DUST Search - So theres all these people on dust and they play to win? What?

LAVALLOIS Nash wrote:

CharacterNameWasTaken wrote:

Right because who plays the super bowl to win or baseball to win its just a game so who cares? You sound like one of those moms that complains that there shouldnt be winners or losers in a game because your kid lost. CCP add in participation trophies for these types of people.

Your comment is a perfect example of what im describing. Lets compare, shall we?

Superbowl:

-48 years running
-Last edition in person attendance: 85,000
-Last edition TV viewing audience: 167 million people worldwide
-Average Superbowl game pay check: (winner: 80,000$. Loser: 43,000$)
-Cost of 30 second commercial: 4 million $$$
-Approximate profit generated: 69 million$

Ok, so lets compare that to the videogame you play and think is comparable to the largest annual sporting event in the world:

Dust 514:

-2 years running
-In person attendance: 1 player, sometimes a friend watching
-Tv viewing audience: Max 16 players per game
-Average game paycheck: 200,000ISK (USD worth = $0.)
-Cost of 30 second commerical: not applicable
-Approximate profit generated: (Ask CCP how much Dust costs them a year to run and maintain)

So then, still think that your efforts and accomplishments are worthy to comparison of a elite sporting event? This what I mean by "delusions of grandeur". You are a teenager with a videogame controller. You are not a millionaire NFL player with a team contract and sponsorship deals on the line. Winning or losing in the superbowl is a question of winning or losing millions of dollars. Winning or losing in Dust is a matter of how your pride feels when you see the numbers on the end of match screen.

So yeah, this is just game. I repeat what I said; If Dust is 'more than a game", quit and seek mental health treatment. its a game, a videogame, and its primary targeted use is for fun and recreational purposes.

Put your flags up in the sky. And wave them side to side. Show the world where you're from. Show the world we are one.

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Radiant Pancake3 Rebels New Republic The Ditanian Alliance 1	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:09:00 - [1] - Quote What happened to all the gamers who played for fun? Where are those people? Now it's just "Win win win" "Yes we won" "Aww we lost dang Prototypes". What happened to the players who played just for the laughs? The people who even if they lost just had fun? I am sick of this! Sick I tell thy! Santa came to dust today. He told us in these exact words "Remeber it's not about winning or losing it's about having fun with your friends!" That Dust Santa was a jolly good one. Where there are waffles. There are the majestic rare golden flapjacks of the world called Radiant pancakes killing them.
7th Son 7 Chatelain Rapid Response Gallente Federation 29	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:12:00 - [2] - Quote Because we have all turned into SP/ISK hoes?
Joseph Ridgeson WarRavens Capital Punishment. 2991	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:12:00 - [3] - Quote People are playing to win because they have more fun winning than losing. Some people do go far to far and turn into other asshats. It is the nature of human competition sadly. It is why you see Little League Dads beat the hell out of other Little League Dads over a game involving children throwing balls at other children who hit it with a heavy stick. 7th Son 7 wrote: Because we have all turned into SP/ISK Ho-Ho-hoes? Fixed that to keep in the spirit of the season. "This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
2Berries Ghosts of Dawn General Tso's Alliance 452	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:12:00 - [4] - Quote This is why i have just about beat dust. I'm struggling to find enjoyment & am scared that if i do it will be nerfed. Have you considered a career in costumed aggression?
Radiant Pancake3 Rebels New Republic The Ditanian Alliance 1	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:13:00 - [5] - Quote 7th Son 7 wrote: Because we have all turned into SP/ISK hoes? Yeah. Probably. You guys should stop being hoes. It's not a very healthy job. Where there are waffles. There are the majestic rare golden flapjacks of the world called Radiant pancakes killing them.
Nonoriri ko Onikanabo Brigade Caldari State 25	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:16:00 - [6] - Quote Winning isnt the only way to play. I spam ambushes, put a rubberband on controller. Sitting on a cool 320 billion isk and cap 750k sp every week. I play League of Legends all day, and turn around just to start another ambush. Best way to play.
Joel II X Bacon with a bottle of Quafe 5235	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:17:00 - [7] - Quote Winning is pretty fun.
bolsh lee Ahrendee Mercenaries 1164	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:19:00 - [8] - Quote CCP Santa says HTFU! (Wish this was true for Dust side CCP, bunch of carebears in Shanghai. ..)
Sir Snugglz Red Star. EoN. 994	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:20:00 - [9] - Quote 7th Son 7 wrote: Because we have all turned into SP/ISK hoes? gimme isk -Pro AFKing LVL 5 -Luck is just one of my skills -Just because I make flying look easy doesn't mean it is
1913 DfLo ScReWeD uP InC Learning Alliance 130	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:32:00 - [10] - Quote Hoes these days........ *ScReWeD uP InC* *Recruit BPO's*

