Deyis@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 7 天前To the dismay of sweaty 'movement kids,' Battlefield 6 is nerfing Call of Duty sliding and jumping to maintain a 'traditional Battlefield experience'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.ml
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkTo the dismay of sweaty 'movement kids,' Battlefield 6 is nerfing Call of Duty sliding and jumping to maintain a 'traditional Battlefield experience'www.pcgamer.comDeyis@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 7 天前message-square27fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.ml
minus-squareRollForInitiative@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up39·7 天前What a shitty title. They could just leave out the first part, wouldn’t change the meaning.
minus-squareDeyis@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 天前They could have taken out “sweaty” and kept the same meaning but that probably wouldn’t have driven the same engagement.
minus-squareranandtoldthat@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 天前“Sweaty” has a specific connotation in video games, so it does provide some meaning.
minus-squareDeyis@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 天前A specifically negative and demeaning connotation which isn’t necessary.
minus-squareranandtoldthat@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 天前Maybe? I’m not that deep in “gamer” culture, so I always just thought of it as descriptive of a particular intensity of play that leads to sweaty palms. We all experience that from time to time, some prefer it, others don’t.
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 天前No, it means the guys who don’t take hygiene seriously. The Cartman Gamers, so to speak.
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 天前No, it means the other. It is typically used in competitive games. The unshowered gamer is kind of an outdated trope at this point.
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 天前Interesting. TIL often used interchangeably with “try-hard” as a newer version of the terminology iwastheregandalf.jpg
What a shitty title. They could just leave out the first part, wouldn’t change the meaning.
They could have taken out “sweaty” and kept the same meaning but that probably wouldn’t have driven the same engagement.
“Sweaty” has a specific connotation in video games, so it does provide some meaning.
A specifically negative and demeaning connotation which isn’t necessary.
Maybe? I’m not that deep in “gamer” culture, so I always just thought of it as descriptive of a particular intensity of play that leads to sweaty palms. We all experience that from time to time, some prefer it, others don’t.
No, it means the guys who don’t take hygiene seriously. The Cartman Gamers, so to speak.
No, it means the other. It is typically used in competitive games. The unshowered gamer is kind of an outdated trope at this point.
Interesting. TIL
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