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I think I've figured out why I barely ever play multiplayer games (especially online).
It's because I like controlling my game to be smooth, responsive, and predictable at all times, and technical issues or minor differences in how things work (or how things default) throw me.
It's because I like controlling my game to be smooth, responsive, and predictable at all times, and technical issues or minor differences in how things work (or how things default) throw me.
This, I think, is why I'm so much better at every single game I play offline than online.
The exception is probably Tetris 99, because laggy connections don't affect how that game runs for any individual by any number of frames, so my skill can actually do something there.
The exception is probably Tetris 99, because laggy connections don't affect how that game runs for any individual by any number of frames, so my skill can actually do something there.
However, something like Smash Bros. becomes a completely different game with lag, and the fact that the game doesn't default certain settings online in the same way that it does in offline modes makes it very easy to, say, play with a control scheme you're not used to.
I'm not really sure what this thread is getting at, but I think I'm saying that I don't play games online because the unpredictability of lag and the unexpected differences in how gameplay can work are ultimately too stressful for me to deal with.
If I want to play any multiplayer game seriously, I only want to do it locally, which, of course, isn't a good thing to be doing right now except with people who live with you, and, well, I'm the only person in my house who plays the games I do as much as I do.
This may seem like a thread coming out of my frustration that Smash Ultimate online doesn't default to your usual name, but it's not, though I am frustrated about that.
It's more that this event made me realize something I already kinda knew about myself.
It's more that this event made me realize something I already kinda knew about myself.
For a gamer who cares about their control scheme, subconsciously internalizes how many frames different actions take, and so on, online play that isn't literally perfect is not good enough, and an online system that doesn't match the offline system is disorienting.
Even worse is the fact that, by its nature, online gameplay is seen by others, so if you make some dumb mistake related to learning how the online system works and differs from the offline system, well, now people believe you're stupid or far less skilled than you actually are.
Anyway.
This has been me venting my feelings about how I probably won't ever try playing something that requires skill online ever again, unless in the future I somehow get access to god-tier internet that never lags.
Animal Crossing? Sure.
Smash Bros.? Fuck no.
This has been me venting my feelings about how I probably won't ever try playing something that requires skill online ever again, unless in the future I somehow get access to god-tier internet that never lags.
Animal Crossing? Sure.
Smash Bros.? Fuck no.
