A Corporal Speaks Against Complainers

28 November, 2006. 329 words.

Good news, everyone! Teloiv made Corporal! I had no idea it would be so easy to gain not one, but two ranks in the WoW PvP system. Teloiv has only fought in six Arathi Basin battlegrounds, with a battle record of 2-4, and has only around 90 honor kills.

Speaking of Battlegrounds, let’s talk about some Battleground behavior that bugs me. This kind of behavior has actually been around since the early days of Quake public servers, c. 1996. And no, it’s not the noobs that don’t follow instructions and wander around the map, aimlessly doing nothing to help the team. Those people are predictable and expected.

It’s the people that complain about the useless people.

I mean, everybody knows that a certain percentage of the players on your team are not going to help. Sometimes you might be the only person on your team who has any clue what’s going on in the “big scheme of things.” You might be the only person that thinks to try sneaking behind enemy lines when the enemy is zerging your base. (“Zerging” is a new gaming term I’ve learned, btw, which means to massively rush the opposing side and overwhelm them with shear numbers.) You might be the only person on your team who knows how to work as a team and communicate. You might be the only person on your team who buffs the other players. You might even be the only person on your team who actually gives a damn about winning the battle.

So get over it already. There’s no reason to keep telling everyone how stupid they are, or complaining about how nobody is helping you, or begging people to stick with their assigned groups. We all know they’re stupid and useless and nobody is helping you. Take a chill pill and do the best you can, and shut the hell up about it. You’re not so special that you deserve to win more than anyone else.

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