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encouraging *good* behavior and sportsmanlike conduct *regardless* of mode or anything else

Plasma Servant··5 votes·965 views

Sportsmanship is how you behave regardless of mode ... it is being gracious in both winning and losing. It is characterized by winning and not gloating over the victory ... yes, this means you don't act childish. When you lose, it means being congratulatory to the winning team. Saying "ez" when you win is childish and immature. If you disagree, check to see if you are being childish and immature ... you probably are. If you had a good set of parents, they would have taught you not to gloat in victory, nor throw a tantrum if you lose.

If someone points out that you are being childish, the appropriate response is NOT making excuses for that behavior. It is most likely "Oh, yeah ... I'm sorry, you're right. Thanks for pointing it out."

Don't act like a 3-year-old (or someone that was never trained by their parents in sportsmanship). If you played little league baseball, you probably learned better behavior. You can learn appropriate behavior ... but you can't if you won't listen. And it certainly doesn't help if you think "this is just normals" ... sportsmanship is not something you can put on like a hat ... it becomes who you are. Either you are a sportsman, or you are childish.

3 Comments

Xidphel2 votes

Yeah. When called out on their childness and brattiness, most people resemble that remark.

DemothHymside1 votes

Everyone thinks it's their right, and responsibility, to ruthlessly berate someone if they make a mistake. That's the first problem.

People keep saying, "If you go into boot camp, or play a real sport, your Drill Instructor / Coach will rip you a new one!" Yeah, and they're also your superiors. When I'm playing a game, and you're some joe-nobody, I'm fine with you giving me advice, trying to tell me something in the hopes we succeed. What I don't want to hear is your vagina bleeding all over the place because I'm not playing up to your standards.

Plasma Servant1 votes

My comment has nothing to do with how well you play ... it is based solely on how you act when you play, or when you are in champion select, or when you are done playing and what you say after the game is over.

I might give advice ... like "they are all ap ... build mr" especially if it seems the team is dying a lot. LOL

But I used to be a noob. And when a champion changes or is new, you can't expect people to do as well (or just never play them). As long as they try their best, I won't care.

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