What "pro" gaming behavior ticks you off?

[Lt. Vinciti]

Being elitist. They just think they better than everyone else, no matter what

This.

You must play the game my way! It's not possible that there's a better way to play then mine! The only reason I ever lose is because of grenade spamming noobs who jump at you when they're shooting! They need to learn to play!!!!111!TOAST1!!!1

This.

I think the best example is to put in a copy of "Call of Duty WaW" or "Modern Warefare 2" and go look at the people on the Global Leaderboard.

Example:

"MP40 is a noob gun,noobs use it"
"FAMAS is a noob gun"
"I'm the best they is,all yall think you can top me"

etc etc etc

 

[Rock 'n' Soul]

Excessive shit talking. Play the game.

 

[Amondren]

Hackers the Spawn kill

 

[Spitfire175]

You must play the game my way! It's not possible that there's a better way to play then mine! The only reason I ever lose is because of grenade spamming noobs who jump at you when they're shooting! They need to learn to play!!!!111!TOAST1!!!1

That just about sums it up.

 

[Romblen]

For taking the game way too seriously. I remember once I saw this guy get a lucky kill. The guy who got killed immiedietly called him a hacker, among other things. Then he continued to insult that same person for over half an hour. Other times I've met people who would treat their team mates like crap for not being perfect. Whenever people like this got on my Dods server, I just ban them. It's just a game, and I don't need you ruining it for me.

That, and when they think it's important to announce their presence. Like I care if a player with "mad skillz" joins my server.

 

[sagonas123]

Mine would have to be when there's a newer player on the team, but everybody ignores any plea for help and advice the guy gives, then yells at him and possibly bans him when things trainwreck. Warcraft 3 custom maps are notorious for this.

Warcraft 3...
That game was ruined for me because of those "pro" bastards... <.<

What I hate is that when they ask me for gold or lumber, even though I need it, and I don't give it to them, they leave. And then the other team proceeds to kill me.
Or when they tell me I don't have enough dudes, they leave. And then the other team proceeds to kill me.

 

[The Riff]

For anyone who said camping and spawn killing, neither of them are really pro. Camping isn't really that good of a strategy anyway, especially in MW2 where you get the killcam and then you see exactly where they are so you just have to run up because you know where they are as long as they don't run away or they are really hardcore and quick.

But what i think is annoying and this is especially in COD4 MW2 is when you get little kids playing or people who sound like they are 12 and can't shut the fuck up and it distracts me, even if they are quite good.

 

[p3t3r]

in mw2 when people use something other than throwing knives. noobs real men don't use guns they use knives. hur

 

[Wicky_42]

Two things really piss me off, the fact that they usually think they're better than other games just because they get the highest score, and fucking retards that jump around every corner in an FPS, giving them the advantage. I hate them so much that if I ever met someone who did it I'd probably beat the shit out of them.

Since when were pogo sticks issued at the armoury? Asshats.

Kinda sounds a bit like your one of these guys:

You must play the game my way! It's not possible that there's a better way to play then mine! The only reason I ever lose is because of grenade spamming noobs who jump at you when they're shooting! They need to learn to play!!!!111!TOAST1!!!1

Nothing wrong about them playing the game the way they want to. Some games penalise this move either with a movement penalty or accuracy penalty or both. Quit bitching and aim :/

 

[Insanum]

I hate smacktalk, People that dont communicate in matches, And when i get matched with 11 other player that insist on doing that.

Or people that hide in bushes.

 

[A_Parked_Car]

The Company of Heroes online community...Relic did such a great job on a stats system, but all it did was make the most hostile online community I have ever seen. They kick you if you are new to the game, they kick you if your win/loss ratio isn't outrageously high enough, they kick you if they don't think they can beat you...it is just ridiculous. That isn't even in game, once the game starts you realize that the only way they win is by sealing off one little choke point. Which for all you fps gamers out there is really just the rts form of camping, and takes very little skill to pull off. Then they laugh at you because maneuvering is for noobs.

 

[Bobbovski]

When "pro" players kick you from the game because you're a noob. It happened to me once when I picked up World in conflict again after I had taken a long pause from it. How I'm I going to get better if I never get a chance to play the damn game?

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

Hackers. Using a glitch is one thing. That's exploiting something already in the game. But hacking the game just so you can do good is just stupid.

