Comments on: Gears of War suffers at the hands of Microsoft

By: The_Glovner

The_Glovner — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:26:34 +0000

Balls! You obviously just play with children.

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:32:56 +0000

Unranked matches allow for joining whenever you want and you can invite your friends to them. You can get up to a group of 8 of your friends in the lobby before the match even starts, or you can just have them join later. This is a little suckier than the “party” system for Halo 2 that allows you to move around, but you can see where they’re coming from. Unranked ftw.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:29:00 +0000

For God’s sake, practically everyone knows that the ranked play is bullshit anyway. It’s crammed full of hotheads who scream and bitch and moan and try to Hitler their own teams when they’re paired with random people, or you run into (constantly) clan-fags who’ve smuggled their buddies into the game and pull that stupid point-farming bullshit. I played maybe a dozen ranked games and after about a half dozen times of being told by some hothead jock wannabe piece of shit to move over to the other team so his buddy could come in or he wouldn’t start the game, I decided fuck it. I’ve never really been into the ranked shit anyways, but I always give them a try. I just like playing the game. I’m not some loser obsessing over some worthless fictitious rank that emphasizes my (gasp!) True Skill! Hell. I know I’m good. My friends know I’m good, and they’re good, too. And I’m happy with that. Let the point-whores with no social lives and the achievement fags with no girlfriends stay in ranked. Come on over to unranked! It’s a helluva lot more fun!

By: Frekldthunder

Frekldthunder — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:18:05 +0000

I concur. I really don’t understand why people make this sound like such a big deal anyway. The ranking system is about matching you up to PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW, and basing that on measured skill, so that everyone has the best time playing that they can.

If you want to play with your friends, you can still do that unranked. Do you not play with your friends if they have different skill levels than you? Of course not, playing with friends is not about that. It’s about enjoying a game with people you enjoy interacting with.

Much ado about nothing.

By: Steady

Steady — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:36:59 +0000

ok thnx, then there’s no problem for me

By: TRIGGER M4N

TRIGGER M4N — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:35:31 +0000

Yep.

By: Steady

Steady — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:12:32 +0000

you can right?

By: Steady

Steady — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:58:51 +0000

If players and there friends can join me and my friends in unranked matches, Then Im ok with it

By: Havoc DOW

Havoc DOW — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:41:53 +0000

Why is everyone saying “Saints Row had it so why doesn’t Gears of War?” Is everyone that blind to see that Saints Row has clan support and Gears of War does not? Without a reliable clan support system this is the only way to go and I am in favour of that.

By: Rockaholica

Rockaholica — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:27:12 +0000

think about if they didnt implement this…say in a game like street fighter, you would be able to play your best friend in a ranked match and if he had an account on a free trial that he didnt care about he could just let you wail on him all day and get a perfect rating, that to day the least would suck. END ‘O STORY

By: billy

billy — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:19:58 +0000

Quit your crying, and bitching. It’s a good thing to keep the cheaters at bay!! I, as well as many friends play together for fun, and to dominate others. I understand that if my clan gets together and plays people aren’t part of a group, they are at a disadvantage. Microsoft is doing the right thing, and you can still play with your friends and dominate, just not in a ranked setup.

By: SenoR PaiN X

SenoR PaiN X — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:01:00 +0000

*i dont like playing without people i know*

By: SenoR PaiN X

SenoR PaiN X — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:59:28 +0000

if this is the issue, why is there even gonna be ranked matches? i wont play em without my friends, and it sounds like no one else will. i dont like playing without people i dont know, so this thing really shut out the ranked match thing. fuck the online achievements, if they wont be fun to get, whats the point.

By: Po0

Po0 — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:21:45 +0000

I personally am quite happy with this arangement. Halo 2 was full of idiots with inflated ranks spoiling it for other players who worked on there own to get there rank. There is nothing worse than being paired up with someone whose rank says 40 (whatever) and you find they actually suck and whats worse is that they still think their the shit becuase their mates carried them through previous ranked matches.

By: mprobins

mprobins — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:51:57 +0000

Because you’ll suffer more if they pretend that cheaters won’t cheat.

By: Curry

Curry — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:40:59 +0000

IF YOU DON’T PLAY RANKED MATCHES YOU CAN STILL PLAY WITH YOUR CLAN AND ALL.

By: InsaneBastard

InsaneBastard — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:24:36 +0000

Personally, I don’t see the issue. Play non ranked then That way you can play with your mates.

By: Jeriel

Jeriel — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:15:49 +0000

Halo has the best matchmaking I’ve ever seen, but, you can’t really compare Halo w/ GoW.They can make the matchmaking just like Halo, but, even in Halo you could still cheat. I see this pointless in Microsoft and if this keeps going like this, Microsoft’s interferience will dub the game(steal the fun).

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 06:40:16 +0000

Why can’t anyone learn. halo 2, number 1 game, and still is. humm. wonder why. maybe because you get get someone you’ve played with before and work tactically with them. that sucks reall bad. i fucking hate microsoft. how stupid can you be.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:14:22 +0000

Wow now we’re bitching that they are matching us with people that are in our skill level

Give me a break guys, there preventing stat cheating with friends which im 100% behind and they are going to be putting you up in RANKED MATCHES against those in your skill level… tahts what TRUESKILL was invented for … for ranked matches where randomness and skill are the most important….

Its still a team game but its a team game where you get to play with people of your skill levell… its not really fair to have a bunch of newbies with 1 really awesome guy on the team that wins it for them simple as that!

Yes perhaps they should to team clans etc… but theirs no saying that wont come down the line

WHY IS IT PEOPLE IGNORE THE REAL CLIFFY!

