If it's fun playing games then why are there so many toxic players?
That's a good question, why are there so many toxic players when playing games is fun? Well the short and simple answer is, they're not having fun so they become toxic. But what exactly happens? How do you go from having fun to being an utter douchebag online? Well let's find out!
How do you become a toxic player?
It usually requires a couple of things but it doesn't mean you actually need these things to be toxic, some people are just natural toxic players. Something that often makes me toxic is competitive multiplayer combined with team mates that don't communicate, don't want to work as a team and often have this obsession with making certain you lose. Maybe I should be patient, be nice and just ignore assholes but sometimes you just feel like giving them a taste of their own medicine. For example in the Overwatch Uprising event I was playing on legendary difficulty, I expect people to play serious here, and I was waiting at the payload and the other three players just refused to get on the payload. So I wait there for almost 30 seconds and then I was like ok fine, if you want to be douchebags then I can be a douchebag too! So I walked away from the payload, even when the payload was under attack I just stayed away and watched them all die from the vantage point above the payload. Since I was playing as the tank they had no protection and the kept spamming the group up message, but I was done being nice and patient. Sometimes it just feels good to give scumbags a taste of their own bullshit. Was I being toxic, perhaps but when people are being an asshole to me then I can be an asshole too. Maybe I should be more patient and just accept that there are assholes in the gaming world but I get sick and tired of these people so yeah sometimes you just want to get back at them. So is it easy to become a toxic player? Well yeah, but I wouldn't recommend it because being a toxic player doesn't make you happy and your team isn't really happy with you either!
How do you avoid being a toxic player?
My advice is take a break every now and then, if you feel like you're getting frustrated with people or just had enough of the game you're playing then take a break. Finish the match or the level if you have to but get out of the game and do something else. The longer you keep playing the game that frustrates you then it will only get worse, so it's smart to take a break and clear you head. Perhaps it's even better to do something else and play the game again tomorrow, sometimes it's better to take it easy instead of forcing yourself in a situation that isn't making you happy. Maybe you keep thinking that things will be better in the next match or in the next level but that hardly ever happens. Take it easy and do something that makes you happy, maybe there is another game you can play that is fun to play for you. It also helps if you don't start blaming people, the moment you start pointing fingers things will only get worse. If people accuse you of things then you can ignore them, nobody likes people that blame others when you play as a team. You either win as a team or you lose as a team, if you fail you fail as a team. I know that there are people that sometimes want to lose, they go out of their way to make certain the team loses but these people are beyond sad and you can get mad at them but that's probably exactly what they want. Just block, ignore and if possible report them. Don't let other people ruin your fun!
If playing games is fun then why are there so many toxic players?
I think things have gotten worse over the years, like a decade ago I can't remember that things were as bad as they are now. People seem to immediately blame eachother, type hateful messages or they're acting like total douchebags in the game. Maybe it's just what people are these days, they get upset really fast and take things way too seriously. Perhaps it's also because of all the ranked bullshit you get these days. It seems that a lot of people want to be good at something but unfortunately we can't all be good at something. People that are disappointed or just fail a lot will become more toxic and I can't say that I really blame them, it's rough when you go through a losing streak and it makes you quite bitter. It doesn't help when the matchmaking in a game sucks and you keep getting people in your team that just refuse to communicate or work as a team. At that point it's easy to become toxic because you're not having fun when everything goes wrong. So you might want to ask yourself if you want to keep playing these kind of games. When I look at a game like Team Fortress 2 I can't remember one moment I was toxic, even when you lose you often had a good time. It's just a fun first person shooter where you have fun and things aren't polluted with ranked bullshit or try hard douchebags. People just want to have fun and often have fun playing this game, I played that game seven years after the launch of the Orange Box (Team Fortress 2 was one of five games in this box) and I still found fun people to play with. Maybe certain games attract certain people but it definitely helps if we stop with the ranks and focus more on the fun. Who cares who's better at the game? I just want to have a fun game and play it with fun people, is that too much to ask for? When games have a bigger focus on fun and less on rank and skill then I doubt you'll see a lot of toxic player in that game. It's often when there are stakes that things become toxic. In these games winning is so important that you start screaming and cursing when things aren't going your way, at least this is what happens to some people. I know that not everyone is like that, but there are a lot of toxic players and I think things will only get worse when the focus on rank and skill becomes even bigger.
