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Let's be real. When you flame...

Subdue·8/31/2018, 1:57:07 PM·6 votes·1,792 views

It's not about you being angry or frustrated that someone is doing poorly and you want to win the game. Yes, you may be angry, and you may be frustrated, but that is not why you flame. That could be why you yell at the screen. It could be why you punch a pillow. It could be one of whole host of natural responses to anger and frustration.

But you don't do any of those things. You flame.

You flame because you want to shift the blame onto someone else in your team's eyes, or perhaps even in your own.

You flame because you don't want to consider that you are also doing poorly.

You flame because you don't want to consider that you squandered your hard fought lead while the enemy capitalized on theirs.

You flame because you don't want to see your own errors.

You flame because you don't want anyone else to think it's your fault.

You flame because you want to convince yourself that this is not your level, that you are better.

So if you have to flame, then flame and accept the repercussions, but don't insult the rest of us with your excuses.

18 Comments

TheCodeisCupCake8/31/2018, 2:24:37 PM2 votes

I am not a flamer particularly, the account im posting on is currently perma banned, I racked up my bans by flaming people who intentionally fed in my ranked games or where being racist to a fellow team mate. I have never once flamed someone who fed but was trying their hardest or flamed a flamer who

A) Attacked me

B) Was not being racist (racism pisses me off alot)

So my friend, tell me how that means I flamed because 'its not my fault', whats not my fault? The matchmaking system? How a Thresh in Diamond 4 decided to give up the game at min 3 when his Lucian died to a Camille level 2 gank? Am I supposed to congratulate him on giving up?

Anyway, after realizing all I can do about trolls is shut the fuck up and report them, I have made a new account and its on honor level 2 checkpoint 2. You know how I've been gaining honors? Saying 'wp' every time someone does something good. Despite the fact that I carry nearly every game (as I could be considered 'smurfing') I don't receive shot call honors.

Shukr4n8/31/2018, 2:25:39 PM1 votes

Have u ever though about "look , enemy team miss, they probably are doing drake" u ping your jungler who is farming cluessly his camps and then , sbam, opponrnt team dis infernal. And.u are like "come on we re at the same level and.u, jungler, hadnt a clue about about jungle objective?"

Or that player that wander jungle with no warding and rhen, sbam, gangbanged. "Come on, have u ever learn about vision is everything?"

Etc.

I never ever support toxicity, never. And i gladly want to sew wvery toxic players accounts burned and.deleted.

But your thread is a bit disequal.

Sona Ping8/31/2018, 2:27:10 PM1 votes

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It's not about you being angry or frustrated that someone is doing poorly and you want to win the game. Yes, you may be angry, and you may be frustrated, but that is not why you flame. That could be why you yell at the screen. It could be why you punch a pillow. It could be one of whole host of natural responses to anger and frustration.

But you don't do any of those things. You flame.

You flame because you want to shift the blame onto someone else in your team's eyes, or perhaps even in your own.

You flame because you don't want to consider that you are also doing poorly.

You flame because you don't want to consider that you squandered your hard fought lead while the enemy capitalized on theirs.

You flame because you don't want to see your own errors.

You flame because you don't want anyone else to think it's your fault.

You flame because you want to convince yourself that this is not your level, that you are better.

So if you have to flame, then flame and accept the repercussions, but don't insult the rest of us with your excuses.

If we are being real, let's be really real then.

The common thread here is that your are assigning actions, emotions, motivations, and beliefs on to other people and then you arguing that because they have these things that you put upon them, that delegitimizes any criticism that they have for you. And the ironic thing is that instead of just having this idea, you typed it up and posted it here on a public forum, for what purpose? To have people agree that people might divert blame, and thus consequentially validate your idea that criticism must be false?

"If you gaze long into the flames...."

mlm olo mlm8/31/2018, 5:12:40 PM1 votes

More like what you call "flame" I call "truth". I can admit my faults and point out others.

If you are playing basketball and you constantly miss lay ups; that is no ones fault but your own. Time to own up to your flaws.