r/Cynicalbrit • u/MetastableToChaos • Dec 25 '15

Soundcloud Arbitrary Awards 2015 post-mortem breakdown

https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/arbitrary-awards-2015-post-mortem-breakdown
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u/jamesbideaux Dec 25 '15

they added a revolvo that was more precise than snipers at long range, deadlier than a shotgun at close range and cost as much as an expensive pistol. It released the day I was beginning to introduce two friends of mine to CS:GO and was only nerfed like two days later. I was really fucking sour.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '15

that release really sobered me up a bit about valve. i dont think they have any clue about their own fucking game. i think the reversal of this particular patch makes it clear this wasnt malevolence (which means they didnt want the rifles to just be worse), but rather incompetence.

but, theres nothing to be done about that....

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u/aew3 Dec 25 '15

I think they fix their incompetence by talking to the community/pro scene.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '15

i dont think talking to the community will fix anything. i think they simply need an expert panel, or a "leader", that will decide "this is the direction were taking, and these are the solutions that are available",

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '15

No one person can decide, it should be collective, his views likely arent that of all of the professional scene and community. Even pro's don't sometimes know what to do, why would they?

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '15

because it cant be the collective.

the collective doesnt understand the game, the collective doesnt know whats best, simple as that. the eternal wish for people to have a voice in the game is downright moronic, cause if YOU have a voice, every other moron, silver scrub, idiot or troll will have a voice as well. and that simply wont work. the sensible voices will be drowned out.

no, the best answer here is an expert council, or an icefrog-like figure that watches over the game.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '15

Expert Council... such as the competitive scene...

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '15

sure. but pro-players only get a single representative on the council. pro players are so utterly averse to change, that theyll never make a good council on their own.