Would you beat the shit out of someone for taunting you in a game?

[YUPPIE]

Long story short: There's a certain competitive fighting game among others I enjoy watching being played professionally. There is a dominant player who regularly wins most paid events he attends online and offline. This person has a distinct tendency to taunt his opponents through excessive in-game emotes or do unnecessary things like combos that go well past KO and disrespectful fatalities/super finishers. When recently asked in an interview why this person does this shit, he said that non-verbally, he wants to get into his opponent's head psychologically as much as possible to make them angrier and perform more poorly as it's been proven saltiness can weigh heavily on performance in these sort of games.

Despite this, I'm amazed for attending as many real life events as he does not one person has yet decided to attack him physically or just lose their marbles and do something similar. Maybe I assume people are just too unstable and they may be more restrained, but I don't know.

[Schattenlied]

Just a guess, but I'd assume most people don't want to try to commit a felony in front of a ton of witnesses over a video game.

[Sam the Wiser]

OP, seek professionally help.

[Reeve]

What? No, of course not.

[Azadina]

Is this somekind of a joke?

[Anuibus]

If you get tilted over a little bm, you deserve to lose. not that I condone bm, but you need to be able to focus through it.

[RickJamesLich]

I regularly beat people up that are better than me in video games. What is the problem here?

[Justpassing]

I used to think so, but then I turned 12.

[Gilgemesh]

No. It's part of the competition. Frustrating your opponent is an excellent strategy.

[May90]

Long story short: There's a certain competitive fighting game among others I enjoy watching being played professionally. There is a dominant player who regularly wins most paid events he attends online and offline. This person has a distinct tendency to taunt his opponents through excessive in-game emotes or do unnecessary things like combos that go well past KO and disrespectful fatalities/super finishers. When recently asked in an interview why this person does this shit, he said that non-verbally, he wants to get into his opponent's head psychologically as much as possible to make them angrier and perform more poorly as it's been proven saltiness can weigh heavily on performance in these sort of games.

Despite this, I'm amazed for attending as many real life events as he does not one person has yet decided to attack him physically or just lose their marbles and do something similar. Maybe I assume people are just too unstable and they may be more restrained, but I don't know.

I understand this tactics, and in a professional tournament, where the win at any cost is the goal, I suppose it can be effective and pretty annoying for the opponents.

However, I would never do that to anyone, in a tournament or not, and if someone did this to me and I felt I was getting angry, I would just quit the game. Most online games have an option to turn all those emotes though, the chat and such off, so it is hardly an unresolvable problem.

[kail]

I am curious if said player would still win as much if he didn't BM. Now I question if such tactics should ever cause penalties in paid tournaments.

As for me? Naw. First time playing online games like CS 1.6 and Runescape, sure they bothered me a lot. Then I learned an amazing mental tactic: not giving a shit.

[PACOX]

Whats up with esports players and not having an ounce of sportsmanship?

We used to say some foul shit on the football field but all of that stayed on the field, win or lose. Nowadays you beat someone in a damn LoL match and they start DMing you after the game...

[Bryntrollian]

I regularly beat people up that are better than me in video games. What is the problem here?

Its funny when you put it that way.

[nathrizarri]

Being affected by such taunts indicate a very thin skin. Does not mean the offenders character is thin skinned generally but in that moment, it is.

Accepting the defeat, realizing their own mistakes and improving on them requires a strong character. I believe that gamer was one of the thin skinned guys in the past but he get through over it.

[breadisfunny]

only if it's a draenei.

[Deleted]

If you can't handle rage while playing videogames perhaps find some other hobby, like fishing or having cats.

[Celista]

OP it's probably time for you to take a break from the game for a little bit.

[RickJamesLich]

Its funny when you put it that way.

That's not a joke

[Deleted]

If I were a raid boss, yes. Yes I would.

[Donald Hellscream]

If you attack people physically over a game, you should'nt be playing the game in the first place.