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2010-03-01 20:40:37
36 votes, rating 4.8
36 votes, rating 4.8
FUMBBL Proves Superior Yet Again
So I take the odd gander over to the Cyanide game the other night. The Matchmaking button is truly tempting since you usually get a game right away. Unfortunately, the level of play is not as good, but the attitude is worse. Some "highlights" from my in-game chat show why FUMBBL remains superior. Note: I tried chatting nicely for the first 10 turns and he didn't start typing until the following:
Opponent: maybe if you focused more on trying to stop me than beating on my players this game would be more challenging for me
Me: Hmmmmm
(At this point the score is 2 - 0 his favor. I foul plenty - what can I say? I learned it here - especially when his SPPMAX piling on guy goes down :) )
Opponent: see how easy that was?
Me: ...
(Now the score is 2 - 1. Dice stopped failing for me.)
(Next he cockily picks up ball and passes for no damn reason *no 1 SPP in sight or anything* and fummbles the ball well within my range. I do some more blocks and pick it up and score.)
Now his fingers are alive! He goes on a seemingly eternal rant about how another game he lost where his opponent played poorly. I'm sure he whined some more about the in-game and important fouling (even in LRB5 it has a place). I decide at this point a simple 'gg' is all I need to give him.
My point: the game over there and site needs a lot of maturing to catch up to this bunch. Yeah, I don't like meaningless fouls (and yes, he got a T16 for being a douche but it was warranted) but understand the place for some blood. I have had a a guy disconnect on me for stalling and a couple for no reason.
With my dozen or so games logged on there (compared to a ton more here) I get it. It just will never be this.
Thanks for the community, fellas.
Opponent: maybe if you focused more on trying to stop me than beating on my players this game would be more challenging for me
Me: Hmmmmm
(At this point the score is 2 - 0 his favor. I foul plenty - what can I say? I learned it here - especially when his SPPMAX piling on guy goes down :) )
Opponent: see how easy that was?
Me: ...
(Now the score is 2 - 1. Dice stopped failing for me.)
(Next he cockily picks up ball and passes for no damn reason *no 1 SPP in sight or anything* and fummbles the ball well within my range. I do some more blocks and pick it up and score.)
Now his fingers are alive! He goes on a seemingly eternal rant about how another game he lost where his opponent played poorly. I'm sure he whined some more about the in-game and important fouling (even in LRB5 it has a place). I decide at this point a simple 'gg' is all I need to give him.
My point: the game over there and site needs a lot of maturing to catch up to this bunch. Yeah, I don't like meaningless fouls (and yes, he got a T16 for being a douche but it was warranted) but understand the place for some blood. I have had a a guy disconnect on me for stalling and a couple for no reason.
With my dozen or so games logged on there (compared to a ton more here) I get it. It just will never be this.
Thanks for the community, fellas.
Comments
Posted by blader4411 on 2010-03-01 20:44:17
*Snickers*
Of course Cyanide will never compare! :D
The attitude, the quality of play, it's one big but very shallow pool, unlike FUMBBL, which is more of an ocean! :D
-Blader
Of course Cyanide will never compare! :D
The attitude, the quality of play, it's one big but very shallow pool, unlike FUMBBL, which is more of an ocean! :D
-Blader
Posted by JellyBelly on 2010-03-01 20:50:01
I haven't played on Cyanide competitively, but it sounds to me like most of them are just a bunch of whiny losers who couldn't hack it on Fumbbl ...
Posted by DonTomaso on 2010-03-01 22:22:48
Cyanide missed the point - the game is not better than the community, since it is a game based on interaction between two players.
They could have handled disco-issues a whole lot better. And a whole lot of other stuff...
If it was for AI, you wouldn't see Break Tackle gobbos running around.
They could have handled disco-issues a whole lot better. And a whole lot of other stuff...
If it was for AI, you wouldn't see Break Tackle gobbos running around.
Posted by Wraith on 2010-03-01 23:02:33
Actually, most people lack integrity when in an anonymous medium. On FUMBBL, people are held accountable for being douches... mostly by the site rules, but also by the community (if you're a jackass long enough, you won't have anyone to play eventually).
The fear of consequence, forces people to act accordingly. In the Cyanide system, the only time you have to fear consequence is when you exploit... everything else goes for the most part.
A simple fix would be the ability to black-list coaches on match-maker. This would somewhat allow the community to police themselves more easily. After a while, the immature coaches would leave (due to the lack of opponents) or adapt to the community's rules of etiquette. You'll still have whiners here and there, but you'll be able to avoid them at least.
Another problem with the Cyanide game is that their game-center feels impersonal.
The fear of consequence, forces people to act accordingly. In the Cyanide system, the only time you have to fear consequence is when you exploit... everything else goes for the most part.
A simple fix would be the ability to black-list coaches on match-maker. This would somewhat allow the community to police themselves more easily. After a while, the immature coaches would leave (due to the lack of opponents) or adapt to the community's rules of etiquette. You'll still have whiners here and there, but you'll be able to avoid them at least.
Another problem with the Cyanide game is that their game-center feels impersonal.
Posted by gregory_n_white on 2010-03-02 02:12:33
Wouldnt work Wraith - id just blacklist anyone with killer chaos/khemri/dorf teams or a CR over 165! Then id win more games.
Posted by Wraith on 2010-03-02 05:50:34
Every coach has multiple teams... black-listing any coach with a chaos/khemri/dorf team would mean that you're black-listing pretty much everyone. There's no Coach Rating on Cyanide's game, so that wouldn't be a way to discriminate for easy games either.