Someone once said that after 6 months the majority of people mainly left playing games online are usually those who are dedicated to that game as others have bought a new game and moved on. This could be the same thing as here in the UK there are a lot of games we prefer over Halo 3, which is far more popular in the US then here.

Also, you used the word 'sick' in the thread title as a replacement for the word 'good', that's probably one reason as well.

Yeah ok Americans are great at online games.

In Modern Warfare 2 and Gears 1 & 2, I'd guess it's mostly connection based.  That isn't to say there aren't some damn good players from other countries on these games, but I think it's easy to tell the difference.  When three shots from your shotgun in Gears, or multiple hit markers in MW2 don't put your opponent down, but a single blast from them kills you...well that isn't skill based.

When that isn't the case and the same #$@* kills you five times in a row...well then regardless of country, you got owned.  Sadly, I've been on both sides of that equation.

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All I know is this:  In any game from Street Fighter to Tetris, if the person you're playing against online is from Japan, TURN THE CONSOLE OFF AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND RUN!

I guess it's because they have dojos that train them to be Ninja Gamers, or they're still mad about that whole "atomic bomb" thing, or there's something in the J-Pop that gives them super speed and tiny penises.  Whatever it is, it's a stereotype that makes me feel better about my piss poor gaming skills.

Yeah, I agree with Serious that iBlah gave a sensible explanation, but my LOLmeter makes me choose d21!    Hey, maybe dojos train them to use micropenises as killer precision joysticks!!!    

and our diet of Poutine, Kraft Dinner and Beaver Tails

Did someone here actually try to say that America was late to online gaming and that gaming is more mainstream in Europe?

Uh... WHAT?

Outside of Koreans and their ridiculous obsession with Starcraft, I rarely see one country's citizens own up on another with regularity.

Ten years ago, it was very different. Americans pretty much ruled every FPS game in existence. If anything, the rest of the world has caught up, not the other way around.

And Moose.....don't forget the Moose.

And the snow makes us a heartier bunch :P