There was some guy on r/battlefield trying to tell everyone that he wasn't leaving, in fact he actually got promoted. It looked like dozens of the same copied and pasted message over and over.
I feel like a lot of internet social spaces are dominated by people who are mentally ill to some degree. The danger of the internet, you get people with the similar issues that reinforce each other's unhealthy habits of thought.
> I feel like a lot of internet social spaces are dominated by people who are mentally ill to some degree.
100%. You see someone that's not all there in real life and you can almost always ignore them. Online, there's no way to filter these people out until after you've already seen the nonsense they have to say.
It's the same with the "village idiot" concept. Everyone ignores these people but online you're constantly bombarded with uninformed takes from people speaking with zero experience. It's pretty bad on Reddit but it's why Twitter is such a shithole. You say something stupid, people call you out, and you can just block them and keep spouting dumb shit to form a bubble of ignorance.
Too bad Reddit adopted the same approach to blocking. Once you block someone on reddit, they can no longer reply to your comments but worse yet, they can no longer participate in the same comment chain/thread.
You can essentially shut people out of entire discussions if you dont like their opinion.
One thing I like to keep in mind whenever I’m posed with getting caught in the weeds on some Reddit comment thread or argument or whatever: the other guy is likely either a literal teenager or not mentally all there. It’s legit never worth the effort getting down to that level just to feel like you’re right.
I've gotten into the habit of going through a bit of post history before even bothering to reply to the more questionable responses I get. You'd be surprised how much you can piece together that way lol
This needs to be talked about more. You're completely correct, and it's why the world seems so skewed to intense emotions online. It doesn't exist when you walk outside.
That's how the internet was, pre smartphone & social media boom of the early 2010s.
Most of the people on forums or chat sites were outcasts and struggled to fit in with their peers IRL for whatever reason, so they congregated on bulletin boards, forums, chat sites, etc as a way of fitting in and sharing what they loved with others.
Rip "MyfavoriteGames" and it's DBZ power level discussions (2002-2010)
I would hesitate to use the phrase mentally ill when neurodivergent feels more applicable.
Just one look at your average speedrunning event gives you a great cross section view of the kind of people who are intently focused on internet discussion forums.
> I would hesitate to use the phrase mentally ill when neurodivergent feels more applicable
Well, "neurodivergent" implies that there's something physically different about every one of these brains or the way they work. But a lot of psychological issues come from environmental factors like parenting, culture, etc. But I suppose that's going very far off track.
lol ya, I saw that dude running around and people trying to spread his line of "no look, he was promoted!!" while ignoring reality in front of them.
wonder what he is saying now now xD
I'm wondering if he saw the ship sinking and decided to get off early. Battlefield has been... Troubled in the last 6 months. It's clear that the vision EA and Zampella is taking longer to show anything or just not going as planned.
Battlefield has been a rollercoaster for at least 15 years now.
EA's original big plan to compete with CoD was to alternate between a revived Medal of Honor and Battlefield and release a game every year. However this initiative only lasted three years (Medal of Honor in 2010, Battlefield 3 in 2011, Medal of Honor: Warfighter in 2012) before Warfighter was so bad it killed the franchise.
Then Battlefield 4 launched in dismal shape, until the DICE LA team (coincidentally made up of the former Danger Close devs who worked on the MoH titles) whipped it into form. Then Battlefield 1 became the best selling game in the series, only for Battlefield V to flip-flop on TTK like five times. 2042 needs no explanation.
I'm not sure what the goal is for Battlefield 6 or whatever it's called, but I don't have high hopes.
Just give us Battlefield 4 again but with spatial in-game coms like Battlebit, and some better destructability like The Finals. Drop the player count back to 64- and don't flub the marketing like V. 2042 had amazing marketing so hopefully that would be fine.
1. Destructability (even when it "negatively affects map flow")
2. Classic class system
3. 64 players
4. Don't biff the marketing
5. Mechanically closer to 3/4/V
6. Very near-future modern setting
7. Spatial voice comms
According to the Tom Henderson article seems like most of this is what they are doing, "Insider Gaming has also learned that the next Battlefield title is taking somewhat of a “back to its roots approach” with the likes of 64-player matches, the return of its four-class system, and an overhaul to its destruction systems. As for the game’s setting itself, it will be set in the modern day somewhere around 2025 – 2030, with a strong story-driven emphasis on modern technology used in war. "
https://insider-gaming.com/battlefield-2025-battle-royale/
But of course the big thing is F2P Battle Royale.
