PSA: Blame Game

[Terrible_Turtle]

The moment an individual starts looking outside of themselves for their apparent lack of success is the moment said individual ceases to improve. 

 

That's all. 

 

[Nachoo31]

[Kamaitachi_Mio]

The moment an individual starts looking outside of themselves for their apparent lack of success is the moment said individual ceases to improve. 

 

That's all. 

 

Reported.

 

[Lert]

You underestimate the laziness and ego of online players. It's so much easier to blame others than to look at yourself.

[Sakuzhi]

The moment an individual starts looking outside of themselves for their apparent lack of success is the moment said individual ceases to improve. 

 

That's all. 

 

 

I blame you, whether you are in my match or not.

[Spyde]

Is this how Potato's become French Fries ?

[BladedPheonix]

Is this how Potato's become French Fries ?

 

clarify please!

[Amogussy]

Is this how Potato's become French Fries ?

 

With extra salt 

[Iridium81]

For future reference.

 

http://karlkoelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/blame-game1.png

[1nv4d3rZ1m]

[10T0nHammer]

I blame Kombat Wombat for my recent strings of wins. I do not take any credit for supposed "skill" or lack thereof

[ixiVanr]

I've always believed that as long as you can't learn to admit your own mistakes, you don't grow, you don't improve, you don't learn.

[Sakuzhi]

I blame Kombat Wombat for my recent strings of wins. I do not take any credit for supposed "skill" or lack thereof

 

There you go.

[traxxonraider]

The moment I don't have success or perform as well, I begin to look at what I am doing to cause this.  Most times I'm either too aggressive or my situational awareness was poor.  It's always been something that I have done or failed to do, not something someone else did.  I expect my mistakes to be punished, so when they happen, I always look to myself for further improvement.

[Big_Spud]

No, I will not stop calling you a baddie for throwing the game by sitting broadside to a Montana in your Yamato.

[Soylent_Red_Is_Tomato]

I honestly think an awful lot of alpha/beta/super-tester folks would like nothing more than to turn back the clock so that the game ends up being just them playing it without all those pesky other folks about questioning things.

 

The other side of the ''everyone else is a potato because they can't/won't do any better'' coin is elitism for the sake of elitism.

 

/shrug

[1nv4d3rZ1m]

I honestly think an awful lot of alpha/beta/super-tester folks would like nothing more than to turn back the clock so that the game ends up being just them playing it without all those pesky other folks about questioning things.

 

The other side of the ''everyone else is a potato because they can't/won't do any better'' coin is elitism for the sake of elitism.

 

/shrug

 

I am not even sure what this post has to do with the rest of the thread...

[TTK_Aegis]

The moment an individual starts looking outside of themselves for their apparent lack of success is the moment said individual ceases to improve. 

 

That's all. 

 

 

As a guildmate in a previous game once said: "If you complain that you've lost 10 random PvP matches in a row, you need to face facts that the only common element in all 10 was you." 

[10T0nHammer]

I honestly think an awful lot of alpha/beta/super-tester folks would like nothing more than to turn back the clock so that the game ends up being just them playing it without all those pesky other folks about questioning things.

 

The other side of the ''everyone else is a potato because they can't/won't do any better'' coin is elitism for the sake of elitism.

 

/shrug

 

That wouldn't work. The game would die quickly, there would be long que times. Unicum stats wouldn't exist IMO, supertesters woulnd't have anything to test (from the game dying and all).

 

As far as elitism, its a tricky subject. It will always exist. Someone will always be better than the majority at something. I'm okish at this game, you know what I suck at? doing my taxes. So when I go to you to do my taxes (cuz in my mind you're a hypothetical super tax person), you will get a sense of superiority. It is simply how the human mind works. It all comes down on how the two parties handle it. It won't go away simply because you call someone elitist.

 

In fact, by going out of your way to call someone elitist, you act exactly how those people you are calling elitist act. Pot, meet the kettle.

 

 

As a guildmate in a previous game once said: "If you complain that you've lost 10 random PvP matches in a row, you need to face facts that the only common element in all 10 was you." 

 

and RNG

[TTK_Aegis]

 

 

and RNG

 

True, and RNG. Though the game he said that in didn't have RNG if you had enough Hit to negate any chance of missing a special attack.  So for this one, yes, yourself and RNGzus as your co-pilot. 

[Capt_Mexib]

The moment I don't have success or perform as well, I begin to look at what I am doing to cause this.  Most times I'm either too aggressive or my situational awareness was poor.  It's always been something that I have done or failed to do, not something someone else did.  I expect my mistakes to be punished, so when they happen, I always look to myself for further improvement.

Sometimes you just have bad luck, RNG gods are.not smiling on you. Or like my last two days, everyone has the WASD hack making INJ DD life hard. Still you need to figure away forward or you can just cry in your beer..........Ummmm beer.

[Estimated_Prophet]

You underestimate the laziness and ego of online players. It's so much easier to blame others than to look at yourself.

 

Yeah; when someone asked me once in chat if I didn't think any part of player success was actually skill, after I'd blown up over a supposed 'hack/cheat,' I realized how stupid that attitude was and started looking at why I was doing so badly... Amazingly enough as I examined and dealt with those issues I started getting better at the game...

[Soylent_Red_Is_Tomato]

That wouldn't work.

In fact, by going out of your way to call someone elitist, you act exactly how those people you are calling elitist act. Pot, meet the kettle.

Nope it wouldn't - yet that is how more than a few of those folks act.

(Not) sorry if I don't enjoy being looked down upon as nothing more than an XP pinata and failing to say so, or of pointing out where I think the game needs to improve in other threads.

 

And yeah, but of course it's wrong of me to say and you called me on it because I pointed it out instead of someone with leet skillz; I suck, I know I suck, yet learning better is being hampered by lack of access to faster internet.

Which means I will never, ever, be in the position most everyone else in this thread has achieved, so again, /shrug.

 

[Goodwood_Alpha]

As much as I agree with the sentiments behind this thread and dislike playing the blame game, there are and will be times when it is not in fact your fault that your ship was sunk or the match was lost. Is it your fault when a friendly ship puts torpedoes into your hull, whether intentional or not? While the latter can be mitigated with superior situational awareness, there's not much one can do about a deliberate TK. Is it also your fault that the match is lost when, after giving it your all and having the game of your life (complete with a salad bar full of epic medals), you are unable to intervene as one or more of your teammates do things that—again, whether intentional or not—wind up giving the enemy what they need to pull off the win?

 

Accepting one's own faults is certainly laudable, and necessary for a person who is genuinely working to improve their skills and abilities in any career or hobby. However, it is also good to acknowledge that there will always be factors that are outside of one's control and that they do play a part in determining success or failure. While one can attempt to mitigate such phenomena, there's no guarantee that any steps taken will have the desired effect.

[KaptainKaybe]

My personal favorite is when people start verbally attacking teammates when the match *just* started.