"ez n00b g0t pwndz! bitch."

[Atlas]

For those of you who play online games, do you ever encounter the unstoppable force known as douche-baggery?

You know the guys I'm talking about, the ones who never give up, even if you own them ez. Aside from FFXI, I've played a few online FPS games such as Halo, UnReal, etc.

I've encountered them, and most of the time try not to be one. Do any of you guys just get tired of this constant nagging?

[Matron]

IN MMOs such as WoW and FFXI there are so many elitist asses out there that just won't play with you if you don't have the perfect gear, the perfect specs, etc. I just play to have fun, not to be the bestest little mage in all of Azeroth. Which is why I so seldom play with people.

[Sushi_b]

I personally don't play with people I don't know. It's not as fun, for one thing, and I would rather avoid those said people in this thread. I could care less if someone is better then me at a game because they live at home still at the age of 35 and don't want to get on with their life unless it's in a Halo 3 server. Just a thought.

Playing with friends is always fun because you can chat about how the game is going or just complain with them.

[Jun]

If I tell some I don't want to heal, I don't ****ING want to do healz. I am a shadow goddamn priest.

They even invite me to the group before I can even respond sometimes. Pisses me off.

[Atlas]

Haha... danm noobs!

When I used to play as a White Mage/Blk Mage on FFXI, I would run around and randomly use "Invisible" on unsuspected users. They thought it was funny because I was a cute Taru.

[Matron]

Yeah but as a WHM they'd always get their panties in a bunch if you didn't drop every thing to come rez them, or heal, or teleport. It's like WHM=slave, at least when I played it, heh.

[Inari]

Ugh I hate the sort of snobbery you run into in MMOs. If I'm running an instance and I'm not being a complete idiot and running in circles or asking dumb questions, just assume I know what I'm doing. Even if my gear is shitty by current end-game standards. As long as my DPS matches my gear, and I'm not undergeared for a given instance, I don't want to hear people questioning my playing ability. ><

I'll admit though, since Burning Crusade it seems they've tuned instances to gear rather than to ability. Prior to BC there was never this sort of selectivity or gear-dependence for casters. So I do get kind of snobby when I'm in a pug for Kara with another mage with 400 +dmg and 0 +hit doing 7% of total damage /rolling on items and winning them over me. That happened recently, and I sort of "playfully" bitched about it to the group leader, who was adamant about how great it is to let people into the group no matter what their gear level is. That's sunshine and rainbows and all, but it sets the group up for epic fail.

[Mark]

yeah I am by no means very special at MMO's its fun but I cant stand the douche bags I tend to say from the start im gunna get my ass handed to me and joke around as I play. other people with headsets laugh and joke around with me and it makes the online play more fun.

[Sibek]

I don't play on Xbox live so I don't run into douchebags on a daily basis.

I do regular on a server that does get 13 year olds but most of them are siblings of the server admins and usually well behaved. I think the best plan of attack for playing online FPSes is to stick to a handful of servers that has decent moderation and a good set of maps (customs). I'm not sure how actively moderation is handled over Live compared to custom PC servers, though.

MMOs are much different because they're usually filled with thousands of players rather than 24-32. The accessibility also makes more ideal for younger players as well as hackers and griefers. Griefing is funny in FPSes because losing one round doesn't mean the end of the world. Griefing in MMOs can result in lost experience and loot that could be harder to come by.

[Atlas]

Yeah but as a WHM they'd always get their panties in a bunch if you didn't drop every thing to come rez them, or heal, or teleport. It's like WHM=slave, at least when I played it, heh.

I was more of the badass Tarutaru that would make you give me stuff if I didn't think you were worthy of existence. Most of the time I really enjoyed helping people out. It also gave me more oppourtunity to meet new parties and find new linkshells. Good stuff.

[Matron]

I liked helping people too, as long as they weren't demanding assholes.

I'm much more anti-social in WoW.

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

Yeah, so I'll go against the grain and say that if I absolutely crush you in a game, I will definitely let you know. As an example, last night I was playing Team Slayer on Halo 3 and ended up getting 24 kills with a K/D ratio of +17 and their entire team got 23 kills total.

... I'm going to point out that statistic to you, I promise.

[Jarrid]

Only problem I really had was when I played WoW. I just got tired of hearing about how great their gear was, and how better they were better than anyone else. I really did not have much of a problem in FFXI, but I only got up to level 40, so I did not really get all that far, even though it seemed like it took forever to get to that level. I was a DRK/BLK Taru, and I loved it. Though, when I was playing as a WHM, it did get annoying sometimes, but I would always help out people as long as I was not busy in a party.

When it comes to Halo and other games like that and if I am around my friends, I will do some serious shit talking. Does not matter if I am in the lead or last, I still like to talk shit. All fun, though.

