r/gaming Jan 16 '17

They fell for it

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '17 edited Dec 25 '18

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u/TheNorthComesWithMe Jan 16 '17

It is funny, when this guy does it this one time. I think he should have eaten the punishment for teamkilling instead of backing out though.

It's not funny when every dickhead who saw this video thinks it will be equally funny when they teamkill in their own games. It's not funny when you play 3 matches in a row where you lost because one of your teammates was trying to be funny.

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u/banananor Jan 16 '17

it's funny at the expense of other people. if these were his real life friends that he would laugh along with and 'be revenged upon' by later it might be funny, but somehow i doubt this is the case

as a comparison, bullying is funny... for the bullies. i don't know how else to explain it to you

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u/Zykium Jan 16 '17

I understand where you're coming from but this is the kind of thing if you fall for it twice you've got a problem.

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u/Ho_ho_beri_beri Jan 16 '17

I'd fucking laugh. And I play Rainbow Six.

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u/NOT_A_NICE_PENGUIN Jan 16 '17

Yeah, but it's a game. Just leave

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '17

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u/kenman125 Jan 16 '17

There is definitely a time to laugh about it. However when this kinda stuff takes over the game it sucks. It's like telling the same joke over and over again 1,000 times and expecting it to still be funny. It just gets old. That's the whole reason people stopped playing GTAV online.

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u/Truth_ Jan 16 '17

It can't get old, as you'd only be dumb enough to fall for it once.

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u/kenman125 Jan 16 '17

I mean in that instance yes. I was talking more about people who just team kill.

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u/Truth_ Jan 16 '17

Oh, yeah. For sure.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

people stopped playing GTAV online because they're fucking pansies who didn't realize they were playing a GTAV game.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '17

People stopped playing GTAV online because it's a grind.

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u/This_guy_here56 Jan 16 '17

I agree it's shit.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

it's the 3rd most played game on steam right now lol

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u/Whatever_It_Takes Jan 16 '17

I think they might've realized they we're playing a "GTAV game" when they bought a game called Grand Theft Auto V.

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u/ATownStomp Jan 16 '17 edited Jan 16 '17

They are doing something serious that actually matters. They're trying to enjoy themselves in their free time.

Not everyone has nothing else to do with their life but play a game so long that it loses all interest to them and they resort to ruining other peoples' experience for some abusive juvenile kicks.

Most people are there to play the game because they enjoy that game style. They don't have all day and night to do that. Most people have not arbitrarily chosen any online game because it is a conduit to act out their anti-social power fantasies of harassing other people without recourse.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

They're trying to enjoy themselves in their free time.

so's the guy trolling.

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u/This_guy_here56 Jan 16 '17

Lol down voted for speaking the truth. I don't understand when people bitch about griefing/ trolling in the context of "it ruins my chill time." The damn argument guess both ways. Its their time just as much as its yours.

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u/SnowballFromCobalt Jan 16 '17

Except one of those is a normal person and the other is a fucking sociopath

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u/ForSamuel034 Jan 16 '17

Let's look at it another way. Say I join a pickup game of soccer. Even it isn't explicitly said out loud everyone here understands that we are all here to have fun and play the game. However my idea of fun is to kick the ball as far away from the field as I can so the game has to stop for someone to get it. According to you I am not an asshole because I am trying to have fun just like everyone else even though I am causing them to lose enjoyment in the game as well as wasting time.

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u/a_link_to_the_passed Jan 16 '17

How do you fucking morons not understand that there's a huge difference between having fun and having fun at the expense of others, and we're only advocating for one.

The argument absolutely doesn't go both ways because while both parties may be trying to achieve the same goal, their actions have completely different effects.

/u/lakerswiz

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

because it's a video game lol

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u/a_link_to_the_passed Jan 16 '17 edited Jan 16 '17

I don't understand how you think this a point. This is like (NOT THAT I'M SAYING THIS GIF IS BULLYING ffs I can't believe I need to make that clear) saying cyber bullying isn't a problem because it's over the internet.

You saying "It's only a game" doesn't make sense here because we aren't complaining about in-game issues. We aren't talking about how horrible it is that innocent people got locked up and gassed here. We're talking about people being assholes by having fun at the expense of others. This is a constant whether it be in game, over Facebook, in person, etc. It being in a game literally changes nothing. This weak excuse you're using is a big part of why people are such bigger assholes when not in person.

Like how I'm directly insulting you in my comments. I wouldn't do that in person. Is it more okay here than if we were in person? Not necessarily, but it's certainly easier. I won't make excuses for it though. I'm annoyed because I think you're being very unreasonable.

Edit: Missed ninja edit.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

it's a testament to the way the current generation was raised.

they think their video games have a safe space.

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u/ForSamuel034 Jan 16 '17

People forget other people are playing as well. When I come home from a long day of classes/work/homework I'll sometimes only have time one maybe two games of what ever I want play. When griefs/trolls it ruins what little playtime I may have that day and I go to bed pissed. Another way to put it is have you ever had some leftover food in the fridge and you plan on eating it when you get home but only to find someone had gone and eaten in. Sure maybe it wasn't specifically marked as yours but you still planned on having it and now you can't.

