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The reason I keep playing.
It's a 15 minute commitment. Even if it's a horrible match it's not that much time.
It's not like an extraction shooter like Tarkov the stupid gank fest of Sea of Thieves. Having a really unpleasant for 15 minutes is slightly better than possible hours of effort for nothing.
Some of us have very little time to play. A single match is what some of us can manage.
I can understand the strong feelings people have around balancing and some tactics.
A single bad match when you only have time for one can put a person in a real sour mood for the rest of the day. Which might be partially why so many people get bend out of shape about bugs that are never fixed, op skills that are never addressed, broken animation vs perk issues, etc.
The reason I keep playing is the "rush".
"3/4's gate open meter; I haven't heard heartbeats since I started, the chances the killer has already headed this way is 80%, If I can see the killer I must abandon the gate and attempt to loop to give my team the chance to escape or save my dumb*** in hopes of escaping.
The MMR should be addressed.
It's frustrating dealing with try hards and meta. (when every match is pain res, or Friends forever; it's tiresome.)
Maybe I'm weird but I have the same standard when I play killer vs survivor. I don't expect to win in either case.
What is your reason?
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I only play with friends these days. You're right that it is a 15 minute commitment, but there are a lot better things I can be doing in that time. At least with friends, it's more about hanging out than anything else.
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What is your reason?
Addiction.
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When I'm having bad games, I just detatch from any notion of winning or losing, and do my best, goes for both killer and survivor.
If I'm clearly in the wrong MMR, I adjust. If I'm against people that are much better than me, I think less about winning and more about practising against them. If I'm in a lobby where I'm clearly much more competent that my opponents, I don't go friendly, but I focus on just having fun, trying out silly stuff just to see if it works, maybe playing for comedic timing. At least that way I'm playing outside my comfort zone and maybe discovering something I didn't know about before.
I think the only thing that genuinely brings my mood down a little is less toxicity when it happens, but more being aware on a macro level how frequent it can be. I can only really run 3-4 games a night after work and I've had nights where every game has had someone being nasty in EGC, someone BMing like hell to a clearly newer player, someone throwing over the map or killer… In the moment I just ignore it, but on reflection it is a bummer because people can absolutely do better.0 -
I think my reason is the same as yours too.
I recently got back into Binding Of Isaac however i have major difficulty with how each run is 50 minutes on average. I know there is quick save but i completely lose my mental momentum after pausing a run.
So i found i quite appreciate how DBD is also a replayable game but can be played in short burts. In fact i rarely play over an hr at a time. I be closing and opening the game many times a day. And that's okay.3 -
I play the game because its fun for me. Yes sometimes its not fun but you can say that of all the games you can play. I don't really play the game to win the matches yes its one of the goals but in the end if I manage to get good loops, mind games, close calls, interesting plays, help my teammates, save the last survivor etc. Same goes for killer side if I can find any enjoyment out of the match I call that good usage of my time. The end result of the match is not the thing that matters to me the most but its also rewarding to get that 4k as killer when it was a close match.
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I have 5500 hours and I don't think I can stop... Most my friends have quitted so it's mostly just killer for me anymore and survivor for relaxing.
2vs8 is really fun so I will always come back for it.
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Some days it really does feel like an abusive relationship.
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I used to be a huge Binding of Isaac player — over 1.5k hours. I don’t really play anymore, but I definitely get the time sink. I’d always tell myself I’d only play for 30 minutes to an hour, then end up gaming for hours. It was always, “Just one more run.”
Back to DBD. When I first started, I wasn’t working, so I played a lot. Now I work over the last three years I’ve had much less time for it. Now I play pretty sporadically, probably 3–4 matches every few days on average.
That honestly helps keep me sane with the game. TBH not much titls me in game and If I do have a bad match, I just turn it off and go watch TV with my husband. I don’t dwell on it. The only thing that really puts me in a mood is BS in EGC, but since most people I get matched with are on console, chat is rare anyway.
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The game is just funny to me and as Killer, had some funny Trapper matches last night.
And then there are funny events to play 2v8 and Chaos Shuffle are my favorites.Here are two clips in a match with a Streamer I had (im the Trapper.)
An absolute oopsie.
Sometimes I even take a Flashlight Blind because its not fun the scales are tipped too far in my favor.
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I keep playing simply because it is a lot of fun. It is a great pick up and play experience. And truth be told in dont put a lot of stock in my results. Heck sometimes 4ks as a killer or easy escape as a survivor are boring. As a survivor I honestly expect to lose and if i dont than thats all well and good. As a killer I just want to know that I gave the survivors a good chase/thrill. Im currently doing a killer tournament but when that is done I want to do some friendly/fun killer matches. I just love to have fun. All you can hope is that those you play with are also having fun.
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What is your reason?
I hate myself and this is my punishment.
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