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[–] HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I feel like all of those games would be better with community ran dedicated servers instead of this modern matchmaking crap. Matchmaking really killed communities and smaller clans.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like matchmaking. I never once found a "community" on a server browser and instead was just frustrated by teams changing rosters mid-match and such. Years later, I'd find that kind of community building in Discord servers and not the likes of de_dust 24/7. But regardless of personal preferences, it's just about mathematically impossible that matchmaking will sustain a player base forever, so the player-hosted servers need to be there.

[–] HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Agreed. Matchmaking + Dedicated server would be the gold standard.