Thread 715555342

So let me get this straight. Game companies have the ability to:
- manipulating lootbox rng to keep you hooked in
- manipulating matchmaking to keep you hooked in
- manipulating ingame rng to keep you hooked in
- manipulating you into buying skins by having atleast 1 whale in your team
And retards think these games revolve around "skill"?

>>715555342 (OP)
How do any of those affect the game having skill?

>game makes you wanna buy crap you don't need
>that means playing the actual game isn't a matter of skill
nigger what? if i can shoot shoot bang bang kill enemy gamer gooder than enemy gamer can kill me, who gives a rat's ass how many wacky hats he has on his head? those are two different aspects of the game which don't intersect

you an idiot or something?

this is the natural result of "it's okay if they use telemetry to collect your data as long as it's anonymized"
the answer is companies shouldn't be allowed to collect telemetry data at all

>>715555342 (OP)
>manipulating lootbox rng to keep you hooked in
What do lootboxes have to do with skill?
>manipulating matchmaking to keep you hooked in
People with skill would have the opposite problem since the balancing would force retards on your team
- manipulating ingame rng to keep you hooked in
What ingame rng?
- manipulating you into buying skins by having atleast 1 whale in your team
What do skins have to do with skill?

>>715555485
Because the skill is imaginary and dictated by the corporation. The matchmaking algorithm has already predicted your next 100 match queues, you will win/lose as predicted with 99.9% accuracy.

The algorithm fabricates your experience.

>>715555342 (OP)
I think what OP actually means is closer to
>people think video games are about having fun and being good at them (skill) when in reality you're just being manipulated into playing them for lootboxes
This is a retarded statement either way, but what do you expect from somebody whose english is so shit?

>>715555757
But that's based on your skill.

>>715555647
>balancing would force retards on your team
Yeah, it's a natural skinner box. You have a periodic reward schedule with an illusion of fairness. Meanwhile, the algorithm intentionally puts you at a disadvantage because that makes more money.

Remember: Companies are "legally" obligated to make money for the investors at any cost. You really think you made the "choice" of spending money/time on skins? Guess what? The algorithm made you do that.

>>715555847
>but what do you expect from somebody whose english is so shit?
You are now typing manually.

>>715555852
Nope, it's the opposite.

>>715556149
>be low skilled
>algorithm adjusts itself so you play against low skilled people
>be high skilled
>algorithm adjusts itself so you play against high skilled people
Skill is the entire basis of the algorithm.

>>715557286
>algorithm adjusts itself so you play against high skilled people
The algorithm already knows the outcome for the next 100 matches. You are like those people who say "muh advertisements doesn't work on me".

why would you even play this sort of shit in the 1st place?

>>715557765
>be me have 0 accomplishment in real life
>decide to spend the entire day grinding imaginary achievements instead of actually winning in real life
>uhm you see this is a skill based game, it has actual meaning. What do you mean it's the same shit as a gacha game but with extra steps?

>>715555342 (OP)
First one is actually a crime and results in a fine if found. It's why they disclose rates now

>>715558017
But why would you believe them? They can simply lie about it.

>>715558307
Because they could be fined millions of dollars if found out?

>>715555342 (OP)
if they had systems and algorithms this good at analyzing human behavior and data crunching then they're completely wasting their time with vidya when they could be making some real fucking money in stocks, futures, currency, etc.

>>715558734
Lmao, they already are. Look up the majority shareholders of these companies. Gaming is just one leaf in their entire finance tree.