10 Types Of Gamers You See In FPS Online Play

By Reggie Fells / June 8, 2013

3. The Rage-Quitter

Above is a realistic photo of what I want to do to my controller sometimes, over the course of a game. Be it lag, a lucky kill, poor hit detection, or being knocked by a quickscoper... let's face it: the game WILL make you furious at some point. However... the way I see it, quitting a game out of rage boggles the mind.

There are plenty of reasons in sports or fighting games to do so - you may deny your (jerk?) opponent a win, cause them to lose their victory, etc. However, in FPS games, these guys are far too common.

They typically enter the lobby, proceed to talk sh*t and then... fall far short of their own expectations. And with less than a minute in the game, they disappear from the scoreboard, with a small notification in the corner that they've left the game.

My question is... why?

Rage quitting:

gives you a loss anyway wastes whatever effort you've already put in prevents you from any possible form of vengeance (the sole reason I don't do it) gives the person/people harassing you the satisfaction that they've beaten you into surrender. Although I frequently encounter this type of gamer in lobbies when I play with my clan (because players tend to see clan tags and back out of the lobby, or quit the game), the logic just confuses me. But there is none more confusing than...