Arcade Team battle tournament PS3 - Page 4

dkwookie · #31 12-17-2009, 11:15 AM

Shadow, any news on dates for this? You mentioned over Christmas a while back.
Do we have rules in stone, no rockets, 153, bombers etc?

Shadowcorp · #32 12-17-2009, 11:19 AM

Due to a lack of some teams organisation. i have guys telling me they can get four man squads but not telling me who they are fielding.

The 153 and i16 ban has been lifted and rockets can not be used.
because of the eight man nature of the battles head to head charge scenarios are unlikley.

dkwookie · #33 12-17-2009, 11:34 AM

Thats a downer

half my team have defected to sim mode. I dont know what has gotten into them

InfiniteStates · #34 12-17-2009, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadowcorp

the 153 ban has been lifted and rockets can be used. No i 16 however.

LOL errr....? How is the I-16 worse then the I-153?

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Originally Posted by dkwookie

half my team have defected to sim mode. I dont know what has gotten into them

Sense

[Joke - each to their own]

Shadowcorp · #35 12-17-2009, 01:32 PM

I'm still going to run this tournament, but no longer through these forums as they are frequented more by sim players than arcade players, no sim pilot has been brave enough to volunteer.
So i'll leave the sim clique alone and organise this event by other means. If you want to volunteer a team contact me through my psn (shadowcorp) all players are welcome and equal.

dkwookie · #36 12-17-2009, 02:08 PM

Thats very true. I can count the number of arcade players in these forums on one hand. Which is cool except arcade mode seems to get viewed as some dumb mode.

Threads like "getting out of the arcade mindset" and such dont really do much to help out. I have kept quiet on this but winny put a post in a while ago asking why everyone looks down on the arcade mode and players. I have played a few sim games and its cool but I prefer arcade as its fast and brutal and goes better with my music when I play.

Anyway I will be in touch on PSN to organise it. We can always have some ad hoc team battles over Christmas

InfiniteStates · #37 12-17-2009, 02:41 PM

Sim tests you on a similar playing field to an actual pilot, where as arcade is more of an FPS type test of twitch gaming. Neither is better or worse, but there are many other games you can play to fulfill the twitch itch.

And as you get to the top of your game in one difficulty, it seems, at least for me, to exclude you more from the others. For instance I always used to play arcade mode. But I'm a bad shot, so the insane levels of damage you need to inflict coupled with the kill stealing pushed me more towards realistic. When I first tried sim I was so bad at it, and I hated it. But I stuck with it and got a kill or two and then I was hooked.

And now I can't play realistic without stalling all the time, because I fly it like sim but can't control my flaps. And the damage model in arcade, coupled with the different way of flying and the insane speeds are almost a different game. So for me, the difficulty is actually now reversed, with arcade being the hardest.

But I'm sorry if you feel looked down upon for liking arcade. I can't say I get that impression from the community, but then maybe I wouldn't notice. Arcade is still the most popular mode by far though, and everyone who paid money for the game is entitled to enjoy it as they see fit.

Shadowcorp · #38 12-17-2009, 03:07 PM

Thank you for your reply on this subject. Much of what you say is true.
However i don't feel looked down on, i enjoy the game and play it well as i'm a very good shot. You sim guys have never played me that i can remember.
I just feel this forum is not helping me setting up this tournament.