I put out a post looking for casual players- nothing
I am invited to play arena, I mention I prefer casual play styles- immediately kicked
I join any group and its all competitive this and pro that, and while if that is your preference of play style, then awesome, that’s how you play, I won’t discourage you and truly am glad for you.
But what about those of us who may also be good at the game, but don’t want to play competitively?
Every time I try reaching out to anyone who might want to build a Forge map, coop some Halo CE, 2, 3 etc, play some Firefight or Infection, Grifball, or Custom games I am shut down, ridiculed or flat out ignored because I don’t want to take a game to seriously.
I know it sounds silly, even outright ridiculous, and while I like to win- I’m more about having a good time, even if I’m loosing.
I again don’t want anyone thinking I hate pro players or people who want to take a game seriously because I really don’t and admire some of their skill levels, but I also don’t want people shaming me because I may have been at the bottom of the leader boards or not taken my game seriously. Video games are my escape from a world and a life that’s stressful enough as it is. I don’t want to have that in my game, at least in my experience.
I will never purposely loose a game, let alone purposely bring you down or be a total ***hole, because I want others to enjoy their experience to, I’m just frustrated that casual play is a borderline sin and I’m forced to play a game in a way that I really don’t enjoy.
Sorry, just a little rant I had- any one else agree? Disagree?
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> I put out a post looking for casual players- nothing
> I am invited to play arena, I mention I prefer casual play styles- immediately kicked
> I join any group and its all competitive this and pro that, and while if that is your preference of play style, then awesome, that’s how you play, I won’t discourage you and truly am glad for you.
> But what about those of us who may also be good at the game, but don’t want to play competitively?
> Every time I try reaching out to anyone who might want to build a Forge map, coop some Halo CE, 2, 3 etc, play some Firefight or Infection, Grifball, or Custom games I am shut down, ridiculed or flat out ignored because I don’t want to take a game to seriously.
> I know it sounds silly, even outright ridiculous, and while I like to win- I’m more about having a good time, even if I’m loosing.
> I again don’t want anyone thinking I hate pro players or people who want to take a game seriously because I really don’t and admire some of their skill levels, but I also don’t want people shaming me because I may have been at the bottom of the leader boards or not taken my game seriously. Video games are my escape from a world and a life that’s stressful enough as it is. I don’t want to have that in my game, at least in my experience.
> I will never purposely loose a game, let alone purposely bring you down or be a total ***hole, because I want others to enjoy their experience to, I’m just frustrated that casual play is a borderline sin and I’m forced to play a game in a way that I really don’t enjoy.
> Sorry, just a little rant I had- any one else agree? Disagree?
I consider myself to be a casual player. My primary goal at halo is a bit of fun when I’m done with work. To relax for a bit, I generally prefer to win but I am not hard pressed when I don’t. I have neither the time nor the desire to learn every jump in a map or calculate out spawn zones, etc. I think you need to define your terms a bit better, though.
Casual players exist in high numbers for this game. I myself am in a company that certainly doesn’t care too much about your Arena ranks or K/D. You just have to be diligent in finding such a group of people.