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Penny Arcade - Comic - Deathsnacks

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Deathsnacks!

Penny Arcade - Comic - Deathsnacks

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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  • OverkillengineOverkillengine Registered User regular
    Probably a healthier diet for Gabe than snickers and soda for every meal at least.

  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    This seems like the opposite of trying to foster a community of positivity and good behavior. This seems like it directly feeds the fires of internet hate and filth.

  • GrendusGrendus Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This seems like the opposite of trying to foster a community of positivity and good behavior. This seems like it directly feeds the fires of internet hate and filth.

    Are you talking about the two seconds of glorious schadenfreude, or CoD in general? Because... yes on both counts.

  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Not that I'll play MW but is there a way to disable it? Cause from a privacy perspective I generally don't want my voice chat going to anybody except those I explicitly choose to communicate with.

    What if the snippet they hear isn't about me getting killed in game but something personal I was sharing with the friends I was playing with.

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  • ironzergironzerg Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This seems like the opposite of trying to foster a community of positivity and good behavior. This seems like it directly feeds the fires of internet hate and filth.

    PvP in video games is only fun because of the suffering you inflict on another person. The more visceral their pain, the more fun it is.

    Prove me wrong.

    There's no competitive PvP game with a community that actually generates a net benefit of positive and good energy for this world.

  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This seems like the opposite of trying to foster a community of positivity and good behavior. This seems like it directly feeds the fires of internet hate and filth.

    PvP in video games is only fun because of the suffering you inflict on another person. The more visceral their pain, the more fun it is.

    Prove me wrong.

    I play PvP and I disagree.

    Well, that was easy.

  • V1mV1m Registered User regular
    Fortunately there yet remains the option of not playing PVP games if you don't want to. There are tens of thousands of games with no PVP!

  • kralizecckralizecc Registered User regular
    I was in a league for cod4, search and destroy using a realism mod. We all played for years in scrims, ladders, and tournaments and it was great. I think probably because it was a sizeable group of dedicated servers with consistent administration of server rules.

    It was a good group of people that kept growing with more and more goodwill as time went on. A lot of pride in the community for how we treated each other and folks new to the group. Winning was fun, but it was secondary to the camaraderie while enjoying the gameplay. I'm not sure you can have the same situations with match making.

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  • furlionfurlion Riskbreaker Lea MondeRegistered User regular
    edited November 2022
    Jerry wrote:
    The croaks and bleats of the damned are Michelin shit and there's always another helping.

    This is fucking gold and cracked me up.

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  • ShowsniShowsni Registered User regular
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This seems like the opposite of trying to foster a community of positivity and good behavior. This seems like it directly feeds the fires of internet hate and filth.

    PvP in video games is only fun because of the suffering you inflict on another person. The more visceral their pain, the more fun it is.

    Prove me wrong.

    There's no competitive PvP game with a community that actually generates a net benefit of positive and good energy for this world.

    The only competitive PvP game I really follow much at all is AoE2, and the community there has in general always seemed like the nicest, friendliest bunch of people. They had one of their largest tournaments ever just a few weeks back and it was a great time.

  • V1mV1m Registered User regular
    I played EVE for 15 years, which is about as PVP as it gets, mostly with my homies in Vanishing Point. These are real people and we're real friends; we've met up in real life and helped each other out in crises petty and serious.

    Jerks with be jerks in PVP games; good people will be good people in PVP games.

  • TastyfishTastyfish Registered User regular
    V1m wrote: »
    I played EVE for 15 years, which is about as PVP as it gets, mostly with my homies in Vanishing Point. These are real people and we're real friends; we've met up in real life and helped each other out in crises petty and serious.

    Jerks with be jerks in PVP games; good people will be good people in PVP games.

    No one playing EVE is a good person, but they might be fun to be around and share with you some spirit of camaraderie.
    But never doubt that it is a joyous crew of the damned.

  • V1mV1m Registered User regular
    Eve is full of good individuals but there is no ethical gameplay in a hypercapitalist simulation

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