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Newbluud:
So, I still really love this game and, at this stage, I believe I am in it for the long haul. Huzzah! You're stuck with me.

However, I still have something I need to shake as I am worried about excluding myself from the community because of it - that thing is salt.

I can take a loss pretty well, most of the time, especially if it was a good fight and the teams were relatively even. The issue I start to get is when I have a specific thing I can blame the loss on, such as a lousy team mate or crew member. Not in terms of experience, of course, in terms of deliberately not listening or refusing advice that is pretty simple to follow (stop prioritising the wrong repairs/avoid shooting them with a gatling gun when we're trying to tank two ships' worth of incoming fire/stop charging into a meatgrind, etc.) 

It's a terrible display of sportsmanship to start pointing fingers however, unless you're giving constructive criticism, which I try to do in the areas I feel I am somewhat informed about this game. However, letting go of my pride is hard, especially when I know exactly why my loss occurred and it was no fault of my own. I get mad and it's frankly immature of me.

I guess my question is, since you're all human like me (I hope); how do you handle the inevitable rage in a game that relies so heavily on good chemistry between you and other players? I've not slipped up yet, but I don't want to make enemies by resorting to CoD-levels of expletives after those terrible matches.

Kamoba:
To quote one of the tips as given by Muse games which is displayed in game: "The first point of call aboard any ship is find someone to blame for everything."

It's tough when things like this happen, and when people do it deliberately yes, we can all get a bit salty, most people won't mind if the salt is justified, it's when people get salty about things which were not the others fault, for example I've had pilots scream shout and swear at me on captain chat because of a loss, while at the same time having three crew members all trolling me, refusing to shoot guns, do repairs and generally being vile in ship chat.. That sort of salt should be avoided, but justified salt is the same as sea salt to a sailor.

HamsterIV:

--- Quote from: Newbluud on July 14, 2015, 03:45:43 pm ---I guess my question is, since you're all human like me (I hope);

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I'm sorry, didn't you get the memo? We are all ancient spirits soul bound to mechanical death machines unable to pass into the afterlife due to some dark techno sorcery thankfully lost to the the knowledge base of man.

As for raging at under performing crew members, I go in phases.
Phase 1: Explain at the start of the match what is expected of them
Phase 2: Remind them mid match that they are not doing what is expected of them
Phase 3: Irately question them as to why they are unable to do what I am telling them
Phase 4: Angrily explain how the death of our ship or our ally's ship is their fault
Phase 5: Block the offending player and never crew with them again.

If they correct their behavior between Phase 2 and 5, I apologize for the curtness of my previous remarks and continue to crew with them, hopefully earning them a few victories and levels.

Wundsalz:
The finest application of salt is the treatment of wounds.

Having shared this wisdom, dealing with occasional (close to) dead weights is part of GoI.
Some ways how I personally cope with it:
- If I feel like teaching, I elaborate what I expect and analyze the match for the problematic player as it goes on to help him improve. Some players improve at a rapid pace under good instruction - which I enjoy as well. Others are a bit slower. My personal rule of thumb: elaborate everything thrice and if they don't seem to improve by then, avoid them.
- If I don't feel like teaching, I play with people who know their shit.
- Having played a couple of thousand matches, I can state getting grumpy almost never gets me anywhere in GoI. So I try to maintain a positive attitude. If I feel it slipping away for whatever reason I usually take a break, avoid the player in question or at least pass the steering wheel to another player.

Daft Loon:
If the problem was your 'ally' replace the word 'rematch' with 'horrible bloody vengance' tick the box and allow shuffle to do its work. Im of half a mind that they should replace the name with 'revenge' and allow you to vote for ship(s) you want to destroy next match (defaulting to a vote for shuffle though).

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