Forgive me for any sort of ignorance, I have been away from this forum until the last few weeks. I was a frequenter of the Bungie forums for many years going back to the Halo 2 days. But I am back and there is something that has been bugging me in a whole lot of threads.
Someone is either a “casual” or they are a “competitive” player. Where the heck did these terms come from? Mostly the term casual. Even as a competitive player that wants ranks as bad as anyone, I don’t get why that gets thrown at every single person who either A. doesn’t want ranks or B. doesn’t want to play every game to win at all costs.
There are plenty of players who play to win, but they aren’t ultra-competitive, but in this community it has become black and white, which has caused a major issue between the two ‘groups’. No middle ground is visible and the mudslinging is out of hand.
If you don’t want ranks, fine that’s totally ok. Some people really do want ranks, so why do you want to take their enjoyment from the game.
If you are a competitive player, why do you have to bash everyone who doesn’t care about winning? Why is it a negative thing to play forge all day, or to care all about armors and skins and whatnot.
Just because it isn’t your cup of tea, doesn’t mean it isn’t someone’s cup of tea. So should you bash their teacup? Heck no, let them sip on it and enjoy it, because guess what, in all likelihood it doesn’t affect you. Adding great forge features, doesn’t affect me, who won’t use them, the new infection doesn’t hurt me either, so why should I care. Adding ranks shouldn’t hurt people who don’t care about them, so don’t bash it.
The negative connotation being thrown around about people either being a casual and therefor bad at halo or being competitive and only caring about getting a number by their name is getting sickening. We all love Halo here and want it the best for what we want it. No need to hate on others wishlists.