In every whining post there's this talk about how UT loyalty shoudn't be for whatever reason, or how in any other market the consumers will move on to another product when the offer gets lower, which would be the logical side of things, but in this situation you have to throw in another factor: UT is unique. This explains the loyalty which is expected to be in a UT player because without UT, the UT player does not exist anymore. Because of this, whether we like it or not, there are at least two classes of gamers, that it UT players, and the rest. UT players righteously feel that players who are not loyal to UT, simply are gamers of another kind, and they don't see why, indeed, they would care about how UT fares or not which is all right. But we do.
The reason is that we know that we are the Jedi of video games. That's right. We are better than anyone else. We can hop into any other game and pwn everyone within a certain time which depends on the game. But it's never too long before we rise among the top players of a match every time we feel like it. I have friends who are OK at gaming and quite respectable at what they play, but when they see me play UT they don't understand how I killed that guy so fast when I barely even knew where he was. They don't even wanna play because they fear you! They know it's pointless to even try to live for more than the time it takes to meet the enemy.
I'm talking right now of those of us who have been playing UT for a long time. We have not such a good memory of it, but boy, we did suck pretty bad before we started playing UT. In time, UT has sharpened our reflexes, hand-eye/ear coordination, aiming precision and other necessary skills needed to pwn someone like nothing else could ever have. And the times that I have spent not playing UT clearly indicated this. It is the only place where I feel I can fight my equal. And get a good boot sometimes. Sometimes modesty has to be put aside however, we're the best, and there's a reason for it.
I have another reason for being very good at games in general today, I was a Tribesman. Yes, as in Raindance, mined flags and "Shazbot!". As some of you may know, Tribes disappeared possibly forever after it has been butchered, unrooted and blasphemed into a parody of what it was. I will never be able to play a new Tribes game, and this brings immense pain to my feelings. It was the end of a part of my fun.
Such sentiments animate the cursative attitude gamers have towards companies like Epic who are well aware that they have an irreplaceable product which is necessary because of this same status, AS WELL as fellow gamers who accept the mediocrity with a smile, not viewing the big picture of things. WTF are you all going to go play once UT3 has died down and no sequel is possible due to a tarnished reputation. That's not a question because I know the answer. Whatever else you'll go play, you'll end up craving for a shock combo. And no past prestige can bring in the future, redemption for today's failure (I might keep that one). Unlike Tribes, the UT license might forever stay in Epic's hands, for royalty reasons I guess. And if UT was to really follow the same path as Tribes, then I am assured that it would be the most terrible loss gaming would ever take. A loss compareable to the fall of the Jedi at the hands of the Sith, and it would take who knows how long before new light would be shed upon the world of gaming. Think of it FFS, the end of deathmatching! The end of righteous, noble jousting between hard-ass warriors in favor of spray n pray and nade spam. There isn't really a valid replacement for CTF and Warfare either IMO. We know very well that as good as COD4 and TF2 may be, they are but a distraction to UT. Almost relaxation between rounds. Again, there IS a situation here, WTF are we going to do? I, for one, certainly don't have a clue.
End rant.
The reason is that we know that we are the Jedi of video games. That's right. We are better than anyone else. We can hop into any other game and pwn everyone within a certain time which depends on the game. But it's never too long before we rise among the top players of a match every time we feel like it. I have friends who are OK at gaming and quite respectable at what they play, but when they see me play UT they don't understand how I killed that guy so fast when I barely even knew where he was. They don't even wanna play because they fear you! They know it's pointless to even try to live for more than the time it takes to meet the enemy.
I'm talking right now of those of us who have been playing UT for a long time. We have not such a good memory of it, but boy, we did suck pretty bad before we started playing UT. In time, UT has sharpened our reflexes, hand-eye/ear coordination, aiming precision and other necessary skills needed to pwn someone like nothing else could ever have. And the times that I have spent not playing UT clearly indicated this. It is the only place where I feel I can fight my equal. And get a good boot sometimes. Sometimes modesty has to be put aside however, we're the best, and there's a reason for it.
I have another reason for being very good at games in general today, I was a Tribesman. Yes, as in Raindance, mined flags and "Shazbot!". As some of you may know, Tribes disappeared possibly forever after it has been butchered, unrooted and blasphemed into a parody of what it was. I will never be able to play a new Tribes game, and this brings immense pain to my feelings. It was the end of a part of my fun.
Such sentiments animate the cursative attitude gamers have towards companies like Epic who are well aware that they have an irreplaceable product which is necessary because of this same status, AS WELL as fellow gamers who accept the mediocrity with a smile, not viewing the big picture of things. WTF are you all going to go play once UT3 has died down and no sequel is possible due to a tarnished reputation. That's not a question because I know the answer. Whatever else you'll go play, you'll end up craving for a shock combo. And no past prestige can bring in the future, redemption for today's failure (I might keep that one). Unlike Tribes, the UT license might forever stay in Epic's hands, for royalty reasons I guess. And if UT was to really follow the same path as Tribes, then I am assured that it would be the most terrible loss gaming would ever take. A loss compareable to the fall of the Jedi at the hands of the Sith, and it would take who knows how long before new light would be shed upon the world of gaming. Think of it FFS, the end of deathmatching! The end of righteous, noble jousting between hard-ass warriors in favor of spray n pray and nade spam. There isn't really a valid replacement for CTF and Warfare either IMO. We know very well that as good as COD4 and TF2 may be, they are but a distraction to UT. Almost relaxation between rounds. Again, there IS a situation here, WTF are we going to do? I, for one, certainly don't have a clue.
End rant.
