Gaming - dedicated server era

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Dedicated Server era (Quake, Half Life, etc.) Wacky gamer: Just wants to "have fun" and not focus on being pro or hardcore Plays on fy_iceworld sliding maps, "rats" miniature maps, etc. W--! I paid $50 for this game, I can play however I want!!! Stoner Zone: Just wants to replay what they know, zone out for 6 hours and relax REPORTED REPORTED REPORTED Plays de_dust or 2fort 24/7 server. Happy gamer. Happy gamer. Modern match-making queue era Ⓡ Hardcore gamer: Wants to get better, wants people to contribute and follow rules of competition It's just, like, a game, maaaan... I like being Hanzo REPORTED REPORTED REPORTED Finds server that allows trash talk and punishes being bad. Happy gamer. I CANNOT BE- LIEVE HOW BAD ALL YOU &*@#$)(* ARE REPORTED REPORTED Normal gamer: Wants to play game they heard so much about Plays a mix of things, eventual- ly finds "their server" It's a good game mechani- cally, but all the players are so toxic and unhappy for no reason all the time! Why do the devs take so long to respond to all my reports?

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Nitpicker

Oct 10, 2022 at 05:51PM EDT

But if they let people set up independent servers they wouldn't be able to shut the game down and force everyone to play the sequel, bad business plan tbh
god I love videogames made with profit as their highest priority, can't wait to completely forget overwatch 2 exists in a few years

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ArcadeTwo

Oct 10, 2022 at 09:35PM EDT

I miss dedicated server games because such servers would often run community made plug-ins/mods that changed the game experience and added new gamemodes without the need for updates from the developer.

My favorite TF2 plug-ins were Zombie Fortress and Fort Wars and both of these gamemodes died completely after matchmaking was added to TF2 because matchmaking only put you on official servers. So now, old community servers constantly bleed old players while new players never come in to fill the empty slots. Matchmaking is the worst thing to happen to online video games, especially now that so many games are live services that don't have mod support.

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