by TheMeInTeam Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:30 am
Saturday-Saint wrote:Real question: do xbox players actually think they are competitive? I have always imagined that they just sort of acknowledged they were second-fiddle to PS3, kind of how like North America has accepted that they will never be better than Asians at e-sports.
If people from either console or the PC think they're "more competitive" while the game is devoid of rankings, consistently applied rules, any score being kept, or any objective ratings basis whatsoever, they're playing pretend.
Everything about what I'm quoting is absurd. It's a typical patten pride point "I'm on the most competitive servers". The only reason "Asians" (how is race relevant here anyway?) are better at more competitive games is that SOME Asian countries have a more mature competitive scene. However, this only applies to COUNTRIES that have a better-developed competitive gaming scene. Asserting Indian, Mongolian or Vietnamese players are better at Souls games because they are "Asian" would be absurd.
It depends on game too. Korea mops the floor with people in the RTS genre, but I don't think anybody beats US players in most sports games. While Chinese players are weak in quite a few games (they have nowhere NEAR the pro player presences of Korea in Starcraft!), in others such as MOBA genre they are excellent.
Dark Souls has no "professional" scene, and on top of that evaluating skill between continents on this game, or even attempting to do so, is asinine due to latency issues. If there are materially more players on one console or the other (or on PC), then likely that pool has more competitive players on average, but devoid of any professional training focus, players at the top tend to be of comparable ability regardless.
Assuming that Asian players are inherently better at competitive gaming takes something away from them. The players from Asian countries that become legends and manage feats most of us couldn't envision doing are not able to accomplish what they do because they are Asian, but rather because of the long hours of dedication they put into perfecting their craft. They put the "pro" in it with their approach and sheer # of hours.
I would frankly be surprised if such players put much less than 5000 hours into a game per year. Maybe they put in considerably more than that.
