Dear Fellow Gamers,

Yes, all the time. But it really depends on the game.

I find the Mass Effect 3 Co-op multiplayer community is quite nice oddly enough.

If they wanted to connect people they should have omitted the "competitive" part of the whole multiplayer thing. As long as there is competition, there is hate. :P

I guess my answer would be "No", I don't purposely insult others... unless the other player is a cunt. I don't take insults from insects lightly.

STFU.

I haven't played COD, MW3 ("those" games) in a while XD

No, I try to be nice and enjoy the game with people. But I find that very often, there are pricks thinking they're good that look down on other people. That's why I prefer solo games: they often offer more content than MMO, and you can avoid all the negative aspects of the community. Restricted co-op works fine for me too.

No. But I barely play online and when I do, it's just for fun. I don't get irritated in multiplayer games...just bored. In single player (e.g. Super Meat Boy) I get angry when I'm still failing after hours of doing the same thing, but at myself.

I think of it like driving, some people get road rage, some don't mind at all. I could be in traffic for hours and still be happily listening to my music, eve if I'm late for something important.

Just one of the reasons I almost never play any sort of multiplayer.

Well, the things that I have noticed when I am with my friend who enjoys FPSs such as the CoD series is that when you are either with a friend or in the hype of a multiplayer game, you feel a little, idk, silly. You feel a little obnoxious and willing to try new things to make you or your friends laugh. I don't know.

I'm trying to be as nice to people as possible, but sometimes they're just crossing the border and I can't stay silent.

"why is listening to mad kid on X-box funny? He's got tears pouring down his face and his nose is runny."

You just answered your own question.

There is a thing you should learn Tolerance And just to ignore the immature noobs who do that. Also most games let you mute certain players so you dont have to hear them.

No, I am always nice, I have never had Gamer Rage

Haven't we all?

Imagine that if people can get sentimental, or outright rage on a sport, or even because a car in front of someone is going slower than the one behind, what could happen in an environment where no one can see each other's face, where no one can tell if you're 32yrs old or 15, and most importantly, you can get away with it.

It's in our nature after all, some people can rationalize it and think before acting sometimes, some people react in the worst way possible just because you missed a shot, he killed you, or you simply adviced him to aim higher (not as a form of troll, but as a legitimate advice).

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I work with people (adults) that exhibit gamer rage - they simply hate to lose and resort to cursing, throwing gamepads...just overall destructive behavior. Does it make me want to laugh or make fun of them? Yes, as I have no clue how in the hell someone can get so worked up over a game - any video game, competitive sport, etc., and they do tend to be the same people - the ones that yell at football games and video games. However, making fun of them isn't nice either, as you pointed out, but it IS part of human nature to separate out those that you either don't understand or identify with, so - to be better or not to be...?

I play League of Legends a lot. The community is 100% awful. People are just over competitive and if they're playing well and someone makes a mistake they'll rage at them. I won't lie, I've done my fair share of shit-throwing in the past. My philosophy is simple though, if you're doing bad or don't know a tactic or something, then listen to advice.

Don't be ignorant and continue to do something wrong if someone offers you advice if they have experience. In terms of people who just rage and shout abuse for nothing though, more akin to console gaming from my experience, there's no place for that. A bit of friendly banter with people you know is fine, but hurling racist remarks and such at people for no reason is just out of order.

Perhaps it is just a representation of people's realities within the games themselves. In the real world perhaps they are just bullied or being picked on. Probably to the point where they themselves become what they feared, except on the online community.
Of course there are those guys out there who just do it for the lols. Personally, I don't chase arguments but I do cry out FUUUUUUUUUUU to myself when someone pulls off a BS shot or something similar.
So for myself it is no, but I will admit sometimes the online arguments actually become so juvenile it gets funny

BUT RAGING AGAINST NOOBZ IS FUN!!!!!! (derp)
i dont liek raging ppl cuz gamez are gamez not real life... unless you are Korean and you make your living for gamez but then you don't get raged at because your epic good just cuz ur asian.

The community for two worlds 2 when you play online is super friendly. I logged on and spoke for maybe 30 minutes and random people ended up giving me more then 2mil gold in that game.

In agreeance

They call it the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory

I usually only get smack in Dota 2 (when playing in Southeast Asia mind you - I find Americans much more friendly for some reason, VOIP probably stops people from being all too dickish).

I occasionally get smack in MechWarrior Online, but that's really because an organized team of 8 will always destroy a PUG team, and the PUGs are usually always pissed.

Human beings are human beings. There will always be conflict and argument.

If I'm mean on the internet, it's for a good reason. I don't see myself like that guy who whines at every time he dies. ( my friend does, I hate that sometimes :/ ) If it was a nice shot, like a headshot or something, I type " nice shot " or " well done " and I move on. Ofcourse I kill him afterwards, because I'm such a pro. But I'm only mean to people who are mean to me.