edit: I should clarify. I hate running into people who take it weird too seriously when I am playing servers that are explicitly not labeled as role-play servers. I have no problem with people who like to RP in a MilSim game. But you should not expect everyone to conform to that if they are playing in a generic public server. MilSim only encourages RP, it does not enforce it. MilSim is about the mechanics of the game.
2: I’m playing these games because I enjoy the mechanics, gear, environments, gameplay possibilities. It’s perfectly possible to enjoy something for the fun of it and not want to engage with the overly serious role-play that some people try to force on you. My main issue here is the intolerance of some of these guys. Let me enjoy the game I bought in my own way, while still being an effective teammate, and you can enjoy your role-play. Just don’t force it down my throat.
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I love games like Arma, Ghost Recon, Ready or Not, etc. But those communities take themselves WAYYYYY too seriously sometimes.
If you dare suggest anything that is not multicam-covered army slop, suggest anything that doesn’t perfectly fit into their tier 1 operator fantasy, suggest incorporating ideas and mechanics from other IPs, or don’t play the game/communicate in a way that isn’t LARPing real life military units, then you get shunned, kicked, banned, yelled at, etc.
doesn’t matter if you like and enjoy the game. Doesn’t matter if you’re playing the objective in a multiplayer match. Doesn’t matter if what you are doing is helping your squad win and stay alive. There’s always such a massive chunk of these communities that just take it way too seriously and you WILL adhere to THEIR fantasy.
I think games like these are cool, fun, a nice change of pace, and it is *sometimes* neat to try and immerse yourself a little in the environment and the operator fantasy, but it’s often better to not interact with their communities that much. which is especially hard when they’re multiplayer.