http://kotaku.com/5720507/do-cheap-tactics-ruin-online-multiplayer:


One of my favorite things about this generation of consoles is the multiplayer experiences. I own both an Xbox 360 and a PlayStation 3 and play them on a regular basis. I'm not one to brag, but I tend to do well in most games I play, ranking in the top 5 more often than not.

But I don't necessarily have to do well to have fun. Actually, I have a fun time as long as I have friends to laugh about it with. Then, there are the joy killers.

You've all met them. They employ tactics that cheapen the gaming experience for everyone that they are around. That world you were so immersed in just a moment ago? No longer, as you are now frustrated and slapping your leg at your now poor performance.

I never try to speak ill of my fellow players, but when someone uses a cheap tactic to come out on top I feel like I've been robbed of my fun time. Being repeatedly hit by grenade launchers in any Call of Duty can really make you feel like all the skill in the room just left the lobby. Same thing in Red Dead Redemption when - whoops - who needs another weapon when the high powered pistol can be spammed? And let's not forget the cheap hunting skills of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood when using a hidden gun, getting only 100 points for a kill instead of, say, 400 if you went up close for a stealthy kill.

Granted, this is a small minority of players but it still tends to make me want to leave the game session or go read a book or something else when it happens too often in a row. Anyone else have similar frustrations?

Pissed Off PC Gamer wrote:

I hate getting killed by people that don't deserve it.

2-rax SCV all-in fucking bullshit on Steppes of War ruined the GSL3 and the SC2 Metagame.

Team Fortress 2 and Quake 3/Live are one of the only few games that don't have cheap tactics. Seriously, whenever I get killed by someone in those games, it was because he worked for it.

hangmansjoe wrote:


That sort of think that is the reason i gave up and MW2 (and was not interested in Black ops). The killstreaks seems to promote me dying randomly with no way of stopping it.

Tom_Strong wrote:

Red Dead Redemption was certainly a game that ended for me through people. I looked forward to that game more than most for this year, and I definitely had more than my fair share of fun.

The story blew me away, the world was immersive, and I couldn't stop having fun...until I played online.

I wanted so badly to go hunting, kill some bad guys, and just generally have fun with people online. Instead I was greeted by guys who would sit around the spawn point and kill you the instant you popped up. It made for such an awful experience that my play of that game ended pretty prematurely based on how much more I could have done in the game.

Spade103 wrote:


Kotaku; ''I never try to speak ill of my fellow players''

PC; ''I never have a reason to speak ill of my fellow players because i have God Mode, Aimbots and Wallhacks''

Xbox 360; ''I never try to speak ill of my OH MY GOD DID YOU SEE THAT? F**KING F***OT!