Salty Players vs Supportive Players

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The ultimate unstoppable force vs Immovable object.

For me, i used to be a salty player, this was back a couple years ago when i was first playing hots, yes, a chill boi like me… raged. Though i eventually learnt to be quiet during games, which eventually made me finally mature and became a loving supportive player, instead of salt, i just kept it in, not letting my teammates feel dissapointed or just fuel more flames. I don’t do ranked anymore, i’m not a competitive player, i just play hots to have fun (also due to how WoW bfa is quite boring right now). About 2 weeks before the old forums died. (The last person to post there literally was just about them getting a long que time, it’ll give you a small laugh) i decided to come back, and boy oh boy i loved it, made dumb posts, made good posts, but then Hots forums 2.0 happened and so DJPea was made more of an infamous person here, as of now, i have 300+ posts already.

Now then, back on track: I quite advise to hold in anger rather than export it upon a game or loved ones. It’s best to be happy or be chill. So what if Mal’ganis is overpowered? So what if matchmaking is terribad? So what if someone makes fun of you? It’s just a game, a good game, OUR game.

And in conclusion, Be the GOOD guy, don’t be Salty, be good feeling, even if it is a shrekt loss and the enemy team is taunting you.

Now then, i must report on reddit about how GENJI MUST BE THE FIRST HERO TO BE SLAUGHTERED!!

:innocent: > :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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The salty players are obv the immovable object, i get that

But i dont get what is the unstoppable force, the only thing like that that i can see is the salt that will come for you after a bunch of games, but that would mean that both the unstoppable and the immovable are on the same side, so sorry, cant see this ultimate clash you talked about :no_mouth:

Its cool tho… gaming salt is something that as long as its on manageable levels, it enters among the stuff we love to hate. And when it becomes too much, we go back to play some single player and make some more progress towards that 100% on our favorite rpg or something

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:innocent: > :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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No thanks. I enjoy vsing genjis as maiev or alarak

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warning: holding in anger may lead to stress, balding, high blood pressure, and possibly death (…of other people). do not operate equipment while holding in anger. do not socialize with anyone in real life or online.

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I’m usually very chill and play tons of QM myself. I don’t rage much but the times I do… Hoo boi. I don’t rage in chat, instead I stuff a towel in my mouth and scream.

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I’m the supportive type, as in quiet and silent. I do throw a thumbs up emoji to my team when they make great plays, otherwise no chat.

I’d do that but I rage to my partner instead. Often I’ll rage about something, my partner doesn’t play the game but will say “why are four of your team all in top lane when those five enemies and a boss are pushing your bottom lane?”.

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Exactly this, nothing better than biting a pencil deep while your anger is through the roof.

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I actually feel like I’m having a turn the other way, from supportive to salty. But it’s mostly because of the attitudes of other players making me jaded after so many years. Still I’ll try my best to be supportive, but it’s getting harder and harder as time goes on.

Then games where people are cooperating or there is fun and witty banter among the team are so few and far between. 95% of games are toxic af, even in the most casual game modes.

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He protecc, he attac, but most importantly, he salt bacc

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I do not think you are salty nor supportive, I think you are just… You.

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I’m the impartial player, as in I have chat disabled and say nothing in draft. The funny thing is watching replays, people think I’m talking to them. They manufacture conversations and responses to their ramblings, it’s scary and funny at the same time.

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I will admit that I’ve resorted to being the salty one at times but that was mostly late beta early launch. I think I just got frustrated with people ignoring advice or requests for help or simply being brain dead. I feel it was mostly provoked though.

I 100% agree that taking the supportive route is WAY more effective than criticizing, berating, or antagonizing your team mate. I try to ask for their assistance regardless of whether or not they should be doing things automatically. If they’re playing poorly, I try to inquire about it and either offer to help them out by backing them up or explaining mechanics or offering another strategy that may suit them.

The greatest obstacle in any game is the human psyche, friend or foe. Once you damage the trust and any respect of your team mates, it’s all downhill from there. It’s better to skip the ego/emotion based bellyaching and communicate more objectively imo.

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I play a lot with RL friends that are way worse or new to the game. If i would get salty then they would probably not be my friends for long ^^ It’s okay for me to loose a game when they mess up so bad, it will be a valuable lesson for them. I don’t hold my anger in, i just don’t get angry. This game can be fun even if you lose…

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I don’t know I spent the last match cursing and swearing at 3 of my allies and they did in return. After the game was over we gged and moved on lol.

Salt is fine throwing a temper tantrum is not.

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Try playing with your significant other XD All I can say is you two will have some very interesting arguments. I enjoy playing with my boyfriend but geez when we both get heated up over a game it becomes quite a battlefield. That said, I don’t encounter as much salt playing on Asian servers, people are more quiet or prone to hold their temper over here. However, when I did try out the American servers oh boy…

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I try to communicate in a decent manner even I see a player do a pathetic bronze mistake but when that player trashtalks, tries to offend me, threatens me with abusive chat report for literally nothing, acts like it would be totally acceptable to be a trash player and a trash person, I go mad.

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Yeah… I disagree with you. I can’t stand having some brain dead moron who sits in lane why obj’s are up… now I play with chat off but when youre constantly pinging this player to show up… and not just you but the whole team and they ignore the pings… that gets people salty. I get salty when I see a person with an account of 1200 who feeds 10 times goes attacks forts and keeps alone as a valla when the enemy team has a nova, has a kda of 2.5 with an account above 1000… I’m sorry but some people refuse to learn the basics of the game or just don’t care. I get it … people have bad games, heck I have lots of them… but my god when you refuse to communicate with your teammates or you lack even basic knowledge of the game… after thousands of games… there’s a lack of wanting to improve on their end and that’s what makes others salty at their fellow players.

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salty players and my salty balls

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just take a cup a smash it or take a wooden stole and smash it. Or go outside, finde a stick smash it to a tree and you are golden. No more anger.