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Live Etiquette

by Alex Yusupov March 20th 2008 4:12 PM EDT5 Comments

I’ve only had Live for about eight months now, but with the amount of time I put into the games compatible with the service, I know what I’m talking about when I say it’s about time somebody teaches a little etiquette to the nubs that think they’re all that.

Quit your bitching, nobody cares that the same sniper killed you three times a row or that some noob is using a rocket launcher to make your game-time miserable. Instead of complaining, go ahead and put together a team to take that sniper out, or gang-bang that noob. Feel free to tea-bag your accomplishments.

It’s just a game! This means that if you lose, it doesn’t matter. It really is just a game. If you got stuck in a match where virtually everybody is scores of times better than you are, leave it. Find matches with people who are around your skill level, you’ll have more fun in doing so.

Whatever game you are playing, you’re bad at it. That’s a fact. Unless you’re the guy or girl at the top of the leader boards, you suck. There is somebody out there who is better than you, so acting like a hotshot is just pissing people off and will make you look like an idiot in the long run if you ever get beaten.

Turn off your goddamn mics! I’m so sick of some loser playing some crappy music while he or she is playing, forcing the rest of us to listen to that garbled junk through an earpiece. Sure, we can mute, but when that person is on your team, you simply cannot do that if you want to win. So either mute your mics so you can hear what we say, or turn that god awful music down.

Stop Harassing Players for stupid stuff. They may be having an off day, or the map they’re playing on just isn’t one that they’re good on. Heck, if it’s a team-based game, maybe it’s the entire team, including you, sucking, and not just that player. If somebody is new to the game, rather than flaming them, give them tips. Cursing them out will just make both of you angry, which will lead to both of you playing worse. Now in an instance where they decline your seasoned advice, feel free to own them all you want, just make sure it’s not at the expense of the match.

And finally, for the love of god, don’t glitch; at least not in ranked matches. I mean come on, it does not show your skill; it just shows how much of a piece of crap you are. I mean yeah, when there is a consensus for glitching, nobody will care. But when you join a match and start going crazy with it, you’ll just piss people off, get a bad review, and if enough people complain, be kicked off XBL. It’s just not worth it. Take all this advice with you the next time you sign on to play a game online.

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