How do you become a toxic player?
It usually requires a couple of things but it doesn't mean you actually need these things to be toxic, some people are just natural toxic players. Something that often makes me toxic is competitive multiplayer combined with team mates that don't communicate, don't want to work as a team and often have this obsession with making certain you lose. Maybe I should be patient, be nice and just ignore assholes but sometimes you just feel like giving them a taste of their own medicine. For example in the Overwatch Uprising event I was playing on legendary difficulty, I expect people to play serious here, and I was waiting at the payload and the other three players just refused to get on the payload. So I wait there for almost 30 seconds and then I was like ok fine, if you want to be douchebags then I can be a douchebag too! So I walked away from the payload, even when the payload was under attack I just stayed away and watched them all die from the vantage point above the payload. Since I was playing as the tank they had no protection and the kept spamming the group up message, but I was done being nice and patient. Sometimes it just feels good to give scumbags a taste of their own bullshit. Was I being toxic, perhaps but when people are being an asshole to me then I can be an asshole too. Maybe I should be more patient and just accept that there are assholes in the gaming world but I get sick and tired of these people so yeah sometimes you just want to get back at them. So is it easy to become a toxic player? Well yeah, but I wouldn't recommend it because being a toxic player doesn't make you happy and your team isn't really happy with you either!
How do you avoid being a toxic player?
My advice is take a break every now and then, if you feel like you're getting frustrated with people or just had enough of the game you're playing then take a break. Finish the match or the level if you have to but get out of the game and do something else. The longer you keep playing the game that frustrates you then it will only get worse, so it's smart to take a break and clear you head. Perhaps it's even better to do something else and play the game again tomorrow, sometimes it's better to take it easy instead of forcing yourself in a situation that isn't making you happy. Maybe you keep thinking that things will be better in the next match or in the next level but that hardly ever happens. Take it easy and do something that makes you happy, maybe there is another game you can play that is fun to play for you. It also helps if you don't start blaming people, the moment you start pointing fingers things will only get worse. If people accuse you of things then you can ignore them, nobody likes people that blame others when you play as a team. You either win as a team or you lose as a team, if you fail you fail as a team. I know that there are people that sometimes want to lose, they go out of their way to make certain the team loses but these people are beyond sad and you can get mad at them but that's probably exactly what they want. Just block, ignore and if possible report them. Don't let other people ruin your fun!
If playing games is fun then why are there so many toxic players?
I think things have gotten worse over the years, like a decade ago I can't remember that things were as bad as they are now. People seem to immediately blame eachother, type hateful messages or they're acting like total douchebags in the game. Maybe it's just what people are these days, they get upset really fast and take things way too seriously. Perhaps it's also because of all the ranked bullshit you get these days. It seems that a lot of people want to be good at something but unfortunately we can't all be good at something. People that are disappointed or just fail a lot will become more toxic and I can't say that I really blame them, it's rough when you go through a losing streak and it makes you quite bitter. It doesn't help when the matchmaking in a game sucks and you keep getting people in your team that just refuse to communicate or work as a team. At that point it's easy to become toxic because you're not having fun when everything goes wrong. So you might want to ask yourself if you want to keep playing these kind of games. When I look at a game like Team Fortress 2 I can't remember one moment I was toxic, even when you lose you often had a good time. It's just a fun first person shooter where you have fun and things aren't polluted with ranked bullshit or try hard douchebags. People just want to have fun and often have fun playing this game, I played that game seven years after the launch of the Orange Box (Team Fortress 2 was one of five games in this box) and I still found fun people to play with. Maybe certain games attract certain people but it definitely helps if we stop with the ranks and focus more on the fun. Who cares who's better at the game? I just want to have a fun game and play it with fun people, is that too much to ask for? When games have a bigger focus on fun and less on rank and skill then I doubt you'll see a lot of toxic player in that game. It's often when there are stakes that things become toxic. In these games winning is so important that you start screaming and cursing when things aren't going your way, at least this is what happens to some people. I know that not everyone is like that, but there are a lot of toxic players and I think things will only get worse when the focus on rank and skill becomes even bigger.
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