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RallyOrDie wrote:

 

The only stat that matters is Wins.  SPM means nothing due to the fact that people get stuck in empty lobbies.  K/D means nothing due to the fact that you can always go positive against worse players.  W/L almost means nothing because of the amount of Host Dashboarders and Connection Loses.  Winning is the most important thing in an online video game.  If you don't strive to win then why play the game, you are better off playing Animal Crossing or Farmville.

well... in my own opinion, all that really matters is being the top player for my team while playing the aiming for the win. I dont have to win, I just have to know that I did well by my standards. You cant always pick your team as such its pointless to be angry if you lose. If you tried your best and still lost, then take comfort in the fact that it wasnt your fault.

back in  Halo 2, I often had the feeling of being backpacked by my friends. I used to wonder why they invited me. Its possible that I was just being hard on myself. But that feeling of being the person dragging everyone else down sucks. and I remember that feeling. I generally refuse to be that person now.

99% of the time I play with randoms and so a win is pretty much out of my control.  I can do my bit, in fact a lot of the time I do more than my bit but by the law of averages my win/loss always hovers around 50%.

Oh look its another thread from someone insecure about his stats that feels the need to justify it to random people on a forum.     Nobody starts threads about how stats mean everything here on the forums, so why the opposite?

I think it's the heirarchy of needs.  You can care about stats when you feel your gameplay is fair and even.  But not until those first basic functions are taken care of.  Back in MW3 I cared about my K/D and win/loss because I thought I was getting fair games and it was an accurate representation of my abilities.

But with BO2 I've consistently played at a disadvantage with the amount of lag I receive I no longer care about any stat and am just trying to get into a decent game where I'm not being punished so severely being behind all the other players.  In BO2 my only concern is getting decent gameplay, which is few and far between.

RallyOrDie wrote:

 

The only stat that matters is Wins.  SPM means nothing due to the fact that people get stuck in empty lobbies.  K/D means nothing due to the fact that you can always go positive against worse players.  W/L almost means nothing because of the amount of Host Dashboarders and Connection Loses.  Winning is the most important thing in an online video game.  If you don't strive to win then why play the game, you are better off playing Animal Crossing or Farmville.

you realize wins are not accurate either because when someone dashboards the game, you get the loss.

EVEN  win does not mean a lot in public matchs.

You dont know who you are playing with or against.

Maybe there is a guy in the lobby who is splitscreening with someone who dont own the game.

Maybe there is one or more poeple who just had their evening vodka or whiskey

Maybe there is some who are trying to level up some less efficient weapons like the crossbow, riot shield or RPG

Maybe there is one that jsut prestige, so he lost all is favorite  perks and weapons

Maybe there is a guy who got interrupted 3 time by the phone during the match

Its too random to give it importance