He has already said it depends how things go and demand, they have the ability to add new multiplayer maps as well as release new multiplayer war types and i can almost guarantee that includes abilities to add team ranking etc… so stop worrying if its really that big of demand they will probably add it.

and

“Devs can add clan support after the next dashboard update. I don’t know whats up with that guy from Epic. So stay tuned it’s in the hands of the developers to add such features.

http://www.xbox-archiv.de/?p=3750 “

By: CLIFFY B

CLIFFY B — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:58:08 +0000

What are you GAY or something???? Just kidding ,I say lets bury the hatchet-what do ya say. Put-her there pal????

By: Rossko UK

Rossko UK — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:36:38 +0000

Well, the “funny” (hoho) thing is, humour and laughing apply when things are funny. You are not, sadly. You provide no intelligent comments, nor do you ever have anything interesting to say. I do have a sense of humour, but I don’t wish to waste it on you.

I also don’t want to have an arguement with you in a comments section. Please contact me in another way if you want an arguement, but lets keep it private ay

By: CLIFFY B

CLIFFY B — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:33:20 +0000

Come on I thought you Brit’s had a sense of Humor!!!! Bloody Wankers!!!!

By: Rossko UK

Rossko UK — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:20:23 +0000

You really are lame aren’t you. No-one finds you even remotely amusing.

By: CLIFFY B

CLIFFY B — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:12:20 +0000

BOO-HOOOOO get over it and just enjoy the DAMN game!!!! Some people are F!cking impossible to please!!!!

By: Ben Hollis

Ben Hollis — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:21:51 +0000

I agree that the ranking number doesn’t matter. But ranked matches DO matter because, as others have mentioned already, the ranking system should be able to match your team up against similar opponents. TrueSkill does allow for calculating the effective rank of a team, and it even does it much better than Halo 2’s system (which is still pretty good). I don’t see why this would be a cert requirement. And I don’t see why all of us are taking this one dude’s forum post as gospel.

By: rusin

rusin — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:08:10 +0000

Jim your a tool. You will be able to invite your friends to play in an unranked match. Iit will be similar to the way COD2 works with ranked and unranked. Also, COD3 is going to work the same way so you better pass the negative news on that too.

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:34:01 +0000

you can play unranked with your friends

By: Matt0817

Matt0817 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:32:14 +0000

i KNEW it. see! this is why i am more excited about viva pin….i … i mean rainbow six vegas.

By: Psycho300x

Psycho300x — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:00:42 +0000

I dont think Ill ever get the online achievemetns in saints row becasue the extreme lag that those fuckers seem not to ccare about but also the fuckers who use standby and kill your whole fucking team while u cant do anything.

By: myrpok

myrpok — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:30:16 +0000

I’m going to be really honest here. FarCry:IP has the same set up. You can’t make parties in ranked matches. Guess what happened. NO ONE PLAYS RANKED MATCHES. Guess what effect it had on fun factor. NONE. I still play the game rabidly, as do many other people I know. Rank doesn’t fricken matter. In Halo2, since there was no way to see how good you were in Halo1, it became essential to test your strength for a good year or so. I don’t care about rank anymore. No one does. Stop bitching, you can have parties, your skill will show up through how good you are. Not a fricking number.

By: Zecon360

Zecon360 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:29:56 +0000

I totally agree with Neurothustra, and just look at it this way, it’s a great way for you to meet new ppl to add to your Friends list. While i doubt this will stop cheaters, it will makes things very uncomfortable for them, at least. maybe all the cheaters will pass this one over since it doesn’t cater to their tastes and I can play a game with people who actually want to earn a rank…

By: Mikeawesome

Mikeawesome — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:21:45 +0000

I was noticing the same thing.

By: Neurothustra

Neurothustra — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:16:32 +0000

It’s fair to say that I like the level of competition that ranked games inspire. At th esame time, there are those who view competition not as a way to test their ability against others, but as a rank to hold over the heads of others, which cheaters are drawn to like maggots to garbage. Halo 2 is my favotite game, but it’s also a hot bed for cheaters with no skill who boost and mod to gain a rank that they didn’t earn and then grief the legitimate players. Frankly, I’ll take the Tru-Skill limitations over the pricks who ruin my fun any day. If there is a better way, I’m all for it, but if this is what it takes to keep the jerks trolling Live from ruining the game - so be it. I know a good number of people who won’t play Halo 2, not because of the game but because of the legion of idiots who scream and act like they have no idea what self control is.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:39:28 +0000

I can put the code in. Then the game won’t ship. I prefer to ship the game. Maybe you have a different view.

He sounds like Gord from Acts of Gord. One of the best quotes ever.

By: Malik

Malik — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:09:05 +0000

BOO

By: Erzengel360

Erzengel360 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:54:13 +0000

All slides from Gamfest
Look in the File “Gamefest 2006: Developer Tools: XNA and Visual Studio Track”

By: Erzengel360

Erzengel360 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:44:14 +0000

Devs can add clan support after the next dashboard update. I don’t know whats up with that guy from Epic. So stay tuned it’s in the hands of the developers to add such features.

http://www.xbox-archiv.de/?p=3750

By: agnathra

agnathra — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:41:47 +0000

and for the guy worried about noncompetitive, unranked matches, bungie confirmed that even in gametypes that are unranked like rumble training, you still have a ranking that is unpublished. so as long as you play well in unranked, you should play against progressively better opponents, without seeing delevelers and other cheaters. so maybe epic is doing something similar.

By: Bloep

Bloep — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:13:16 +0000

RANKED MATCHES IS TEH GHEY!!111

Just play for fun people, who cares about a silly rank.