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Thread: Video games a sport?!?15 Dec 2013, 22:04 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Dec 2013, 20:55 PMCombatMuffin Who cares? Labelling is very important for the following reasons: -Exclusion; if a game is not labelled as a sport, it is excluded from all sort of big events and audiences. -Laws; national and international laws define sport for a variety of reasons. For instance: tax regulations of particular sports and games. -Recognition; the competitive elements of a game are generally deemed less important in comparison to a sport, hence the term "game". Recognition has a high correlation with financial rewards. In: Lobby
Thread: Grenadier potential: Fighting fire with fire15 Dec 2013, 20:32 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Dec 2013, 20:13 PMNullist Ciez, up for a voice discussion? Vent/TS/Skype/Steam etc all work for me. Voice discussion!! CoH2.org was missing something, luckily we found it now! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: EVE online - finest gaming community!15 Dec 2013, 19:34 PM Raising funds for catastrophes like the one that hit The Phillipines is mainly about showing interest. Not raising funds does not equal indifference. The inefficiency of these type of funds is quite high. Next to that, the tax benefits for private people and business's often play a role as well. In: Other Games
Thread: Video games a sport?!?15 Dec 2013, 19:04 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Dec 2013, 18:20 PMPurlictor Second paragraph on sports, from the same wiki article: Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity. So it depends on how you read line 1, since it implies something stated otherwise in paragraph 2. I will help you out of your dream. Wikipedia does not determine what makes a sport, nor does the IOC. Any international institution, recognized by seperate existing institutions of the aspiring sport in question, does. In: Lobby
Thread: looking for mate to play 3v3 1 Dec 2013, 16:17 PM No worries, I have TS3 , Ventrilo, Xfire and a voice . In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: looking for mate to play 3v3 1 Dec 2013, 16:10 PM I must play in this 3v3 with Nullist. Playing CoH2 while it is being balanced is a new experience for me . In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: So, I missed the whole "why russians hate coh2" thing...1 Dec 2013, 11:42 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Nov 2013, 21:50 PMhubewa Linking someone's actions having fun (which is what you should be doing when you're gaming) to a political statement he's making seriously, and then going ad hominem all over it. My definition of having fun is not destroying my team mate's base, shouting all kinds of racial slurs and displaying a general lack of respect for other players. These things might be fun when you are of a very young age, but for a grown man such as Esky it is rather repulsive. In: Lobby
Thread: Lets fix RNG30 Nov 2013, 15:00 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Nov 2013, 14:42 PMHS King Not sure, i use RNG in a vague sense meaning that basically a lot of outcomes in this game are very hard to predict and not in a good way. In a way that robs the game of strategy and ruins otherwise great play, as well as adds a buffer for bad play. This makes the game less fun to play and to watch. I watch a lot more games than I play and I see so many inconsistencies and random deaths in engagements that it really should be fixed because its bad for the casual gamer as well as the pro player. Barely anyone would disagrees with this, but there are instances where a probability creates an interesting gamble. CoH1 example: using propaganda war to countersnipe a retreating sniper with a probability of roughly 50%. If this would not be a gamble it would be an easy trade off and every player would spend 100 munitions to kill a sniper, because it would be worth it every time. But what if the cost of propaganda war was 250 munitions? CoH2 has difficult issues such as ram. The ability itself is to strong to always work, unless you price it big enough. Would you be willing to spend 100 munitions to get a guaranteed ram or would you prefer a free gamble with a succesful ram probability of 50%? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Lets fix RNG30 Nov 2013, 14:38 PM Does CoH2 in fact use a random number generator? A lot of things described as "RNG" seem a probability rather than a random occurence. Obviously, if there are probabilities assigned, it still would not always benefit the game. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Steam leaderboards and ranks explained30 Nov 2013, 13:20 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Nov 2013, 13:03 PMNullist Because you stated they dont exist in Europe? ...which you confirmed by stating kids in Finland are very competitive... Nullist, I know I will regret this, but......you misinterpreted the concept of "soccer mom kids" for kids that are being pushed to competitiveness, where it actually means the opposite. In: Lobby