For the Love of the game
If you play a game for one hour for every day then you spend 1/24 of your life playing the game. If you play a game for TWO hours every day then you spend 1/12 of your life playing the game. Regardless of how much of your life you play a game, if you are playing any game for that amount of time then you must love the game. If you Love the game, then you should be responsible enough to support positivity, within yourself and others, when playing the game. If not then accept responsibility, in part, for the game's population "dyeing of a thousand cuts". Games continue to grow only if the amount of new players to the game exceeds the amount of players leaving the game. If you direct negative comments to the players then you are promoting a declining population.
**In my opinion, if you are letting others direct negative comments to a player or players, without speaking out against that comment, then you are not being responsible enough in supporting positvity within the game. **
Don't be afraid to voice your option against your teammates if some of them are making negative comments about the other players. Don't fear being called out by praising your opponent because in doing so you only are showing your skill in fighting them. Never give up hope that the people working on the game, will be working towards the perfect game in which both winner and loser, consider it a great battle.
_Honor: Yourself, by only seeking challenging competition, Your opponent, to qualify your skill in the defeat, The Game, by allowing your only reward to be participation in a Great Battle. _
Computer gaming since 1979 (Atari 400 Computer w/Star Raiders)
Yes I call myself "Ancient" for that reason :)