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Subject: Why does casual = bad?

Yes, this may seem like a phony topic, and yes, it's been done a million times before, but I'm legitimately curious. What's wrong with not being competitive when playing video games?

I mean, the whole world is competitive. School, work, college, reputation, whatever. When I sit down at the end of the day to relax, I don't want more goddam competition.

  • 12.22.2012 6:11 PM PDT

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  • 12.22.2012 6:11 PM PDT

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Casual isn't the same as non-competitive.

  • 12.22.2012 6:12 PM PDT


Posted by: Garem

I mean, the whole world is competitive. School, work, college, reputation, whatever. When I sit down at the end of the day to relax, I don't want more goddam competition.


Why?

  • 12.22.2012 6:12 PM PDT

Games are their lives.

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OT: This is why I find pc gaming to be more fun. You have the widest range of games to play from simulations, MMO games, amazing mods for games and many more. I can't play xbox anymore because I just find the games boring and all to similar.

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  • 12.22.2012 6:12 PM PDT

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Because it offers no challenge for the competitive players.
Also they make easier games for the casuals.

  • 12.22.2012 6:12 PM PDT

Its not necessarily the players, but the way ongoing titles change to accommodate them.

  • 12.22.2012 6:13 PM PDT

I just play games to have fun. Isn't that what games are for?

  • 12.22.2012 6:13 PM PDT

+1 for you good sir.

Because everyone likes to feel entitled to everything.

  • 12.22.2012 6:14 PM PDT

Call me Stu

On the internet they are seen as a plague that dumb's down games to satisfy them.

Whilst I think differently.

  • 12.22.2012 6:14 PM PDT

Posted by: mav1972kit
I just play games to have fun. Isn't that what games are for?

Exactly.

  • 12.22.2012 6:14 PM PDT

Two teams of 4 hardcore gamers join a 5v5 lobby.
One team gets a better than average player, the other gets a 'casual'.


This is why casuals are bad in the eyes of a hardcore. Also, 90% of the time someone is being harassed for being a casual, it is sarcastically, and it is in the context of 'Hey, why do you have a life outside of gaming'.

  • 12.22.2012 6:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: mav1972kit
I just play games to have fun. Isn't that what games are for?

Exactly.

But fun is subjective.

  • 12.22.2012 6:15 PM PDT

Posted by: SonOfTheShire
Posted by: Garem
Posted by: mav1972kit
I just play games to have fun. Isn't that what games are for?

Exactly.

But fun is subjective.

So? That doesn't matter in the context of this thread.

  • 12.22.2012 6:19 PM PDT


Posted by: Garem
Posted by: mav1972kit
I just play games to have fun. Isn't that what games are for?

Exactly.


And I cant have fun unless Im being competitive.

  • 12.22.2012 6:19 PM PDT

am i the only one here who doesnt know what a casual is

  • 12.22.2012 6:20 PM PDT

Posted by: DatDudeBV

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: mav1972kit
I just play games to have fun. Isn't that what games are for?

Exactly.


And I cant have fun unless Im being competitive.

That doesn't mean you have to hate on people who can't have fun if they're being competitive.

  • 12.22.2012 6:20 PM PDT

Just because you play casually doesn't mean you have to be bad at it. I know people who only play a few hours a week but when they do they mop the floor with the other team.

  • 12.22.2012 6:21 PM PDT


Posted by: Garem
Posted by: DatDudeBV

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: mav1972kit
I just play games to have fun. Isn't that what games are for?

Exactly.


And I cant have fun unless Im being competitive.

That doesn't mean you have to hate on people who can't have fun if they're being competitive.


Who am I hating on?

This is exactly why I liked Social and Ranked playlists in Halo 3.

Everyone can have fun.

  • 12.22.2012 6:21 PM PDT

I like shorts. They're comfy and easy to wear.

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: SonOfTheShire
But fun is subjective.

So? That doesn't matter in the context of this thread.

Well, I guess not.

It's just that threads like these are usually against competitive gaming, and that's become my standard response.

  • 12.22.2012 6:22 PM PDT

I guess the only way I can describe this is that the "bad" casuals think gaming = CoD.

  • 12.22.2012 6:22 PM PDT


Posted by: jacobwseibers
Because it offers no challenge for the competitive players.
Also they make easier games for the casuals.

  • 12.22.2012 6:23 PM PDT

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Some people find that being competitive is fun, and they dislike it when more casuals play because they fear games will start to cater more to the casual crowd and mess up the competitive aspects of the games.

Their logic to it, anyway.

  • 12.22.2012 6:24 PM PDT

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  • 12.22.2012 6:38 PM PDT

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