i didnt even know that **** was going on
Hmm.. I don't think that's a Filco but again, I could be wrong. It doesn't have that Filco logo in front of the keyboard.Show Image(http://assets0.photo.tools.mlg-cdn.com/shared/photos/224/224-width=800_height=400_fit=true.jpg)
The Filco full-sized doesn't have a logo in the front.
A Ducky logo just wouldn't inspire fear.
It clashes so much with those headphones that looking at the picture hurts my eyes.
God I really hate how consoles tookover the fps world, its like trying to play golf with a crickett bat
Filcos are the choice of gamers everywhere.
Even the rare African American ones.Show Image(http://assets0.photo.tools.mlg-cdn.com/shared/photos/224/224-width=800_height=400_fit=true.jpg)
I'm not sure that a comparison of levels of skill and competition between console and PC FPS scenes is really that valid. It's like comparing badminton and tennis, the tools used and skills needed are different but arguably no harder to master, and I'm sure that the players are no less competetive.
Have you ever actually tried playing fps on consoles? I don't mean play for 5 min and then run away. The dual analog sticks as well as the triggers are quite nice for fps. I stillprefer pc for most games, but there's the odd one I'd much rather play with a controller.
Have you ever actually tried playing fps on consoles? I don't mean play for 5 min and then run away. The dual analog sticks as well as the triggers are quite nice for fps. I stillprefer pc for most games, but there's the odd one I'd much rather play with a controller.
I'm pretty sure he's hispanic. I think that myth about black people playing starcraft2 is false...
That says more about the equipment that the players had to use, nothing about the level of skill or competition.
I'm not sure that a comparison of levels of skill and competition between console and PC FPS scenes is really that valid. It's like comparing badminton and tennis, the tools used and skills needed are different but arguably no harder to master, and I'm sure that the players are no less competetive.
As a former hardcore Q3 and CS player I can only frown at the new school frat boys that play FPSs on consoles and think its legitimate. That's all I can really say on the issue. People who think otherwise are just living in a fantasy world. All you can really do noodles is ignore them. The argument isn't worth having as you are arguing against someone who is some baselessly wrong that logic fails them.
Ahem, anyway.
These are those heinous headphones that they wear:
http://www2.razerzone.com/sc2/banshee.php
Gross Razer audio gear (I love their mice, but they should stick to what they know) with a stupid "APM lighting system" and built in EQ. All the pros wear them likely due to sponsorship/standardization of tournament equipment. At the GSL they actually wear canal-buds in addition to the Banshee to ensure that ZERO audience sound will reach their ears.
Ya I come fomm doom/quake/quake 2 scene and the new school console fps **** just makes me sigh, it is what it is though. I still remember how jealous I was when Thresh won a ferrari by playing Q1 and not understanding how someone could make a living by playing a game, **** was just diff back then I guess.
Also, Noodles tell me how your Blue poker is when you get it Im thinking about ordering one.
so you agree pc > consoles, ty
Honestly I dont get this comparison, setup a game between pc fps players versus console fps players. The console guys would get destroyed.
I have no interest in getting into a juvenile pissing contest about whether one gaming system is better than another. I was arguing that your claim that the levels of skill and competition are greater in PC gaming than in console gaming was spurious. I see that you have decided to take the "lah lah lah, I'm not listening" approach. +1
I have no interest in getting into a juvenile pissing contest about whether one gaming system is better than another. I was arguing that your claim that the levels of skill and competition are greater in PC gaming than in console gaming was spurious. I see that you have decided to take the "lah lah lah, I'm not listening" approach. +1
The point is that two apparently similar sports use different equipment and this equipment influences how the game is played. The skillsets may appear to be identical but they are not. There is no fair way of comparing the two that would enable you to say that one requires more skill (or is more competetive) than the other.
LOL, no. If you looked at the study, it speaks for itself but apparently you didn't.
I guess I shouldn't have assumed you looked it up because you are a simpleton console gamer.
I have no interest in getting into a juvenile pissing contest about whether one gaming system is better than another. I was arguing that your claim that the levels of skill and competition are greater in PC gaming than in console gaming was spurious. I see that you have decided to take the "lah lah lah, I'm not listening" approach. +1
The point is that two apparently similar sports use different equipment and this equipment influences how the game is played. The skillsets may appear to be identical but they are not. There is no fair way of comparing the two that would enable you to say that one requires more skill (or is more competetive) than the other.
