Curse

Grimson · May 09, 2005, 10:35 AM // 10:35

I'am just curious on how many of you guys who fight in random arena's get a bunch of groups with sore losers. I just say this because I was recently in a few arena matches, we were doing well. Won quite a few matches with two monks in a four player team (I know people say we stacked monks even though it was random in selection). So we killed a good deal of parties and all of them had something negative to say. "You suck. Stinkin cheaters!" .... "You guys are noobs!" ..... and other various, well dumb comments. The only group that I found didn't give a rude comment was the last group I faced and lost to. I told them good game and was on my way.

Just baffles me why people are just rude when they lose. I can understand being highly competitive but why rude? Just be on your way and try again with another group. Didn't find this nearly as much in the Tombs but Arena it was just about every match.

Curious if anyone else has been getting this behavior from people. Might just be me.

Than · May 09, 2005, 11:11 AM // 11:11

Such is life. Either their yelling at their team mates for sucking or yelling at their challenger for not. Same goes for any online game where you play other people. Be it RTS, FPS, or RPG. Ignorance is bliss after all.

Kilguri · May 09, 2005, 11:17 AM // 11:17

My personal favorite is being called names by a warrior from the opposing team after I hitting him with Pin Down and using Dodge to get away from him, and then turned back and killed him.

Ever since he told me only noobs run I started using my bow as a deadly melee weapon, honestly.

Deagol · May 09, 2005, 11:45 AM // 11:45

Actually, I found that a surprising number of losers on Ascalon Arena congratulated the winning team for playing a good fight.

Nefser · May 09, 2005, 11:51 AM // 11:51

Often times a few quiet gg's will go unnoticed, whereas a sharply worded comment will linger in the memory...

Agreed Deagol: from what I've seen, %'s lean heavier toward respect and appreciation than taunts and rudeness. But then again, I try to keep my 'idiot' filter in my head active as often as possible.

Kebren Divinus · May 09, 2005, 12:11 PM // 12:11

Carebear much? I enjoy a good insult in a match, helps me get more focused and makes the match more personal. Whats the point of competition if its all for fun, there needs to be something at stake. I really don't see much in the way of rudeness in the 4v4 matches, but you see some serious American vs Korean hate in the Halls of Heroes. I was laughing so hard when this one Korean team wrote, "You American Mother Dog Pussy." Good Stuff

Nefser · May 09, 2005, 12:36 PM // 12:36

What's with all this 'carebear' and 'fanboi' and other stereotyping foolishness. Carebear seems to be applied with anyone who's looking for a less caustic environment or seeking balance where it is deemed necessary. Fanboi is arbitrarily tagged on people who say positive things about a given developer, company and or team behind a game. These are nice, wide brushes people use to paint others with, but really serves no purpose other than as an attempt to completely dismiss someone elses opinion?

How about this? You try your 'smart-mouth, rude, trashy talk' out in public, on the street and in a pub somewhere and you'll probably very quickly find yourself on the ground and in pain. Oh, what a surprise. But in the safety of an online world, people get as nasty and foul-mouthed as they like?

Taunting someone during a fight is one thing (stirrig emotions for tactical advantage), but doing it afterwards (regardless of winning or losing) is just bad sportsmanship...and rather childish. No?

Jackell · May 09, 2005, 12:49 PM // 12:49

Oh god, my 37 win streak in the arena.

These two warriors would keep coming at us, I swear to god, every other match had them in it. And everytime we beat them, it was "You guys suck!" "Your ****in n00bs", "If I didn't get a team of retards I'd own you." or "Good game on my part, stfu guys."

It was sad. I really think that people take it so seriously, that when they loose, they loose a little bit of their self-confidence, and NEED to talk shit to make it up back up.

Aiwahead · May 09, 2005, 12:52 PM // 12:52

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Originally Posted by Jackell

Oh god, my 37 win streak in the arena.

These two warriors would keep coming at us, I swear to god, every other match had them in it. And everytime we beat them, it was "You guys suck!" "Your ****in n00bs", "If I didn't get a team of retards I'd own you." or "Good game on my part, stfu guys."

It was sad. I really think that people take it so seriously, that when they loose, they loose a little bit of their self-confidence, and NEED to talk shit to make it up back up.

Warmos, eh, Jackell? Well that explains everything, now dosent it?

Seriously. Most [NOT ALL FFS] Warmos get shown that their build isnt almighty and they either start shouting HAX HAX, etc. Or blame it on their team. Now that'ss the great part. Blame something on your team when you have THE single most self sufficient build in the game. ;P

Repeat after me:
"Stupidity for teh win!"

Grimson · May 09, 2005, 12:56 PM // 12:56

lol no Kebren I'am not a "Carebear" but what I was tring to point out is exactly what Nefser did. I don't mind the rude comments, usually just shrug them off. I just find it more amusing that they can't win the fight but can talk so much trash after words. Then it goes from amusment to annoyance. Perhaps you like the insults (whatever suits ya bro) but I rather have a nice challenging match with my competitors ending with a good game rather then some butthead comment.

