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CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-18 09:22:39
April 18 2010 09:22 GMT
#21
Jock idra more plz
bm is bm man. One way of doing it is not justified more because of a known bmer 's style of bm.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
April 22 2010 05:35 GMT
#22
I think a good portion of BM, as someone stated before, is caused when someone gets too full of themselves when they climb a higher rank.

I think you need to find a fine balance between being really competitive and being modest enough to know you always have room to improve.

Honestly, I'm sort of not looking forward to the end of the beta when a ton of people get their hands on the game thinking they're be tactical geniuses, then totally swearing everyone out when they lose. The American audience is definitely a lot more hostile when they lose, and if e-sports ever gets big in the US, I hope they retain the same kind of quiet respectable mannerisms carried through Korean Proleagues instead of loud pomp and circumstance trash talk like in Wrestling. Highly unlikely though, but we'll see.
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Trilogie
Profile Joined March 2010
United States21 Posts
April 22 2010 05:43 GMT
#23
I never gg or gl hf, i could care less if people did it to me. Who cares. Enough of this BM stuff.
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
April 22 2010 06:03 GMT
#24
On April 18 2010 16:46 RageOverdose wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 18 2010 10:53 Prozen wrote:
On April 18 2010 10:45 Romantic wrote:
Well, if they play for money then it might be a bad business investment. Let 'em have at it. If they play for fame... you're making threads about them so they are doing something right.

There, debate solved.

That's a non-sequitur. I'm talking about how some players are becoming more arrogant as they get better and start to get BM, not about why they BM.


I remember this in Call of Duty 2 back when it was all over the leagues.

Tons of players who were good (not great) that put themselves in some sort of imaginary spotlight, and would trash people constantly when they were challenged or things didn't go their way. They would lose and just refused to accept defeat. Then I remember seeing a lot of the higher level players, the guys who actually would go beyond CAL-O into CAL-I or CPL or CEVO-P, and they'd have a lot more restraint and respect for people, although it wasn't always the case. Then I always get stories that Quake players are really respectful, and for the most part, Starcraft players seem to be pretty good, although I think this "demographic" is going to become more prominent as it becomes more apparent there's competition to be had. I do remember years ago on Bnet, though, many players with horrid attitudes.

I can't tell if it's just ego, or if they are just desperate to be something really bad that they get defensive or try to put themselves in that position in their head.



Uh.. Nightfall? I think the politeness in Quake has more to do with the European centric community, but ESreality is still pretty brutal.

I think you might just be cherry picking the parts you want to remember. The top levels of CS always had huge BM, and it wasn't just in teamchat or IRC. I remember getting packeted in the playoffs against DZ, and I remember plenty of CAL-i channels where people got packeted.
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E.M.O
Profile Joined July 2010
12 Posts
July 19 2010 15:59 GMT
#25
Sorry for bumping, but I really think this is a interesting topic.

On April 18 2010 12:43 Zapdos_Smithh wrote:
What do you expect when you are playing a competitive game vs anonymous, teen-age/young adult male opponents?


You make a good point there. That's exactly why the internets is crawling with BM, it's alla about male puberty (kinda). And that's sad. If SC2 actually will become a respected e-sport we have to have a ethics about how to act during gametime. Other sports do. We can't let puberty decide.

But at the same time, as many of you have said, it's amateurs playing and that's supposed to be fun. But at high level games, I would like to se some sportmanship and respect for the other players hard work getting to that level.

Sorry for my english, it's not my native language.
Dance.jhu
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States292 Posts
July 19 2010 16:38 GMT
#26
If you don't get mad at losing, then you don't care enough. Everyone has there own way of dealing with bullshit.
It is what it is...
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32157 Posts
July 19 2010 17:02 GMT
#27
I never understood how you could actually get worked up at someone bming you....

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Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
July 19 2010 20:24 GMT
#28
I always gl in the beginning and gg when i lose.
I only get worked up when the opponent starts trash talking if they're ahead. The infamous "just stop playing the game"... really grinds my gears.

Then there was some foreigner on the US server or something that said "You sex too much". What is that even supposed to mean??? Is that a taunt or a commendation?

BM is just a part of the game.
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dyren
Profile Joined December 2009
United States260 Posts
July 19 2010 20:40 GMT
#29
I've been playing LoL lately and it seems the ratio of BM to GM is around 50/50. It's funny when people are BM when they are winning. I tend to enjoy the conversations I have with people when they think it's cool or funny to be a total dick. However, I always let people know that I appreciate their GM by saying something like, "good manners ftw" or "gg good manners." I hate having a rager/BM on my team though. It makes for very awkward games.

The only BM I really don't mind is anything clearly lighthearted. For example: I just walked 12 zealots into a minefield - I'm disappointed if my opponent doesn't say "LOL" or "owned." But then again I'm a casualfag laddernoob.
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tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
July 19 2010 21:02 GMT
#30
On July 20 2010 02:02 Hawk wrote:
I never understood how you could actually get worked up at someone bming you....


Agreed, I have to listen to you BMing me everyday and frankly I enjoy it.
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
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