My main problem with the console FPS's is the fact that they barely even make any pc specific fps's they are all console ports because that is where all of the money is nowadays, just look at crysis 2, crysis 1 was the pinnacle of pushing a system when it came out and now crysis 2 is just a junky run of the mill console port.
Atleast we have some good things to look forward to this year D3 (Please god come out this year), Portal 2 (Is this a port?), Darkspore, Torchlight 2, Dungeon siege 3, Battlefield 3 (Not sure if this is a port)
What I am saying is that it is easier and funner (In my opinion) to play with a keyboard and mouse, like I said earlier why play golf with a crickett bat when you can play with a golf club you know the way its meant to be played.
They are not apprently similar sports they are the exact same sport played with differant controls. To each his own but me personally I hate what they've done to this genre of games.
Very valid point.
I agree. I don't play any FPS anymore. I long for the days of COD2 and Medal of Honor. People now playing Black Ops are saying it's the greatest game ever and I just shake my head, a tear falling down my cheek.
Playing a FPS Console Port on a PC is like......
your only option.
I didn't see you post a study, did I miss that? You referred to one but never linked to it or explained where it could be found. I found lots of talk about how HPs CEO of gaming Rahul Sood claimed that Microsoft had killed off cross platform gaming because PC gamers of average skill had consistently beaten console gamers. I couldn't find any decent source saying that this was because PC gamers had greater skill and not because of the differences in kit being used. Care to post me a link?
I never said console players were less skilled, what I did say was that they are using inferior equipment and dumbing down the community as a whole as all PC FPS games nowadays are ports because the money is in consoles which I can understand if you are a game developer and want to stay in business.
I want a game to make me feel like its little ***** who can't do anything right and I'm always in fear of it curb stomping me. Games should not be played for fun. They are for overcoming a challenge or demonstrating superiority.
If people can hack away and golf and convince themselves that they're having fun I don't see why we can't have the same thing in video games. :)
Play God of War 3 on Chaos mode then ;)
Play God of War 3 on Chaos mode then ;)
Or Ninja Gaiden 2, my favorite action console game ever by a very LARGE margin.
Ya, fratty douches on XBL are where all the money is. I'm exacting revenge by making Facebook games so all the tasteless game developers who have no integrity will flock to Facebook from the consoles and stop dumbing down my FPSs with garbage. Also it brings people back to the PC. Double win.
I will kill your consoles by making games for your mom. Suck it, frat boy.
Haha, that APM lighting system is hilarious. It's funny the things some people will use, and I can't blame razer for making products if there is demand for them.
I want a game to make me feel like its little ***** who can't do anything right and I'm always in fear of it curb stomping me. Games should not be played for fun. They are for overcoming a challenge or demonstrating superiority.Totally agree. There are so few "tough" games these days though :/
If people can hack away and golf and convince themselves that they're having fun I don't see why we can't have the same thing in video games. :)
Ya, fratty douches on XBL are where all the money is. I'm exacting revenge by making Facebook games so all the tasteless game developers who have no integrity will flock to Facebook from the consoles and stop dumbing down my FPSs with garbage. Also it brings people back to the PC. Double win.Hahaha this is by far one of the best posts I've read on any forum ever! I came out of lurking just to say this. Now back to my lurking.
I will kill your consoles by making games for your mom. Suck it, frat boy.
I want a game to make me feel like its little ***** who can't do anything right and I'm always in fear of it curb stomping me. Games should not be played for fun. They are for overcoming a challenge or demonstrating superiority.
If people can hack away and golf and convince themselves that they're having fun I don't see why we can't have the same thing in video games. :)
On the 2nd episode of the SC2 podcast Inside the Game, the question of keyboards comes up and one of the panel members, Painuser, mentioned he just got in a Filco with Cherry MX Browns to replace his MX Black Steelseries. They went on to talk about the topic for a small bit and surprisingly sounded like they knew a little about it, talking about actuation force, the heavy feel of MX blacks, etc.
the guy that is using the filco looks like TT1, also he is using protoss but I'm not sure, can someone verify?
If you like Diablo clone type of games you should try Darkspore, I´ve been playing it for about a week now and it´s a pure enjoyable pain to play. I´ve not played a game like this in a long long time (probably not since the first game in the Diablo series), some of the boss fights are very hard and some of the random elite mobs that spawn are just silly. I´m on the equivalent of Hell difficulty in diablo now, and I´ve been wiping on the same map for 5 hours.
Was that the episode where pain user and Tyler fight about the banshee being better than the Dark Templar?