The OP here has bring to us a very interest issue, and one i was thinking since i’m into PvP. Myself i’m with the mindset that is about…
Sadly, i see a lot of people (kids mostly) that are more into…
Thankfully there are people who still thinks…
People who want to get unfair advantage in videogames are like persons who cheats in a cards game (like hiding a card), they don’t really care about having fun or having a game experience, they just want win. And that is just stupid, because you are not having a proper feedback beetwen you and your oponent, and when you do that you are just killing the basic and main propouse of a game.
When i was younger, guys we use to play any kind of game in a fair way, and taking unfair adventage was considerer not just as a cheating issue, also the cheater was considerer an unskilled and dumb boy who couldn’t win a game properly.
Nowadays several young gamers see the use of unfair methods like something good, also like something that must be done. That’s sad, but it’s part of the internet culture, where the anonimatous and distance allow to the worst kind of players to make what we already we know that they do. And then, as those persons “win”, everybody else start to reply this kind of behaivor because they see that is the only way to winning or at least the most easy.
Times has change, my friend. But i still see a lot of young gamers that walk in the fair path.
I don’t particapate in the competive side of the game where those terms really have meaning, but I reported the only exploit I ever discovered rather than take advantage of it, so that seems to fall under the domain of sportsmanship rather than gamesmanship.
( on the other hand, reaching honor level 174 without any PvP kills was certainly “creative use of game mechanics” that have since been changed … that might lean me the other way )
A mix of both. It depends on my mood. I do not really like being in a group to beat up one player, but I understand why it must be done. I like rooting for the underdog, even in a game not built for underdogs.
“Trollsmanship” is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed in any manner possible, without proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one’s competitors, and with no regard whatsoever for basic human decency. A “troll” refers to one who takes great efforts to maximize his or her own pleasure within the game, often at the expense of other players.
Sportsman through and through. I feel like contests should be decided by skill alone. I personally treat even my opponents with courtesy and tact because I hope for the same in return. If you beat your opponent with trash talking and “mind games”, have you really proven yourself to be the better player?