7 Terrible Excuses People Make For Losing At Online Games

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If you want someone to lose all faith in humanity, give them a headset and let them try out Xbox Live. Small groups of normal people exist nervously amongst the waves of frantically swearing 6 year olds and casual racism. Sometimes it€™s preferable to just disconnect your headset and mute everyone, but if you can resist that urge you€™ll spend a lot of your time listening to people complain. One of the favourite causes of complaint is losing the game, and the vast majority of the excuses people give while losing are ridiculous. So without further ado, here are the 7 most nonsensical excuses people make while playing online...

7. Lag

Lag I€™m going to put this at number 7 because it€™s obviously a valid factor in many games. Sometimes there€™s a delay between the server and your console, and sometimes that delay will cost you dearly. However, all too many players will blame any loss on lag, and since it€™s impossible to really know if they€™re lagging, who€™s going to argue? Logically, lag helps you as often as it hinders you. Few people, however, will acknowledge killing someone due to their bad connection. It€™s a bit like playing football in a storm €“ it€™s not fun for both sides, but they€™re equally at a disadvantage. The best course of action, in my experience, is to suck it up, find a quiet corner somewhere and just play as best you can. Having said all that, really bad lag is capable of ruining games, and certainly can be a factor in losing. It just doesn€™t happen as often as you€™d think, and certainly not as often as some would claim.
 
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Laurence Gardner was born in Canterbury, England. After moving around various cities during his childhood, and spending some time travelling in Europe and America, he studied English Literature at Oxford University. Since then, he’s been living abroad, teaching English, learning a range of languages, and writing in his free time. He can currently be found in Heidelberg, working as an English Tutor and Translator and studying at the University. If you liked this article, follow him on Twitter to get automatic updates on his work.