Sinful Sunday: Online gaming. The good, the bad and the ugly.
In case you don't know this is an amazing movie, but I'm not talking about the movie but people you meet in online gaming. You have all types of people that play games and when you play games online with others there's a good chance that you meet these different types of people. Some you'll like, others you won't like and there might even be some you'll hate. But what does that say about you? Are you such a delight to play games with?
You get what you deserve?
Let's say that you're a douchebag in games, you're not nice to other people and so other people aren't nice to you. You probably get upset that other people aren't nice and will yell at them for whatever reason you can find because you lost a round or the entire match. Of course it's easy to blame others but what a lot of people don't realize is that when you play in a team you also have to play as a team. If your team doesn't play as a team then it will be a lot harder to win from a team that does play as a team. All the anger and frustration won't make it any better, eventhough it can definitely make you feel better to blow off some steam. The point is that if you're being toxic in a game then this won't just get you a lot of negativity, it also often means that things will go from bad to worse. So in a way you get what you deserve. I know that I've been toxic in games, eventhough I don't go on my mic and tell everyone that they suck. But in several videos you can hear my rants and frustration, this doesn't help me nor does it help my team. Of course it sucks when your team doesn't work together and doesn't play the objective, but if they just refuse to do that then there's nothing you can do to make it happen otherwise. Which means it's probably better to just endure the match and then at the end of it you look for another team. This is the mature and sensible thing to do, unfortunately a lot of people would rather rage quit or whine to the team and tell them how much they suck.
Good people find other good people?
Unfortuantely things don't work this way. Almost every time I start with a new game in multiplayer I have my hopes high and I try to be social. I talk to my team and hope others also have a mic, unfortunately a lot of people aren't social in online multiplayer. A lot of people don't have a mic plugged in and those that have aren't always nice or helpful. But being nice to others might get you good things, people that like playing games with you will probably want to play more games with you. So being nice definitely has some benefits, it's just so difficult sometimes in online multiplayer when you're in teams where no one communicates or you get a team with trolls or other annoying people. It wouldn't surprise me that some people just give up, why try when all you get is the worst of the worst? It's easy to give up, but remember that for every hundred douchebags there should be at least one decent person out there. So it's just a matter of time until you find this person.
Is it possible to avoid certain people?
If you think that you can avoid the ugly side of online gaming then you're wrong, because there are a lot of people that enjoy team killing or just being a random douchebag in a game. It's difficult to avoid this, if not impossible, but the key is to not engage. If you deal with a team killer then it's probably best to report this person and leave (unless this person gets kicked), but don't be too quick because accidents do happen in games. If people are discriminating or saying other hateful things then it's probably best to just block and report these people, because they're not worth your time. We all have our own reasons why we play games, these reasons don't always mix well with others and that's often where things clash. One person just wants to have fun while another really wants to win, this doesn't have to cause problems in a team but at the same time it can lead to a lot of friction between these two players. It would be nice if we constantly get teamed up with people that play games just like us, that we would meet people we would all get along with. But that's not how it works and that's ok because we don't all have to get along and we don't all have to be friends. As long as you can have at least some respect for eachother you should be fine. Eventhough that's already a challenge for some people. In the end it's just a game and I think most people that play games just want to have fun, so leave the bullshit offline and just have fun online!
You get what you deserve?
Let's say that you're a douchebag in games, you're not nice to other people and so other people aren't nice to you. You probably get upset that other people aren't nice and will yell at them for whatever reason you can find because you lost a round or the entire match. Of course it's easy to blame others but what a lot of people don't realize is that when you play in a team you also have to play as a team. If your team doesn't play as a team then it will be a lot harder to win from a team that does play as a team. All the anger and frustration won't make it any better, eventhough it can definitely make you feel better to blow off some steam. The point is that if you're being toxic in a game then this won't just get you a lot of negativity, it also often means that things will go from bad to worse. So in a way you get what you deserve. I know that I've been toxic in games, eventhough I don't go on my mic and tell everyone that they suck. But in several videos you can hear my rants and frustration, this doesn't help me nor does it help my team. Of course it sucks when your team doesn't work together and doesn't play the objective, but if they just refuse to do that then there's nothing you can do to make it happen otherwise. Which means it's probably better to just endure the match and then at the end of it you look for another team. This is the mature and sensible thing to do, unfortunately a lot of people would rather rage quit or whine to the team and tell them how much they suck.
Good people find other good people?
Unfortuantely things don't work this way. Almost every time I start with a new game in multiplayer I have my hopes high and I try to be social. I talk to my team and hope others also have a mic, unfortunately a lot of people aren't social in online multiplayer. A lot of people don't have a mic plugged in and those that have aren't always nice or helpful. But being nice to others might get you good things, people that like playing games with you will probably want to play more games with you. So being nice definitely has some benefits, it's just so difficult sometimes in online multiplayer when you're in teams where no one communicates or you get a team with trolls or other annoying people. It wouldn't surprise me that some people just give up, why try when all you get is the worst of the worst? It's easy to give up, but remember that for every hundred douchebags there should be at least one decent person out there. So it's just a matter of time until you find this person.
Is it possible to avoid certain people?
If you think that you can avoid the ugly side of online gaming then you're wrong, because there are a lot of people that enjoy team killing or just being a random douchebag in a game. It's difficult to avoid this, if not impossible, but the key is to not engage. If you deal with a team killer then it's probably best to report this person and leave (unless this person gets kicked), but don't be too quick because accidents do happen in games. If people are discriminating or saying other hateful things then it's probably best to just block and report these people, because they're not worth your time. We all have our own reasons why we play games, these reasons don't always mix well with others and that's often where things clash. One person just wants to have fun while another really wants to win, this doesn't have to cause problems in a team but at the same time it can lead to a lot of friction between these two players. It would be nice if we constantly get teamed up with people that play games just like us, that we would meet people we would all get along with. But that's not how it works and that's ok because we don't all have to get along and we don't all have to be friends. As long as you can have at least some respect for eachother you should be fine. Eventhough that's already a challenge for some people. In the end it's just a game and I think most people that play games just want to have fun, so leave the bullshit offline and just have fun online!
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