I think it's because FPS is seen as more 'cool' for younger audiences today, which is why you see far more jocks / sollys playing Modern Warfare 2 and being like "OMG ITS TEH GREATEST GAEM EVERZ" because it's the only game they've played, because all there cool friends have played it. RTS is sort of perceived as more 'nerdy', and aren't played as much. It doesn't help that FPS is ridiculously popular on console and RTS isn't, and XBox Live is flooded with 10 year olds who think they're cool because they played an R-rated game and have said the 'f-word'. Rant Over. FOR NOW Oh and also my title should be "NOT A SCOUT"
A 13 year old brat in Modern Warfare 2 threatened to fuck up my Live connection if I didn't help him farm headshots for the games 'challenges' <_<
lolno very few strategy games are really strategy, and intelligence or openmindedness don't play any part in them.
It does in x-com. There's so many ways to fuck yourself up the ass and start an unrecoverable decline.
A proper response to that would be: knife in the ass, or a throwing knife in the ass 20 times in a row.
You Sir Have Failed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Empires_V http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagged_Alliance_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearts_of_Iron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sins_of_a_Solar_Empire I can go on, do you want me to?
lol yeah. there are retarded ass strategy gamers just like there are evil genius FPS players. I played sins, that game's metagame is pretty horrible. I mean I enjoyed the game, but it was more about memorizing a set build order and sticking to it than it was about being some sort of strategic mastermind.
+1 That is true. I don't like to stereotype but I've found that more intelligent individuals tend to be on RTS games generally. Also I have found that there are quite intelligent FPS players as well but they are few and far between. Generally its just what looks more simple and appealing to younger people. On a completely unrelated note, Pickled why the hell does it look like Dizzyone has editted all of your posts?
Example: Dabuu. ever went to the chat channel "sex", its basically cybersex on battle.net and someone told me to go in there and troll someone. No you are batman.
Have you tried the expansions that are now out with it, it kinda made doing that impossible now since either your going to see somone turtle up or try to ally with you...