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24 votes
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Is there interest in a board game-focused Discord server?
Edit: Well, given there's already a vaguely positive reception to the idea, I've went ahead and set up the server! It's by no means a finished product yet, but it's at least a start! Here's the...
Edit: Well, given there's already a vaguely positive reception to the idea, I've went ahead and set up the server! It's by no means a finished product yet, but it's at least a start!
Here's the link: https://discord.gg/FqArkERU2U
About a year ago, I was running a pretty active, small community board game server and it was a lot of fun until most of the regulars got busy with life.
After that, things happened and it fell by the wayside, but my time here with Tildes makes me really want to bring it back, I just wanted to gauge interest first. The idea is that anyone could set events, anyone can invite people, etc. Obviously, it wouldn't be an open server, but one in the same vein as Tildes, but in board game community form.
Specifically, things like hidden role games and other more complicated games really feel like they shine when there's a solid group of regulars that are able to teach newbies how to play.
(And selfishly, this would be a great way for me to learn new board games, as well)
23 votes -
My disabled son’s amazing gaming life in the World of Warcraft (2019)
36 votes -
Have public gaming communities always been terrible or do I expect too much?
So, I have my group of IRL friends, and we have a Discord, as I'm sure many people do. I spend a lot of time there, and we've all played games online together since we were in middle school. Well,...
So, I have my group of IRL friends, and we have a Discord, as I'm sure many people do. I spend a lot of time there, and we've all played games online together since we were in middle school.
Well, now that we're all in our mid to late 20s, real life has caught up with most of us. Scheduling is hard, having free time is hard, having energy is hard, and now we've all found our genres we like, which all adds up to none of us ever playing much together anymore. I'm sure many of you can relate.
I ventured out into LFG groups trying to find a community. I'm not into competitive games, I prefer more cooperative and casual experiences (Satisfactory, NMS, and Snowrunner are my big 3 at the moment). That makes finding a group difficult as is. Finding a group that is primarily my age is harder. But nonetheless I persevered.
I've tried a number at this point, and it's always one of a handful of issues.
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The group is hundreds, or sometimes thousands, of members big. Everyone gets swept in the masses and there's little individuality. These usually also have problems 2 and 3 due to their size.
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There's just blatant -obias in the chats. Incels, toxic masculinity, racism disguised as "humor."
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Supposedly I'm in a group of people who are 21+, but the maturity level might as well be a 14+ server.
At this point I feel like I'm losing my mind, that I'm being gaslit by the online Discord community. There is no way I should be feeling "too old" for this kind of thing, I'm only 26!
52 votes -
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I had my first kiss in GemStone III
15 votes -
Active communities for discussing 40k?
I’m slowly getting into warhammer 40k but feel pretty disconnected from the broader 40K universe. Are there any active communities where people discuss 40K? Discussion about new models, balancing,...
I’m slowly getting into warhammer 40k but feel pretty disconnected from the broader 40K universe.
Are there any active communities where people discuss 40K? Discussion about new models, balancing, rule changes, painting show cases, etc.
Right now I’m just painting alone listening to PoorHammer on YouTube 😅.
17 votes -
“Sims 5” job listing suggests freemium, live service model
20 votes -
TF2 but Sniper is banned. What happens? I tried it out - gameplay experiment & analysis
16 votes -
Modern multiplayer games making matches unfair by design, what are your thoughts on Engagement Optimized MatchMaking (EOMM)?
Title Anyone that has been playing multiplayer games for a while must have noticed the recent shift when it comes to multiplayer games matchmaking trends. Multiplayer games were no joke, they were...
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Anyone that has been playing multiplayer games for a while must have noticed the recent shift when it comes to multiplayer games matchmaking trends.
Multiplayer games were no joke, they were hardcore, with high entry barriers where the more experienced players would dominate the field, and newer players were nothing but fodder for them. If you were new to a game you could expect to lose most of your matches for a while, but if you were to put in the effort, improved, learned the game and persevered trough, then you'd be rewarded by becoming the one to dominate the field instead.
