Phoenixmgs said:
Why play any game if you're not trying to win?
Seems like you're failing to grasp one major part of playing shooters. Most don't play to win. They play for kills. All you're doing is complaining that others don't play like you do. It's petty. Everyone plays in different ways and everyone has the potential to disagree with another's playstyle.
For example- you say this:
Any game I play, I try to win, even playing some random game at a party. Of course, I don't get all serious about winning every game, I'll give it my best like playing Munchkin with friends. I really only get serious when playing a clan battle, but I still try my best to win a match (even if I'm fooling about with a new gun or class or whatever) until a match becomes un-winnable.
Now, one could say that by always playing to win, you're a poor sport (especially if you go and join winning teams just to win), and you're forgetting it's just a game. One could also wonder what you do when it becomes "unwinnable". Do you curse the rest of the team? do you ragequit to preserve your score? Do you stop striving just because you see defeat in sight? If you do any of those, once again- you're just a poor sport. And you know what's worse? You didn't even enjoy yourself, while those that were after kills more than likely did. In the party example you give, games are probably on offer more as a social lubricant; a tool for randoms to bond and chat over. If you value in-game victory above all else, you're just 'that guy' everyone will remember from the party that couldn't handle defeat. You're taking it too seriously.
Of course, I don't get all serious about winning every game
C'mon buddy, you can admit to it- it's ok, we're all friends here.
It's also funny how many people want to be snipers. Why? It's always a support class, you're not going to be carrying the team as a sniper. Playing any other class in a shooter is more helpful to your team than sniper so why play it?
Off the top of my head just now?
a) They're new, and want to master the most basic role first.
b) They want action, and want to move as little as possible to get into it.
c) They have a bad ping. They
can't take on more mobile roles.
d) They enjoy successful sniping, and see it as their role of choice.
e) They've been sniped too much, and see it as the only way they can fight back.
f) They don't know the map, so don't want to rush into unknown areas.
The list goes on and on. Sure I get a bit annoyed too when half the Americans on Omaha Beach are hunkering down on the sand as useless snipers while our tickets bleed away to oblivion, but I can at least understand why they do it.