A Tumblr post discussing a snippet of a study about misogyny in video game culture and interactions: A 2015 study found that lower-skilled male
players of Halo 3 were more hostile towards
teammates with a female voice, but behaved
more submissively to players with a male voice.
Higher-skilled male players, on the other hand,
behaved more positively towards female
players. The authors argued the male hostility
towards female gamers in terms of evolutionary
psychology, writing, "female-initiated disruption
of a male hierarchy incites hostile behaviour
from poor performing males who stand to lose
the most status". 
Still the best gaming fact.

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[–] 26 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Counter Strike was way better when this was the vibe. I am so tired of competitive this and gun case that. I've never been interested in 5v5 scrimming in any serious way, but that's all CS2 wants me to do.

I want gun game, I want wc3, I want ZM. I want quirky custom maps (glass!) and quake sounds and !bet ct all. I want to fuck around with new friends on a server for an evening, not to sweat my balls off throwing practiced smokes on dust2.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Same thing kinda happened to TF2. I mean, Competitive is dead but the server browser and community servers are not what they used to be. I miss when it was front and center. Today most people just play casual on Valve servers.

    After a quick search it seems like the CS2 in-game server browser has gone to complete shit. I hope Valve fixes it. It's part of the Source Legacy.

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