For example: Today I was playing CoD4. It was a Sabotage match on Broadcast. This one person who was invisible and no-clipping would just sit in the large room with all the desks and shoot any one of our team members who had the bomb. He finally left but it was towards the end of the game and we lost anyway.

 

[TelHybrid]

People who class particular weapons/tactics as not allowed and class them as bad as hacking.

How is using a sniper rifle other than the scout in counter strike the same as hacking???

 

[The Riff]

I think the best example is to put in a copy of "Call of Duty WaW" or "Modern Warefare 2" and go look at the people on the Global Leaderboard.

Example:

"MP40 is a noob gun,noobs use it"
"FAMAS is a noob gun"
"I'm the best they is,all yall think you can top me"

etc etc etc

I fucking hate the FAMAS, It is difficult and always a ***** to try to kill someone. When i chose the FAMAS i always died no matter what.

 

[mokes310]

What annoys me about "pro" gamers is how they tend to feel that they are superior to other more "casual" gamers. Sure, you're good at video games, but I don't slate you for being bad at real life

 

[Dimbo_Sama]

I HATE the competetivness in online gaming.

That's actually the reason I never play games online.
I play to enjoy myself, and to have a challenge, and enjoy the game but when I'm sitting playing and I'm not doing fantastic, and people are like 'WTF N00B?!?! U R TEH SUX!!' it does my fucking head in.

I'm not a bad player by any stretch of the imagination, but when you're playing to win and not just to enjoy yourself it entirely defeats the joy in the game.

 

[KurtzGallahad]

People who ask you for cover fire then abuse you for being a sniper.
Or people who you headshot and then call you a camper, even if you move from cover to cover instead of camping.

 

[hvitulf]

I loath beyond reason being called "noob." For one, I am the type of gamer that prefers RPGs and action-adventure games, so there aren't many cases in which I can be called a noob by others since I pretty much never play mmorpgs. However, calling a long time (a pro even) gamer a noob because he is playing a game he has never touched (HALO: ODST) on a system that he has rarely touched and dislikes as well (Xbox 360) because he used a shotgun instead of a melee strike and still came out fine because he forgot what the appropriate button on that pile-o'-trash thing called an "Xbox controller" was in the heat of an intense battle, is totally uncalled for. That and I kicked one of my friends for it and threatened another. I, my friends, refuse to stoop to the low levels of pro gamers anymore. I now call myself a "life-style gamer" rather than a "pro-gamer." The basic difference is that I refrain from insulting noobs outright (except those that insult me first). Not that it doesn't happen, but pros are elitist ass-holes who think the world of themselves and tend to believe that you should too because their gamer score is higher than yours, or they have more trophies, or more kills in a game you don't own or even might not like all that much (HALO, for one). Noobs are not scum, nor are they beneath the rest of us. They need healthy competition and challenge or they won't be willing to reach up to the ranks of the pros. Besides, what decides a noob is a noob anyway, the fact that their new to gaming, or the fact that they are new to to a particular game, or, worst reason yet, they aren't as good at the game as you. Notice that every one of those definitions of a noob lends itself to individual interpretation and eventually comes down to either everyone is a noob at something or everyone is a noob at each thing except the one guy (or few guys to close in score/ability to tell who is best) who happens to be the absolute best. So pro-gamers out their, remember that the person you're calling a noob might be the same one that bent you over in another game a week or two ago.

 

[Mozared]

Mine would have to be when there's a newer player on the team, but everybody ignores any plea for help and advice the guy gives, then yells at him and possibly bans him when things trainwreck. Warcraft 3 custom maps are notorious for this.

That too, but also something I've noticed in the WoW community. For those who don't know, in WoW you have the possibility to 'specialize' your character by spending points in various 'talents'. For raiding, there are generally a set of talents for each class determined by "the pros" to be the best and these are called the "cookie cutter specs".

While that's all fine, we've reached the point where even mentioning something different from the cookie cutter gets you jumped on, mutilated and spat in the face. You could literaly say "I like experimenting and playing around with the talents" and the response would be along the lines of "you're a noob and you need to spec cookie cutter or you'll suck". I mean, jeez, we get the message already - you want to make your character as effective as possible when playing in a team. That doesn't mean you have to claw your hands into the back of anyone who just likes to try some different stuff in different content every once in a while.