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Responding to toxicity in online gaming?
Cryomatrix
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Hi guys,
So I was playing Starcraft 2 and playing this guy 1v1. I hated his play style and said, "your play style is cancer" . . . the guy doesn't respond. I guess i'm being a bit salty. I'm losing btw. I was more saying, i hate his play style than anything else.
I end up in the process of losing, and the guy is like "owned"
This triggered me for some reason, that this guy is sitting here flexing on me cuz he beat me. Now you could say I started it first with saying his play style is cancer, but it is more about the way the person plays than the person itself. I guess I should have said, "I hate this play style."
Either way, after his comment "owned". what would you guys have done?
A) Ignore it. say gg and move on.
Ignore it and leave game. (not doing the customary gg)
C) Respond with personal attacks.
D) Tell them to F off
E) Or flex on the person, but use RL instead. The rationale here is that in games there are rankings and in life there are rankings. The true RL ranking is happiness . . . but there are other markers. So a person flexes on me in a game, i'll respond with flexing on them in RL (which is more important) and thus topping the other person, potentially.
Edited.
To the person who had issue with the use of cancer . . i get it . . . cancer kills a ton of people and loved ones, but it was used as a hyperbole, sort of like saying, "it was hell", etc.
Then again, I shouldn't have used it though cuz it detracts from the point.
So I was playing Starcraft 2 and playing this guy 1v1. I hated his play style and said, "your play style is cancer" . . . the guy doesn't respond. I guess i'm being a bit salty. I'm losing btw. I was more saying, i hate his play style than anything else.
I end up in the process of losing, and the guy is like "owned"
This triggered me for some reason, that this guy is sitting here flexing on me cuz he beat me. Now you could say I started it first with saying his play style is cancer, but it is more about the way the person plays than the person itself. I guess I should have said, "I hate this play style."
Either way, after his comment "owned". what would you guys have done?
A) Ignore it. say gg and move on.
Ignore it and leave game. (not doing the customary gg)C) Respond with personal attacks.
D) Tell them to F off
E) Or flex on the person, but use RL instead. The rationale here is that in games there are rankings and in life there are rankings. The true RL ranking is happiness . . . but there are other markers. So a person flexes on me in a game, i'll respond with flexing on them in RL (which is more important) and thus topping the other person, potentially.
Edited.
To the person who had issue with the use of cancer . . i get it . . . cancer kills a ton of people and loved ones, but it was used as a hyperbole, sort of like saying, "it was hell", etc.
Then again, I shouldn't have used it though cuz it detracts from the point.
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You started it by calling his play style cancer. When he reacted to your toxic comment with some of his own, at every point you got a choice you chose to exacerbate the situation.
I should make a post every time that happen too.
Also, if you're going to criticize his game play style, it's much more effective if you do it after winning. Doing it while you're losing just makes you sound like a sore loser reaching for excuses.
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What happened is so on your mind you felt the need to do a thread on here; take a step back and think about all the good things in life. The situation is just not worth your anger or time.
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I had this exact same experiences during my days playing fps'rs,everyday someone would curse my play style.
Basically i play with strategy and more defensive than offensive.Sometimes they would literally type curse words in foreign languages they would get so mad.
The thing people SHOULD realize that in a pvp confrontation,it is expected that each person bring their own playstyle to the table.
Example i was watching Hikaru teach players and his go to method was telling them to be more aggressive.
For me it was a lot simpler,i had to play my play style because i tend to have a lot of latency issues AND i have never had the good mouse setup where i could aim smoothly,it was always jolted aiming.So i had to use strategy and smarts to think of choke points and prediction.
Anyhow my point is you shouldn't be complaining about your opponent's play style,that is the whole purpose of a CHALLENGE,to challenge yourself versus other players.
My go to response to complaints was usually "you want me to just lay on the ground and make it easy for you?"
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Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
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Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
I enjoy the competition, and if someone rattles me, it's not from what they say, it's because they did beat me. My best revenge is finding a way to counter it. It's part of the game. If you lose, you find a way to come back, and you get better, or you find people that you are better than and exploit that.
So on and so on, down the rabbit hole.
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