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The Mann:
Just found this :D
Schwalbe:
^
Good one. Also - painfullly true.
Yes, Logicalia. :D
Retire the word "veteran". :D
Just when I finally broke number 1000 of matches played and ACTUALLY can feel like I'm one. :D
Squidslinger Gilder:
--- Quote from: Maximillian Jazzhand on June 06, 2015, 09:04:30 pm ---No one dies in guns. Theres no crippling punishment for playing badly. So merely having a hi lvl/match count doesn't get you vet lvl prowess (as any idiot can get exp and grind lvls and matches). Hence the dissonance of your use of the word.
--- End quote ---
Well you can be a vet player in experience but be so-so overall. In actuality there are two kinds of veteran players. Those who have knowledge and experience but never apply it further. Then those who have both but strive to become better. That marks the split off into competitive players.
The difference between a veteran and a competitive player is simple. The veteran player accepts when odds are impossible and looks to the next respawn. The competitive player refuses to give up till the end. They'll fight, claw, and do whatever it takes to turn the tables. Even for small gains, they'll press hard. Veteran players you can turn your back to, competitive players...even if they have a pixel of hp left, they refuse to give in and if you turn your back on them, they'll cram a cannon up your backside.
One of the first lessons I teach new players when they ask how they can get better in piloting is: fly like your ship matters. Consider it's life more important than anything else. Only then can you be an asset to someone else. If your ally can't do the same, if they are too enemy focused, they'll just die over and over and over again. Know your own limits before you know the limits of your foes.
Kamoba:
--- Quote from: Gilder Unfettered on June 07, 2015, 05:44:23 am ---
--- Quote from: Maximillian Jazzhand on June 06, 2015, 09:04:30 pm ---No one dies in guns. Theres no crippling punishment for playing badly. So merely having a hi lvl/match count doesn't get you vet lvl prowess (as any idiot can get exp and grind lvls and matches). Hence the dissonance of your use of the word.
--- End quote ---
Well you can be a vet player in experience but be so-so overall. In actuality there are two kinds of veteran players. Those who have knowledge and experience but never apply it further. Then those who have both but strive to become better. That marks the split off into competitive players.
The difference between a veteran and a competitive player is simple. The veteran player accepts when odds are impossible and looks to the next respawn. The competitive player refuses to give up till the end. They'll fight, claw, and do whatever it takes to turn the tables. Even for small gains, they'll press hard. Veteran players you can turn your back to, competitive players...even if they have a pixel of hp left, they refuse to give in and if you turn your back on them, they'll cram a cannon up your backside.
One of the first lessons I teach new players when they ask how they can get better in piloting is: fly like your ship matters. Consider it's life more important than anything else. Only then can you be an asset to someone else. If your ally can't do the same, if they are too enemy focused, they'll just die over and over and over again. Know your own limits before you know the limits of your foes.
--- End quote ---
Saluted, because I agree :)
Dementio:
I always assumed veterans are the people that played the game for a very long time or started a long time ago and managed to be on an experience level which would make them competitively viable (that somehow sounds mean). Basically: Old players. Y'all kids don't know how it was when Get/Flak was the Metamidion.
Oh noes, I saluted Gilder
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