During Covid I played planetside after trying it in 2018 briefly, then putting it up in 2024/25, the game gasping for air begging for daybreak to pull the plug allowing the sweet embrace of death to take it.

Anyways my point is it was pretty fun when I was into PvP games as there were so many people my skill level, the salty vets leading squads of dumbasses, and getting that ~~cheap~~ lucky drop on the guy who’s been playing since 2012 felt so sweat. Basically I think mixed skill games are fun with the right conditions ~~until you get sniped by the heavy 400m away or an air to ground mosquito cus some vets need arbitrary number that doesn’t matter to them to up, holy shit are vet shitters capitalists~~

elo matchmaking

Is that like a speed dating event to the tune of Electric Light Orchestra?

Yeah, smurfs there would really kill the vibe...

I have great memories of throwing together maps and even small mods for my buddy's cs 1.6 server, what do 9 year olds have to do the equivalent today? Roblox? Minecraft isn't exactly mod friendly, but I guess you can build stuff?

I see you also play Rocket League.

There was an actual study that demonstrated, with data, that bad players are more likely to be misogynistic towards female players.

Relatedly, I would bet all the money I own that bad players are the most likely to scream at their teammates and make wild accusations about who's ruining their game. That's been my anecdotal experience playing MOBAs recently.

Look at this tryhard smacking down a poor guy on Lemmy!!!

P.s. just kidding, acting a interesting fact.

Hardware bans do not work (easily faked), so it's kinda obvious why devs don't use it. And even if they did, if the cheaters sell their hardware and replace it with the same from someone else (essentially just shipping cost), the only thing that happens is some poor schmuck is banned from a game for no fault of their own, just because they bought used hardware.