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BLUR

BLUR

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Blur is the ultimate wheel-to-wheel racing experience, dropping players into heart-pumping, electrified action with multiple cars trading paint as they charge towards the finish line. Drivers careen through real-world track locations packed with ...

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Bizarre Creations: People don't care about Leaderboards

Posted on Monday, 25 May 2009 by Speed, source: Eurogamer
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Sometimes people say stuff that makes you wonder whether they've got any idea what they're talking about. Meet Bizarre Creations' Gareth Wilson, lead designer of BLUR, who clearly believes leaderboards are definitely not something people care much about.
I think the whole leaderboard thing is a bit of a red herring. I don't think the majority of people really care that much about being number one in the world. Don't get me wrong, we're still going to have leaderboards of who's the best on certain tracks... But PGR3 was a good example of this, you could download the world's best ghost, and you could race against it and at the first corner, it's gone. Mere mortals such as me couldn't keep up with that sort of thing.
I agree that being number one in the world may not be on the top of most people's mind, but I doubt online console gaming would have been so successful if it hadn't been for leaderboards.

Hell, even in the old days when PC shooters like Quake and Half-Life ruled the scene we already had laddersites like Clanbase where just about every online gamer would try to compete. Maybe not for being the best in the world but certainly to get as high as possible nonetheless.
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gromoth

gromoth

I couldn't agree more, think about the serverranking on css servers etc.
I couldn't agree more, think about the serverranking on css servers etc.
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Posted on 12:49, May 26th 2009
Anonymous

Anonymous

This is a per game basis.

Some games are good with them, some games are pointless. You cannot summarise all game leaderboards
This is a per game basis. Some games are good with them, some games are pointless. You cannot summarise all game leaderboards
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Posted on 02:16, May 27th 2009
 

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