Uhhm, aren't you seeing this the wrong way around? Wouldn't it be real 'sportmanship' and 'adult' to NOT spawncamp enemies that already can't win, and allow them the opportunity to re-group? Real sportmanship/adult-behaviour would mean the team that is crushing the other team, would allow the enemies to re-group.
Ofcourse your enemy is not going to help you slaughter them!
You can't expect sportmanship from your enemies, while at the same time not showing any sportmanship behaviour yourself. Sportmanship is a two-way street.Mother_Goose wrote: »Uhhm, aren't you seeing this the wrong way around? Wouldn't it be real 'sportmanship' and 'adult' to NOT spawncamp enemies that already can't win, and allow them the opportunity to re-group? Real sportmanship/adult-behaviour would mean the team that is crushing the other team, would allow the enemies to re-group.
Ofcourse your enemy is not going to help you slaughter them!
Nope. Speaking as someone who is mediocre to poor at PVP in this game- absolutely not.
Get Good as the saying goes. Anyone with the decision to focus can be good at this aspect of the game if they decide. Because my focus is PVE an housing and I have neglected to develop any pvp skill to speak of- If I click that button to play PVP then it is on me to develop my skills. Not cry on a ledge because I have stepped into the lion's den.
I mean what does this even look like? Letting you live because you suck? lol.
No. Just...no.
So... they should just allow you to keep killing them over and over... because you are on a better PvP team?Mother_Goose wrote: »I mean what does this even look like? Letting you live because you suck?
It really is unpleasant how often people do that. It’s a waste of everyone’s time, especially in a death match. I thought that you’re supposed to get kicked off the platform if you’re up there too long but that doesn’t seem to be the case…
You can't expect sportmanship from your enemies, while at the same time not showing any sportmanship behaviour yourself. Sportmanship is a two-way street.Mother_Goose wrote: »Uhhm, aren't you seeing this the wrong way around? Wouldn't it be real 'sportmanship' and 'adult' to NOT spawncamp enemies that already can't win, and allow them the opportunity to re-group? Real sportmanship/adult-behaviour would mean the team that is crushing the other team, would allow the enemies to re-group.
Ofcourse your enemy is not going to help you slaughter them!
Nope. Speaking as someone who is mediocre to poor at PVP in this game- absolutely not.
Get Good as the saying goes. Anyone with the decision to focus can be good at this aspect of the game if they decide. Because my focus is PVE an housing and I have neglected to develop any pvp skill to speak of- If I click that button to play PVP then it is on me to develop my skills. Not cry on a ledge because I have stepped into the lion's den.
I mean what does this even look like? Letting you live because you suck? lol.
No. Just...no.
Your team that is already winning/crushing the other team could wait at the center of the map for the enemies to re-group and engage you again. How long would that take? 30 seconds to a minute.... versus waiting two minutes for the spawntimer to kick them off.
PS:So... they should just allow you to keep killing them over and over... because you are on a better PvP team?Mother_Goose wrote: »I mean what does this even look like? Letting you live because you suck?
Sportmanship goes both ways!
Uhhm, aren't you seeing this the wrong way around? Wouldn't it be real 'sportmanship' and 'adult' to NOT spawncamp enemies that already can't win, and allow them the opportunity to re-group? Real sportmanship/adult-behaviour would mean the team that is crushing the other team, would allow the enemies to re-group.
Ofcourse your enemy is not going to help you slaughter them!
Mother_Goose wrote: »Ok y'all. Lots of complaints of varying validity in these forums, but how about a topic on something we as a community can do better at? I realize it is about individual calibration of gaming ethics to coin a phrase, but this is my rant that has been brewing for some time.
For all of us the real coin we invest in this game is personal time. What convinces us to spend it here. This is the baseline for why we point out the imperfections so vehemently. It means something to us because it isn't just a cash investment. We are just not going to see a response to most of our studio based (code based) issues because this is not a game to them, it is a business model. Though I will say, having played a number of games over the years this studio still cares more about their product then MOST gaming studios I have experienced. But honestly they have to spend talent to fix problems, bring content and make it count in a way their logistics will allow. They are patching constant leaks on a 11 year old ship just trying to keep it afloat, and I appreciate that.
But as players, the current event highlights a very player based problem that maybe we don't think about too often. My source for writing this is one I know is familiar to all of us- the sportsmanship (or lack of) in the battlegrounds. Specifically the "I am going to sit on the ledge or hide because my team sucks and we are loosing".
I can't tell you how much I hate this. First of all, shut up and die like an aviator. Those who know this phrase out there know the story. (Thank you for your service.) In brief suck it up, jump down, die- get it over with. Once again people invest time that many working adults don't have much of. No one wants to waste it because some no-little-league having person is having a melt down over big feelings about not winning.
Your team sucks? Too bad- lots of folks pop up in these events just for goodies.
You are too good to have to rub shoulders with non PvPers and new to the game lost little souls? Again too bad.
I mean, can we just agree that this behavior is repugnant?
Honestly...do better. Adult better.
The faster it's done no matter how bad the showing- the better and the more you can try your luck in another random group. Or you know, don't. Do a dedicated team grouping and destroy and 'own' and challenge yourself as much as you like. But for the love of baby Haysoos- respect other people's time.
That is all.
Love, your Gen X big sister...or mom for some of you.
Uhhm, aren't you seeing this the wrong way around? Wouldn't it be real 'sportmanship' and 'adult' to NOT spawncamp enemies that already can't win, and allow them the opportunity to re-group? Real sportmanship/adult-behaviour would mean the team that is crushing the other team, would allow the enemies to re-group.
Ofcourse your enemy is not going to help you slaughter them!
