Welcome to the first of the FlashBang series. A collection of posts highlighting some well known – and some not so well known – aspects of gaming. They’re all open for debate and we welcome your thoughts and feelings if you wish to get involved.
So without further ado, our first topic, trash talking.
We have all been there, in the middle of a game and one of the opposition decides to take it upon themselves to tell you how great your mum was in bed, or how crap your clan is, blah blah you get the picture. It’s mostly common sense that these things are said to get a reaction from you which in turn is likely to put you off your game. It’s also common sense that ignoring it is the best thing to do but it can be hard when someone has just wished all the cancers in the known universe upon you. But you know what, it’s a massive sign of weakness, something extra on top of their skills that they don’t 100% believe are good enough.
Have you ever noticed that good players on Twitch or YouTube don’t trash talk? And furthermore when they get killed they just chill because they know it’s not the first time they will be killed and it’s certainly not the last.
Next time on FlashBang we will be talking about the importance of wearing the right underwear when gaming.
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No, no, no, famobama.
As a capable and experienced ****-talker I can tell you that this is merely the comfortable narrative you’re telling.
One can easily argue that the large majority of people that unleash moronic comments during a game are most likely immature, stupid and/or very frustrated, but citing streamers and youtubers to prove that baddies ****-talk or anyone that ****-talks is a baddie is not the way to go about it.
Someone that is recording what he’s doing is necessarily aware of the fact other people will see it. If people feel watched they will necessarily behave differently. Or the other way around: If people feel anonymous they might feel inclined to behave like the worst cunts because they feel like they will never be held responsible.
I’d argue that for the vast majority of people that do behave like ****s online it is merely a way to vent their frustrations they might gather in other areas of their lives. This is a common phenomenon that is currently being discussed mostly in regards to social media, specifically facebook and sometimes Trump. In addition to a discussion about a ‘filter bubble’ which feeds people with opinions similar to their own.
Surely some might, at some point, realize that riling opponents up can be beneficial, but it’s certainly not a primary intention.
Can’t wait to hear what kind of underwear I should be using to improve my Sieging!