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    Who cares if a multiplayer game's audience is too "hardcore"? As long as you're having fun, it doesn't matter. You can have fun even if you keep dying over and over again. Mute the haters, don't worry so much about winning and have fun.
    Feb 19, 2011 3:43pm PST
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    Who cares if a multiplayer game's audience is too "hardcore"? As long as you're having fun, it doesn't ma... : Monkey0111

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      I preach this all the time... I suck at practising it. : CampKusoge
      • I sometimes suck at it too. haha : Monkey0111
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      As my mother said, "It doesn't matter if you win or lose as long as you have fun." As I replied, "It i... : Halgerson
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        It usually is more fun if you win, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun losing, too! ;p It seems l... : Monkey0111
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          The thing about TF2 is that there is really good balance between the weapons, thus even unlocking new stu... : ImprobableJ
          • The communities are also hugely different. Most of the TF2 modes are objective based so you're really no... : standardstock
          • But who wants to play Call of Duty multiplayer, anyway? ;p : Monkey0111
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          TF2 is likely the least intimidating online shooter, ever. So many people continue to play the game becau... : pyideThis person is cool!
          • Honestly if Garnett is scared to play TF2 he shouldn't be stepping foot in any online FPS, ever. It real... : standardstock
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            I agree with you, but I can kind of understand where his anxiety is coming from. It doesn't so much sound... : MHSilver
            • This I agree with (except when farming... most of the time). Its not unusual to die very frequently, yet ... : ImprobableJ
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            Seriously. Though, that's partly probably because of TF2 being a PC game (who plays it on 360 or wors... : RedSwirl
            • I play Team Fortress 2 on both PC and Xbox 360. Different groups of friends, and totally different mindse... : MHSilver
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              Mentioning Left 4 Dead got me thinking about Valve and how they've managed, in both Left 4 Dead and TF2, ... : standardstock
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                How exactly has Valve mitigated anything? Serious question. : jjastor
                • The nature of the games and their design. Left 4 Dead forces you to cooperate in order to be successful.... : standardstock
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      Typically you're having the most fun when competing with someone of a similar skill level. : RedSwirl
      • Yeah, same skill level or slightly better. That's one of the central tenets to the psychological concept ... : MHSilver
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      I find it a lot harder to "just have fun" in a game where I'm a member of a team, because it's a very dif... : CampKusoge
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        Who cares if the group of people lose because of you? It's not like you know them or anything. If you... : Monkey0111
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          I care. I'm dragging these people down with me, and that's gotta suck for them. At the end of the day,... : CampKusoge
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            Interesting. I guess that's nice of you to care about these random people, but losing in a multiplayer ga... : Monkey0111
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              It's kind of like a 2D platformer/sandbox/level editor all at the same time. I wrote a thing about it ... : CampKusoge
              • Oh cool. Sounds fun. ;p : Monkey0111
      • I think this depends on the group I'm playing with and what the goals are. The people that I play with re... : DeschainVox