Nowadays it's different, anyone can pick up a game, no matter how experienced they are, and expect to win roughly half the games they play. From newcomers to pro players, everyone seems to be relegated to a strictly forced 50% winrate policy. But how is that possible?The focus in game design seems to have shifted from rewarding individual oriented play, to rewarding more teamwork oriented skills instead. The focus on teamwork has been pushed so far to the point where, if your team isn't putting in the effort, no matter how good of a player you are, you won't be able to compensate for your team lack of skills and they'll be the reason why you lose the match. There wouldn't be anything inherently wrong with this, especially in a team game, if it weren't for the fact that it really feels as if the better you get at the game, the worse your teammates get.
This is how they're able to make everyone's winrates hover around 50%. Sure if you lose too much the algorithm will start giving you better teammates, but if you win too much then the quality of your matches will be abysmal, leading to a point where all the good players get effectively punished and can never fully see the fruits of the effort they put for actually learning the game.
Players have expressed for years their frustrations against this balancing method, as many felt cheated due to losing too many matches due to factors completely out of their control, but so far nothing has changed.This sort of matchmaking algorithm can also be used to impose certain "patterns" in the wins and losses that a player experiences while playing, in order to increase their engagement. A study from 2017 published for EA , goes to show how players are more likely to quit a game if they incur in specific win/loss patterns. For example, of the entire playerbase, 5% of them will quit the game if they were to incur in three losses in a row.
Here's an excerpt from the paper's abstract
"Current matchmaking systems depend on a single core strategy: create fair games at all times. These systems pair similarly skilled players on the assumption that a fair game is best player experience. We will demonstrate, however, that this intuitive assumption sometimes fails and that matchmaking based on fairness is not optimal for engagement"This is just a window into what goes trough the developing process of a multiplayer videogame these days. The paper is from 2017 but troughout these years this approach to multiplayer games has been adopted and developed to the point where every single multiplayer experience, from PC to mobile to consoles, feels artificially crafted and finely tuned to keep you as hooked for as much time as possible to the screen.
This doesn't stop to win/loss patterns, another example would be gears of war, where the devs have admitted to make your bullets do more damage on your first match of the day, because their studies showed that people were more likely to play troughout the day if they were to win the first match they played. These same devs would later go to make Fortnite, which would go on to generate billions in revenue for years.What are your thoughts? Do you prefer the modern take to make multiplayer games more accessible to everyone, or would you rather go back to the days where communities would develope more organically?
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Making new gaming friends thread
Hey all, I recently got back into gaming. Loving it so far but none of my friends play these days. I figured since Tildes has a great community it could be fun gaming with others here! I'm...
Hey all, I recently got back into gaming. Loving it so far but none of my friends play these days. I figured since Tildes has a great community it could be fun gaming with others here!
I'm thinking we could have a game as a top level comment and then sub-comments could be game IDs or people interested in connecting? I'll start off with this format but I'm open to suggestions.
(Also, this is my first post on Tildes. Hopefully it aligns with the rules/community.)
20 votes -
Any Star Citizen players here?
I had a vasectomy this week and needed something to do for a few days while I was down. A co-worker recommended star citizen (explaining the caveats). I love it so far, and if anyone here plays...
I had a vasectomy this week and needed something to do for a few days while I was down. A co-worker recommended star citizen (explaining the caveats). I love it so far, and if anyone here plays I'd love to add you to my friends list.
My username is Grendel_84
10 votes -
I'm thinking of starting a Battlebit server. Would anyone like to play?
