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Posted by Cathoir on October 27, 2000 at 12:33:15:

In Reply to: Just a little comment on arrogance in CF posted by Nepenthe(IMM) on October 27, 2000 at 11:54:10:

Heh, there's one thing that pisses everybody off though, I think. That's when you know there's a 99% chance you're prolly better than who just killed you, but they're adequate and playing a class that just happens to be one that your class is sepcifically weak to. Then they walk around for the next month acting incredibly smug and gloating about it. Doesn't cause me to delete, but damn't... sometimes you can be justified in a little arrogance and bruisded pride.

> > Deaths don't matter that much, in my eyes, but a lot of people get all teary-eyed when their perfect, shiny PK ratio is marred by someone that they don't think is as wonderful as they are.

> There's a damn lot more arrogance flying around out there than is warranted. We have many decent players who think they're good, good players who think they're great, and no small number of absolutely terrible players who think they're the bomb. Rather than stick with it when faced with dissonance, some delete.

> Countless times over the years I've killed someone and heard a rant in reply along the lines of "You just got lucky there because I was lagged/distracted/already half dead/on the phone/out of mana from a previous fight/riot looting/drunk/legally dead. You have no idea who you just messed with and I'm going to kill you over and over again for this." To the best of my recollection, no one's delivered on that promise yet.

> Folks, most of you aren't as good as you think you are. When you come right down to it, the Arcane isn't as good as you think you are. Everyone makes mistakes and gets themselves killed sometimes. Everyone has off days. Everyone walks afk thinking themselves incorrectly safe. Everyone has days where only they seem inexplicably lag. Everyone takes chances that end up not paying off. Suck it up and move on without deleting and wasting all that time over something stupid like your own pride.

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Comments:	> Heh, there's one thing that pisses everybody off though, I think. That's when you know there's a 99% chance you're prolly better than who just killed you, but they're adequate and playing a class that just happens to be one that your class is sepcifically weak to. Then they walk around for the next month acting incredibly smug and gloating about it. Doesn't cause me to delete, but damn't... sometimes you can be justified in a little arrogance and bruisded pride. > > > Deaths don't matter that much, in my eyes, but a lot of people get all teary-eyed when their perfect, shiny PK ratio is marred by someone that they don't think is as wonderful as they are. > > There's a damn lot more arrogance flying around out there than is warranted. We have many decent players who think they're good, good players who think they're great, and no small number of absolutely terrible players who think they're the bomb. Rather than stick with it when faced with dissonance, some delete. > > Countless times over the years I've killed someone and heard a rant in reply along the lines of "You just got lucky there because I was lagged/distracted/already half dead/on the phone/out of mana from a previous fight/riot looting/drunk/legally dead. You have no idea who you just messed with and I'm going to kill you over and over again for this." To the best of my recollection, no one's delivered on that promise yet. > > Folks, most of you aren't as good as you think you are. When you come right down to it, the Arcane isn't as good as you think you are. Everyone makes mistakes and gets themselves killed sometimes. Everyone has off days. Everyone walks afk thinking themselves incorrectly safe. Everyone has days where only they seem inexplicably lag. Everyone takes chances that end up not paying off. Suck it up and move on without deleting and wasting all that time over something stupid like your own pride.

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