Why Online Multiplayer Isn't That Important

cyrus_zuo writes "GameTunnel has published an article on why they believe online multiplayer is over-rated. Specifically, author Russell Carrol feels that multi-player is only at its best when you have an emotional connection to the people you're playing against. In his words: 'Multiplayer gaming is awesome, don't get me wrong, but I don't think that online multiplayer modes are all that great. Unless I'm playing in the same room as the person I'm playing against, I lose the emotional and physical connection that makes multiplayer games fun. .. It's like going to a party where you drink and dance by yourself in your living room, and connect to everyone else through headsets, video cameras and HD TVs. No matter how you look at it, the end result is a lame party.'"

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Re:the key is good communication

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Just accept that as an introvert computer geek you are now going to start running into many more opinions from more extrovert end users. MMO games don't really do anything for extroverts which is of course why the end up buying high level avatars and other junk rather that working to achieve those items as a typical computer geek would (of course for the geek once victory is achieved at lot of the interest is lost, learning games is far more fun than playing them).

Don't be so surprised, that when you give people who are some what intellectually challenged, intellectually challenging games, that they don't enjoy them all that much ;).

Jock straps are jock straps because, well, that is all that they can be and yes even if it completely boggles our minds, how they can sit there staring at spectator sports on the idiot box drinking beer, and fantasising about past pseudo glories, and not get bored out of their skulls, oh well, you just have to assume that their skulls are much more 'er' roomier than ours ;).