Radiant Pancake3 Rebels New Republic The Ditanian Alliance 1	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:35:00 - [11] - Quote 1913 DfLo wrote: Hoes these days........ I know right? What ever happened to the Horrors. Where there are waffles. There are the majestic rare golden flapjacks of the world called Radiant pancakes killing them.
Viktor Hadah Jr Negative-Impact Back and Forth 6618	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:52:00 - [12] - Quote The god Damn fun police are out again, enforcing the correct way for people to have fun. My apologies if you ever see me having fun wrong just message me and tell me CBM [Event]Dust Hunger Games PC, ISK,EVE, Corp Services
LAVALLOIS Nash QcGOLD 364	Posted - 2014.12.24 20:56:00 - [13] - Quote Cause we live in a age of delusions and the people that live them. Videogames used to be 3 friends playing N64 at your house or a few people who knew eachother spending hours setting up a sever to play an online game together during the late 1990s. So many people my age and older, remember videogaming as a relaxed, laughter inducing fun. For my generation, the best thing about online gaming is i dont have to split my screen anymore! =) But, alot of the people younger than me....grew up in an age of videogame entitlement. These are kids who think that playing videogames will make them famous. It will make them money. They are going to be the next Fatal1ty or Rapha or win 20,000$ at the IEM. This is more than a game, its a sport, its a life. Their usernames, which took hours to think up, are going to be immortalized forever. ect ect ect. Alot of kids these days dont realize that...nobody cares. All your puntastic usernames are forgotten after the match. No one finds it cool or impressive that you are "the biggest 420 stoner ever". No one finishes the game and says "wow! that guy who killed me 10 times is my hero!". Chicks wont say "i only go out with guys that have a kdr of 2.50 and above". Nothing will ever happen or mean anything from videogame playing here. It is infact, just a game. So the next time you want to start yelling in your mic "OMG WTF THIS GUY TURNS AROUND AND KILLS ME IN TWO SHOTS AFTER I SHOT HIM 10 TIMES FKN LAG BS MAN WTF IM TIRED OF THIS FKN BLUBERY NOOB MAN"......just think how that would sound yelling that out while playing Monopoly with your family. When Dust becomes more than a game, its time to quit.
CharacterNameWasTaken 351	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:03:00 - [14] - Quote Right because who plays the super bowl to win or baseball to win its just a game so who cares? You sound like one of those moms that complains that there shouldnt be winners or losers in a game because your kid lost. CCP add in participation trophies for these types of people. "Stop it the bouncing is making me uncomfortable" - Senji/Crow
Radiant Pancake3 Rebels New Republic The Ditanian Alliance 3	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:03:00 - [15] - Quote Viktor Hadah Jr wrote: The god Damn fun police are out again, enforcing the correct way for people to have fun. My apologies if you ever see me having fun wrong just message me and tell me Your having fun wrong. You forgot to add santa. Where there are waffles. There are the majestic rare golden flapjacks of the world called Radiant pancakes killing them.
KING CHECKMATE Opus Arcana Covert Intervention 6518	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:03:00 - [16] - Quote I play to win. Always. Winning = Fun No matter my K-d... Amarrian Born And State Patriot.
Zepod Titans of Phoenix 49	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:06:00 - [17] - Quote You are the kind of person I would never invite to game night. You may not like what I just said, but you know it's true...
CharacterNameWasTaken 352	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:11:00 - [18] - Quote Apply this question to other games such as foot ball baseball soccer kricket etc. and see how stupid it sounds. "Stop it the bouncing is making me uncomfortable" - Senji/Crow
Crimson ShieId Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1645	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:11:00 - [19] - Quote Unless it's FW or PC, I couldn't care less about winning on most days, just pick up whatever fit I'm feeling at the time and run with it, which usually turns out to be my melee fittings. I'm quite fond of just enjoying the game and not giving a snowball about which end game screen comes up. I want to punch.
CharacterNameWasTaken 352	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:13:00 - [20] - Quote Nonoriri ko wrote: Winning isnt the only way to play. I spam ambushes, put a rubberband on controller. Sitting on a cool 320 billion isk and cap 750k sp every week. I play League of Legends all day, and turn around just to start another ambush. Best way to play. could you give a poor person some of that isk? "Stop it the bouncing is making me uncomfortable" - Senji/Crow

