Asylum Choir, on 28 October 2018 - 05:38 AM, said:
If the other guy is as banged up as him, and he uses that guy as cover so he can live a bit longer-potentially sacrificing the other guy for his personal gain, no that's not good sportsmanship.
Well at least not by the definition of my school education, and every other adult that taught me about it growing up.
Sportsmanship as i was taught by my schooling and parents/family is the HOW you conduct yourself during your sport.
In this particular case, the guy doing what he did is shockingly poor going by what I was taught.
Now, the fact he picked an unfair fight to start with, expecting to beast the op and then getting outplayed and running...that's something else entirely. but him using a fellow friendly as a human shield, that wasn't fresh.....well.....
If people think that that's ok..I despair..the playerbase in this game is very,very timid to start with maybe this type of thinking is why...
Now as I said before, why the op even bothered with this post is beyond me as modern gamers don't care. Winning is everything. You mention fairplay and you get scoffed at, like it's a mental illness or something.
Except the OP clearly stated that he was unable to kill the guy his target hid behind.
Here's what happened -
OP got into a fight with guy A. Guy A is losing the trade, moves into cover behind guy B.
Guy B either drives OP off or kills OP. We don't know which. So guy A survives and helps his team win the match.
You have a skewed perspective on fair play. Fair play doesn't mean you screw your whole team or roll over and die if you lose a single exchange. I'm trying to picture a game of, say, tennis under your rules. So we're making returns and I draw you in close to the net then lob it back over your head. Do you refuse to fall back and return it or say 'Gosh MischiefSC, that was cunningly done. I'm just going to not try to return it and instead give you that point.' Because I would consider that incredibly contemptuous.
This is a team game. You're accountable to your team and your teammates are the primary resource you're supposed to lean into to win. This isn't supposed to be played as 12 sets of 1 v 1. Go play Solaris for that.
So in your version of soccer if I see you juggle the ball past a teammate am I required to get out of the way and the goalie stands aside, saying 'Well, you out-maneuvered one of my teammates. jolly well done! We're going to let you score.' If I juggle past you are you forbidden from chasing and seeing if you can recover the ball?
Guy A did exactly what he's supposed to do. He moved up to engage and if he's losing he needs get into cover. Behind a teammate is fine if there's nothing else - I would rather a teammate who's running is behind me instead of in front of me spoiling my shot anyway.
Bad sportsmanship in a game like this is, for example, killing someone who's discoed. Talking trash and being rude. Running off and hiding to save your KDR. Hiding and only popping out hoping to steal kills. Teamwork and leaning into your team isn't bad sportsmanship because it's a team game.