You know how everyone raves about open FFA PvP on forums, but when it comes to it few want to play? I think this video explains why, but I’ll point it out here in words for those not so sure what I mean. We all know about the forum warriors, screaming for a real FFA PvP game where they can own other players because they aren’t carebears ect. Seems to be alot when you read the forums but alot less are actually playing any of these games come release, why?
Here’s what happens,
A) Forum warrior prepares for game release, usually calling everyone else a carebear on the forums and stating how he’ll own your mother or something.
B) Game is released and forum warrior buys it and logs in.
C) Uber PvPer turns up and totally owns the forum warrior.
D) Forum warrior is hit by an acute case of nerd rage and writes a rage quit thread with some serious QQing about how the said game sucks and the game company need to change it so he can “PWN TEH NOOBS!”.
So that in short, is the life of many in games such as DFO. I’m pointing out how most start off in Darkfall with the idea of them winning the awsome PvP battles and mocking their fallen foe in victory as his mates run and they loot his sorry corpse. Whereas it never really happens that way, you have to get killed alot and spend a while before you get to a level where you can own anyone other than a 3 day old newbie that just got disconnected the moment you attacked.
The real winners are not boasting on forums or QQing about how tough it is to compete, they’re spending their time dieing alot and learning from the guys that are owning them. Then after a while they get to do some owning themselves, in my opinion it takes more patience and a thick skin to get good at PvP. As an “I R 1337″ attitude will generally get you a ride in the “Whhhhaaaaambulance”.
You learn from your failures, from your victories you’ll learn nothing.
Agricola
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