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40-1 and 2.fjm are probably the worst servers for axis stacking, I try and play allies where I can but there's only so many times you can put up with being bumrushed and losing the map in a matter of minutes even on maps like grain elevator/station ect.
Another point which has been brought up is that people should ask players to switch if the teams are uneven, I mean ive done it in the past and a few of the regulars on the server switched over with (a mostly) positive reaction. Some people however were not so keen and in their own words "War isn't fair deal with it" and here I was think I was playing a videogame....
40-1 used to be my favourite server. Good people, good ping and what not, and it has campaign mode. But I can't stand playing there anymore. The teamstacking has gone way overboard. It's not only that all the "pros" are going german, the german team has constanly more people than the russian even if the server is full. 33 verus 31 and so on.
Still a good server I guess, fair rules and all, but the Axis-100% win ratio has killed the fun.
40-1 used to be my favourite server. Good people, good ping and what not, and it has campaign mode. But I can't stand playing there anymore. The teamstacking has gone way overboard. It's not only that all the "pros" are going german, the german team has constanly more people than the russian even if the server is full. 33 verus 31 and so on.
Still a good server I guess, fair rules and all, but the Axis-100% win ratio has killed the fun.
Why exactly this makes me an evil person? I may be shameless, you will never know that, but I know for sure that you are funny for judging the people only by the team they are choosing in a video game.
Btw if I am shameless in RO for picking my team because of my personal views, what am I in CS where I choose my team depending on the maps
Anyone I respect plays fair. Whether that is in a game or in life, it makes little difference. A good person endeavours to be fair in everything that he or she does. You, sir, do not meet that criterion. I am not asking you to care what I think- just know it.
From your posts in this thread, I do not judge you to be a fair player. You would rather continue to go German even when you see that the teams have become unfair. That, to me, is damning evidence that reveals your character- and not in a good way.
I may be funny for "judging people" based on how they interact in a video game. I am a judgmental person and I have strict standards for what constitutes decency and fair play. My judgmental nature has been an asset and a liability to me in my life. That, however, is who I am and try as I might, I cannot change that.
Anyone that does not play fair is a detriment to this community and the game at large.
People who care about fair play should agree with me here. I apologise if I have rubbed people the wrong way- I have a tendency to do that. As I have said before though, I make no apology for my views.
From your posts in this thread, I do not judge you to be a fair player. You would rather continue to go German even when you see that the teams have become unfair. That, to me, is damning evidence that reveals your character- and not in a good way.
From your posts in this thread, I do not judge you to be a fair player. You would rather continue to go German even when you see that the teams have become unfair. That, to me, is damning evidence that reveals your character- and not in a good way.
Problem is you can condemn any criteria. I usually take the attacking team or team with more slots open (in that case it's most likely defending team), but then I stay "loyal" to my team for my chosen team until the next map or the next campaign. To do less would be a dishonorable act towards my current teammates, unless I am balanced by the game itself.
We could use more such people around. Internet being Internet is not reason enough to justify what's often happening in it. Having strict rules is something I can respect, even if I disagree with the exact code. What Rattler is doing might be wrong from gaming perspective - creating the "stacking problem" - but, to give him justice, at least his reasons to play a certain side are more acceptable than the other ones that've been mentioned in this thread already.
From your posts in this thread, I do not judge you to be a fair player. You would rather continue to go German even when you see that the teams have become unfair.
You didn't understood my posts then. I am not picking my team depending if its winning or not. I am sticking with my team in all scenarios - we win, or we lose, I am with "that" team 'till the end. If we lose, ok it is what it is, but if we win its even better.
If I was choosing my team depending on who's winning, do you think I would ever play as the Allies in Rising Storm? But yes I am play with the Allies only, my w/l ratio is ****, we win 1 out of 10 matches and I am not making threads "Axis always win", "Axis team is always stacked", etc. Who am I to tell the people which team to choose? Everybody can select whatever team he wants, because everybody have his reason for picking "his" team. Being a game balancing choice or ideological, its not your business what team the people are choosing and insulting somebody for his choice is immature.
Just play the game and have fun. If you are not having fun move onto another game. You can't change anything. The teams will always be stacked, this time its the Axis but next time it will be the Allies. Its never ending cycle, unless we are playing free for all deathmatch.
There's no point to reply to you anymore. I clearly see that you are taking the game very seriously and you want a perfect balance. This will never happen so it doesn't matter what I will say anyway.
I'm playing a bit more HoS again these days and even though most maps seem balanced, Germans win a lot more.
I don't really understand, because I would imagine all the bad players would join the "winning" Germans. But that would make them lose again, which isn't happening.
I'm playing a bit more HoS again these days and even though most maps seem balanced, Germans win a lot more.