Sasha Silver duna corp 38	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:15:00 - [21] - Quote 1913 DfLo wrote: Hoes these days........ ;) Sasha Silver - The ISK Whore
GLOBAL fils'de RAGE Consolidated Dust 113	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:17:00 - [22] - Quote Nonoriri ko wrote: Winning isnt the only way to play. I spam ambushes, put a rubberband on controller. Sitting on a cool 320 billion isk and cap 750k sp every week. I play League of Legends all day, and turn around just to start another ambush. Best way to play. Nerf this guy
Bone Doc Commando Perkone Caldari State 2	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:24:00 - [23] - Quote I play for fun but fun does not play for me in dust
zDemoncake Horizons' Edge Proficiency V. 239	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:33:00 - [24] - Quote I'm not a filthy casual tho CEO of Horizons' Edge's mercenary division *My soul, your beats!* Enemy to many; equal to none.
LAVALLOIS Nash QcGOLD 368	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:34:00 - [25] - Quote CharacterNameWasTaken wrote: Right because who plays the super bowl to win or baseball to win its just a game so who cares? You sound like one of those moms that complains that there shouldnt be winners or losers in a game because your kid lost. CCP add in participation trophies for these types of people. Your comment is a perfect example of what im describing. Lets compare, shall we? Superbowl: -48 years running -Last edition in person attendance: 85,000 -Last edition TV viewing audience: 167 million people worldwide -Average Superbowl game pay check: (winner: 80,000$. Loser: 43,000$) -Cost of 30 second commercial: 4 million $$$ -Approximate profit generated: 69 million$ Ok, so lets compare that to the videogame you play and think is comparable to the largest annual sporting event in the world: Dust 514: -2 years running -In person attendance: 1 player, sometimes a friend watching -Tv viewing audience: Max 16 players per game -Average game paycheck: 200,000ISK (USD worth = $0.) -Cost of 30 second commerical: not applicable -Approximate profit generated: (Ask CCP how much Dust costs them a year to run and maintain) So then, still think that your efforts and accomplishments are worthy to comparison of a elite sporting event? This what I mean by "delusions of grandeur". You are a teenager with a videogame controller. You are not a millionaire NFL player with a team contract and sponsorship deals on the line. Winning or losing in the superbowl is a question of winning or losing millions of dollars. Winning or losing in Dust is a matter of how your pride feels when you see the numbers on the end of match screen. So yeah, this is just game. I repeat what I said; If Dust is 'more than a game", quit and seek mental health treatment. its a game, a videogame, and its primary targeted use is for fun and recreational purposes.
Onesimus Tarsus is-a-Corporation 2702	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:41:00 - [26] - Quote The next time you play yard ball with your friends (let's just say gridiron for example), whenever you get the ball, go and throw it in a lake, y'know, just for fun. Time this event until everyone stops calling you to play. There is a certain level of "doing it right" (attempting to win) that is expected in every game, great or small. You play in a sprinkler for fun, you play games to have fun with a goal of winning. 5mil unused SP, 400milISK, 3 rounds in 3 months. DUST 514's typical hard-core vet.
Kaughst Nyain San General Tso's Alliance 804	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:59:00 - [27] - Quote Angry about losing prototypes? Nearly every single one of my suits lost have been prototypes I can afford it so I never complain. Also this is mostly a competitive game, Dust is a half baked concept that should have been about endless calculations and number graphs to appropriate something in a grander strategy much like EVE. It just isn't as fun as EVE since those ideas can not really take off until Legion. Don't think about that, think about all the money.