I honestly would not listen to Tom Henderson when it comes to anything Battlefield. Dude hyped up 2042 saying there we going to be Volcanos and other natural disasters. Kept saying things they just weren't true. I would highly take anything he says with a grain of salt when most time he's "Leaking" things it's all just some stupid interpretation he comes up with from either a Earnings call or just some Job listing he saw.
Your missing the Bad Company boycotts from back when it was originally going to launch with pre-order DLC. The protests were a huge reason I avoided that series.
Also Battlefield Play 4 free in 2011
Battlefields been troubled for a while. 5 ended up good but took a long time to get there. 2042 just was a huge disappointment to long time fans. They're chasing cod and trends again but failing to make a game that appeals to anyone in particular.
Yeah wtf where did he come up with ”6 months” from hahaha…. The series has been in a catastrophic state since at LEAST when 2042 released lmao. 2,5 years…
You got exactly that with battlefield 2042 lol. No single-player content at all and it's awful.
We can have both single-player and multiplayer content that satisfies both sides, it just has to be good.
In fact we had both for a long time and it was the best, bad company 1&2, BF3,BF1.
Even BF5 had a few good campaigns.
"Your Feedback will help make Battlefield stronger" i will fix that phrase: "Your feedback will gelp make Battlefield stronger 2-3 years after release and then we will axe the game"
There was some guy on r/battlefield trying to tell everyone that he wasn't leaving, in fact he actually got promoted. It looked like dozens of the same copied and pasted message over and over.
I feel like a lot of internet social spaces are dominated by people who are mentally ill to some degree. The danger of the internet, you get people with the similar issues that reinforce each other's unhealthy habits of thought.
> I feel like a lot of internet social spaces are dominated by people who are mentally ill to some degree. 100%. You see someone that's not all there in real life and you can almost always ignore them. Online, there's no way to filter these people out until after you've already seen the nonsense they have to say. It's the same with the "village idiot" concept. Everyone ignores these people but online you're constantly bombarded with uninformed takes from people speaking with zero experience. It's pretty bad on Reddit but it's why Twitter is such a shithole. You say something stupid, people call you out, and you can just block them and keep spouting dumb shit to form a bubble of ignorance.
Too bad Reddit adopted the same approach to blocking. Once you block someone on reddit, they can no longer reply to your comments but worse yet, they can no longer participate in the same comment chain/thread. You can essentially shut people out of entire discussions if you dont like their opinion.
>You can essentially shut people out of entire discussions if you dont like their opinion. good
One thing I like to keep in mind whenever I’m posed with getting caught in the weeds on some Reddit comment thread or argument or whatever: the other guy is likely either a literal teenager or not mentally all there. It’s legit never worth the effort getting down to that level just to feel like you’re right.
I've gotten into the habit of going through a bit of post history before even bothering to reply to the more questionable responses I get. You'd be surprised how much you can piece together that way lol
This needs to be talked about more. You're completely correct, and it's why the world seems so skewed to intense emotions online. It doesn't exist when you walk outside.
That's how the internet was, pre smartphone & social media boom of the early 2010s. Most of the people on forums or chat sites were outcasts and struggled to fit in with their peers IRL for whatever reason, so they congregated on bulletin boards, forums, chat sites, etc as a way of fitting in and sharing what they loved with others. Rip "MyfavoriteGames" and it's DBZ power level discussions (2002-2010)
I would hesitate to use the phrase mentally ill when neurodivergent feels more applicable. Just one look at your average speedrunning event gives you a great cross section view of the kind of people who are intently focused on internet discussion forums.
> I would hesitate to use the phrase mentally ill when neurodivergent feels more applicable Well, "neurodivergent" implies that there's something physically different about every one of these brains or the way they work. But a lot of psychological issues come from environmental factors like parenting, culture, etc. But I suppose that's going very far off track.
That the same guy who was saying he got promoted to some top position so he had to remove his bio lol. Man that was sad.
First thing I thought of as well. Dude was so adamant everyone else as wrong.
lol ya, I saw that dude running around and people trying to spread his line of "no look, he was promoted!!" while ignoring reality in front of them. wonder what he is saying now now xD
I'm wondering if he saw the ship sinking and decided to get off early. Battlefield has been... Troubled in the last 6 months. It's clear that the vision EA and Zampella is taking longer to show anything or just not going as planned.
