Honestly, its just the shit online community, mostly Live. The major games are mostly all FPS, and those cater to annoying little kids and douchebags, both of who have no other lives. Gaming is basically their only accomplishment and pride at that point in life, and they misuderstand the purpose: to have fun. Its not that there arent players who play for fun and everything, its just most of the loud ones are so loud and obnoxious that they force the rest into hiding. Im sure that if you have a mic, youve turned it off or unplugged to hide from annoying players. Theyre just the ones that you notice.
A good game to play is to just say something really random, and stick to it, and ignore them. afriend of mine and I were listening to an argument between two players in a MW2 game, when he just goes "You know what? I wish I was a kangaroo. Then I could keep shit in my pouch, and that shit would be awesome."Its more fun to toy with them. And if possible, make the game a friendly atmosphere. mute the douchebags, and start talking like a normal person, and youll get some people wholl talk.
And despite what people are saying, yes competition is good, and take it seriously, but dont be an asshole about it. Body shots ad scoping are allowed, dont be a dick about people doing it. Everytime you die isnt gay. Seriously, be competetive, but please be respectful.
