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This is an E-sport, not a GAME.

Zarun·6/15/2017, 7:46:18 AM·7 votes·536 views

Ok people.

It's pretty simple. This is a competitive e-sport. It's not a game. If you join a match and don't give 100% you are hindering your team and wasting everyone's time. Stop joining matches and not trying, checking your phone, watching tv, not watching your mini map, and making absolutely zero effort to improve and help your team.

I can tell immediately in champ select if people are going to be dead weight as soon as they say one of a few things.

  1. It's just a GAME bro. Nope, read above.
  2. It's just normals bro. I don't care what mode it is, it's an e-sport. In sports you always try to win. That's like playing basketball and not trying at all and being like LOL IT'S NOT THE NBA.
  3. We aren't in the LCS. Of course we aren't in the LCS. That doesn't mean you don't try. If you want to play a GAME, then go play a game. Don't join competitive matches with the mentality that you are playing a game.

TLDR; Sports(E-sports) are not GAMES and require a different mindset. Stop bringing your it's just a GAME mindset into competitive matches.

14 Comments

Lyndris6/15/2017, 8:09:19 AM10 votes

All sports, are in fact, games that were originally meant to be enjoyed, imho.

Slythion6/15/2017, 7:52:32 AM8 votes

You make some valid points, but my only disagreement would be with:

It's just normals bro. I don't care what mode it is, it's an e-sport. In sports you always try to win. That's like playing basketball and not trying at all and being like LOL IT'S NOT THE NBA.

Normals (especially Blind) can, and are, perfectly qualified to be more like a pick-up game where people try to have fun. You can have the super try-hards at pick-up games or you can have the ones that just want to play H.O.R.S.E or simply want to try to make wacky shots.

It's not a perfect comparison, as you are still expected to be playing the game, but it shouldn't be taken as seriously as your highschool/college/pro game. It's alright to check snapchat while you're dead :^)

AeroWaffle6/15/2017, 7:59:51 AM2 votes

It IS a game. But that doesn't give people the right to intentionally waste other people's time.

Trying to win is part of the game. If you're not trying to win, you're not playing the game.

69469238DEL16/15/2017, 8:29:33 AM1 votes

This game is something different to everyone, don't hold hatred against others

SEKAI6/15/2017, 12:28:04 PM1 votes

The elitism is a bit strong in this one. There is a basic amount of effort you expect of other teammates, sure, but you shouldn't expect too much beyond that.

And A Real Hiero6/15/2017, 8:22:07 PM1 votes

That is some mongolian reasoning alright.