It’s so weird playing games like CSGO and seeing two completely opposite sides of the same toxicity. You have the “try hards” that are toxic to the lesser skilled players, and the toxic players that talk shit about people who “try hard.” They’re not even necessarily talking to or about each other. A player just playing the objective and doing well will be called out as a tryhard, and a player who is doing pretty well and makes one mistake can be berated by his team for being a noob.
Having spoken with so many gamers who behave like this, I have found one common theme among them: They never played sports or team games IRL. Which leads me to believe the real root issue is a complete and total lack of sportsmanship, since video games do absolutely nothing to promote or teach good sportsmanship.
I’ve always thought the same thing. I grew up playing a few sports and there was never room for toxicity, even the one or two times I played in a somewhat competitive league. Now I’m playing casual esports and I gg after every match, win or lose. I don’t really get why that’s hard for some people, and they have trouble focusing on the win condition.
It’s especially frustrating to see people give up in a 4v5 or something like that too. Like yeah it’s not going to be easy, but it’s not impossible. And when you end up coming out on top against the odds, you feel like a god, and you remember that match forever. I think people just want the high from winning without actually needing to try. It explains why there’s so many people who make smurf accounts too 😐
Win or lose, some people are going to asshole. If they are winning, they can be dicks to those who are losing, if they are losing, they can be dicks to are winning. If they don’t think they can win, they just won’t try and will make fun of those who are trying.
It’s so weird playing games like CSGO and seeing two completely opposite sides of the same toxicity. You have the “try hards” that are toxic to the lesser skilled players, and the toxic players that talk shit about people who “try hard.” They’re not even necessarily talking to or about each other. A player just playing the objective and doing well will be called out as a tryhard, and a player who is doing pretty well and makes one mistake can be berated by his team for being a noob.
Having spoken with so many gamers who behave like this, I have found one common theme among them: They never played sports or team games IRL. Which leads me to believe the real root issue is a complete and total lack of sportsmanship, since video games do absolutely nothing to promote or teach good sportsmanship.
I’ve always thought the same thing. I grew up playing a few sports and there was never room for toxicity, even the one or two times I played in a somewhat competitive league. Now I’m playing casual esports and I gg after every match, win or lose. I don’t really get why that’s hard for some people, and they have trouble focusing on the win condition.
It’s especially frustrating to see people give up in a 4v5 or something like that too. Like yeah it’s not going to be easy, but it’s not impossible. And when you end up coming out on top against the odds, you feel like a god, and you remember that match forever. I think people just want the high from winning without actually needing to try. It explains why there’s so many people who make smurf accounts too 😐
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I’ve only ever heard the term “try hard” given to players doing well by actually toxic players, regardless of that players’ own toxicity.
Win or lose, some people are going to asshole. If they are winning, they can be dicks to those who are losing, if they are losing, they can be dicks to are winning. If they don’t think they can win, they just won’t try and will make fun of those who are trying.