Evergreen But Not as Welcoming
Exploring and revisiting some of my evergreen games this month has been interesting. I'm finding that more of them have fallen off the evergreen playlist than I thought.
Two that are still "evergreen" in my mind are Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive. But, I'm finding them much less welcoming than they once were.
It seems like all the casual fans of the game, including me, have drifted away from them. All the players that are left are the players that never stopped playing the games.
Whenever I go online in either game I just get destroyed. It's not as fun as it used to be. I played both of these games a ton when they released and there were players of all skill levels. Now, most of the players are very highly skilled and will destroy me.
They're not as welcoming as I wanted them to be. It almost makes me afraid to even try some of the "higher skill" games that I've liked in the past, such as StarCraft II. I feel like that one would be even worse.
I'm not a teenager and I haven't been for awhile. I don't have hours every day to devote to getting good at one particular game. I'll probably not have that kind of time again until both of my kids leave for college, and that's quite a ways off.
For now I'll just have to play these games less, else I get discouraged and give up on them forever.
It just makes me hold out hope for a Team Fortress 3 or a new Counter-Strike. I would love to jump into a new game with a vibrant player base of all skill levels.
Two that are still "evergreen" in my mind are Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive. But, I'm finding them much less welcoming than they once were.
It seems like all the casual fans of the game, including me, have drifted away from them. All the players that are left are the players that never stopped playing the games.
Whenever I go online in either game I just get destroyed. It's not as fun as it used to be. I played both of these games a ton when they released and there were players of all skill levels. Now, most of the players are very highly skilled and will destroy me.
They're not as welcoming as I wanted them to be. It almost makes me afraid to even try some of the "higher skill" games that I've liked in the past, such as StarCraft II. I feel like that one would be even worse.
I'm not a teenager and I haven't been for awhile. I don't have hours every day to devote to getting good at one particular game. I'll probably not have that kind of time again until both of my kids leave for college, and that's quite a ways off.
For now I'll just have to play these games less, else I get discouraged and give up on them forever.
It just makes me hold out hope for a Team Fortress 3 or a new Counter-Strike. I would love to jump into a new game with a vibrant player base of all skill levels.
this is pretty much the reason why I enjoy new mmo's - while everyone is fresh it seems more of an even playing field and those that might judge, or demean, or be elitist a* aren't at that stage just yet.
ReplyDeleteI can totally understand that.
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