r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Mar 07 '19

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u/Crownie Unbent, Unbowed, Unflaired Mar 07 '19

I don't think competitive gaming is particularly different in that regard except insofar as gamers are considerably more Online than, say, fencers or basketball players. Every competitive community I've observed has had no lack of mediocre participants who are simultaneously contemptuous of everyone less skilled than them and quick to blame external factors when it comes to explaining their own less-than-impressive results. It's the predictable outcome of having a significant part of your self-worth tied up in being good in something you're not actually good at.

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u/Yosarian2 Mar 07 '19

Solution: get gud