[Indigo]

I hate those idiots. Why should spending more time in a game give you more authority to shuv people off? That's like telling new born babies to F*** off.

[Jarrid]

I do it every time, Fallen. Babies ain't got shit on me!

[Inari]

Only problem I really had was when I played WoW. I just got tired of hearing about how great their gear was, and how better they were better than anyone else.
This is so incredibly annoying. The thing is that these days at level 70 there are so many gear levels, sets, and tiers, that unless you've been through every tier, it's hard to tell how much better someone's gear is than yours (cumulatively) without seriously scrutinizing it. But for the most part I think people are generally forgiving about gear status as long as you're respectably geared for whatever it is you're trying to do.

The thing that people are generally complete assholes about is arena rating. If you post on the forums they'll peep at your rating and proceed to tear you a new one if you're not up there, and your opinion is entirely disregarded. That's how they size you up on skill.

[Blackdragon]

I've run into a few assholes in online games. Mostly when I was playing Gunz and Gunbound. People came in few categories: The impatient player, (The one yelling "RDY UP, REDY UUP!11! as soon as you jump in the room.) The ****ing hacker (****ing shit up in Gunz and lagging all the other players as if it isn't obvious he's OHK'ing everybody.) The Noob hater, (This bastard can't help but point out how terribly you're doing, even if you just started playing, or are just having an off day.) and The nonbeliever (For some reason, when you kill this guy he istantly calls you a hacker, or cheap. Just finding any way to belittle your skill in the game.)

In Halo 3 I didn't really encounter many of these "13 Year Olds" people talk about. Most of the people I've played with were pretty cool and tried to work as a team for one common goal. Playing with friends was more fun. We mostly shittalked through the entire game, but that's just how we do.

[Indigo]

I do it every time, Fallen. Babies ain't got shit on me!

ROFL.

[Tenacious P]

Gunbound is great experience for developing temperance. If you can get good at Gunbound, not be a douche, and fill your buddy list with good players who are also not douches, you've won the internet. And then you can quit playing that stupid game.

Recently I've been playing lots of Mario Kart DS, which is a perfect example of how even a complete absence of communication cannot prevent douchebaggery. If Joe Cocksucker leads a race by a large margin, he will stop 2 inches in front of the finish line, just so you know he's a supreme badass. And if god forbid he happens to fall behind in the standings, he will use up the entire time limit before choosing a track, just to take 20 seconds off your life and thereby be the true victor.

Nice try Nintendo. An honorable effort, but douche will overcome.

[CoolOtaku]

The only time I have ever had too much of a problem with this sort of shit is in Gunbound back in my prime. I definitely encountered it, too, in Halo 2 on XBox Live, but that was nothing compared to the annoyance of Gunbound douchebags. Everything you did right could always be attributed to luck. If not that, then a single non-perfect shot made you a noob. It didn't help much that I always seemed to play with people who outranked me by quite a bit >_>

I have to admit though, I like playing with people I don't know in real life. I've made some good friends on those games (friends to the extent that I like playing with them) who I would play with a lot. Good times, man.

[Cyrus the virus]

On the note of snobbery:

Haha... danm noobs!

When I used to play as a White Mage/Blk Mage on FFXI...

...Hm.

Anywho. I used to play Counterstrike at an internet cafe with my best friend and a bunch of other dudes. There was a kid there younger than all of us who was pretty good, and could usually hold his own.

Anytime he was against a sniper, though, he'd get totally destroyed. Like, 15-0 in one-on-one. So he'd often yell out "NO SNIPE" in team games, and we'd laugh. He was a silly one.

But yeah. I'm a bit of a prick if a healer is using shadow gear or a tank pally has cloth equipped. That's usually just a lapse in memory, though. I'm reasonable!

[Less Than Liz]

Depends; I'm a big team player, so in WoW, for example, I will totally go out of my way to heal anybody in my faction. I engage in friendly discourse with those thugs on the other side (well, I dance with them. It's hard to actually talk to people when you don't share a language) but I swear to God, when it's PvP time, it's ****ing on.

I'm much less competitive in WoW, though, since the game is basically a giant fashion show, so merit and gear are nearly interchangeable. I feel like as long as you have the time, your character can acquire some pretty decent gear, and thus don't get too worked up over it.

I recently got MGS4 (you might have heard) and love playing MGO online (my router sucks so I almost never get to finish a game) but my favorite thing to do is snipe people. When I do get to end a game, it's glorious seeing the standings. Same thing for the Age of Empires series. I pretty much abused the "All hail, King of the Loooooosers!" soundbite. Ahhh, 8th grade, I miss you so.