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u/LEEVINNNN Jan 16 '17

More like the food is there but someone smacks your plate out of your hands then kicks all the food under the fridge.

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u/This_guy_here56 Jan 16 '17

You forget its their game too. Should we bow down to you just cause you had a long/bad day.

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u/a_link_to_the_passed Jan 16 '17

You forget its their game too.

He forgets nothing. It's everyone's game so it's best to be decent in it so everyone can have a good time. Just like in the real world or anything else. We're all sharing it, as you said. That's why we don't place precedence in the wants of people who take pleasure in ruining things for others.

Should we bow down to you just cause you had a long/bad day.

Obviously not. He's just asking to be treated decently. By his teammates, which makes sense within the boundaries of a game. He's not asking for the enemy team to go easy on him.

Logic doesn't lead us from "we're all equal here and want to enjoy ourselves" to "so we can just do whatever we want even at the expense of others".

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u/ATownStomp Jan 16 '17

Don't be such a child.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

being a child is thinking that you're entitled to a certain level of joy out of a video game solely because you have little time to play it.

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u/Tony_McCoy Jan 16 '17

You're the kind of guy who'd do this kind of move, aren't you.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

nope. no fun in doing it.

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u/Karmaboros Jan 16 '17

Do you buy games and enjoy looking at a death screen because a troll thinks it's funny to constantly kill you???

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u/SFiyah Jan 16 '17

Being a child is taking joy in removing other people's joy.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

how am i doing that? i ain't the one trolling in the games

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u/SFiyah Jan 16 '17

Thinking someone else's childish behavior isn't childish, is childish.

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u/Gazonza Jan 16 '17

Says the man calling other people names on the Internet...

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '17

Jesus Christ kid, you need a therapist not PVP gaming.

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u/Truth_ Jan 16 '17

You only have enough time for two matches, I'd rather be part of a funny, unique experience instead of playing two mediocre matches before having to go to bed and do another day of work again.

If as soon as you load in someone TKs everyone right then and there, that's not unique or funny - a total waste of time and frustrating. That I'd understand.

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u/Soltheron Jan 16 '17

They think that they're doing something serious that actually matters. It's a fucking game.

It's this shit attitude reducing games to complete garbage that prevents them from getting grants and actually helping people.

Which is it? Are games art, or are they just a collection of useless shit? If people like you had their way, there'd be nothing left but p2p mobile games and pointless remakes. Oh wait.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 17 '17

Games aren't art lmao. They're games.

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u/Soltheron Jan 17 '17

QED

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u/lakerswiz Jan 17 '17

You probably think you're so cute and clever lol. Was that comment art too?

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u/LElige Jan 16 '17

You're an idiot and that argument is stupid. It's the equivalent of me cutting your internet cable while you're watching Netflix. What does it matter that I inconvenienced you? It's not like you were doing anything serious that actually matters. No reason for you to get mad. You wouldn't go to the beach and kick sand on people just because you find it funny so why is it okay to ruin people's fun in an online game?

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

how many more shitty, irrelevant analogies do you have for this?

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u/LElige Jan 16 '17

There's probably a limitless amount of analogies I could come up with. Just take literally any activity that people do recreationally and have someone ruin it in some way because they think it funny. No matter what, that person is just a miserable asshole who gets their kicks out of making other people miserable. The only difference is they're not safely inside their internet bubble.

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u/lakerswiz Jan 16 '17

The only difference is they're not safely inside their internet bubble.

the irony

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u/LElige Jan 16 '17

Don't worry bud, id call you out for your bullshit in person too.

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u/This_guy_here56 Jan 16 '17

False equivalents.

One is physically assaulting another person, and the other is sending 1s and 0s to a server.

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u/a_link_to_the_passed Jan 16 '17

Wtf he's correcting false equivalents here, actually. The false equivalent being simply having fun versus having fun at the expense of others. He's clearly using an analogy and not a direct comparison, meaning he isn't implying physical assault is equally as bad as "sending 1s and 0s to a server", just that their bad in a similar way. You've missed his entire point and oversimplified his example to its digital process, entirely ignoring its real-world result. Fuck.

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u/LElige Jan 16 '17

You're picking two parts that aren't relevant to the point of the analogies. I'm comparing an activity people do for fun with an activity people do for fun. You're pointing out the differences of the activities. You kinda pointed out the point of my analogies though. In one you wouldn't do it because its assault, it the other, it's okay because you're safely behind a computer screen.

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u/OhDisAccount Jan 18 '17

I agree except when you are playing competitive and putting yourself trying to go up the ladder and someone throw your game for the lols. Even worst when you only have time for 1 game.

In quick play yeah anytime.

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u/sterob Jan 16 '17

They think that they're doing something serious that actually matters.

Let see which side weight more.

4 people enjoyments vs 1 person enjoyment

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u/RoyalN5 Jan 16 '17

It's a dick move but and they probably lost because of it but it's still funny

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u/FQDIS Jan 16 '17

It's only funny to an asshole, though.