Re: FPS Mentality
First off, the reason I'm answering to that it's because your generalization. My background is Quake, I came to this game knowing nothing about it and I've worked my way up. Now I'm usually at the top of the list of my team for either combat and teamwork and many times both (I seriously hate to brag, but to make my point I needed to point that out). MOST of the time i'm not even looking at the score, just doing my duty and that's how I get my points. I'm not the only one. There's many people like me that understand the game, what's needed to win and by doing it, they get the points.
Don't generalize. If you see people doing too much of one activity (like spawn campign) because they want better scores with complete disregard of what the team really needs, it's because they're selfish idiots which any game is full of and that my friend, has nothing to do with playing quake.
Originally posted by 49cent_taco
No matter how much a game stresses "team play", the majority of people playing have the "FPS" mentality; i.e. I am Rambo and I don't need no stinking squad.
I blame stats. Team stats aren't nearly as important (to most) as kill/death ratio, kill streaks, combat score, etc.....
Yes, I realize I'm generalizing and there are a lot of you out there who crave (like me) playing on a server where teamwork is the rule, not the exception.
But the majority of the players are still playing Quake. They want to take on the the whole army by themselves with the most devastating weapon they can get. Who cares what the TEAM needs, they only care about kills.
Gee great Rambo, your team lost, but you got 50 kills
Ever look at the top players' team scores? Not very impressive. It's like a 7-1 ratio of combat score to team score.
If my team score isn't at least equal or higher than my combat score, I feel like I haven't done my job. Hell, I'm a medic, my team score should be at least double my combat score.
If you're willing to punish for a TK, but not willing to SUPPORT your teammates when they need it, you should be playing some FPS game and not this one.
/end of rant
I blame stats. Team stats aren't nearly as important (to most) as kill/death ratio, kill streaks, combat score, etc.....
Yes, I realize I'm generalizing and there are a lot of you out there who crave (like me) playing on a server where teamwork is the rule, not the exception.
But the majority of the players are still playing Quake. They want to take on the the whole army by themselves with the most devastating weapon they can get. Who cares what the TEAM needs, they only care about kills.
Gee great Rambo, your team lost, but you got 50 kills
Ever look at the top players' team scores? Not very impressive. It's like a 7-1 ratio of combat score to team score.
If my team score isn't at least equal or higher than my combat score, I feel like I haven't done my job. Hell, I'm a medic, my team score should be at least double my combat score.
If you're willing to punish for a TK, but not willing to SUPPORT your teammates when they need it, you should be playing some FPS game and not this one.
/end of rant
First off, the reason I'm answering to that it's because your generalization. My background is Quake, I came to this game knowing nothing about it and I've worked my way up. Now I'm usually at the top of the list of my team for either combat and teamwork and many times both (I seriously hate to brag, but to make my point I needed to point that out). MOST of the time i'm not even looking at the score, just doing my duty and that's how I get my points. I'm not the only one. There's many people like me that understand the game, what's needed to win and by doing it, they get the points.
Don't generalize. If you see people doing too much of one activity (like spawn campign) because they want better scores with complete disregard of what the team really needs, it's because they're selfish idiots which any game is full of and that my friend, has nothing to do with playing quake.
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