this man is angry on the internet

Full disclosure, I know him reasonably well.

That’s why I simply don’t follow e-sports at all, lot of my friends are really into it but I simply don’t get it. E-Sport seems to be the root of hate, rage and seriousness I actually never want to see in any of my games. Why does it have to be so serious? We play video games for fun!

I am not a competitive person,…

Oh man, I haven’t thought about Gunz since high school. I kind of lost interest once it was nothing but butterfly, and K-Style.

Wow. This one comment brought back so many memories. Growing up in the Internet age a lot of things blur together for me, so not much reminds me of when I was a kid, but that definitely does. Ijji, heh. Wonder if AVA is still around

No you didn’t.

Gunz: The Duel —— shouts out to ijji.com and GM Xander

I know several people who are amazing at their careers and have above average skill sets in various fields and even video games. My best friend graduated from MIT, Harvard, and Kellogg. He left behind a few six figure careers to fix and race cars, because he wasn’t happy with those jobs.

Never saw GunZ before this article...man did I miss out!

You’re not allowed to have fun in overwatch. If you aren’t a slave to the meta, you should go play bejewled.

God bless this dude. The anti-tryhard. Keep it up and keep reminding people that games are supposed to be fun.

Fantastic article.

I wish more people would just enjoy Overwatch instead of acting like they are training to be in a league or some shit.

TBH, I don’t mind if you’re like 14 without any money and pirate a game. I did it too and don’t feel bad about it. But if you have a job and are gaining money, don’t be a dick and fucking use it. People are depending of it to keep their job and keep pumping out new games.

I certainly don’t speak for pirates as a whole, but in my experience most pirates are poor gamers — mostly teenagers and young adults. A pirated game does not equate 1:1 to a lost sale. It can even have the opposite effect, with gamers purchasing titles in franchises they liked once they do have the money to buy them.

Please pay for the games that you play and enjoy. I know that institutionally Kotaku is dismissive of concerns about piracy - they make the kind of content that isn’t subject to being pirated - but the industry can’t survive if you don’t.

This. Just buy the fucking games, people. If it’s too expensive then don’t buy it or wait for a sale. It’s a luxury item. You don’t NEED it, you don’t HAVE to have it.

Please pay for the games that you play and enjoy. I know that institutionally Kotaku is dismissive of concerns about piracy - they make the kind of content that isn’t subject to being pirated - but the industry can’t survive if you don’t. Saying that is not a defense of current intellectual property laws. One way or…

Love this, most publishers would be shitting themselves because of this, they give the middle finger because “that shits old”