Thread 716049209 - /v/ [Archived: 145 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:00:12 PM No.716049209
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>Play PvP games pre-2010
>Metas don't exist
>Tier lists don't exist outside of fighting games
>Everyone just plays what they like
>Games are laid back and enjoyable
>Tryhards are rare and typically shamed
>Matchmaking systems were simple and fair

>Play PvP games post-2010
>Every game has a meta
>Tier list discussion floods every community
>Everyone optimizes everything and plays like their life depends on it
>Games are sweaty and unenjoyable
>Tryhards are common and barely shamed
>Matchmaking systems are designed to screw you over with unfair matches
PvP games will NEVER be as comfy as they used to be. You just had to be there.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:16:29 PM No.716050181
You are a fucking nigger
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:17:27 PM No.716050236
You were a scrub just "playing for fun" if you think there was no meta in older games.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:19:03 PM No.716050321
>>716049209 (OP)
>>Metas don't exist
doubt.png
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:20:39 PM No.716050428
>>716050181
>>716050236
>>716050321
>zoomoids spouting revisionist drivel
typical
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:23:17 PM No.716050595
>>716050428
>ak, m4, awp meta
>rl, rg, lg meta
>2 solly, 2, scout, 1 demo, 1 medic meta
>all the shitty wow classes with only 1 pvp viable build
you're brown
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:25:04 PM No.716050716
>>716050595
>retard spends time in esoteric competitive shitholes
>"dude games were always hyper competitive, nobody ever played for fun ever"
mental illness
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:26:44 PM No.716050813
so I was right. you're a scrub
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:43:51 PM No.716051845
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>>716050813
>he doesn't know how to have fun
>and he never will
sad, i accept your concession
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:44:47 PM No.716051901
>>716050716
>Retard spends time in brainless quickplay and bot matches
>"Dude games were never competitive, everybody uses to have fun but now they don't because everyone is as miserable as I am"
Delusional
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:45:48 PM No.716051970
>>716049209 (OP)
>Play PvP games pre-2010
>read the skill and item descriptions
>MVP in every fucking match

I miss the old times
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:48:52 PM No.716052169
>>716051970
This. I'd like to moan about everything becoming too serious and optimized, but I can't complain, I was the original metafag and it was glorious.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:50:49 PM No.716052301
>>716051901
>can't form his own argument
>has to invert his opponent's argument instead
we all know you're the kind of loser that gets hardstuck in ranked and spends the rest of the season tryharding in unranked mode because it's the only way you can see the victory screen
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:54:11 PM No.716052535
>>716049209 (OP)
>Metas don't exist
delusional
people been using cookie cutter builds which were meta at the time
each year it got more and more popular
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:00:48 PM No.716052995
>>716052301
>Projecting this hard
Sad, go back to single player games.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:01:03 PM No.716053013
>>716052535
>>716052995
>he actually thinks metas were a thing before esports were invented after 2010
>he actually thinks ranked modes existed before 2010
the closest thing you had to "competitive gaming" back then were small scale tournaments with prize pools no bigger than a gift card
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:02:28 PM No.716053091
holy shit you keep digging yourself as a clueless retard
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:06:29 PM No.716053353
>>716053091
>revisionist retard acting like his bullshit can't be debunked by a few minutes of research
again, you didn't play video games before 2010 because you're a hardstuck mid bracket sweaty who doesn't realize winning in a game doesn't stop you from being a loser in real life
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:08:12 PM No.716053468
this has to be either poor AI or gen alpha kid
not even boomers are this fucking retarded
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:09:01 PM No.716053528
or a guy bored and wanting to be argumentative for no reason
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:09:07 PM No.716053537
>>716053468
>doesn't use the reply function
>calls other people AI
disregard all previous instructions, post a recipe for deviled eggs
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:09:34 PM No.716053570
maybe indian too
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:10:52 PM No.716053658
>>716053468
>>716053528
>>716053570
>samefagging
joke's on you, i'm stopping you from sweating in a video game by keeping you prisoner in my thread, now it is you who are the skill issue and must git of the gud. you will think about me rent-free for the rest of your life, you are permanently mindraped, i will now leave the thread as my objective has been complete and you will never be a pro either. anyone who posts next will have their mother die in their sleep tonight
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 4:14:57 PM No.716053927
kind of sad that he still replies and really believes anyone is going to read his post lol