Look, I get why it’s frustrating to lose. I played four games this morning and lost them all. It… sucks. But I got outplayed and that’s life.
But the thing I don’t get is the guy who messaged me after he won and taunted me as a loser. I mean, he won, right? So what’s with the trash talk? I beat back his brute rush, but lost the aftergame because I didn’t get my locusts up quickly enough (I trashed his main base, but he had a second off in the corner).
Anyway, just a plea for civility. I’ve lost to people before and traded some positive messages. One guy who beat me complimented me on my style of play. This is all to the good. But let’s not rub it in when you actually beat somebody.
I know this is incredibly naive. It’s like I’ve never been on the Internet before.
It’s actually a insecurity thing. Even though they beat you they had to “reinforce” that by mocking you. With out going all Psychoanalytical its probably because they haven’t had much positive reinforcement as a child. Best thing to do is laugh it off its their issue to deal with and one that unless they deal with will be a problem for their whole lives.
Threads like this won’t stop people trash talking, if anything it only encourages them to continue because they get attention and an emotional response. Ignore them and move on.
They may not be used to winning too, usually people who have a high win percentage don’t have to trash talk to get their point across. Sorry you had to deal with that.
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> It’s actually a insecurity thing. Even though they beat you they had to “reinforce” that by mocking you. With out going all Psychoanalytical its probably because they haven’t had much positive reinforcement as a child. Best thing to do is laugh it off its their issue to deal with and one that unless they deal with will be a problem for their whole lives.
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> Threads like this won’t stop people trash talking, if anything it only encourages them to continue because they get attention and an emotional response. Ignore them and move on.
You are 100% right that I should ignore it and move on. But it got to me. I know it shouldn’t get to me, but it did. It was already a frustrating game.
It wasn’t just the brute rush, it was the way he kept jumping the brutes back and forth – and they lay mines, cause it was Atriox – and it was just aggravating to deal with. I was pleased I was even to beat it back, but it took all my resources to do so and I was off my game afterward.
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> They may not be used to winning too, usually people who have a high win percentage don’t have to trash talk to get their point across. Sorry you had to deal with that.
Yeah, it’s been my experience that the actually good players are usually pretty cool when they win. I’ve asked advice on builds, etc.
If you are playing a 2v2 or a 3v3 ranked game and towards the end of the game, your team realise that they are losing and are going to lose the match.
I notice some players just quit the match (resign) when it is a lost cause. How does this affect them? Do they still get the 600 EXP for quiting the match and does the server still record the loss on their record?
OR do they get 0 EXP and does it not count as a loss?
It is bloody annoying, just stay and fight to the end!
are you sure the person wasn’t trying to help you? Maybe they were and your missing out on decent advise? Does these questions bother you? I’m sorry if they do but remember if u cant see who your talking to its easy to misjudge somebody’s true intentions.
I’ve been down that road, and oftentimes it’s been against top players. I really hate a lot of the community leading on the leaderboards. I’ll usually just send a GG and move on, or recommend a way to deal with a strategy if my opponent seemed newer.
It’s starting to happen in this game too, I guess jerks will be jerks. I even see some streamers flaming and acting like little children and putting excuse messages every time they lose.
Things like “I didn’t use my main”, "I didn’t take you seriously " and the like.
But that aside, HW2 is the only game I’ve got positive comments when winning or losing.
Ya just never really know where someone’s head is at. Many people actually think that if they build a huge army on A they can ignore B, and C. They lose the game and believe they were the best on the team when their army sat idle the whole battle. Trying to talk to somebody like that is tricky.
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> Look, I get why it’s frustrating to lose. I played four games this morning and lost them all. It… sucks. But I got outplayed and that’s life.
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> But the thing I don’t get is the guy who messaged me after he won and taunted me as a loser. I mean, he won, right? So what’s with the trash talk? I beat back his brute rush, but lost the aftergame because I didn’t get my locusts up quickly enough (I trashed his main base, but he had a second off in the corner).
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> Anyway, just a plea for civility. I’ve lost to people before and traded some positive messages. One guy who beat me complimented me on my style of play. This is all to the good. But let’s not rub it in when you actually beat somebody.
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> I know this is incredibly naive. It’s like I’ve never been on the Internet before.
I’m sorry that you have to deal with jerks taunting you, I wish people weren’t so toxic and instead congratulated each other for how well they played.
The higher you climb the ranks the harder a loss feels for competitive people and there are those that just relish in victories to stroke their egos. It’s OK to feel proud of your win, but it’s way more sportsman-like and just plain nice to say “gg” or “nice strategy”.
I love that many players I faced have sent more positive messages then negative in my games. My favorite one was someone asking what unit was countering his AA’s projectiles and responding in a dumbfounded manner that the Shroud was even in the game.
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> You are 100% right that I should ignore it and move on. But it got to me. I know it shouldn’t get to me, but it did. It was already a frustrating game.
Yep. Ignoring it is the best course of action. Of course, if they send messages that are particularly bad, like they are discriminatory or hateful beyond the context of the game, you should report the offending messages/players appropriately.
Also, in the future, when replying to multiple people, just quote them all in one post. Don’t make multiple posts back to back. Thanks!
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> are you sure the person wasn’t trying to help you? Maybe they were and your missing out on decent advise? Does these questions bother you? I’m sorry if they do but remember if u cant see who your talking to its easy to misjudge somebody’s true intentions.
The exact quote was, “You, sir, are a total loser.”
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> > are you sure the person wasn’t trying to help you? Maybe they were and your missing out on decent advise? Does these questions bother you? I’m sorry if they do but remember if u cant see who your talking to its easy to misjudge somebody’s true intentions.
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> The exact quote was, “You, sir, are a total loser.”
My man, that is kinda funny now that the emotions settled… right? I doubt he really had malicious intent. I been there. It ramps up the excitement level, and you should ask him for a rematch! I would gladly help you stomp him btw. And, I mean that in a funny way
Not gonna lie, I told a few dudes to get colonized the first few times I won with Colony. Trash talk is half the battle. You gotta get in their head and gain the psychological advantage. Knock em off their game. It’s hard to micromanage through tears.
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> Not gonna lie, I told a few dudes to get colonized the first few times I won with Colony. Trash talk is half the battle. You gotta get in their head and gain the psychological advantage. Knock em off their game. It’s hard to micromanage through tears.
just think, a long time ago, in a galaxy arcade far far away, we used to stand right next to each other and talk trash while we burned thru quarters… It is part of the game. Have fun. Heck I used to play sega roadrash (1990s) just to see how far my buddy would go with destroying his controllers. I would let him catch up, beat him in the head with a chain and do it all over again till he threw em across the house! Man we still laugh at that crap TODAY! Good times. That’s what a memorable rivalry is all about
