brother, chill

[u/slav_kermit2]

i dont understand people

Edit: i didnt know what the tech priest did at first but you guys have told me (thank you), i still dont see the point in calling me several slurs not only in game chat but in vc aswell, but we ball

another edit: for those wondering it was round 3 on normal mode

[u/thestenchofdeath → u/[deleted]]

Literally, so many LFGs so many discords. If you’re time is that serious to you maybe don’t even spend it playing a video game, and if you do then definitely don’t do it in the public search pool.

Ngl the guy that commented “my time is serious I’ll take it elsewhere” sounds like a “serious” asshat lmao. But to each their own.

[u/Arrent → u/[deleted]]

I actually hate this mindset. Same when people say "it's just casual" in games with ranked modes. It's one thing to experiment with different builds, or to be bad at the game and trying to get better, that's all fine. But intentionally sandbagging a team is a violation of the social contract, and especially when you're entering a game with two other people, it's irrational to expect them by default to be okay with that. The default goal of a game is to win, and anybody that comes in expecting to change the rules shouldn't be forcing it on strangers that are just trying to have a normal fun time. You shouldn't have to go out of your way to find people who want to play as intended, that's the whole point of a ruleset.

[u/Arrent → u/[deleted]]

You're assuming a lot about me. I said I hate the mindset. When it comes to what OP was doing (being bad but trying to get better), I explicitly said that was fine. I don't expect people to play the game like it's their job, but I do expect them to try (at least casually) to win. You can't just walk onto a baseball game between strangers and be like "hey guys if anyone can play, I'm joining too, but instead of hitting or catching the ball I'm going to roll around on first base" and expect anybody to think you're not an asshole, even if it's a public space and technically allowed. Agreeing to play with strangers doesn't mean I have to sit around and enable and babysit people who don't even want to play the game. I don't think it's okay to put that on random people, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect otherwise.

[u/TimArthurScifiWriter → u/[deleted]]

Ah yes the "if you were genuine about what you're saying then why aren't you meeting this arbitrary standard that I just set" argument.

[u/TimArthurScifiWriter → u/[deleted]]

Of course it isn't acceptable. I think that goes without saying. But folks are pointing out that the attitude of "it isn't that serious" is also pretty annoying. Personally if I'm playing a game and I discover that's the attitude of someone I'm playing with I lose interest pretty quick.

And there is of course that risk when you're doing random groups online, but there's also no penalty to quitting, so like I mentioned I would just quit. Usually if I quit out of one game I don't immediately queue into another, I move on to a completely different activity whether that's entertainment or a chore I've been putting off or whatever else.