2. This Isnt My Map
I have a little sympathy with this one (I use it myself), but really its no more justified than the others. Imagine an online game which has a total of 12 different maps available most players might consider between 3 and 6 of those maps their
best maps, and dismiss their results on the other maps because theyre not a product of their best work. Which, of course, is based on the assumption that the people youre up against are playing on their favourite maps all the time. When you beat someone on your own favourite map, it seems justified because youre playing at your best (although they may well not be) and so reflects your true potential. Well, heres news for you: your best performance is not how good you are. Your results across all game-types and maps is a much truer reflection.
1. My Team Sucks
I wont pretend that its not frustrating to vastly outplay the other members of your team, but if you spend all your time complaining about it, youve just got a bad attitude. There has to be a worst player on the team, and sometimes itll be you. So long as the other people in your team are trying to win, theres no reason to blame them for losing sometimes, their bad results might even be because youre not being a team player. They must just suck, of course, but part of playing a team game is trying to help them when they do because next game, it might be you that needs help.
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