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You are never going to answer that question with math and statistics, and attempts to do so are exactly why the industry keeps tanking studio after studio.

Do you understand why people play games though?

Warcraft 3 multiplayer was peak "matchmaking" in my opinion, where people created lobbies with certain rule sets and anyone who was interested in that type of game could just join directly. It was a blast, playing lots of different game modes all the time and meeting a wide range of player types, instead of having to invest an insane amount of time (3-10 hours, vs less than a minute to find a game in WC3) into one single game mode even before you can actually start playing.

What you have described is exactly what I was talking about when I called it "playing the game like a job," where you have to invest plenty of time before you can even hope to enjoy it.

You absolutely certain about that reasoning? Because from what I've seen, when automated matchmaking is used, you NEED to play the game like a job just to reach your "correct" ranking and actually enjoy the game. People who don't play it like that are driven away because of it.

I'd like multiplayer a lot more if they still made games with user-driven match making, instead of opaque algorithms hellbent on ensuring that everyone maintains a perfect 50/50 win rate. That and the death of custom game modes/lobbies have really killed all the fun of online multiplayer.

Does that not only have 41 sites listed?

Back in grade 9 I had trouble showing my work in math because I did it all in my head. My teacher, not believing that was possible, challenged me one day after class to do a tough problem in my head, in front of her. Upon writing a number down, before I could double check myself, she started yelling at me for being a cheat and a fraud... because I "forgot the negative sign." That was the day that I stopped caring entirely whether or not others gave me validation, because it's really more about whether or not they like you rather than whether or not you're actually right about anything. It's a decision that perhaps made my life harder for a while, but has resulted in the development of talents which I am quite grateful for, and eventually a near perfect score when I re-did grade 12 math later on to get into STEM.

Seeking validation from others can just as easily steer you wrong, as they are anything but an impartial indication of whether or not you're doing things right. If the person doesn't like you, there's nothing at all in the world which will be good enough for them, and if they do like you, they'll gloss over and sugar coat everything to the point you can't even tell if they're being honest with you.

Nope, divining the inner workings of the minds of others is beyond me. I can only tell you about the world that I see.

As someone who has never really cared about validation, from being an outcast since I was a child, the way much of social media is designed in an attempt to seek validation drives me nutts. I just want to see interesting things that people want to share, and engage in discussions with types of people that I wouldn't normally meet in real life.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. is my personal favourite of Bruce Campbell's work. Starts off as any ordinary western, before getting very, very weird.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105932/

Come to think of it, Firefly might count, after watching Serenity at the end of the series.