Community: Message List - Are youtube videos an illusion?

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:23:38 GMT

I don't know if you noticed over your huge ego that I wasn't talking about you at all.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:47:22 GMT

It's not as suspenseful watching the close game compared to playing a close game. Also the way YouTubers are there's a 95% chance the outcome will be them winning even if it's close.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:06:58 GMT

I remember that match! DAMN YOU, YOU STOLE MA DOGS!

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:45:18 GMT

7400-7500 are games I would much rather see than blowouts. I like the intense feeling. Man, my best was a 1 minute stalemate at 7400-7400 on Nuketown. Lets just say, I needed new underwear after that one. Oh yes, we did win by the way. I managed to convince my teammates to stay in the blue house and make them go outside in the open. We managed to force them into the open where we won.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:40:54 GMT

You could say the same about people with high KDs and Prestigers, if things aren't going teh way they want them to be, they just ragequit, I was playing with Bloop the other day randomly in a Team Defender and the other team started camping in Arkadden and he left, the rest of the match it was me and three other randoms and we went 7400-7500, my point is if we had ONE more decent player (aka the ragequitter) we coulda won but he dind't think it would make a good video so he left. I'm not blaming him that match was intense and really fun but still be a team player and learn to lose sometimes

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:38:16 GMT

We all ragequit, why does it make a difference if you're on youtube or not. I think everybody wants there best side to show on youtube, even me, and I am pretty bad at this game

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:31:08 GMT

I like to film as well, but everytime i film i suck lol. Then when my cam runs out of batteries, i kick ass and get like 50-1 or 32-3 rather than 23-10 or 28-12

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:10:47 GMT

I wasnt hating on Dazran, the few people who I know that actually know have nothing bad to say. I was just asking the question of the youtube vids giving a false impression, and how it must feel to have to constantly quit games that arent going your way early doors.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:24:27 GMT

Dazran loves to post me on youtube raging, thats what i know, and still we played 3 games and he only posted the one he won. But i like how he said that he lost the other two against me on youtube

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:40:02 GMT

Dazran is not racist in the slightest, never in a million years! Look Dazran is just a laugher and a joker and will only shout back when he is started on first and I can vouch for that. Not that my opinion can actually change yours at all, I grew up with him as my was my neighbour and he still lives in the neighbouring park from me. Now I know that you do not have to believe me and to be honest that does not matter.

Darren is one of the nicest and quietest guys I have ever known. Many of my mates still take the piss out of him for being a computer geek but yet he is the one making some cash out of it.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:33:57 GMT

Yeah I do better playing solo too

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:31:48 GMT

I don't think that is true. If one actually watches montages and gets passed the console-wars and the dub-step haters in the comments, you will discover that good gameplay is still fun to watch. But constant good gameplay is not that important.

For example, I recently attended a 3 day economic confrence. Our objective was to put together a fictional product and develop a business model to sell to a target region. We then had to compete against others in our region to win a fictional $1,000,000 from prospective investors. I could have been all erudite, and let out my scientific knowledge of the product I developed (laser to remove skin cancer), but instead decided to let my non-raging personality show through. This went off much better than had I tried to be very scientific and confuse my listeners.

The same goes for Youtube commentators. Good gameplay is great, but if you don't have a personality, and you aren't funny, its not as fun to watch. Sure, I don't want to watch you camp and go 2-12, that is boring. But if you go even, or maybe even a bit negative, I don't care. Were you funny? Did what you were saying keep my attention? If yes, than I am fine listening to you.

For players that are just looking to post up gameplays, and not so much care about commentating, they shouldn't be playing just for those gameplays. Just let them come. I mean, I raped house yesterday in a lobby of randoms, me unpartied. 6 consecutive games of 30+ kills. I don't usually do that. But I am not raging every game I don't do that. Its all a matter of perspective. If you are on Youtube because you enjoy the game and enjoy talking about it, and can let your personality come through, awesome. But if you are trying to use Youtube as a d**k-measuring tool, you have it all wrong.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:56:07 GMT

lol @ Tony Soprano! Thats my line

Elpresador has it down to a tee, his kdr is like 1, he genuinley doesnt care, people view for his funny angry commentarys, and his classic 1 liners. Other gamers are following suit. Nanners is very easy to listen too, etc etc, the days of just straight gameplays that are good are on the wane. Some people havent got the jist of it yet, but the gameplay only commenatries are on the way out imvho

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:51:43 GMT

I think that only me and N rage from the Corner Campers due to hosting. I can go 1-7 and try to pull it back, and a 2-2 start is pretty damn good if I am in a party. Enh. It your gonna do youtube, do it because you enjoy it. If you get stuck into a loop where you have to look like a god, you have got yourself some problems. The Corner Campers use others gameplay to help other channels, and really are okay saying we rage, and that we don't do well. Well, aside from Tony Soprano over there.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:50:04 GMT

Non taken mate, ive been spending too much time with the DMC guys Im a bit irksome lately due to my hours changing at work, and 7 puppies running round the house, and the wife working most of the day, so I have all the chores to do, so I only get to game at night, when im exhausted, and its american host time, so im generally very laggy, and maybe thats coming across in my posts. I dont mean it too.

Regarding me being good, im far from it, thats the reason I play Domination, it gets me up there near the mvp spot, playing tdm with the likes of exceed/mathers/porkins/caekz/penguin/you/fissure/ and many other allies I have, I cant compete, and find it hard going. Im decent at domination, and thats what I like to play. If I ever boast about stuff, its to boost my self confidence, because I know my limitations. Once your confidence goes at this game, its time to pack it all up.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:47:25 GMT

the 3-5 games I lost are because of my connection, not because of their skill

Yeah, definitely not bragging.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:43:59 GMT

Dazran

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:41:26 GMT

lol, I suck man, I cant live with you

The point of the thread was askiing if these youtube vids are an illusion, and what it must be like to have to keep quitting games to get recordable vids.

Yes I deleted Conboy a while back coz he kept quitting and leaving me and 3 noobs vs full partys, and it irked me a lot.

The point is, I suck at the game, im laggy as hell mainly, but thats in no wayan excuse,at 36 my reflexes arent the best, and my allies are that good, you included, so I know how bad I actually am, thats why I play domination, its the only way I can keep up, and yet im amazed when I go against these people, I get all jittery and expect tough games, and they arent as good as they appear in their vids, not even close. Are all the vids against scrubs?

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:28:37 GMT

I know from personal experience that about 90% of the videos posted by these kind of people are there to show some awesome clips. You should never think that people like Dazran is amazing player based on his videos, but then again you should never make montages or gameplay videos showing that you're awesome player, people will start overrating you, and sometimes it might even jump in to your head and you start thinking that you're awesome even if you'd really suck.

I was hanging with my old American buddies a while ago in CoD and most of them are nothing than snipers/quickscopers because they think that there is no other skill than sniping. Yet I was able to destroy every single one of my friends who were trying to snipe me, sure they're amazing snipers, but thats really it. Snipers are snipers, they're not full assault players unless they go akimbo noob. CoD doesn't allow you to do so because you'll get shot from every direction, unless you've got that SMG/AR buddy covering your ass.

Re: Are youtube videos an illusion?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:24:17 GMT

who are we talking about here?