Gaming terms are always colourful and ever-changing. Watch any committed streamer on Twitch.TV and you will soon be looking up the terms or simply wondering “what did he just say?”.
Language always brings people together and makes it very easy to spot an outsider or faker.
The level of game analysis you can see on The Division™ is truly educational. Maths, logical thinking and creativity to doctorate levels. Gaming PhDs (FROG – Future and Reality of Gaming) will be hosting their 11th Vienna Games Conference in Austria this week and chances are that I’ll show up just to lurk for an hour or so even if it’s all in German.
There is still not much middle ground between Players and Academia. Normal folk simply view Computer games as toys for school kids.
I’ve jumped back into Tom Clancy’s The Division™ [now patched to version 1.7] after adding some more streamers to my follow list and watching some deep game analysis. I still haven’t finished the main story or reached the max rank but slightly more educated on what guns to go for.
My 2017 Division shopping list PP-19 - Sub machine Gun SASG 12 - ShotGun semi auto G36 - Assault rifle Scar-H - Rifle M60 - Light machine Gun - Hungry Hog
Weighed in at 118kg today…feeling great