Today I'm going to talk about gaming courtesy. Pretty straightforward as usual, don't be a jerk, and don't overestimate yourself.
Have you ever been playing a game for a long time and gotten really good at it and then had someone come up and tell you that you are doing everything wrong and that you play horribly? It has happened to me many times and is a blatant violation of basic web courtesy.
First off, no, you should never ever walk up to someone and tell them they are stupid, terrible, ugly, bad, etc. that's rule number one of things not to do ever. Doing so only makes them annoyed, angry, etc. which is just not cool. And even if they are stupid, their character is ugly, they are cussing a lot, they can't play the game well, etc. you still don't say that, because it just feeds them and they cuss at you some more, make some more stupid errors, change their character colors to putrid pink, and attempt to kill you... a lot. I have been made aware of one time my friends were playing a game and someone was making fun of a spell and saying it was worthless, so my friends proceeded to all get said spell and one the game with it. Abraham Lincoln said "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Don't be overconfident, yes mages and clerics can be squishy at times, but T100 has made a cleric before that is a tank. Don't make fun of things, you can usually be proved wrong.
Second, if you actually think they are doing something wrong or that there is a better way of doing it, do not attack them for it. Ever. Basic rule number two is to calmly and passively tell someone "you know there is a better way to do 'X'" or "you know, I thought that you weren't supposed to do 'X'" or even "please don't do 'X'" and always follow these up with a 'because...' statement to provide a reason, and not just because it'll influence them more, which it will, but because it will let them continue to think you aren't a complete jerk, and who knows, you may be wrong or that might be their playing style, who knows. For example, I play LoL (league of Legends) a lot with my friends, but haven't been playing quite as long. I can't tell you how many times that I have been caught up in one thing and haven't been able to pay attention to another and so have died. I also cannot count how many times some of my friends have continued on to call me retarded for not paying attention, even if I did manage to kill someone first. Many times have they said "stop doing [insert action here] you can't do that with that character stupid." Imagine hearing this over and over again; it isn't pleasant.
When I play team based games, I usually go for the ranged healing support character, a cleric/ranger hybrid in D&D based games, Soraka and Sivir in LoL, Clerics in most other games as well. So when I play these games with my friends, it surprises me how often they leave me, the squishiest possible character in a game, all alone surrounded by enemies. I die ridiculously often, and then they make fun of me because I did my job and they didn't do theirs. In any team based game, or any team based activity period in life, each person has their own job. I fulfill my job by healing and protecting other characters, and attacking the ones my friends can't get to, many times flawlessly. But if they don't protect my character I die in like three hits. And then they make fun of me. Do not do this, get better friends, point them to this site at least. Rule number three: protect your friends, do your part, that is all.
Finally, unless I forgot something in which case I will update this post and let you know on a Sunday, never make fun of newbies. There is a big difference between a Newb and a Noob. A Newb is someone brand new to a game or to a guild, party, class, etc. someone who is brand new and willing to learn. A Noob on the other hand is someone who has been playing the game for a long time but plays like he is new, and is not willing to take criticism or learn. A noob you can torture until they leave, because they are not doing it right, they are not pushing forward and following the rules because guess what, Rule number four: take criticism and teaching and act on it, if they follow rules one and two, then they really do know generally what they are talking about, and if they don't thank them, provide your reasoning why not, and move along. followed by rule five: don't be a noob, kill noobs if you get a chance, and protect newbs as you would your own friends/clan/guild etc.
Thanks for listening or not, comment if you want or not, Once I'm finished with all of the topics I'll present them to you in a post without any examples for easy reading and copy/pasting. any questions, feel free to comment or email me whenever I get around to posting the address.
Farewell and Valedictions,
The King of the Blog
No comments:
Post a Comment