I don't really understand, because I would imagine all the bad players would join the "winning" Germans. But that would make them lose again, which isn't happening.
Now being serious, i 99% play russians or attacking sides, i find most of the stackin, in this game and others, is more based on the defending side than in a determined faction. I gladly take the challenge but sometimes it's just too frustrating.
You didn't understood my posts then. I am not picking my team depending if its winning or not. I am sticking with my team in all scenarios - we win, or we lose, I am with "that" team 'till the end. If we lose, ok it is what it is, but if we win its even better.
I used to do the same thing but now its up to the more experienced players to help out the new guys, no matter what team they're on. Once they learn the ropes and know how to play the game tactically, we can go back to our respective sides.
Allies only on RS and you complain you lose a lot? Nambu 100 better than Thompson with a compensator and a drum? Come on.
I...don't know what to say. I can point you to a DOZEN threads complaining that Allies are winning a lot etc. All RS game reviews said that the game was slightly Allied biased. Hell TWI interviews before RS constantly said that balancing out the Japanese was going to be a challenge...
You are playing the easier side on RS. Make NO mistake about that.
I challenge you to find me ANY OTHER PERSON BESIDES YOU who claims that "Japanese win all the time." I can point you to a lot that say the opposite.
My philosophy...which is EMINENTLY SIMPLE is to join the team with less players.
Thats it. Generally, this puts you on the harder side of the map. So be it. Thats how I believe everyone should play.
I always play as russian, never heard of this stacking, but i see often that the better players concentrate in one team at once, which makes the game either a piece of cake or hard as hell to even cap one zone because your noob commander won't use smoke, everyone is a wannabe sniper, smg guys will run around and get killed as flies, and you try to do something good for your team, but it's just too hard this way
Omg... I am not complaining, I am just stating my opinion. There's no point to complain because nothing will change. Its not a big deal for me if we are winning or losing because I play for fun. Its not a competitive tournament or something like that to make me care for the outcome.
But yeah I am sure I can find dozens of threads about "Axis/Allies winning all the time" made by people who can't lose
I think this is an important concept, there's some maps out there where winning is rare and really takes a good team. (Bridges in it's current mode is.. really tough to attack)
If you do win Bridges... my god it's the best feeling.
If only more players had that "sportsmanship" spirit
I stopped counting the "it's just a game" and "L2P nubz yada yada".
Things like sportsmanship, self-respect and respect of others, the enjoyment of the game for other players, are getting laughed at by young adults/teenagers who think it makes them mature and clever.
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Since I started playing online/LAN multiplayer games in the late 90s, I only joined the losing team, and if teams are equals, the attacking team, and if it's a mirrored map, the least populated team.
It gave me the most satisfying gaming experience I would have never dreamed of, it forged the most enjoyable friendships and comradeships in the heat of the battle, some ephemerals some still going strong.
Through impossible odds and challenge, we fought on and won (sometime). We climbed mountains that everyone said were unreachable, we conquered our own victories within our defeats.
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It is to no surprise that I saw egoism and heartless cynicism slowly grow into the gaming community as it opened itself to the "normal" people.
And it is with sadness that I saw it take control over what was once a place where I genuinely enjoyed living, that could only be described as theoretical e-anarchism: people would behave by themselves, they weren't in the need of strict rules and rules enforcers, social cohesion was natural as everyone shared the same passion of gaming.
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Spoiler!
I think that the speech Charlie Chaplin delivered in his movie, The Great Dictator, made in 1939, is getting even more true as years go on.
You can call me a pussy and a whiny baby, but until my death I will always cry when hearing that speech. It holds so much faith and hope in the future and humanity, despite being at the gates of one of the worst inhumanity the world had yet to experience.
It's when it's about to collapse that it raises up. Hope. I'll never give up on life for that one reason.
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You can act like the internet tough guy and pretend you're more clever than this, that you're not naive about it, that cynicism will give you the upper hand, but with that way of thinking you'll never build anything.
You'll only live on the crumbling ruins of a past solidarity that others built for everyone and not just themselves. Look around and you'll see that you're still receiving a lot from previous generations - peace, political and economical stability, healthcare, etc.
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To receive you need to give first. It's true even in your everyday life, it's true even in your mundane entertainment. What you watch on TV, what games you play and how you play them shapes what is considered as the society's "culture".
Egoism in your daily gaming will only lead to egoism in entertainment, egoism in your daily life, egoism in media, egoism in politics, egoism in your society. People who think they can behave like arsehats or egoistically in MP games "no harm done" are completely delusional.
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Oh, and fatalism falls short when facing the concept of niches: it is perfectly possible to have nice things on the Internet, you just need to pick the right people and not just randomly harvesting anyone.
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