In the olden days I remember struggling with Monster Hunter and I asked someone for help and they said “Hit it until it dies, don’t get hit”. It was delivered non judgementally, and in a game with no visible healthbar and extremely long fights (a beginner might reasonably be expected to spend 40 minutes) it was actually helpful; I wasn’t doing anything wrong, there was no secret, it was just hard and long and I needed to keep practicing.
Sometimes all you can really say to someone is “keep practicing” but that phrase given to me is now seldom said, and “git gud” replaces it. The humour and deadpan fatalism replaced by smugness and a focus on perceived deficiency. No longer about the process, but the character of the player.
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In the olden days I remember struggling with Monster Hunter and I asked someone for help and they said “Hit it until it dies, don’t get hit”. It was delivered non judgementally, and in a game with no visible healthbar and extremely long fights (a beginner might reasonably be expected to spend 40 minutes) it was actually helpful; I wasn’t doing anything wrong, there was no secret, it was just hard and long and I needed to keep practicing.
Sometimes all you can really say to someone is “keep practicing” but that phrase given to me is now seldom said, and “git gud” replaces it. The humour and deadpan fatalism replaced by smugness and a focus on perceived deficiency. No longer about the process, but the character of the player.
So yes, fire them into the sun.
begging for just one “atta boy” from anyone watching me fail over and over PLEASE
“I need an adult”
The non-obnoxious way I’ve seen the sentiment expressed is “move correctly, do not die.”