The filter approach seems to be a fair compromise.
Some mappers keep map areas rather dark on purpose, for various reasons and also in order to allow for a certain gameplay. Extremely bright skins will give unfair advantage to their users, since no matter how dark, they will be able to see players in those spot.
This is where such skins begin to be an unfair advantage. And this is where regulations (e.g. filter) are needed.
Anything else should be everbody's personal choice. Completely blocking won't be a good solution, in my opinion.
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Some addintional words:
There are particular players which focus on becoming the world's best AC players, always searching for ways to gain advantage above any other player. To some degree this is absolutely fine, but keep in mind there is something called sportsmanship.
If you find a bug, script, extraordinary method or whatever which may help to play better, share it with the community. (We are NOT talking about tactics here!)
After all, this game is not about finding the best colours for playerskins in order to make them as easy recogniseable as possible or to code the fanciest weapon-change script. The competition is to improve your hand-eye coordination, to know your pickup locations, to know when to relaod, to develop certain tactics for certain maps/modes and so on...
I hope we all can agree on this one.
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The answer is no. By gaining gamma the map will be brighter as a whole. At some level it will be even harder to see at all. Keyword: Contrast. This is actually what makes it easier to recognise. Very bright skins are always brighter then the rest of the environment. That's the advantage. That's what needs to be evened.
Some mappers keep map areas rather dark on purpose, for various reasons and also in order to allow for a certain gameplay. Extremely bright skins will give unfair advantage to their users, since no matter how dark, they will be able to see players in those spot.
This is where such skins begin to be an unfair advantage. And this is where regulations (e.g. filter) are needed.
Anything else should be everbody's personal choice. Completely blocking won't be a good solution, in my opinion.
____________________
Some addintional words:
There are particular players which focus on becoming the world's best AC players, always searching for ways to gain advantage above any other player. To some degree this is absolutely fine, but keep in mind there is something called sportsmanship.
If you find a bug, script, extraordinary method or whatever which may help to play better, share it with the community. (We are NOT talking about tactics here!)
After all, this game is not about finding the best colours for playerskins in order to make them as easy recogniseable as possible or to code the fanciest weapon-change script. The competition is to improve your hand-eye coordination, to know your pickup locations, to know when to relaod, to develop certain tactics for certain maps/modes and so on...
I hope we all can agree on this one.
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(24 Jun 10, 04:43PM)François Wrote: What about the players that use a way too high /gamma ? doesn't make it easier to see the ennemies ?
The answer is no. By gaining gamma the map will be brighter as a whole. At some level it will be even harder to see at all. Keyword: Contrast. This is actually what makes it easier to recognise. Very bright skins are always brighter then the rest of the environment. That's the advantage. That's what needs to be evened.