Multiplayer gaming... sigh

[DefiantWolf]

I usually pick up on a game and many of it's tricks quicker than the average person. And for awhile, I will have the advantage and be among the best. But I hit my ceiling very quickly and I'm soon religated to being just "above average" in most of the games I play.

I like fighting games, but I just don't have the reflexes to do well with them. I used to be good with strategy games, but they've evolved into something that requires more multi-tasking and micro than I'm capable of. While I'm good at realizing the best way to work around a situation, I lack the ability to execute it effectivly.

I work best in games that allow me to make use of my good situational/spatial awareness. Via visual clues (such as rocket or bullet-trails), sound cues, and map knowledge; I usually have a pretty good idea what's going on around me before other people do. This has allowed me to hold my own in many shooters. I may not be able to outsnipe anybody, but I always know where I am and the firelanes or ambush points in my area. Heck, I'm usually the first one to spot the spy in TF2

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Killing 30 year olds online is part of their muscle memory now, much like trying to be good at Virtua Fighter 5 when its the first beat em up you've played, trying to be good at a shooter well I'm afraid to say your far too late to the party.

To be honest that's kind of a relief... at least I have an excuse for my averageness but then how do these little 12 year olds run all over the place getting amazing games?

45 killstreak on KillZone 2.

Sorry but I gotta brag about that, KillZone is fucking hard.

I'll forgive you for bragging on that one, as a 45 kill streak is impressive in any game!

 

[logiman]

i am above avrege at online games. In shooters, my alltime kdr at most of the games is over 2.5 and over 3 at tekken 6..in wow i play bg`s and i`m usually on top and i shame other people with my warlock at dps in raids..i don`t play other geners online

 

[CobraX]

I can naturally just hop into a random lobby and get 20 kills. However once in a while I do have my off days.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

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Trying to exactly replicate tactics that have worked before usually seems to result in failure for me. I think you just need to play each game as it is. Maps have good spots, and tactics that are worth bearing in mind, but almost every time I've deliberately played the same way, i've quickly stopped because of it's been a disaster.

Very true, especially in a game as random as MW2. You never know when you're going to end up in a lobby full of Commando lungers or OMA douchebags.

 

[Terminate421]

I go around the fight and strike at the best point with the weapons that are appropriate, if I had a battle rifle, I pick them off like a mid range sniper.

 

[CalCD]

Im quite good at FPS's, not extremely good however, but I'll sometimes end up topping the scoreboard in BC2 (I know I do better than my friend, but he only plays hardcore really so Im not surprised...)

In M&B Warband however....Heheh...

 

[notsosavagemessiah]

i'm decent at everything i do provided i've practiced for a bit. Never exceptional, but never terrible either. Unless we're talking SSFIV, in which case, yeah, i've got a bit of an ego (even though my scores don't reflect the big game i talk lol)

 

[p3t3r]

i am pretty decent usually above average if i put in a bit of time. one game that i can pwn at is RDR though. i can pwn the shit out of people in that game i once got a 12 kill streak in free a all just running around in the center of the road with a rifle.(though i did 100% single player and i am pretty useless with aim assist turned off). the only thing is after you win a round or two in a row it stacks the other team against you so it is pretty darn difficult to win 4 in a row and get the darn trophy. In MW2 though i pretty much suck i run in too much and don't see people i don't have the patience to sit somewhere with n00b tubes

 

[DrEmo]

In most FPS games my K/D ratio is 0.85, except in Halo where it's around 0.2 (I hate Halo)
In Street Fighter IV I can win 7 out of 10 matches most of the time, but it took me about a month to get there and I haven't played it in a while so I guess I'm pretty rusty.

It depends on the game, really. If it's a Capcom fighting game, then I can get the hang of it pretty easily since they've been using the same mechanics since the 80's.

RTS's are another story. I love them, but I suck at them because my actions per minute are incredibly low. I'm also bad at 'micro-ing'.

I'd say that I'm the type of gamer that takes around 1 week to get to "average" skill in certain games.

 

[FightThePower]

I'm generally above average at Multiplayer games, but I'm a noob every time I start a new one.

 

[Vilcus]

When playing with just friends I never try. I do this so much that when we actually play with other people, my friends are shocked at how skilled I really am. I have crushed every single one of my friends in every RTS imagineable. I'm excellent at Third Person Shooters, and I'm an ok FPS player.

It kinda sucks though because none of my friends will play Starcraft or Warcraft III with me anymore because I keep beating them. None of them have SC2 yet, and I suspect we're all going to get it when we finally get the money to upgrade our PC's.

One of my friends hopes I won't be very good at SC2 when I finally get it so he can beat me a few times before I get the hang of it. Although if what I've seen and heard is true, picking up the strategies won't be too difficult.

 

[cptRazz]

I'm the kind of player who (in FPS) often finishes a couple of kills above or below my deaths. Occasionally I'll play uncharacteristically well and finish in excess of +10 K/D Spread.

I'm basically the same.

 

[ReaperzXIII]

Naturally gifted, after 10 or so minutes I'm used to the controls and after an hour ago I'm facing the big dogs quite easily, except fighting games because a lot of the time knowing the combos don't do anything against button bashers and its kind of hard to remember XBBAYUpBDownX every time you wanna do a combo.

 

[ArMartinez02]

well im the above average type of gamer, i take things seriusly to the point i lose control of myself and start bashing shit up like my controller aginst the floor (anger issues) and i sometimes play relaxed but when i do play like that i tend to do rlly bad in games, but when i play i do put some hours in wasting my life away instead of getting sum and going to the outside world, lol the gamers remorse?

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

I'm a pretty decent gamer. Both single and multiplayer. I can top the board on most matches online but if I'm in a bad mood or if there is an unnaturally good player on then I fail.

 

[Aerodynamic]

Im naturally good at FPS games, when I first picked up COD4 I was really good at it, but this is coming from a guy who all he does is play shooters so go figure.

 

[Guffe]

I am the one who never takes gaming (multiplayer with friends) seriously and has the 2% hit ratio with 4000+ shots fired in a 15 minute round.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

I only recently got online so I'm not the best around. In MW2 I usually die more that kill, but I have my games where I'm doing good. TF2 and Halo 3 I generally do better. In Halo I'm about average which is good considering I haven't played it that much. TF2 on the other hand I can do really well. Then of course it has quite a different playstyle to it and there are only certain classes that I can kick ass as. And I occasionally have my "bad" rounds as well, usually up against a very well constructed defence.

I'm very hesitant about going online with an RTS (or any strategy game) or a fighter game. I'm decent in most RTS's against computers after I've had some time playing them. And in SC IV I have a couple characters that I can kick ass with (computer or my friends). But I know that beating a computer and beating another player are two different things, so I haven't really tried those games online yet.

 

[Pinguin]

I used to be a 'natural' FPS twitch-gamer. Back in student days (when I spent waaay too much time playing CS and similar titles) I could consistently come in the top few on any server I played on. But now; I guess my reactions are a bit slower and I don't have so much time to game to practice. I sometimes come first on a MW2 server, but usually I'm just in the middle of the pack.

I've always sucked at beat-em-ups, I could never get the hang of accurately replicating combos. Also I've never been brilliant at platformers. Even as a child, and despite 'Addams family' on the amiga being the first game I ever completed, I was never that good.

Other games, I'd say I'm average at.