Re: The psychological effects of SBMM

@Axs5626Sxa5001  Not gonna lie,saw the thread title and thought "dear lord...my apex addled brain is about to get shrinked"

But you raised this issue in a much more leveled mature manner than other folks on this forum so kudo's for that.

Personally i've enjoyed the increased difficulty of the average pub lobby its definitely making me a better player. I do agree it can certainly be pretty damn stressful for prolonged periods though, but as @DoYaSeeMe also stated i find that simply taking a break from gaming or just playing a more relaxing game for a while goes a long ways towards alleviating that stress

Yes there is rom for casual, I know it is a forbidden word here, but Fortnite has mastered player retention and bringing new players to the fold.

They have ltm’s all of the time 50 v 50, 20,20,20, food fight, then there are seasonal events. While some would argue Fortnite has been around longer, it would be good to know I started in season 2 by season 4 it was polished and pretty smooth and well constructed. The seasons were 3 months long if irc, so basically a year in and when I say smooth, there were issues with double pump (shotgun) play, limited lag issues and a few minor bugs. 

So yeah you can have br and still be casual. And as far as Apexgoes casual could just simply be solo players grouped outside of pre made squads. Just saying it might be a novel concept, or even give us the option of no fill. 

I appreciate the input of therapy in this, I don’t necessarily play Apex to relax, but I don’t want to have a towel to wipdown my controller either.