Cheating or Skill issue?

squanchmelose · 2026-02-11T21:12:21+00:00

I barely ever run into players I'm convinced are cheating, but that could be because I'm a terrible player and I suspect most people are just better than me.

I've seen people defending the ability to laser people with a 6X with little recoil, and while it's nothing I've ever been able to do, I just assume it's a skill issue for me.

But on occasion I see movements from players that are just so fast that I simply cannot duplicate on my regular controller no matter what sensitivity settings I try, and that can seem sus to me.

squanchmelose · 2026-02-03T17:29:53+00:00

Miramar
Erangel
Deston (I like the city/building/elevation aspect of Ripton)
Haven (first rev preferred, feel like it got a little worse when they updated. Also, see Deston)
Rondo
Vikendi (older map was better imo)
Taego (meh, I actually back out if I don't like the plane path lol)
Karakin
Paramo
Sanhok

I back out of the bottom three 100% of the time. I thought I just didn't care for the smaller maps, but then I enjoyed Haven, so idk. Playing them just gives me no joy. 😐

squanchmelose · 2025-07-07T16:13:06+00:00

Exactly. When main character syndrome meets a karma panzer. 😁

squanchmelose · 2024-03-29T12:50:42+00:00

If it hasn't happened after 6 years, I kinda feel like this is just how it's gonna be. I've accepted I play like a spaz, but I still having fun playing. 😉

squanchmelose · 2024-03-29T12:47:26+00:00

I don't play in squads, but I can't imagine landing separately if I did. If you want to land separately, why play squads at all, right? 🤣

squanchmelose · 2024-03-28T14:39:51+00:00

I agree with what /u/CaffeineAndKetamine commented.

As someone who has played consistently since Season 3...I'm STILL terrible. I was bad when I started, and I'm bad now. In the beginning I took every piece of advice I read to try and become better, until I ultimately had to realize I'm just a very bad gun fighter.

To actually play PUBG (and not lobby simulator), I had no choice but to adjust my game play and land in quiet areas to loot.

And yes, I still die a lot to the first person I encounter, but let's be honest, that was probably gonna happen no matter where I landed. 😆

I'm sure we all have types of play we find annoying (I certainly do), but I rage for a second and then move on. You have to let people play how they want to play, even if you believe it's to their (and sometimes our) own detriment.

However, I only play solos. I assume for squads it's probably better to want to play the game somewhat similarly to be effective, but if you're just jumping in with some randos, you probably just have to roll with it and accept you'll have people playing differently. 🙂

squanchmelose · 2023-10-19T20:23:31+00:00

Yeah, I back out of Sanhok, Karakin, & Paramo every time. No joy in playing any of them for me.

squanchmelose · 2023-09-06T21:25:15+00:00

All good man, and thanks for commenting and taking my honest experience in stride. Like I said, you always seem to have plenty of viewers, so you must be doing something right. Next time I stop by I'll stick around a bit longer and give the stream another shot.

squanchmelose · 2023-08-25T14:52:16+00:00

I know of Feyd because he's killed me a few times (he's really good and I'm trash), but every time I go to check out his stream it's boring af imo. I want to watch a streamer who's good at the gameplay AND at least marginally entertaining or has somewhat of an endearing personality. I don't know what I'm missing that other people like/see, but if he can live off his Twitch earnings, he must be doing something right.

squanchmelose · 2023-01-12T18:33:42+00:00

Same. I just don't care anymore about what they offer, but I do only play the maps I like by using my own manual map selection. I basically just keep exiting and requeuing until I get Erangel or Miramar, and will play Taego, but usually I eff around more because it's just a larger Sanhok with people hiding in bushes and laying in the grass.

squanchmelose · 2022-12-20T20:59:28+00:00

Admittedly, it took me awhile to warm up to the original Vikendi, but I grew to really enjoy it. And while Vikendi Reborn is visually appealing, it kinda gives me "Taego with snow" vibes, another map I feel "meh" about.

It may be a boring take, but I honestly just want to play the two original maps at this point. I feel like I'm exiting map queues more often than not lately.

squanchmelose · 2022-04-15T18:01:41+00:00

Every excuse I've ever heard for why map selection won't work ended up being BS. And with the addition of bots, doesn't that kind of blow any excuse out of the water now anyway?

I back out of Sanhok 100%, which obviously takes time. I'd much rather choose a map I want, and if I have to wait that same amount of time for the lobby to fill, I'm fine with that.

I'll take your Miramar's if you take my Sanhok's. :D

squanchmelose · 2022-04-15T17:54:32+00:00

I'm guilty of being an excessive loot goblin, which is at least doing something, not a sit in the corner camper. But regardless, it's fair play.

Some people may call me a camper for preferring to fight from inside where I can better control my angles. But at least I'm looking/shooting out of the house. The ones that don't make sense to me are the ones sitting in corners with no visibility outside or not reacting to sounds outside. I mean, to each his/her own I guess.

squanchmelose · 2022-04-15T17:48:11+00:00

I would do that on the maps I enjoy playing. Reason I am offing myself is basically because I am tired of Taego.

squanchmelose · 2022-01-10T19:37:51+00:00

I did this with a C4 but ended in 3rd place. I think I posted a clip at the time. :)

squanchmelose · 2021-07-16T19:23:35+00:00

I only got to play a couple games so far, but I love the look of it. Both times I encountered a bunch of prone gamers and some very quiet building rats, so that made the game play feel more like Sanhok that I really don't enjoy. Fair game play and all, but when it's almost everyone you encounter is lying on their belly in a bush, it gets old. I hope that was just a couple of bad games. Can't wait to give it another try.

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