![]() ![]() Those people who are mad about the DOOM video are saying that anybody who hasn’t put in the hours necessary to become as great at shooters as they are should be ignored. Equal parts taunt and heckle, “Git Gud” is a joke directed at players doing poorly in online games, but a joke with a pointed edge: if you don’t get better at games, they’re saying, we’ll stop playing with you. What is worth mentioning is the reaction to that video, and how it reinforces negative impressions about so-called “gamers.” People might sound like they’re trying out for the Blue Collar Comedy Tour when they say that somebody needs to “Git Gud” at a game, but what they’re really doing is trying to exclude players who don’t devote as much time to games as they do. Even if Polygon was solely courting the most dedicated of self-described “gamers,” there’d be no reason to make any special notice of this particular video. ![]() There’s nothing interesting or noteworthy about one random, unnamed employee of a videogame site being bad at one specific game. The site maybe should’ve uploaded a less tortured DOOM video, but that half-hour clip does nothing to damage Polygon’s credibility or undermine any of the writing they’ve published. Their writers shouldn’t be expected to reflect the tastes or share the abilities of players who devote most of their leisure time to gaming. Their audience includes anybody interested in games, from the most hardcore who spend hours a day on the hobby, to the less passionate fans who only play a handful of games a year. Set aside the fact that an outlet like Polygon isn’t only writing for the most serious and dedicated videogame players. (Polygon has long been a target of “GamerGaters” and others who don’t like the games media, and many of the people most upset about this video already believe Polygon has no credibility, so some biases are being reinforced, and some people are using this as new fuel for an old feud.) ( New York Magazine has an overview.) These critics argue that the person playing DOOM in that video isn’t “good” at games and thus their opinions shouldn’t be respected, and since they work for Polygon it undermines the entire site’s credibility. The person playing DOOM in Polygon’s video appears to struggle with the game at certain points, though, and so now a bunch of videogame fans on the internet are using it to mock Polygon and its writers and editors. It’s pretty standard fare (we posted a video of our own), and on the surface there shouldn’t have been any controversy. Their coverage included a video of one of their employees playing a half-hour of DOOM. And with DOOM being a big name in videogame history, the new one’s been all over the videogame news, with reviews and interviews and play-through videos and everything else you expect from a modern-day videogame media concern. It does what DOOM fans expect a DOOM to do, and it apparently does it well. Click here for a list of other gaming subreddits.A new DOOM game came out this week. Posts and comments, whether in jest or with malice, that contain racist, sexist, homophobic content, threats, or other forms of toxicity will be removed, regardless of popularity or relevance.įor a more detailed explanation of these rules, click here. No referral, affiliate, livestream, and/or survey links.ĭiscussion Prompts must be submitted as self/text posts, not as image posts. This is not the place to spam your channel or stream. No screenshots of websites or Twitter.įollow the rules of promotion. No general URL shorteners (bitly, tinyurl, etc). Submit only the original source of the content. No Giveaways / Trades / Contests / Items for sale / Donation Requests / Crypto anything Cosplay posts from content creators who focus primarily is adult content will be removed. Mark your spoilers and NSFW submissions, comments and links. Posting guidelines: No bandwagon/raid/"pass it on" or direct reply posts, Posts must be in English, Pictures of children may be removed due to safety concerns, No "ragebait" posts Note that we do not allow non-gaming meme templates as submissions. Submissions must be directly gaming-related, not just a "forced" connection via the title or a caption added to the content. Directly messaging individual moderators may result in a temporary ban. Only message the team via the link above. Please comment around before posting.ĭo NOT private message or use reddit chat to contact moderators about moderator actions. Please note, you are required to have some r/gaming Community Karma to make a post. Simply message the moderators and ask us to look into it. If your submission does not appear, do not delete it. ![]()
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