It’s fine if you find this playstyle unenjoyable or unappealing. However, personal preference for something being ‘lame and boring’ doesn’t inherently make it unfair or against the spirit of the game. Fairness in a game isn’t defined by the players. It’s defined by the rules the game sets. As long as players are operating within those rules, their playstyle is legitimate. QSyncing is just another playstyle within the rules, and it’s up to players to adapt and overcome.
As far as I know, you’re not the ones making the rules, so nobody cares if you find something unfair, since that’s your personal opinion and not facts.
It may seem reductive, but even if it boils down to just that, so what? The moment you position yourselves as the absolute arbiters of truth, dictating what is acceptable and what isn’t, it’s quite bold to criticize others for not elaborating when there’s no need to. It’s amusing to see that what you do is considered acceptable by you, but what others do isn’t, and you wish to impose your view without considering the rules established by the game.
The difference is that we impose nothing, we work with what we have. Specifically, we have the right to QSync if we want to. If that becomes prohibited tomorrow, so be it. In the meantime, we are within the rules. You create your own as if your word held any particular significance.
At no point did I say it was acceptable for you to be insulted or harassed by other players, but once again, since you don’t seem to understand, just because the so-called “fair play” players are fed up doesn’t give them the right to act as they do. (And if you’ve grasped the concept of fair play, you’ll understand there’s no such thing as a “fair play side”).
The point isn’t to have a competition over who gets harassed the most; it happens on both sides. What I mainly criticized in your initial post was pointing fingers only at the harassment coming from premade players, without acknowledging that there’s harassment from those who share your views as well. Insults and toxic behavior are prevalent on this issue from all sides.
Even if you were right, I don’t see how my lack of empathy is relevant here, especially when you yourself seem to struggle with seeing things from another’s perspective and I have to constantly remind you to broaden your view. But let’s avoid a pointless competition of “I’m more empathetic than you!”, that’s beside the point.
You want to steer the discussion in a factually incorrect direction that suits your agenda of demonizing something that isn’t inherently bad. At that point, no meaningful discussion can take place. You’ll always start from a definition of the term that suits you, while I am referring to its true definition.
The fact that they regularly face premades doesn’t change whether it’s unfair or not. Again, people are free to complain if they want, and they can create as many threads as they like to voice their complaints. Why not, after all? But complaining does not equate to imposing a mentality or a viewpoint like you’re trying to do.
There are a lot of players who would also say that 1 group premade is unfair, but because you do it (or did it, or whatever), it’s fine.
I assume I don’t need to re-explain the difference between you imposing your viewpoint while we adhere to Blizzard’s, since I’m well aware you’ll read what I’ve replied to Wiplala.
It’s also normal for some people not to like premades, regardless of whether they’re few or many. However, that doesn’t give them the right to exhibit hateful behavior, just as premade players shouldn’t display hateful behavior towards those who dislike premades.
It’s simply a matter of perspective, and until proven otherwise in our case, even though we have diametrically opposed opinions, it doesn’t prevent us from speaking to each other in a civilized manner (although last time we discussed, you put me on your KoS list when you got fed up, but it’s more amusing than anything since we both know nothing will come of it).
I don’t think my “fun” is in any danger. Far from it. Given how Blizzard operates, having previously banned things I enjoyed that were “borderline”, I know full well that forum posts have little impact on their decision-making. Even if they did, so be it!
I come here because I find it interesting. Some of you provide insights that help build a broader perspective (which can be useful given how some view me as a monstrous antipathic figure), while others offer nothing constructive and usually leave as quickly as they arrived. And of course, there are those who can’t conduct themselves properly and feel the need to insert insults into every sentence.
I am deeply convinced that what I am doing is fair, and by definition, it is. We could certainly find a more accurate term to describe having fun at the expense of other players, but “unfair” doesn’t fit here. In any case, as long as there is PvP interaction, there will always be some who enjoy it and others who do not. If QSync is banned one day, players will find another scapegoat to complain about… It’s not as if some people specialize in that.
First, the fact that many players complain doesn’t make their opinion “objectively” correct. Secondly, I have nothing against people complaining. I don’t care, and it’s not like it’s going to change anything. What I’ve said is that I am against defending those who behave poorly by insulting or harassing others, justifying their actions with their supposed anger.
There is no such thing as a more acceptable form of toxicity than others.