Nathan Bloodguard, on 02 February 2015 - 12:05 PM, said:
Oh darned, he found out that we bought some of those self aware turrets from Liao! We must have him assassinated at once!"
I have NEVER been headshot so consistently except when running towards the generators and crossing the paths of the turrets.
Beyond that, there was this ONE TIME, I was gonna get revenge on the turret, I was waiting for it to pop up so's I could lay a strike on it and get it for max damage in one shot and destroy.
The little fugger never popped up. I was like 30 meters in front of it, in my Jenner K, and the little jerk never popped up so I could make sure the strike killed it!
There I am standing in front of this turret, like a jack ass, instead of helping finish off O-gen...
That thing KNEW I was out to kill it, hence, self-aware...
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So let me get this straight now. You* were a jerk to him, he was a jerk to you* (irregardless of who started it)? OK, so why drag all this here in the forums once again if both of your behaviors was less then sterling? The Original Post does not mention the game that 'inspired' it, does not say that competitiveness is bad in and of itself (which has nothing to do with that game once again). It says that when another feels the need to force their competitive game play onto another is when the competitiveness gets to be bad (which yet again does not mention that game AGAIN in its references. No details of it, no names, no nothing about that game. He could be talking about another group or game entirely, as he didn't just stop playing CW after those two matches, nor where those his first two matches of CW). So once again, why drag that game into this thread to begin with! Others have already posted that were not involved in said game, and they have also stated that that game was not mentioned in the Original Post and if anything only helps to prove the Original Posts statement (in one way, shape, or form).
(*You being the team in general, not necessarily you...)
Well at this point it makes no difference if I'd made the statement that, even if I had not been a participant in the events that spawned his rant, and had found this post, I'd STILL have responded.
Competition involves a seriousness of attitude, and while yes, we all want to have fun, ultimately the goal is to win, and winning is fun. Typically for the most part, losing is not fun. If the loss is caused by everyone not cooperating to their fullest, or playing at the same or higher level than you, even less fun.
How dare you to presume to tell me, or anyone else in this game not cheating, that you're 'too competitive'.
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Now as for his own words. He said he DCed from the group because he felt so insulted and that the atmosphere was so toxic that he could not stand to play with that group again, considering (according to his words once again) that the group had just continued to be hostile from the get go of the second match, instead of giving him a 'second chance'. He did not DC because he couldn't include we in "We got this". If you are going to use his own words then please use his own words, not your interpretation of those words.
So he made a suggestion and was given a response of something like, "Don't bother we got this" and felt this was toxic and insulting?
That's my understanding of the event...
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As for not bullying him. I do believe that name calling is indeed bullying. We won't mention the other rude behavior that is being thrown his way, and from a strictly thread point of view, it would appear that your teammates started it by accusing him of things (rather it happened or not) that had nothing to do with the Original Post, and then continued to degrade and digress from there into harassment and insulting him.
<shrug> If he chooses to feel bullied and offended by being called 'Percival', that's on him.
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As for the LP. You do get LP for your performance in match rather you win or lose. You only get a 'contract boost' if you win (which is not multiplied by Phoenix mechs bonus).
This is true I failed to consider those, though the difference for one 'mech when a win is made up for by the bonus at the end of a winning match is it not?
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As for the Mech, once again there are a bunch of strategies that could be employed by a group that has one wrong mech in the mix. Its just a matter of mixing it up a little from time to time. Also what do you expect from the average pugger? Them to be the best performer on the team? or them to trail along and try to fit in with the rest of the team (in game tactics of course as normally you don't have a chance to get them to change mechs).
That's the thing, there was MORE than enough time to switch out while sitting in lobby had he been paying attention when strat was discussed and all the other pug players switched to their jump capable lights.
I don't ever expect a random pug to be as good as me, most of us feel we're better than the random solo scrubs, BUT, we expect them to do their best to attempt to play up to general level of the group and to use at least the minimal common sense 'strategies' that go along with 'dropping blind in a group of people you don't know and haven't spoken to' like: Following your lance, targeting the enemies with solid 'doritos' (which indicate someone else on your team is targeting them), etc. etc.
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Would you have had the same behavior if this was one of your teammates that was in the drop deck editor and had forgotten to save it, dropping in with his DDC atlas first with everyone else in those light jumping mechs? Would you have given your own teammate (who may not have TS in this example) as much of a hard time while he was trying to accommodate you buy going through that horribly set up 'mech select' menu to find the appropriate mech? (as one would likely not reply in team chat while scrolling through that horrid mess, being more occupied trying desperately to find the right mech?)
LOL, the crap we give people in our unit when they screw up like that PALES in comparison to what Percival got, by tons and tons. Keep in mind all Percival got was text, if you're a member of our unit, you're in our TS channel and if you screw up something as simple as mech selection...
LOL! You'll know about it in no uncertain terms.
My experience dropping in various unit channels on the Davion/Commstar servers while I did my own solo CW drops indicates it ain't much different with the other units.