There are more "git gud" comments for this game than any other I'm aware of.

[Mr. Oibyr]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/211420/discussions/search/?q=git+gud&gidforum=882958665378123654&include_deleted=1
This comment means "practice" and telling someone this as advice is a direct insult to their intellect. In my experience on Dark Souls threads, I've encountered many trolls who think that their snarky remarks are helpful when they are just helping others to rage quit.

Not all of us are savants or masochistic and don't mind accepting help from others to continue the game instead of beating our heads against the wall(I would have quit if it weren't for walkthroughs). If I didn't ignore the jerks, I would have left a negative review before beating the Taurus Demon and been done with it. Instead, I just beat Artorias and I am enjoying the game thoroughly(already looking forward to the NG+).

If you really like this game, wouldn't you want more people to give it a good review? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

EDIT: I would like to thank all of those people who "respectfully" commented, I actually learned quite a bit. I suppose many of you see those two words as a joke shared among friends and I'm definetly okay with that. Insults used as terms of endearment are common, I've even used them myself. It does go without saying that "practice makes perfect", but I will always find a way to explain in a little more detail than that.

Some of you seem to "blame" me for my curiosity and desire to see a few people understand my perspective. This is the internet so I kind of expected that. I am, however, tired of the ridicule and can't see how I'll learn anything further.

There's more negativity on the DS discussions than any other I have seen and if I have a question, I now know to look for answers elsewhere(DarkSouls wiki?). If you wish to continue any conversations here, feel free. I won't remove it.

I'm done, adios!

[Mr. Oibyr]

Donny původně napsal:

...many just want to look "unique" for beating a "hard" or "obscure" game.

I do enjoy adding more difficult games to my list of completed titles, but it's because the more I've beaten, the more godlike I feel. I have no problem admitting I brag about this sort of thing. I also like helping other's become POWERFUL gamers!

Shadow Tower Abyss looks awesome! I can't believe I've never heard of it before.

[Mr. Oibyr]

Zydomus původně napsal:

...if none of those insults are being targeted towards you.. then simply, why worry about it?... ...If you do not like the way that people treat others in this community, you must also understand that there is nothing that you can really do to combat against them

It's not about me, I have tons of experience dealing with jerks both online and in real life. I don't like bullies, I don't like fallacies being spread as truth and even if there's nothing I can do to change it, I'd still like to try.

Zydomus původně napsal:

...not everyone can be your friend in this world...

That's my line, lol.

[Zydomus]

G!7d@ !r3 původně napsal:

Zydomus původně napsal:

...if none of those insults are being targeted towards you.. then simply, why worry about it?... ...If you do not like the way that people treat others in this community, you must also understand that there is nothing that you can really do to combat against them

It's not about me, I have tons of experience dealing with jerks both online and in real life. I don't like bullies, I don't like fallacies being spread as truth and even if there's nothing I can do to change it, I'd still like to try.

Zydomus původně napsal:

...not everyone can be your friend in this world...

That's my line, lol.

You know something..? I actually appreciate and respect that kind of attitude. so I can't argue with ya on that one, hehe..

[Mr. Oibyr]

Zydomus původně napsal:

You know something..? I actually appreciate and respect that kind of attitude. so I can't argue with ya on that one, hehe.. :praisesun:

[linux ISO collector]

G!7d@ !r3 původně napsal:

This game is about learning from your deaths.

Not true at all. After getting ♥♥♥♥ on by Manus a few times in particular, I got fed up and went to the fight with only shield and fist. Naked and fast rolling, and look at his moveset and his "tells". That's how I was eventually able to read him and beat him. You don't learn by dying, you have to observe and figure out the enemy. You don't necessarily need to die for that.

[Mr. Oibyr]

I beat him by staying away from him and using <100 heavy bolts fired from my +15 Avelyn crossbow. Healing when I could and using the silver pendant to avoid his magic. It took more than 60 deaths and more than 100,000 souls worth of heavy bolts.

I beat Gwyn on my second try, with my +15 Zweihander.

[Riflas]

Git Gud

[CazadorDeLobo]

OP is a special snowflake confirmed.

[Mr. Oibyr]

Wulf Hunter původně napsal:

OP is a special snowflake confirmed.

I see you're back again to "make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them". What's that called? There's a word for it...I can't remember.

[Tired]

I don't normally carry random people through an area, but I'm always more than happy to give tips. But if someone is acting dumb or making me feel rather exasperated, I tend to default to sarcasm.

[Gladion]

If you want help, that is ok. But do not expect every fan to be helpful.
As mentioned before, many people treasure the feeling of overcoming an obstacle and they'd like you to experience the same. Most people don't want people to cheese their way through this masterpiece and then brag about it.

And as for me.. I just like to meme about this game with friends, so terms such as "git gud" have become the norm for me. I could instead say something like:
"Try to figure it out by yourself and if at first you don't succed, try, try again."
OR
"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again. Only this time, more wisely"

[jepsen]

dark souls is difficult if you have a severe learning disability. it's not masochistic in the slightest.
you do something and die and don't do it again and don't die, that's the core concept.
fucking mario 64 is harder than dark souls by a decent margin

[Mr. Oibyr]

oops, i did crystal meth again původně napsal:

dark souls is difficult if you have a severe learning disability. it's not masochistic in the slightest.
you do something and die and don't do it again and don't die, that's the core concept.
fucking mario 64 is harder than dark souls by a decent margin

"fucking" awesome...I can swear, lol. (cunt)

Also, that's subjective and I disagree. Mario 64 was not harder.

[nomoreblues]

G!7d@ !r3 původně napsal:

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.:vspancakes:

my first thought upon OP was: "there are more misunderstandings of sincere helpfulness in this forum than in any other I'm aware of" ...from my opinion, guided by experience (playing a lot of DS and reading along in this forum for some considerable time) - that is what this divine meme boils down to in the end

[Mr. Oibyr]

How come so many of you can't see how "redundant advice" is NOT helpful? This is what I don't get and why I said "I'd be interested to hear your thoughts". Telling ME "practice makes perfect" absolutely cannot help, ever.

I'd like to meet someone who says; "I just needed to be told to get better at the game". It's like I'm trying to explain how "just because" is not a proper answer to any question, it's circular logic. If you don't know, say you don't know. If practice is the only way to get better that you know of, why bother saying anything other than "I don't really know any *tricks* to beating it, I had to learn it the hard way/memorize it"?

I can practically beat Megaman X3 with my eyes closed. I friend once asked; "how are you so good at this", I did not say anything like "git gud". Instead, I said "aside from memorizing the bosses move sets after a couple hundred hours? I use three fingers, one(index) to hold down the shoot button( to charge it) and the other two(middle and ring finger using "dash" then "jump" almost simultaneously) to dash jump off walls.

It's not "cheesing" and their game improved substantially as a result of my REAL "sincere helpfulness". Cheesing is a term I remember from fighting games on consoles(way back when). It was only used to discribe someone who is only concerned with "winning" and not necessarily fun(spamming fireballs and only waiting for openings before they attack). These "friends" of mine would often hide any techniques/secrets/tricks by saying "IDK, I'm just better than you are", because they wouldn't want someone else to be a challenge after helping them to improve.