Deyis@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 day agoTo 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-square19fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.ml
arrow-up149arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.ml
minus-squareRollForInitiative@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up32·1 day agoWhat a shitty title. They could just leave out the first part, wouldn’t change the meaning.
minus-squareDeyis@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThey could have taken out “sweaty” and kept the same meaning but that probably wouldn’t have driven the same engagement.
minus-squareranandtoldthat@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·14 hours ago“Sweaty” has a specific connotation in video games, so it does provide some meaning.
minus-squareDeyis@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoA specifically negative and demeaning connotation which isn’t necessary.
minus-squareranandtoldthat@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 minutes agoMaybe? 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.
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.