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I think a lot of gamers would be much more humble if they read a couple of these articles from start to finish. I'm always embarrassed to be a gamer myself whe

I think a lot of gamers would be much more humble if they read a couple of these articles from start to finish. I'm always embarrassed to be a gamer myself when I read comments like "this looks like [insert old hardware] graphics!" from people who are not only always exaggerating, but also totally oblivious to the amount work that went into whatever they are criticising.

iosono88 4y ago
beebeepka 4y ago
I take such dismissive comments as a sign of youth. Who hasn't talked shit in their teens/early 20s? I honestly believe not many males can say they haven't done so. If a 30, let alone 40+ person does so, then you are most likely dealing with an idiot. Thankfully most forums allow ignoring other members
dimgl 4y ago
There was a whole fiasco right now on the Halo: Infinite subreddit because someone downloaded Wireshark and started inspecting traffic and realized that each match uses 300mb. It's interesting that gaming invites non-technical people to comment on what is arguably the hardest type of development ever. However a day later someone started inspecting more parts of the game and they figured out that the game transfers 1 GB of data very often, so I guess there's work to be done there. Nonetheless, the comments I see on subreddits from people who play video games is truly baffling.
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- scruple 4y ago
  I guess you'll have to forgive my ignorance. Without some sort of rational explanation, I'm baffled that a single match would require 300MB of data transfer, as well as the fact that the game apparently moves 1GB around "very often."
  - filoleg 4y ago
    People have already dug deeper and found out that it wasn't the match itself, it was downloaded after the match. Looks like a bug with them fully refetching all store skins and models every time the user lands into the main menu after a match.
- golergka 4y ago
  Also the GTA online loading times fiasco, in case there's somebody on HN who haven't seen it already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31681515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31681515
ekianjo 4y ago
> amount work that went into whatever they are criticising most criticism is usually about the games content, not the graphics. Unless we read very different reviews, I guess.

iosono88 4y ago

beebeepka 4y ago

I take such dismissive comments as a sign of youth. Who hasn't talked shit in their teens/early 20s? I honestly believe not many males can say they haven't done so. If a 30, let alone 40+ person does so, then you are most likely dealing with an idiot. Thankfully most forums allow ignoring other members

dimgl 4y ago

There was a whole fiasco right now on the Halo: Infinite subreddit because someone downloaded Wireshark and started inspecting traffic and realized that each match uses 300mb. It's interesting that gaming invites non-technical people to comment on what is arguably the hardest type of development ever. However a day later someone started inspecting more parts of the game and they figured out that the game transfers 1 GB of data very often, so I guess there's work to be done there. Nonetheless, the comments I see on subreddits from people who play video games is truly baffling.

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scruple 4y ago
I guess you'll have to forgive my ignorance. Without some sort of rational explanation, I'm baffled that a single match would require 300MB of data transfer, as well as the fact that the game apparently moves 1GB around "very often."
- filoleg 4y ago
  People have already dug deeper and found out that it wasn't the match itself, it was downloaded after the match. Looks like a bug with them fully refetching all store skins and models every time the user lands into the main menu after a match.
golergka 4y ago
Also the GTA online loading times fiasco, in case there's somebody on HN who haven't seen it already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31681515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31681515

ekianjo 4y ago

> amount work that went into whatever they are criticising most criticism is usually about the games content, not the graphics. Unless we read very different reviews, I guess.