Ever since Team Fortress 2 went free-to-play, people have been bashing Valve for ruining a game. This is a completely false statement. Let me explain why:
First, of course, are the hats. I will say, I can see where people are coming from. Some people make their characters looks so unrecognizably ugly, that people don't even know what class is heading towards them. I get that. Team Fortress 2 was developed with class silhouettes in mind, and hats completely ruin them. That's why I think Valve should let users disable viewing custom class content like that.
At the same time, however, people seem to hate Valve for creating the Mann Co. Store. They say that Valve is greedy, and that they are letting people buy their way into being good. This makes absolutely no sense. The Mann Co. Store is a completely optional shop in Team Fortress 2 where you can buy weapons and hats for a price. Are the prices high? Yes. Would I ever buy something from there? No. But do I whine and complain about how others can? No, because it doesn't matter. You don't have to buy stuff from the store, and it doesn't affect the way you play. All items are balanced, and while some might be more overpowered than others, in the long run, Valve eventually ends up nerfing them anyway, and the problem is easily taken care of. The Mann Co. Store is simply a way for Valve to make money off of a game after they made it free. And you call them greedy? Sure, they might give you crates you can't open without purchasing keys. Sure, they might have exclusive hats or paints that aren't found through random drops. But, in the end, it doesn't really affect how you play, and it certainly doesn't make Valve greedy for earning money off of the stupid people that buy items from them.
Second is the fact that the game is free. I apparently was the only person that thought this was cool. I could finally get all my cheap friends to play this great game! Plus, it was an easy way to earn free points! But no one else saw it that way. They all though that the Team Fortress 2 fanbase would just become a mass of unknowledgeable stupid people, who would not know how to play the game, and never learn. This is another point I don't understand. I can see why, in the short term, making a game free-to-play would be devastating to the original fans of the game, especially when Valve decided to only compensate by giving us an exclusive hat (which, in the end, is probably not worth the $20 everyone paid for the game). But, in the long term, doesn't this just mean more stuff? More fans means more servers, more players, more community items, along with more support from Valve. It's not like these people will stay stupid for forever. They'll learn how to play like everyone else, and eventually become good at it.
So, yeah. "You think you're cool? Well, guess what, you're not. Do not make fun of, uh, Team Fortress 2."
First, of course, are the hats. I will say, I can see where people are coming from. Some people make their characters looks so unrecognizably ugly, that people don't even know what class is heading towards them. I get that. Team Fortress 2 was developed with class silhouettes in mind, and hats completely ruin them. That's why I think Valve should let users disable viewing custom class content like that.
At the same time, however, people seem to hate Valve for creating the Mann Co. Store. They say that Valve is greedy, and that they are letting people buy their way into being good. This makes absolutely no sense. The Mann Co. Store is a completely optional shop in Team Fortress 2 where you can buy weapons and hats for a price. Are the prices high? Yes. Would I ever buy something from there? No. But do I whine and complain about how others can? No, because it doesn't matter. You don't have to buy stuff from the store, and it doesn't affect the way you play. All items are balanced, and while some might be more overpowered than others, in the long run, Valve eventually ends up nerfing them anyway, and the problem is easily taken care of. The Mann Co. Store is simply a way for Valve to make money off of a game after they made it free. And you call them greedy? Sure, they might give you crates you can't open without purchasing keys. Sure, they might have exclusive hats or paints that aren't found through random drops. But, in the end, it doesn't really affect how you play, and it certainly doesn't make Valve greedy for earning money off of the stupid people that buy items from them.
Second is the fact that the game is free. I apparently was the only person that thought this was cool. I could finally get all my cheap friends to play this great game! Plus, it was an easy way to earn free points! But no one else saw it that way. They all though that the Team Fortress 2 fanbase would just become a mass of unknowledgeable stupid people, who would not know how to play the game, and never learn. This is another point I don't understand. I can see why, in the short term, making a game free-to-play would be devastating to the original fans of the game, especially when Valve decided to only compensate by giving us an exclusive hat (which, in the end, is probably not worth the $20 everyone paid for the game). But, in the long term, doesn't this just mean more stuff? More fans means more servers, more players, more community items, along with more support from Valve. It's not like these people will stay stupid for forever. They'll learn how to play like everyone else, and eventually become good at it.
So, yeah. "You think you're cool? Well, guess what, you're not. Do not make fun of, uh, Team Fortress 2."
1 comment:
I am cool. Valve is stupid.
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