This is a point I made before but people made fun of me
Iām incredulous that everyone who is being a spec canāt play at all.
I understand not wanting to commit, but I donāt think everyone needs to spoil themselves as an informed spec
maybe they can
but they donāt want to as shown by choosing to spec
so they donāt play
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if you removed the option to spectate
you would almost definitely not get any new ins (From those people)
spectators donāt want to play or cannot. If they could, and wanted to, they would.
and constantly trying to tell people who donāt want to or cannot play to play is justā¦ irritating at times
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But Marshal, clearly the people who make this decision cannot decide for themselves and donāt know better.
Clearly they are just misguided āspectatorsā who should backup!
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Nap has a point about uninformed solo spectating is a more altruistic option as you can still back up should things get dire.
Iām essentially playing this and Aretes game because they struggled to fill and I hate seeing hardwork go to waste.
that removes some of the appeal of spectating.
If someone thought they would want to possibly backup over being a spec, they would. People can make their own damn decisions lol
even if I hadnāt self signup banned, I would still spec, and be informed. Because I have no desire to play or backup the game. Even if it might suck that slots replace out, it is not my ādutyā to help backup the game.
If you are playing to help games fill, sure, thatās fine.
But thatās not my job or anyoneās job
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I too hope the game fills. I think the setup will be super interesting to watch.
But I can not play and do not want to play. I know that, because I know what I want to do.
spectators have said they do not want to or can not play when they sign up to spectate. They should not be told to play when they have said this.
That is the end of the story.
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some people would rather have the chats or be informed.
and even if they wanted to , still doesnāt mean these people should play.
if someone does not want to play, they should not be pressured into taking a less preferable option that makes it possible for them to play.
thatās idiotic
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This argument about spectators is far too much, itās safe to say thereās far too many people prefering to spectate than playing in games.
If you canāt see how thatās an issue for future games then I donāt know whatās going through your head, Marshal. People have their reasons to prefer to spectate over inning, but the lack of backups and players lead to the downfall and is what makes people lost interest in FM.
Back when the spectating meme was well, a meme, it deteriorated me from wanting to bother hosting or even playing in games that I felt would get a lack of players. Granted, I still went for them, but when you and I were hosting Short Fuse V and the fact that spectators were more active than the players themselves was just annoying as hell.