You can't expect sportmanship from your enemies, while at the same time not showing any sportmanship behaviour yourself. Sportmanship is a two-way street.Mother_Goose wrote: »Uhhm, aren't you seeing this the wrong way around? Wouldn't it be real 'sportmanship' and 'adult' to NOT spawncamp enemies that already can't win, and allow them the opportunity to re-group? Real sportmanship/adult-behaviour would mean the team that is crushing the other team, would allow the enemies to re-group.
Ofcourse your enemy is not going to help you slaughter them!
Nope. Speaking as someone who is mediocre to poor at PVP in this game- absolutely not.
Get Good as the saying goes. Anyone with the decision to focus can be good at this aspect of the game if they decide. Because my focus is PVE an housing and I have neglected to develop any pvp skill to speak of- If I click that button to play PVP then it is on me to develop my skills. Not cry on a ledge because I have stepped into the lion's den.
I mean what does this even look like? Letting you live because you suck? lol.
No. Just...no.
Your team that is already winning/crushing the other team could wait at the center of the map for the enemies to re-group and engage you again. How long would that take? 30 seconds to a minute.... versus waiting two minutes for the spawntimer to kick them off.
PS:So... they should just allow you to keep killing them over and over... because you are on a better PvP team?Mother_Goose wrote: »I mean what does this even look like? Letting you live because you suck?
Sportmanship goes both ways!
Your team that is already winning/crushing the other team could wait at the center of the map for the enemies to re-group and engage you again.
Not really, as jumping down means they cannot use skills/abilities in mid-air. While at the same time they are open to attack during the fall, and the fall's stagger. People no longer wait til their enemies are on the ground before attacking... which is also why you see players in this thread state they want enemies dropped from their spawnplace, because they can't kill them up there. Henceforth me pointing out sportmanship goes both ways. Enemy players should never be near another group's spawnpoint in the first place. Especially if we talk about sportmanship, which this thread touched upon.HatchetHaro wrote: »The disadvantaged side can just wait for the rest of their team to respawn, group up, then make a coordinated push together, all from the spawn platform. It has been a successful strategy for me any time this happens, and can sometimes turn the tide of the battle.
Death Match is the only version where I won't just wait out the timer when clearly out matched as it speeds up the inevitable.
But when any other objective match is hopeless and the other team is just farming instead of ending via objectives I will always wait out the spawn timer.
Why I should I give them what they want when they are clearly not tying to win the match?
They actually need to split up the que to let the death match only people have what they want and let those who want the objective matches do the same and the que time will be whatever it is in either case.
Mother_Goose wrote: »You can't expect sportmanship from your enemies, while at the same time not showing any sportmanship behaviour yourself. Sportmanship is a two-way street.Mother_Goose wrote: »Uhhm, aren't you seeing this the wrong way around? Wouldn't it be real 'sportmanship' and 'adult' to NOT spawncamp enemies that already can't win, and allow them the opportunity to re-group? Real sportmanship/adult-behaviour would mean the team that is crushing the other team, would allow the enemies to re-group.
Ofcourse your enemy is not going to help you slaughter them!
Nope. Speaking as someone who is mediocre to poor at PVP in this game- absolutely not.
Get Good as the saying goes. Anyone with the decision to focus can be good at this aspect of the game if they decide. Because my focus is PVE an housing and I have neglected to develop any pvp skill to speak of- If I click that button to play PVP then it is on me to develop my skills. Not cry on a ledge because I have stepped into the lion's den.
I mean what does this even look like? Letting you live because you suck? lol.
No. Just...no.
Your team that is already winning/crushing the other team could wait at the center of the map for the enemies to re-group and engage you again. How long would that take? 30 seconds to a minute.... versus waiting two minutes for the spawntimer to kick them off.
PS:So... they should just allow you to keep killing them over and over... because you are on a better PvP team?Mother_Goose wrote: »I mean what does this even look like? Letting you live because you suck?
Sportmanship goes both ways!
I mean, I don't know how else to say this, but much as in real life, being unprepared and not good at something does not give you the right to cry foul because others are.
YOU can change. You can get better at PvP. Put in the work and you can get down there and rip off faces. You don't get to impose imaginary constraints on others because you are lay or half arsed about it.
And sure sometimes your team mix means that even then you are gonna fail. So what? You STILL jump in and give it up to the PvP gods until the BG is done, then move on and hope you get a win next time with another team mix.
It does not matter if you lose. I can't imagine making this choice to be honest. Get up, run some dirt in it and stop making it about your feels because you lost.
Yeah it feels good when I individually do good on the odd day of PvP (likely because I am playing against other PVE ers or the rest of my group is hardcore) , but for the most part I know when I have those instant kills days, I know the fault is largely mine because I have neglected the work it taks to be good at this part of the game.
When I read the beginning of the post, I thought, wow, is someone in the TESO community talking about sportsmanship? But it's actually about people who just don't want to lose because they've been put in a team that shouldn't be in a 4v4. If you're willing to accept the possibility of losing, it's better to play in an 8v8. Why are you coming to a 4v4? To say that you don't care if you win or lose? I don't like losing.
What you're talking about is the least of BG's problems. And it's true that the spawn time should be reduced, but not because of what you're writing about, but because of these guys who turn spawning into their constant gameplay.
https://files.catbox.moe/6selau.mp4
Do you want to talk about sportsmanship? Let's talk about those guys who, if they don't shoot from the spawn area, stay behind you and take kills while you're taking damage.
https://files.catbox.moe/3xkuu4.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/ljlu8a.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/ajpj58.mp4
Do you want to talk about sportsmanship? Let's talk about those guys who, if they don't shoot from the spawn area, stay behind you and take kills while you're taking damage.
https://files.catbox.moe/3xkuu4.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/ljlu8a.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/ajpj58.mp4
That guy who gets kills from behind does more than you do hiding in a corner watching and filming the others.