DeadlyAztec11 Ostrakon Agency 6561	Posted - 2014.12.24 21:59:00 - [28] - Quote LAVALLOIS Nash wrote: CharacterNameWasTaken wrote: Right because who plays the super bowl to win or baseball to win its just a game so who cares? You sound like one of those moms that complains that there shouldnt be winners or losers in a game because your kid lost. CCP add in participation trophies for these types of people. Your comment is a perfect example of what im describing. Lets compare, shall we? Superbowl: -48 years running -Last edition in person attendance: 85,000 -Last edition TV viewing audience: 167 million people worldwide -Average Superbowl game pay check: (winner: 80,000$. Loser: 43,000$) -Cost of 30 second commercial: 4 million $$$ -Approximate profit generated: 69 million$ Ok, so lets compare that to the videogame you play and think is comparable to the largest annual sporting event in the world: Dust 514: -2 years running -In person attendance: 1 player, sometimes a friend watching -Tv viewing audience: Max 16 players per game -Average game paycheck: 200,000ISK (USD worth = $0.) -Cost of 30 second commerical: not applicable -Approximate profit generated: (Ask CCP how much Dust costs them a year to run and maintain) So then, still think that your efforts and accomplishments are worthy to comparison of a elite sporting event? This what I mean by "delusions of grandeur". You are a teenager with a videogame controller. You are not a millionaire NFL player with a team contract and sponsorship deals on the line. Winning or losing in the superbowl is a question of winning or losing millions of dollars. Winning or losing in Dust is a matter of how your pride feels when you see the numbers on the end of match screen. So yeah, this is just game. I repeat what I said; If Dust is 'more than a game", quit and seek mental health treatment. its a game, a videogame, and its primary targeted use is for fun and recreational purposes. Then what's the point of even playing this game? What us the point of the forums? What's the point if skilling up? What's the point of tiers? This game is centered around winning and losing. All games are centered around that. When you play basketball against your friends do you play hard because you think that match is going to make you famous? No, you do it because testing your limits is fun. That mental exercise of strategy and tactics is fun. If you want to casually shoot at your squad mates the entire match in the MCC while making jokes and small talk then by all means, if you want to sabotage the team by doing that or want me to do that with you guys then no. Put your flags up in the sky. And wave them side to side. Show the world where you're from. Show the world we are one.
Nothing Certain Bioshock Rejects 1396	Posted - 2014.12.24 22:25:00 - [29] - Quote CharacterNameWasTaken wrote: Right because who plays the super bowl to win or baseball to win its just a game so who cares? You sound like one of those moms that complains that there shouldnt be winners or losers in a game because your kid lost. CCP add in participation trophies for these types of people. I have a problem with people that think a friendly pickup football game at the family reunion is the Superbowl too. Protosquads in pubs is the Dust equivalent. Because, that's why.
CharacterNameWasTaken 353	Posted - 2014.12.24 22:34:00 - [30] - Quote Nothing Certain wrote: CharacterNameWasTaken wrote: Right because who plays the super bowl to win or baseball to win its just a game so who cares? You sound like one of those moms that complains that there shouldnt be winners or losers in a game because your kid lost. CCP add in participation trophies for these types of people. I have a problem with people that think a friendly pickup football game at the family reunion is the Superbowl too. Protosquads in pubs is the Dust equivalent. you have very applicable point there but these people exist on our planet and we have to deal with their tiny dicks as long as it makes them feel good. When there is a squad of oroto verses a team of newberries its like a star footbalk team verses toddlers in football gear no matter how hard the toddlers try theyll get crushed by the other team. "Stop it the bouncing is making me uncomfortable" - Senji/Crow

xs-solinium-sx Isuuaya Tactical Caldari State 0	Posted - 2014.12.24 22:40:00 - [31] - Quote Joseph Ridgeson wrote: People are playing to win because they have more fun winning than losing. Some people do go far to far and turn into other asshats. It is the nature of human competition sadly. It is why you see Little League Dads beat the hell out of other Little League Dads over a game involving children throwing balls at other children who hit it with a heavy stick. 7th Son 7 wrote: Because we have all turned into SP/ISK Ho-Ho-hoes? Fixed that to keep in the spirit of the season. Just gave you your 3,000th like. XD


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