. Then again this isn't a perfect world, there's going to be buttheads just like anywhere else.

Taranis · May 09, 2005, 01:19 PM // 13:19

Haven't noticed many of such sore losers....most likely "sore winners", been doing PvP-Random in Ascalon with my new character and we won like 15 times in a row....then the first team we lost against was like:
"HAHA NOOBS"
"FUKIN EASY LOL"
"YUO SUCK! LOLOL!!11"
Most of the time we won those who lost were actually nice to us giving comments like "Woah you guys are beasts hehe" or a simple "Good game

"....sounds weird but most people I lost against were worst than any "loser" could be....

Jackell · May 09, 2005, 01:27 PM // 13:27

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Originally Posted by Aiwahead

Warmos, eh, Jackell? Well that explains everything, now dosent it?

Seriously. Most [NOT ALL FFS] Warmos get shown that their build isnt almighty and they either start shouting HAX HAX, etc. Or blame it on their team. Now that'ss the great part. Blame something on your team when you have THE single most self sufficient build in the game. ;P

Repeat after me:
"Stupidity for teh win!"

LOL, your my new hero.

I remember, Yaks bend arena. a team of 3 wa/mos.

I get a mesmer who gives them, I think Mind wrack. Never played a mesmer so I don't know for sure. When you attack you loose 5 energy.

The mesmer stays behind, and keeps doing that, and the Wa/Mo's die. Pretty quickly, as well.

They started crying about how we had either hacked or there was a glitch. I quote:

"WTF YOU HACKKERS DO? I COULDNT -----ING HEAL! GOOD GAME CHEATERS!"

DraieGardo · May 09, 2005, 01:37 PM // 13:37

id say just laugh at them. Like the saying goes the angry man will defeat himself in battle aswell as in life.
Proberly not so much a good thing to do but provoke the angry people and watch there game play deteriate. Otherwise just ignore them.

Executioner · May 09, 2005, 02:07 PM // 14:07

Yeah just ignore the childish .. worse i think is the way some people are offensive towards korean teams...its just not on ! you have to give respect to all PvP players and situations. still there's not much we can do about it.. i just note their names a choose not to group with them, I will even leave teams in tombs just for this reason.. nothing wrong with bantor such as "prepare for your death" etc.. but things like "you ****ing koreans suck", is totally uncalled for..

Virtuoso · May 09, 2005, 02:15 PM // 14:15

If my teamates start doing crap like that in the Arena I just accidently forget to heal them.

-Virt

Than · May 09, 2005, 02:23 PM // 14:23

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Originally Posted by Executioner

Yeah just ignore the childish .. worse i think is the way some people are offensive towards korean teams...its just not on ! you have to give respect to all PvP players and situations. still there's not much we can do about it.. i just note their names a choose not to group with them, I will even leave teams in tombs just for this reason.. nothing wrong with bantor such as "prepare for your death" etc.. but things like "you ****ing koreans suck", is totally uncalled for..

Why exactly? Korean is an adjective. NOW if they say for Fing gooks suck, a known racial slurr. Then maybe I might be a little irked. But saying Koreans suck(when they are koreans and just beat your ass) I really don't have a problem with.

Some people just have a anger management problem(and the mask of the internet generally doesn't mediate this). Hell we all lose it once in a while.

Starflower · May 09, 2005, 02:25 PM // 14:25

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Originally Posted by Executioner

nothing wrong with bantor such as "prepare for your death" etc.. but things like "you ****ing koreans suck", is totally uncalled for..

I agree, some good roleplaying-style taunting would be fun, but that kind of lame "You suxxors we roxxors" stuff is just annoying and boring. Sheez, if I want to get called a &%'$# bitch or some such nonsense I can probably do it in real life.

Tanik · May 09, 2005, 02:32 PM // 14:32

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Originally Posted by Aiwahead

Warmos, eh, Jackell? Well that explains everything, now dosent it?

Seriously. Most [NOT ALL FFS] Warmos get shown that their build isnt almighty and they either start shouting HAX HAX, etc. Or blame it on their team. Now that'ss the great part. Blame something on your team when you have THE single most self sufficient build in the game. ;P

Repeat after me:
"Stupidity for teh win!"

But the War/Mo is still highly usable in PvP, just not how morons play. For instance, dropping healing prayers and picking up smiting makes a HUGE difference... that and hammer skills

But anyways back on topic, people who aren't as skilled as others try to make themselves bigger or others smaller by tossing out insults, where as the more intelligent amonst us prefer to just say "GG" and be on our merry way to the next match.

Deagol · May 09, 2005, 02:40 PM // 14:40

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Originally Posted by Jackell

Oh god, my 37 win streak in the arena.

I'd love if Guild Wars would remember 1) the current winning streak, and 2) your longest winning streak. I know the Arena is just fun and randomness, but it would put an extra edge to it if you had something more to strive for (breaking your own winning streak).

Zyco · May 09, 2005, 02:41 PM // 14:41

Welcome to PVP.. everyone bitches