they know where you live & it's within biking distance from their house.
i bet they were xbox players.
ok, bad joke.
Also, no, keep them in COD. if you ban them they may start spilling out into other games. why do you hate other games so much?
ok, bad joke.
ive seen it in wow, WOT, LOL, and pretty much everywhere. they are not exclusinve to COD.Charcharo said:I have seen almost as bad in World of Tanks. Replace tough guys with arm-chair xenophobe/racist general and you get the idea. This happens all over the gaming community. Not saying that it should happen though, Dan Amrich is kinda correct.
But, but, but, then COD servers would be empty and you would have to play with bots....Upbeat Zombie said:
Also, no, keep them in COD. if you ban them they may start spilling out into other games. why do you hate other games so much?
Huh. An Activision exec actually hit the nail exactly on the head. Well said.Cognimancer said:
It's obviously a tiny, tiny minority of players who are making these threats, but it's still hard to believe people could get that wound up over changes that are so insignificant. I mean, it's a game. You're playing it to have fun. If you're getting this angry about it, you should probably do something else.
Well yeah, he's right. People should not be getting death threats at any point - but over something as trivial as a 0.1 second difference in reload times? Fucking ridiculous.
Unfortunately, since the whiny assholes are quite pervasive in pretty much every gaming community, this definitely isn't exclusive to CoD, by any stretch of the imagination.
Unfortunately, since the whiny assholes are quite pervasive in pretty much every gaming community, this definitely isn't exclusive to CoD, by any stretch of the imagination.
Honestly it kind of makes me laugh. That's the kind of obsessive, in-depth knowledge that gets other nerds to make fun of you for being too nerdy. Seriously though it's 0.2 seconds, which is right around the speed of a human blink. How do you even notice something like that?The Rogue Wolf said:
They're just lucky that the Treyarch guys are being so chill about it. Still though, it would be nice if they'd just learn to chill out themselves. It's a video game, and a multiplayer one at that. Be angry at the players, not the developers.Zachary Amaranth said:
Hey mate, if I was actually in a situation where I had to interact with these people I'd be telling them to shut up. Fortunately for me, I'm not, so it's up to the CoD community to police itself. Unfortunately for all of us, it's up to the CoD community to police itself...Thoralata said:
The only news here is that people consider death threats on the internet to be worth anything anymore. Sure, they're immature fuckwits, but death threats are the new dirty look. It's not like anyone is actually going to carry it out.
How is it burying one's head in the sand, or a bullshit excuse, to suggest that they can say whatever they want? And more importantly, how are the two approaches mutually exclusive? Shouting "shut up" is the just response to someone saying something stupid, even for people who will defend that peron's right to say stupid things, that's why free speech works. People can say whatever they want, then they get judged and responded to by other people saying whatever they want. Saying that you support someone's right to make a death threat doesn't mean you don't think they're idiots for doing so, and it certainly doesn't mean you don't tell them they're idiots whenever you see it.Thoralata said:
i see. poor kiddies cant do the usual camping with their anyway over powered weapons. good thing i dint touch this game. already lost my nerves with MW3 when everyone was using the fagkimos and aimbot.
i stick with my BF3, at least their i havent come across a cheater or that some weapons are over powered.
i stick with my BF3, at least their i havent come across a cheater or that some weapons are over powered.
Treyarch probably isn't worried because he knows those quick scoping noobs can't hit anything without aim assist. >.>shirkbot said:
But seriously, it's nice that they're simply saying "not cool" and their attitude really should be followed.
Wait, these idiots are getting angry because of tiny, TINY changes to a few weapons, we're talking fractions of a second, I can't wrap my head around this, really, I can't. Death threats, oy... there is no excuse that can justify it. These are the idiots that give gamers a bad name.
I'd bang my head onto my desk at the stupidity, but it's cedar and I don't want to damage it.
I'd bang my head onto my desk at the stupidity, but it's cedar and I don't want to damage it.
