VG247: Nathan Grayson pulls no punches in his attack on the core gaming press, issuing a rallying cry to promote and support one of the most important sectors of our rapidly transitioning industry.
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The winner of the Pokémon Go Championship grand finals in Orlando was stripped of their title, allegedly for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' during their victory celebration. The celebration involved the winner removing their headset, standing up, and pumping their fists before shaking hands with their opponent. Many believe the ruling was excessive and that winner's victory celebration was tame compared to celebrations by winners in other competitive games.
There are people that get offended seeing others just enjoying a moment, or enjoying a hobby, or just having fun.
Can someone explain to me what is so problematic with this? I watched video multiple times and all I see dude having bit of celebration. None of his actions felt aggressive or seem like they symbolize anything... Like winning sure deserves bit of celebration like that. I mean who wants to live in the world where you aren't allowed to be excited or have bit of burst of happiness when you win? Like was he supposed to act like emotionless robot? He should be allowed to have bit of his victory "hell yeah" moment, even if it is before shaking hands with opponent. Like it is not like he didn't shake hands or whatnot. And it is not like he is like some super serious government official to have to stick to protocol to a letter. This whole thing is just ridiculous.
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This guy sounds like he's nursing a semi for the iOS.
The guy has a point. All the iOS hate needs to stop. I have alot of good games and on my 2 iphones and my ipad 2. Plus if Apple ever gets Onlive on those devices, that would make them an even bigger threat in the gaming industry. But they are too greedy to see that right now lol
Ignoring ? Does he live in a cave or something ? We can't spend a day in peace without an article about how mobile games will overthrow and replace console gaming .
I'll only agree that the press is dropping the ball on them , but for another matter .
Instead of praising a game on its own merits or cursing it for its flaws , they enter some lalaland where its ok to accept and expect less .
A lot of article got an "hey it's a pretty ok game FOR an IOS title" . And it's annoying for multiple reasons . Either it's good or its not . The controls shortcomings of the device arent our problems .
As an example , it's not my problem if the pad doesnt have buttons wich cause response and feel issue with your ios fighting game crappy port . It's up to the dev to deal with it , as no one forced them to release an ios fighting game to begin with .
If the press and publishers were behaving the same way with handheld console games , we would be only spoonfed crap and games inferior to their home consoles counterpart
If your intention is to cater towards the core gamer, why would you care about mobile games? Mobile games are time wasters to me (read: not saying in general, TO ME); something I can do when I am setting at the RMV or a doctors office or to kill time at work. So if I don't care about mobile games, why would I talk about them?
The bottom line: I don't care how good a mobile game is. When I have a 42 inch TV or a four inch iPhone to choose from, the TV wins every time. If iOS developers want to back themselves in a corner by getting into a niche market where the games that truly succeed are "the next Angry Birds," it's not my responsibility to bail them out. I am sure there are plenty of amazing iOS games on the market... but if it's not my thing, it's not my thing.
Because mobile games are a casual plague and has nothing to do with real gaming.