8 votes -
Secret room inside popular game contains independent journalism forbidden in Russia
10 votes -
Finnish newspaper hides Ukraine news reports for Russians – secret room in first-person shooter game Counter-Strike to bypass Russian censorship
7 votes -
Welcome to the oldest part of the metaverse - Ultima Online, which just turned 25, offers a lesson in the challenges of building virtual worlds
12 votes -
Saami Council has demanded Square Enix remove the Far Northern Attire from Final Fantasy XIV due to the use of cultural property and an infringement of rights
10 votes -
EA has confirmed it will shut down the online services for several games early next year, including Mirror's Edge and NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
7 votes -
The Venezuelans trying to escape their country through video game grunt work
7 votes -
Team Fortress 2 community peacefully protests bot problem with #SaveTF2 campaign, Valve responds
11 votes -
Eve Online fans literally cheer Microsoft Excel features at annual Fanfest
18 votes -
Keep your numbers off of me: Why tournaments support better communities than ladders
12 votes -
Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as "passionate" players are getting upset over delays
8 votes -
Star Citizen
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Star Citizen developers fed up after being expected to work during devastating Texas snowstorm
14 votes -
Both sides claim victory in massive EVE Online battle
17 votes -
Operation Broken Fang; Major CSGO update adds map vetoes, retakes servers, detailed stat tracking
7 votes -
How Nintendo has hurt the Smash community
11 votes -
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion delayed until later this year
11 votes -
Do you play any games online? Let´s meet!
Folks, I´m going crazy over here. My social interactions are extremely limited. Online gaming has been a timesaver, but my friends are not always available (I can´t even really work because both...
Folks, I´m going crazy over here. My social interactions are extremely limited. Online gaming has been a timesaver, but my friends are not always available (I can´t even really work because both my computers broke down).
I play on the PS4 nights and daw, on the GMT-3 time zone, but that´s flexible. Some of the online games I have / can play:
- Path of Exile
- Rocket League
- Destiny 2
- Torchlight 2
- A Way Out
- Fifa 19
- GTA V
- Overcooked
- Doom
- Borderlands 2
- Titanfall 2
- Brawlhalla
My username on PSN is
goombatrooper22
.Post your platforms and available games!
11 votes -
Farming and selling gold in RuneScape is helping Venezuelans survive their country's economic crisis
7 votes -
World of Warcraft's game director Ion Hazzikostas on how the game's culture has evolved with the internet
6 votes -
Five Australians charged following CS:GO match-fixing investigation
10 votes -
TF2 and CS:GO source code leaked
17 votes -
CS:GO has set a new record of one million concurrent players, which makes it the third Steam game to do so
@steamdb: CS:GO has set a new record of ONE million concurrent players, which makes it the third @Steam game to do so. 🚀 Congratulations to the @CSGO team! https://t.co/bzLMfMOJvD
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Which games have great communities, and what do you like about them?
As an outsider some gaming communities can appear incredibly toxic. I'm sure some of that is a deserved reputation, but I'm also aware that maybe there's a bit of generalisation going on, and that...
As an outsider some gaming communities can appear incredibly toxic. I'm sure some of that is a deserved reputation, but I'm also aware that maybe there's a bit of generalisation going on, and that some communities are lovely but unrecognised.
So I thought I'd ask Tildes: which gaming communities do you like? And why?
(As always, feel free to interpret this question how you like. And, again, I suck at tagging so I'm grateful for any tagging edits. I do read those to try to learn.)
13 votes -
fornclake is developing an open source GBC Zelda clone with online multiplayer
17 votes -
Bethesda announces "Fallout 1st", a $13/month premium membership for Fallout 76 that allows you have to have a private world along with other benefits
20 votes -
What are some co-op games with full-controller-support that run flawlessly on Linux?
Just looking for games to play with girlfriend. Cheap is better.
7 votes -
'Ban kids from loot box gambling in games,' MPs say
11 votes -
How tournaments go from 10 to 10,000 people
7 votes -
The saga of "Star Citizen," a video game that raised $300 million—but may never be ready to play
19 votes -
The fall of 76
12 votes -
The story of XBAND - The 16-bit multiplayer network for Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis
7 votes -
My disabled son’s amazing gaming life in the World of Warcraft
16 votes -
What are some of your favorite co-op games?
What are some great PC games to play with a friend (who may be in the same room with you)?
15 votes -
CS:GO team Astralis close a utopian year with yet another premier tournament win
10 votes -
How does Fallout 76 compare to previous Fallouts?
8 votes -
Fallout 76 is actually brilliant
7 votes -
Bethesda bans Fallout 76 players for life after shocking in-game homophobic attack
20 votes -
Fallout 76 beta can’t be uninstalled unless bought
21 votes