Bad players with good PCs

[Jerakl]

Well it would be perfectly fine if a person with a rendering PC wanted to sit down and play some games at the end if the day. I am talking about a person with a PC specifically designed to give an advantage in competitive video games

I used to play tribes comp. If you wanted to do good better your turned your graphics down low and played with a special .ini

 

PC Specs didn't matter.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

because not every pc enthusiast is a gamer

For the love of God, I said gaming PC. Someone is a gamer if they have a gaming PC

[Guest]

For the love of God, I said gaming PC. Someone is a gamer if they have a gaming PC

or they do bench marking FOR games and they enjoy seeing how well they can get their pcs to perform on games rather than playing them.

[Guest]

Also who cares if they are good if they enjoy the game?

[ZacDaMan72]

#ignorant 

 

If someone who may not be as good as another person wants to get a nice gaming PC, what's wrong with that? I'd go and tell you to go fuck yourself if I was building an expensive gaming PC and you looked in my BF4 k/d.

[MoDtEc]

there are soome other games around than CS:GO and call of duty

if i like to play some CS online some time with my rig thats usually used to play things like Crysis 3, (upcoming) The witcher 3 or modded Skyrim than i may have a 2000$ PC and be like Silver 2 in CS:GO not caring about competitive gameplay

you culd do that with a 460$ pc or a console

 

you sir are missing a point here

 

not to mention (because guys already did) video editing, 3d programming etc

[Guest]

there are soome other games around than CS:GO and call of duty

if i like to play some CS online some time with my rig thats usually used to play things like Crysis 3, (upcoming) The witcher 3 or modded Skyrim than i may have a 2000$ PC and be like Silver 2 in CS:GO not caring about competitive gameplay

you culd do that with a 460$ pc or a console

 

you sir are missing a point here

 

not to mention (because guys already did) video editing, 3d programming etc

This ^ is true. I am not that good at bf3 anymore but i rock at ghost recons phantoms. 

[DeViLzzz]

OP ...... I am not even going to say what I was going to say for fear it will get me banned on here. 

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

I used to play tribes comp. If you wanted to do good beter your turned your graphics down low and played with a special .ini

PC Specs didn't matter.

I'm talking about the converse of your situation. Plus I didn't mean specs gave raw skill

[Guest]

OP ...... I am not even going to say what I was going to say for fear it will get me banned on here. 

this is where a second account comes in handy.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

OP ...... I am not even going to say what I was going to say for fear it will get me banned on here.

U can pm me but I am only a walrus exploring human reactions

[Jade]

That's like asking: "Why do people do things in life they're not good at?" Answer: To try new things; skill is not created within seconds. It is created and practiced over time.

[MoDtEc]

For the love of God, I said gaming PC. Someone is a gamer if they have a gaming PC

ther is no such thing as a "gaming" pc except prebuild ones that are named "high end gaming pc" and stuff (which are mostly like: yeah you dont need it but you think you need it because you want to be a gamer and we are building a "gaming pc")

there is low end hardware and hig end hardware and thats it

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

That's like asking: "Why do people do things in life they're not good at?" Answer: To try new things; skill is not created within seconds. It is created and practiced over time.

This is what I expected from this thread, ty good sir/ma'am

[Jade]

This is what I expected from this thread, ty good sir/ma'am

I was going to edit that post, but I'll put it here instead.

 

as a note; I started in Silver 5 (pretty close to the bottom of ranked ladder; bottom 75%.) and I'm now Plat4 (top 7%.)

Edit: A fine example of this would be DOTA or League of Legends; seeing as I have more experience in the latter, my example will be based on it:

When a player first starts playing League, they'll probably not understand too much of how to get things done. They might not know the best way to get gold (farming/CSing.) They might not know the importance of getting a Dragon or Baron. Over time, they'll realize: "Hey, farming is actually really important. I need to practice it so I can keep in pace with my enemy laner/s." and "Dragon's pretty important. We can't let them keep getting them for free, we need to at least contest." They'll learn the matchups where they shouldn't be so aggressive to avoid dying, and when the others are able to out-trade and beat you in a fight. 

[Jerakl]

I'm talking about the converse of your situation. Plus I didn't mean specs gave raw skill

The topic of the thread is "bad players with good pcs"

One of the best players I knew was running an old pc from like, 2006. Prebuilt. A lot of the comp players didn't have good rigs now that I think about it.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

Sorry if I seemed ignorant, it was just a question. I'm not a walrus national fascist dictator actor-of-genocide

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

The topic of the thread is "bad players with good pcs"

One of the best players I knew was running an old pc from like, 2006. Prebuilt. A lot of the comp players didn't have good rigs now that I think about it.

Bad players with good PCs not good players with bad PCs

[MEC-777]

IMO, doesn't really matter if you're good at playing games or not to own a higher-end PC. What matters is if you enjoy PCs and playing games.

 

There are some who believe that the more expensive the equipment, the better player it will make them. This speaks for itself in their stats/scores.

 

I think having the right peripherals is more important that having a higher-spec PC. Using peripherals you're used to and comfortable with can make a big difference. Our bodies often rely on muscle memory and once you become used to using a certain piece of equipment, it doesn't matter if you're using a $15 mushy membrane KB or a $150 mechanical KB, someone can learn to become an extremely effective player on either.

[Orblivion]

Because they enjoy it.  Just like you don't have to be a professional level driver to enjoy a Ferrari, you don't have to be a professional level gamer to enjoy having a powerful computer for CSGO.

[ExcitezR]

because you are a noob when you go below the 300FPS cap on CS

[SeriouslyMikey]

Why would you spend $2,000 on a PC just to play CS:GO though? That's what I want to know.

[Jack.EXE]

Skill shouldn't be a factor in how much you spend on your PC.

If it was, I'd have spent $1000 on my pc by now.

 

Speaking of which, why do people always build such expensive rigs? I mean, mine will run almost everything on high, and tack on a second 7870XT and play everything ultra?

[ShadowCaptain]

Why do people spend so much money on a gaming computer that when they are not good at the game that they play? An example would be someone with a $2000 PC that is Silver 2 in CSGO

 

I am shit at games, seriously I bet a 6 year old could beat me

 

Even if I make it to the top of  a 64man BF4 server, It will be like 70 kills 80 deaths

[Octagoncow]

I don't think that there's really a correlation between PC specs and how good you are at a game. It mainly comes down to the user getting the experience that they enjoy the most. Just because someone is awful at CS GO or any other online game doesn't mean they can't have a great experience. It's also hard to know every game someone plays.