the craziest thing I ever saw........

[Zero]

Originally posted by Trajanus
I consider skill as corner reflexes and aim. The rest anybody with a good set of brains can handle. I really hate running cowards which is why I mostly play team CTF. You've got no other option than to capture eachother's flag.

Thats funny cause I consider a perfect offensive team game as one that doesnt require any fighting. I run away and only exchange fire when passing by for the most part.

Fighting a needless fight is a waste of teams resource imo.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Zero

Going back to the whole talent VS practice thing. Yes most pros that want to be on top practice alot. But theres also talent involved too. If you don't have both you aren't going to be on the top. Some people rely more on talent, some people rely on practice.

Just like any sport.

And the talented ones are all that is left when the dust settles.

[Dis]

also if you could post which subcategory to find these Persistant worlds, that'd be great

[Traianvs]

That may depend on the game yeah. I prefer face to face action
Same goes for football (or soccer if you want) etc etc... I prefer some good southern samba football than that boring english kick'n ruh football

[pg]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
I dont have any disdain at all for skilled gamers pg, i just dont consider it a "sport" in the old fashioned sense.

well maybe i read your posts wrong but i sensed a negative attitude for skilled gamers. sports used to be considering a waste of time just as electronic games are now. when i'm 50 that'll probably have changed though as in reality doing things via the mind is much more powerful force than anything physical. games teach thought processes which are really useful in real life(more so than sports imo) and i think that is why they'll eventually be taken seriously.

[Zero]

PG.... histroy always repeats itself dont it?

And sports is still seen negatively, although its dying concept. Why are jocks often seen as dumb? sports is still seen as brainless... especially depending on amount of physical activity required... Another excuses by those who lose. 'Oh I'm losing because everyone is stronger than me, therefore there must be nothing else involved...' Most people are so obsessed with unfairness in physical attributes that they dont realize even if you can run just as fast and throw just as strong, if you dont know how to play the game right, you wont win.

btw, i agree on video game being much better for thought process than sports too. Although thers nothign less complex mindgame wise... I think the main reason being that in sports ur physical ability is a factor. Just by running faster, throwing faster, you can overpower some of talent and strategies. And if the gap is significant, you can completely dominate it with it alone even.

I guess theres really no way to equalize talent. So competitive wise I guess thats as good and "fair" it could get.

[pg]

yeah, having better natural physical talent in a sport is like having a better internet connection or more frames per second in quake. most pro gamers are generally equal in terms of pc/connection so the mind games and tactics/strategies/etc become more important. where as in real sports physical attributes are usually more important. physical ability in real sports is further magnified by the fact that you need to be able to athletically do certain things to implement various plays.