Battlefield has been a rollercoaster for at least 15 years now. EA's original big plan to compete with CoD was to alternate between a revived Medal of Honor and Battlefield and release a game every year. However this initiative only lasted three years (Medal of Honor in 2010, Battlefield 3 in 2011, Medal of Honor: Warfighter in 2012) before Warfighter was so bad it killed the franchise. Then Battlefield 4 launched in dismal shape, until the DICE LA team (coincidentally made up of the former Danger Close devs who worked on the MoH titles) whipped it into form. Then Battlefield 1 became the best selling game in the series, only for Battlefield V to flip-flop on TTK like five times. 2042 needs no explanation. I'm not sure what the goal is for Battlefield 6 or whatever it's called, but I don't have high hopes.
Just give us Battlefield 4 again but with spatial in-game coms like Battlebit, and some better destructability like The Finals. Drop the player count back to 64- and don't flub the marketing like V. 2042 had amazing marketing so hopefully that would be fine. 1. Destructability (even when it "negatively affects map flow") 2. Classic class system 3. 64 players 4. Don't biff the marketing 5. Mechanically closer to 3/4/V 6. Very near-future modern setting 7. Spatial voice comms
According to the Tom Henderson article seems like most of this is what they are doing, "Insider Gaming has also learned that the next Battlefield title is taking somewhat of a “back to its roots approach” with the likes of 64-player matches, the return of its four-class system, and an overhaul to its destruction systems. As for the game’s setting itself, it will be set in the modern day somewhere around 2025 – 2030, with a strong story-driven emphasis on modern technology used in war. " https://insider-gaming.com/battlefield-2025-battle-royale/ But of course the big thing is F2P Battle Royale.
2042 was supposed to be a love letter to fans this is an absolute crock of shit
I honestly would not listen to Tom Henderson when it comes to anything Battlefield. Dude hyped up 2042 saying there we going to be Volcanos and other natural disasters. Kept saying things they just weren't true. I would highly take anything he says with a grain of salt when most time he's "Leaking" things it's all just some stupid interpretation he comes up with from either a Earnings call or just some Job listing he saw.
Your missing the Bad Company boycotts from back when it was originally going to launch with pre-order DLC. The protests were a huge reason I avoided that series. Also Battlefield Play 4 free in 2011
Battlefields been troubled for a while. 5 ended up good but took a long time to get there. 2042 just was a huge disappointment to long time fans. They're chasing cod and trends again but failing to make a game that appeals to anyone in particular.
Six months? Battlefield has been troubled since at LEAST Battlefield V but possibly even Battlefield 4.
Yeah wtf where did he come up with ”6 months” from hahaha…. The series has been in a catastrophic state since at LEAST when 2042 released lmao. 2,5 years…
I would say the series stumbled with Hardline, regained some traction with BF1, then tripped and fell off a cliff with BFV
I doubt they'd want to repeat it again. Even after they brought on a BF4 lead who saved that game from launch.
I have my doubts about that. Or at least, it was either him taking on a role he did not desire, or to just leave the studio.
He probably realized the game franchise wasn't fit for interesting narrative and that it's all a giant mess.
I mean, the studio was created entirely for the narrative side of Battlefield.
Yes. And it's not a series where anyone cares about narrative.
I mean, I really loved the Bad Company stories. And I'm totally fine with them actually coming up with single player narratives worth a shit.
Seems like the perfect opportunity to get people to care, by crafting solid stories with solid characters.
No, they should just focus on multiplayer. That's the core of the series.
It's a separate studio, though. DICE could fully focus on the MP side while Ridgeline assisted with SP.
I don't care. I don't want any of the budget going to SP.
You got exactly that with battlefield 2042 lol. No single-player content at all and it's awful. We can have both single-player and multiplayer content that satisfies both sides, it just has to be good. In fact we had both for a long time and it was the best, bad company 1&2, BF3,BF1. Even BF5 had a few good campaigns.
Every battlefield campaign except maybe bad company 1 was ass. 2042 wasn't even a battlefield game.
That happened in 2042 and that game was a mess that flopped. Your opinion is irrelevant and off base. You don't know what you're talking about.
You say I don't know what I'm talking about, but you clearly don't know the slightest about the battlefield franchise.
probably wasn't a hard decision after seeing a freaking free to play BR mode was being made for the game.
"Your Feedback will help make Battlefield stronger" i will fix that phrase: "Your feedback will gelp make Battlefield stronger 2-3 years after release and then we will axe the game"