zu meinem Lieblingsbegriff "lame" hier mal mein alter Post aus nem alten dows thread! griff damals und tut es heute immernoch!
What does "lame" mean? In dow it means: Darn, I lost this game...how can this be? I'm so cool, so how could I lose? This is impossible. (Especially to this N00B, Idiot, choose-random-insult")
So now the male ego makes up a random explanation why losing is ok and doesn't really reflect on your ability to play this game well. This will come down to: Of course I lost BUT it was clearly UNFAIR and therefore my male ego remains intact. ( I didn't REALLY lose after all)
It was unfair because:
1. My opponent had control of the powerplant that supplied my PC with energy...he shut it off just as I was about to kick his ass.
2. My opponent had several off my familiy members in custody and blackmailed me he would torture and rape them if I didn't voluntarily lose to him.
3. My opponent send gang members over to my house who held my hands so I couldn't play.
Now thats really not fair...but most people wouldn't believe any of it so sore losers all over the world just come up with a little more sophisticated explanation and that is:
4. Well yes he won....but he is just lame.
This is as meaningless as a big pile of crap. This is not freakin Ice-Skating. There is no B Grade for graceful playing.
"Look at my pink marine squad it did a double pirouette, wasn't that nice" "The lame other guy just shot my entire squad while it was painting pictures....well thats just LAME!!!"
Well I got news for you...this is a computer game about killing your opponents forces. And the rules are implemented into the games engine. Any extra artistic rules you make up in your head to make you feel better after you lost are just your problem and your problem alone.
If you lose a game (unless they use cheats or have your family hostage) you have a choice to be one of two types of people.
1. You say gg.
Maybe you congratulate the other guy on outwitting you this time. But you don't have to. Maybe you ask for a rematch. But if he doesn't want to rematch you don't start questioning his resolve...the time will come and you can wait. This is just a fun computergame for you. No more, no less. And your value as a person doesn't depend on this.
2. You freak out. You start insulting the other person. You call him lame and claim that he clearly was using unfair tacticts....has your family hostage etc...
You felt invincible and now your ego is hurt....this game is really really important to you and you simply cannot accept that you lost.
Seek help before its too late. Or say gg next time and leave it at that.
And what have we learned from this?
Even if you are high in the DOW ladder, it doesn't neccessarily make you a nice or reasonable person.