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Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 2:23 PM
Blogging the 2nd time today ~~~ As i surfed the net , i came across this article , 'The Meaning of Respect' . The author is a dota player , and hence the context contain abit of dota terms. However, it is very enlightening to gamers who always scold others in game. ( not me , im nice : ] ) Just a few weeks ago before Euro 08 ended, i remembered seeing the word 'Respect' etched onto the player's shirts, and i wondered deep inside me; did these football players really respect each other on the field as much as they loved kicking the ball?The important thing i want to point out here is: "How much do you actually respect the players who are playing alongside u in the field?" I think the worst thing that a player can do is to fire a flow of expletives and continue showering curses onto the one who isn't performing well, which can really piss people off and make their radiant expressions change to a face of disappointment. It not only shows a bad attitude on the part of the gamers but affects the whole mood of the game altogether, causing the player who is feeding to continue plummeting even further. In actual fact, I never expected anyone to understand the true meaning of what it is to respect your teammatesThe worse thing that can happen while you are feeding is when your team starts to blame you. And the feeling plain sucks, because you feel responsible for the loss. It also creates a mental barrier in you; causing you to have this negative mindset that you can't play Dota to save your life. From there, your emotion just tend to get even heavier, especially if u just had a rough day at work or school. What i want to tell you guys today is, you should always respect your teammates. That basic respect is critical to the success of a team; it can make or break the team entirely. I think that is a very critical point about us Singaporean gamers; we never give our respect to those who are beneath us. Is it really so satisfying to annoy your teammates? For god's sake, it's only a game and it's casual, and what can games tell about a person's inner-mold character? Nothing . Absolutely nothing.Would you rather be hanging out with a good-mannered, spontaneous guy who can't really play dota well or with some ruffian, vulgar gangster who only knows how to stay behind the computer 24/7 and keep throwing insults at people he doesn't even know?We seem to have forgotten the reason why we are even playing these games. Is it to find and make new friends or rather to make people feel like they have just been thrown off the empire state building? I mean, wouldn't you feel guilty if you were the better guy this game and you kept a relentless string of remarks on the feeding noob, never considering the fact that he might be a great guy with a great personality and just looking to destress from a day of work? And you furiously scolding him simply ruins his pure intentions of having a good game. These kind of things just make people wanna quit gaming to avoid the many ugly abuses that other gamers hurl at them. Is it really so hard to just treat this as a game, and leave it there? I bet only the best of us do, and that is barely enough."If we have self-respect, we do not need the respect from others, but nevertheless we usually receive the respect from others, because we earn their respect by our actions, which are based on self-respect."My exact sentiment
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 2:23 PM
Blogging the 2nd time today ~~~ As i surfed the net , i came across this article , 'The Meaning of Respect' . The author is a dota player , and hence the context contain abit of dota terms. However, it is very enlightening to gamers who always scold others in game. ( not me , im nice : ] ) Just a few weeks ago before Euro 08 ended, i remembered seeing the word 'Respect' etched onto the player's shirts, and i wondered deep inside me; did these football players really respect each other on the field as much as they loved kicking the ball?The important thing i want to point out here is: "How much do you actually respect the players who are playing alongside u in the field?" I think the worst thing that a player can do is to fire a flow of expletives and continue showering curses onto the one who isn't performing well, which can really piss people off and make their radiant expressions change to a face of disappointment. It not only shows a bad attitude on the part of the gamers but affects the whole mood of the game altogether, causing the player who is feeding to continue plummeting even further. In actual fact, I never expected anyone to understand the true meaning of what it is to respect your teammatesThe worse thing that can happen while you are feeding is when your team starts to blame you. And the feeling plain sucks, because you feel responsible for the loss. It also creates a mental barrier in you; causing you to have this negative mindset that you can't play Dota to save your life. From there, your emotion just tend to get even heavier, especially if u just had a rough day at work or school. What i want to tell you guys today is, you should always respect your teammates. That basic respect is critical to the success of a team; it can make or break the team entirely. I think that is a very critical point about us Singaporean gamers; we never give our respect to those who are beneath us. Is it really so satisfying to annoy your teammates? For god's sake, it's only a game and it's casual, and what can games tell about a person's inner-mold character? Nothing . Absolutely nothing.Would you rather be hanging out with a good-mannered, spontaneous guy who can't really play dota well or with some ruffian, vulgar gangster who only knows how to stay behind the computer 24/7 and keep throwing insults at people he doesn't even know?We seem to have forgotten the reason why we are even playing these games. Is it to find and make new friends or rather to make people feel like they have just been thrown off the empire state building? I mean, wouldn't you feel guilty if you were the better guy this game and you kept a relentless string of remarks on the feeding noob, never considering the fact that he might be a great guy with a great personality and just looking to destress from a day of work? And you furiously scolding him simply ruins his pure intentions of having a good game. These kind of things just make people wanna quit gaming to avoid the many ugly abuses that other gamers hurl at them. Is it really so hard to just treat this as a game, and leave it there? I bet only the best of us do, and that is barely enough."If we have self-respect, we do not need the respect from others, but nevertheless we usually receive the respect from others, because we earn their respect by our actions, which are based on self-respect."My exact sentiment
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