For all the talk of Artificial Intelligence, it seems one title is attempting to utilize it for the gaming good. Call of Duty, Chieftain’s FPS of choice, has decided to test out an AI to minimize “campers” and snipers from matches, implementing suspensions and bans for those who are caught.
Chieftain was especially excited because he hates campers. By logging times and patterns of players, the AI will determine if “camping” has occurred and act accordingly. Chieftain is pleased with this decision since he hates players who don’t play COD as intended.
The group had some varying opinions, of course.
Hiro and Soda, though not as big of fans, see the benefit(s), namely in that gamers would play with like-minded gamers and the rounds would run more smoothly. The lifespan of a game- even if it’s COD– is a major concern to keep profits up. The younger players will push boundaries and are a large contingency of gamers, so keeping them online is still a necessity.
“By-The-Hour” play is, suffice to say, an interesting opinion. It makes sense from a business perspective: Maximize profits by charging a subscription-like service for your 40+ hour game. With that being said, completionists, casuals, and die-hards quickly saw that the price would be too steep to continue their pursuits. In this economy, when hobbies are a luxury we try to afford and make time to enjoy, it quickly loses its charm. That’s not to mention that many games hardly seem worth the “regular price” as it is and some games are played for literal decades by fans.
I, however, am less optimistic or forgiving. If you want to prevent people from utilizing weapons and their intended use, why not exclude those weapons? Why not focus on the market you want (and are legally marketed toward)? I think there will also be unforeseen issues with the AI and algorithm that I am far from qualified or intelligent enough to predict.
I guess we’ll see who captures this objective.
Other Topics Discussed on This Live…
- UBISOFT’S OOPSIE WITH BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL REMASTER!
- The game was accidentally released and then pulled, forcing an actual release
- Someone flubbed the release date, or used the wrong link, or something
- How can this even happen?
- CARRON (KAREN) OF DEADSPIN WHIFFS AS THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS KID WINS
- Kid dressed up with Native American headdress and face paint
- Deadspin called “blackface” and “cultural appropriation”
- The kid is just a fan and actually Native American, AND A KID!!!
- Deadspin and Carron are now being pilloried on the internet, justly so
- The group gets into a discussion about what racism is
- STAR CITIZEN MAKES A NEW FUNDING RECORD (BUT Y DOH?)
- Is this game out? Is this game playable? Is this game even in beta?
- Hiro reports this game has been in alpha for 11 years.
- Despite this, they had a record breaking fundraiser: $3.5 million
- Star Citizen seems to be a “first person third person eve online no man sky star field” (Thank you, Ghost!)
- THE FALLOUT TV SHOW IS OFFICIALLY CANON
- “Not canonical if you change the canon,” The Mariner
- Hiro is concerned that Amazon didn’t learn their lessons from “Rings of Power”
- What’s been seen of the costumes and sets is encouraging
- The year the show takes place is said to be 2277, right in the middle of the known Fallout Canon timeline
- See The Mariner’s article reviewing the teaser and the discussion around it
- A BALDUR’S GATE 3 CINEMATIC LEAD PASSED AWAY
- Jim Southworth was the lead animator
- Diagnosed with cancer last year and succumbed last week
- SODA’S SIX PACK: GEARBOX STUDIOS GAMES!
- Soda was looking forward to a new Tiny Tina game
- Gearbox has seemingly canceled that and another game, Brothers in Arms
- They’re reportedly focusing on Borderlands 4
- IMPROMPTU TOPIC: LADY BALLERS
- New comedy movie by Daily Wire
- Taking on trans-genderism in sports
- Daily Wire has made / is making other movies
To see the Live stream, check out the following link. The Take-Two discussion begins around the 48 minute mark.
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