(Very) Average MWO play

Thread in 'User Submitted Videos' started by Cleghorn6, May 22, 2015.

  1. Cleghorn6

    Cleghorn6 New Member

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    I've been watching a lot of the MWO videos that go up on youtube from people here and others and I realised that I was getting an unrealistic view of how MWO gets played. Firstly most of the guys posting a lot of videos are far far better players than me and second, only the good matches go up. Mostly.

    So, I decided to bring down the average skill level displayed in MWO matches posted to youtube by recording EVERY SINGLE MATCH I play, and sticking them on the internet for your ... amusement, I guess. This way there is a reference point for average play. Average players can watch and feel less bad about how they're doing. Good players can watch and say "dude, really?". Bad players can say "hahaha, I do that all the time too".

    So here it is: https://www.youtube.com/user/cleghorn6/videos

    A little more about me. I've been playing since closed beta, so just over 3 years, but I'm an actual grown up with an actual job and actual kids, so I don't get to play as much as I'd like. I have a career total of just over 2000 matches with a W/L ratio of just under 0.7. Like I said, very average. I try to play every day and I've managed to keep my uploads up to date while I've been recording (the last few months, 100 matches or so).

    I'd love to hear comments, feel free to subscribe. I've turned ads on but I don't expect being bad at a computer game to turn into a career any time soon. If I could have done that I would have done it 20 years ago and saved myself a great deal of stress and unnecessary suffering ;)

    Anyway, there it is. I'll post this up to the official forum as well but I happened to be avoiding work on a Friday afternoon by catching up on my MechSpecs reading and here we are. So you get it first.

    Enjoy!
     
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    Cleghorn6 New Member

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    Oh, one other thing. There's no commentary at the moment, I have a new-born in the house so I'm a bit noise limited. It's the first thing I'll add as soon as is practical.
     
  3. epikt

    epikt Benefactor

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    Not sure about uploading all your games (why not only one random drop per day?)(plus damn, it takes me ages to upload a single game, you have a pretty good connection to upload all those videos ^^), but that's nice to see some "average" gameplay. Keep the uploads up.

    Anyway, in case you were worried about that, you're not an horribad pilot. There sure is room for improvement, but I didn't see you do totally stupid things (aside from the occasional mistake, we all do that). ;)
     
  4. Cleghorn6

    Cleghorn6 New Member

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    Firstly, thanks! :)

    I upload either overnight or while I'm at work, trust me, my internet is pretty much unusable while they're uploading. Plus I wanted to include everything. It would be too easy to cherry pick the best matches and try to make myself look like a super pro. Clearly this is not the case ;)

    I'd really like to do commentary. Hopefully soon I'll be in a position to be able to turn my mic back on both for in-game and commentary purposes. I think that would add a great deal to my videos, a little bit of the thinking behind the actions.
     
  5. tfun90

    tfun90 Advanced Member

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    I spectate enough average pilots after I die!
     
  6. epikt

    epikt Benefactor

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    Eh! Don't reveal my secret! :oops:
     
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    Cleghorn6 New Member

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    Apologies for ignoring my thread here. Since my first post, I've done Basic skills on Griffins and Wolverines and I've just posted up some first impressions matches in stock load-out Arctic Cheetah and Shadow Cats. Spoiler alert, stock load-outs on lights are the suck.

    For my IS Basic skills mission, I'm running through the Zeus' next. I suck hard in Assaults as a rule so feel free to swing by and give tips in the comments, or just laugh at my misfortune and ineptitude.
     
  8. Remarius

    Remarius Star Lord

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    Lol can I say I love the honesty of the video's. Having watched some World of Tanks videos yesterday they were all amazing matches for the person needless to say so yours were a refreshing experience.
     
  9. Cleghorn6

    Cleghorn6 New Member

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    There are a few reasons I post up all my matches. First, you can learn just as much from a loss as a win, which applies to games you watch as well as participate in. Second, you learn much more from games played at your own level than those much higher or lower. While it's exciting to watch someone do 1200 damage in a match, there is less to be learned for a beginner from doing so.

    The biggest difference is between group and solo play. They are 2 completely different games. I couldn't find any examples of low/mid-level play in the solo queue, so I made one.

    And here we are.
     
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