SvennoJ said:
It's standard practice in coop games which can lead to some hilarious situations. One time in Bridge crew I was captain shouting at helm to take evasive actions, engineering and tactical joined in while helm doggedly stayed the course. Until we all realized helm had disconnected and it was a dumb AI that doesn't take voice commands :) Simple to take over once you realize, we escaped with 5% hull left.
Why isn't it standard in vs multiplayer. If the points are important who cares if it's not a human opponent anymore if you were winning already. I only really play racing games online (unless it's coop) and there people quit all the time when they're not ahead. I would much rather see them replaced with AI then suddenly see my position go up because the people in front of me have given up. I race for the fun of it, yet driving by myself with one hardy veteran with fully upgraded and finely tuned car way out in front, I might as well play single player. At least I won't get timed out for not reaching the finish in time!
Salty winners and losers could that have something to do with growing up? I was the older brother growing up and learned to not always win or stomp all over my opponents as that only leads to people not wanting to play with you anymore... Put up a challenge, but don't decimate. Racing is more fun too if you wait for your opponents to catch back up after a crash and continue duelling it out.
Yet maybe from the younger brother perspective, he might still have a chip on his shoulder and now it's time to proof he can be a winner too. It will be interesting to see how my kids sort it out amongst themselves. The oldest has over 2 years of experience over his younger brother, plenty to always beat him at any videogame, which usually leads to frustration on the younger one's side and no more playing after that. Then the older one has no one to play with and is back to watching you tube videos. They do better in co-op.
Ofcourse with the huge supply of opponents on the internet, kids might not learn to play nice anymore, winning or losing.
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Growing up, becoming adult, yes, that helps a lot in our deeply rooted constant struggle between competition and cooperation. After realising that life offers much bigger problems than who won and who lost, everything can be viewed from another perspective. I remember how I raged over video games so much. Nowadays I do that very rarely. There are many other things to bother with. Also, my parents made sure that bad winners are far worse thand bad losers, but ultimately both suck. Just play it or leave it.
Agree on having more fun when you are not wanting to win no matter what, but instead deliberately leaving a chance for your opponent.
