KRD wrote:ctan wrote:We really wonder why you don't want to add an insta tournament. A serious discussion would help.
Instagib is a further simplification of an already simple and well-balanced gameplay mechanic. It is very obvious its popularity comes as a consequence of the fact that new players want to stop being called newbs as quickly as possible when joining the online community and therefor concentrate entirely on a tiny fraction of the game at which you can get good in a matter of days rather than months.
Encouraging such a mentality is detrimental for the wider community in the long run. This is already painfully obvious if you look at the list of public servers; good all-around players have a hard time finding competition.
Most of you know that I hate polemics, so I'll make it short. Instagib and Normal weapon can't be compared simply because these are completely different games involving completely different strategies. Although, imo they need different maps (note that in most of games it isn't the case). Insta requires different skillz, that's all.
As I said somehow, I've been playing unreal tournament series at a high level for 6 years, playing in eurocups, ESWC, many lans etc. And some of the best normal weapon players I know came from insta gib. Moreover, in unreal tournament, insta and nw (normal weapon) communities where completely unknown to each other because these were different games, as I explained. Insta is not easier, it's different. You have to move in a way that assumes that you won't be shot any time, because you are dead in one shot, and it's a pain. Nw requires life, health, weapons collecting, it's not harder... it's just different.
Ok we can speak about timing the weaps and different bonus, but in teeworlds, timing is reducted to sword = 1:30, that's all. Moreover, at least in ctf2, there are so many life, shield and weapons that timing them seems useless to me.
Different game tyes = different games. NW isn't noob, Insta isn't noob. Different communities = different tournaments.
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