This is the second part to a Myarcadeplanet serial talking about some of the cheaper moves in gaming. This week, it's camping.
"But what about those cheap moves, that aren't officially cheating? The ones that should be unwritten rules, but are so frequent, it seems implausible to consider them wrong. I thought I'd point out some of the ones I have seen in my days, spent tromping around Azeroth in WoW, fighting under the bright computer generated rays of the sun in Battlefield 2, or in other places where gamers from all over the world come together online to beat the living pixels out of each other."
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Camping sux. But if you can't get past it you suck.
To quote my favorite episode of Red vs. Blue: "It's a legitimate strategeeeeeeey!"
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Seriously; if you've got a sniper rifle, you hole up, and you snipe. Now if you're in some weird section of the map that you can only get to by a glitch (Resistance), then that's one thing. But in Warhawk (and we're reaching the extent of my online multiplayer here), they have nests and stuff, and you prop yourself up there or on top of a hill and go at it. I can't count the number of sniper vs. sniper battles I've gone through, as people usually figure outwhere you're hiding pretty quickly.
I've never experienced anyone sitting at a corner just waiting for passer-by's.
I like to call it as Strategic Location Enforcement. Either way, I pack a tent when I go hunting. Only use it when necessary though. I don't pitch it as soon as the round starts.
Everyone else MOVE YOUR ASSES, don't be a b*tch. I don't mind gettin a whoopin if its legit. I hate seeing snipers shooting people point blank and machine gunners runnin around smacking folks.
with his comment. Everything in moderation. I often find myself camping during the rare online game I play. However I won't camp every map, every time I play. On occasion I'll camp for whatever reason/s, but probably only 1/4-6 times. But in moderation is the key. You can't camp every single time, on every single map when you get online. It's the professional campers who suck.... Anyway that was a great article, Props.