What is it about MOBAs and attracting the most toxic people on earth?

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I mean, it's not like playing a specific genre of game is guaranteed to influence your attitude to others, but 8/10 matches on <insert Multiplayer RTS here> are going to have people flipping out, or straight up abandoning their teammates the moment they're at a slight disadvantage. So, what's the cause of the, erm, "Competitiveness" in such online lobbies, and why is it specifically such a problem in MOBAs?

I get that they have a huge prize pool at major tournaments, but surely people should know that they're just not that good, and stick to having fun, even in a lobby they're expected to lose, instead of being such a sweaty tryhard. Take Myth, for example. Bungie's RTS from the 90's. The people I've spoken to who have played it since the development of the game say that sometime in the mid 2000's, the playerbase/users of a major forum of Myth slowly turned into the stereotype of a MOBA community, when it was previously relatively welcoming.

Is there any reason behind it, or is it just a co-incidence that most MOBA players are perpetually salty?


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In most games your ability to combat enemies isn't progressively built. In MOBAs, when you fall behind, you lose the ability to do a lot of things. Because everyone loves being able to kill shit, people get frustrated by that, and especially when they're going to be waiting another 20-40 minutes before their next game.

You see similar levels of rage and saltiness in any other game with actual consequences to mistakes and long set-up times like WoW, Eve, etc.


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I just had these kids put me on tilt so hard I LoL though. The guys goes 0/6/0 in lane and I go 1/4/1 in lane (obviously losing but not as bad as him) and he starts flaming me and then his duo buddy starts flaming me and then they told the other team to report me

Made me so mad. Then they were on the other team the next game even though I reported them for harrasment (good fucking job riot immediately match me with people I muted and reported)

So they start flaming me in all chat and they get carried and win because my attack damage carry neglects to build any attack damage


I fucking hate mobas


 
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People take MOBAa waaaaayy too seriously.

I watch streams sometimes and holy cow 


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In most games your ability to combat enemies isn't progressively built. In MOBAs, when you fall behind, you lose the ability to do a lot of things. Because everyone loves being able to kill shit, people get frustrated by that, and especially when they're going to be waiting another 20-40 minutes before their next game.

You see similar levels of rage and saltiness in any other game with actual consequences to mistakes and long set-up times like WoW, Eve, etc.
That explains a lot. Thanks man

I just had these kids put me on tilt so hard I LoL though. The guys goes 0/6/0 in lane and I go 1/4/1 in lane (obviously losing but not as bad as him) and he starts flaming me and then his duo buddy starts flaming me and then they told the other team to report me

Made me so mad. Then they were on the other team the next game even though I reported them for harrasment (good fucking job riot immediately match me with people I muted and reported)

So they start flaming me in all chat and they get carried and win because my attack damage carry neglects to build any attack damage
Shit me, cunts like that need to chill out. I mean, they've probably shortened their own lifespan by being so angry for such a long period of time. I can't believe they reported you haha what a pack of flogs.

People take MOBAa waaaaayy too seriously.

I watch streams sometimes and holy cow
Ikr. The textchat feed is just a mess of terribly spelt insults.


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In most games your ability to combat enemies isn't progressively built. In MOBAs, when you fall behind, you lose the ability to do a lot of things. Because everyone loves being able to kill shit, people get frustrated by that, and especially when they're going to be waiting another 20-40 minutes before their next game.

You see similar levels of rage and saltiness in any other game with actual consequences to mistakes and long set-up times like WoW, Eve, etc.
That explains a lot. Thanks man

I just had these kids put me on tilt so hard I LoL though. The guys goes 0/6/0 in lane and I go 1/4/1 in lane (obviously losing but not as bad as him) and he starts flaming me and then his duo buddy starts flaming me and then they told the other team to report me

Made me so mad. Then they were on the other team the next game even though I reported them for harrasment (good fucking job riot immediately match me with people I muted and reported)

So they start flaming me in all chat and they get carried and win because my attack damage carry neglects to build any attack damage
Shit me, cunts like that need to chill out. I mean, they've probably shortened their own lifespan by being so angry for such a long period of time. I can't believe they reported you haha what a pack of flogs.

People take MOBAa waaaaayy too seriously.

I watch streams sometimes and holy cow
Ikr. The textchat feed is just a mess of terribly spelt insults.

My favorite insult is "that's why you're bronze!"

Bitch if you're playing with me you're bronze too


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My favorite insult is "that's why you're bronze!"

Bitch if you're playing with me you're bronze too
nuh man they're stuck in elo hell


 
Hahahaha very funny Zonda
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I pissed off a dude while working at the library, some librarian put on LoL on the big TV (personally I wanted to tell her to put Evo 2015 but ehh...) and that guy was talking about how they have unfair matches because of the color giving the player an advantage so while passing by I said "it's just a theory" and he got all butthurt and yelled "It's a scientific fact!" Ah good times.
A GAME THEORY...
THANKS FOR WATCHING!

Ok guys the thread is over now, go home.


 
Hahahaha very funny Zonda
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It is statistically true that top half of the map is at a disadvantage because of camera angle and river objectives though.


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It is statistically true that top half of the map is at a disadvantage because of camera angle and river objectives though.
I never understood why they don't just mirror the map for each team


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It is statistically true that top half of the map is at a disadvantage because of camera angle and river objectives though.
I never understood why they don't just mirror the map for each team
They tried and they'd have to redo the art because the map is made to be seen from a certain direction and looks weird as fuck from the opposite.

In Dota the concept is more compelling because the engine is more flexible but in league they can't even change an attack speed value without fucking up the code base.

In the end they just decided to put the higher MMR team on the lower winrate side.
Last Edit: July 21, 2015, 03:06:31 PM by eggsalad


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It is statistically true that top half of the map is at a disadvantage because of camera angle and river objectives though.
I never understood why they don't just mirror the map for each team
They tried and they'd have to redo the art because the map is made to be seen from a certain direction and looks weird as fuck from the opposite.

In Dota the concept is more compelling because the engine is more flexible but in league they can't even change an attack speed value without fucking up the code base.

In the end they just decided to put the higher MMR team on the lower winrate side.
lol leagues code is so fucked

It's such a mediocre  game idk why I can't stop playing it


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It is statistically true that top half of the map is at a disadvantage because of camera angle and river objectives though.
I never understood why they don't just mirror the map for each team
They tried and they'd have to redo the art because the map is made to be seen from a certain direction and looks weird as fuck from the opposite.

In Dota the concept is more compelling because the engine is more flexible but in league they can't even change an attack speed value without fucking up the code base.

In the end they just decided to put the higher MMR team on the lower winrate side.
lol leagues code is so fucked

It's such a mediocre  game idk why I can't stop playing it
oh god i feel you so much
riot is so god damn awful yet im the reason they succeed


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Probably because everyone wants to be powerful in games 3/4 of the time, and when you start losing in a MOBA it becomes harder and harder to be powerful. You lose your footing and BAM you're the weak one.


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They're tense games, where you have to put a lot of faith in your teammates.


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MOBAs and World of Tanks. Calm and reasonable communities.

Fuck 'em.


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DOTA and LOL both take upwards of 40 minutes regularly per match. The longer the game goes, the more likely its gonna be that someone snaps and starts raging because they think their teammates are wasting their time or something.
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I just started being extremely nice towards the salty teammates

It's funny


 
Hahahaha very funny Zonda
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If mobas are so easy why arent you LCS challenjour