Why not have the gall to stay and listen to why someone may be playing badly? Ever consider the player may just be having an off game? It happens. Or maybe it’s possible that the person is new to a certain role. What ever the reason may be there’s typically no justification to trash talk your team. In what world does trash talking your fellow teammate make them play any better? If you were playing in a physical sport would you even have the courage to openly berate one of your teammates? I highly doubt it.
The reason for this post is that I’m genuinely sick and tired of dealing with these sorts of cowards (you know who you are) that wait until the very last second of the game to trash talk teammates (whether it’s towards me or someone else on my team) for not playing perfectly while not offering any suggestions all match and then immediately leave the game like they delivered some sort of epic roast that’s worthy of a mic drop. For the record, no one is thinking that. You look like an absolute douche. No one is applauding.
People, have some consideration for the players you’re playing with. Offer some suggestions if you see your team struggling. And I repeat, berating your teammates DOES NOT MAKE THEM PLAY ANY BETTER. If you feel as though you simply just can’t help yourself and must lash out on your team for losing a match then you really should look into some therapy or it’s quite possible that team based games are just not for you.
/end_rant
You know the type of people that do this right?
It’s not worth getting worked up over.
They will read this thread and have a second of introspection as to why they have no friends, no love and no success but then listen to their favourite streamer and forget it all again when they see him/her ‘raging’ for views.
Or they are simply children that have not emotionally matured yet.
Adding this to the discussion :
Never bother on finding out why other players play bad. Focus on yourself. “We lost the game, is there something I could have done that could have changed the outcome ?”.
Spoilers : always. There’s always room for improvement and self betterment. Even if you claim to be a top 500 player (and if you are you shouldn’t be here).
Blaming other players for your loss makes you a loser.
Focusing on what you did wrong, learning from your mistakes and always trying to improve is what will allow you to progress, both as an individual and as a player.
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This is implying that most people even have this trait. Personally, I love this sort of mentality. I always have something that I can work on to improve. But unfortunately I don’t believe this is a common thought process in gamers.
I believe this ties in to why 1v1 games such as fighting games and RTS games don’t have as much popularity as team based games. Self accountability is more blatant. It’s much easier to throw blame on teammates. In fighting games there’s literally no one to blame but yourself for a loss.
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Because here is the thing, and I mean this on every side of the argument, the OW community is one of thinnest skinned communities I have ever seen. Before I go further, I do not mean in regards to the truly offensive things that are said which result in swift bans (whoever thinks it is a good idea to talk to a woman in the way that some do clearly needs to be blocked from all chat until they have a chance to look themselves in the mirror and fix themselves).
I am saying that if something is actually a problem, people would rather throw the game then accept they are the problem. I have had games where I played Widow and was not getting value: either because I was getting counter picked or I was just not having a good game. My solution to that problem is usually to get off Widow and if someone tells me I am not doing well, I might think about it and possibly swap if I think they are right that I cannot or am not getting value this game.
What is true for other Widows (and I am using Widow as an example but its true for Genjis and DVAs and Anas and Sigmas and Doomfists and Hanzos and Echos and etc) is that you tell them that the pick is not working and no matter how polite you are about the game instantly goes downhill. They will probably drop voice or get hostile or swap to a hero they play even worse just to troll, but anything but accept that they were not playing well.
You might ask what this has to do with anything and I would say it has everything to do with your point because what I am talking about and what you are talking stem from the same problem: people cannot accept when they are the problem so they will lash out and find a way to blame anyone else.
That is unfortunately pretty true for the most part. However, I believe the issue probably lies in not only receiving constructive criticism but also giving it. In most cases it’s not a “Hey dude, can we get a hit scan to deal with this Pharah? She’s flying for free right now and totally destroying us.” It’s typically more along the lines of “DUDE! YOU’RE TRASH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” I’m sure you can see how the latter does not help nor give any idea of what exactly the issue is.
But to go along with your point, I do agree with your general sentiment. I do believe when it comes to team-based games players should have a strong enough mentality to be able to take constructive criticism and be able to change up their tactics.