 | <P>After seeing many complaints, arguments, infighting, and insults, I thought I’d take the time to type up an article to remind everyone that Myth is just a game and MWC is just a tournament. Here are some tips to having good, clean fun in MWC: <P>1. Don’t whine, moan, and complain. I’ve seen more bitching in MWC2001 than in all other MWCs put together (although not as much trash talk as MWC2000), and am getting quite sick of it. Don’t like the scoring system? Don’t like your QR pool? Think the system cheated you? Deal with it. Whining about something you don’t like in MWC will rarely accomplish anything, and you may just be opening yourself up to a bunch of flames. Why not just take it all in silence and have a good time? Sure, you’re entitled to an opinion, but remember that it is a privilege that can be easily taken away. I felt there were some faults in the QR structure, and feel that Iron Chef (the team I’m on) generally got some bad luck because of it, but I didn’t run to the forum every time we got shafted and scream about what a bad job our Tournament Organizers are doing. You’d be surprised how easy it is to just take a deep breath, play something fun, and forget about the whole thing. <P>2. Don’t berate other teams, no matter how deserving you think they are of your insults. It opens yourself up to flames from that team and makes your own team look quite foolish. If you seriously want to go to a public forum and waste your time just to make them feel bad about something they did, then you need to solve the problem some other way than flaming. I am constantly learning and forgetting this golden rule, and unfortunately I usually relearn it after much embarrassment from an off-hand remark about someone whose actions I generally don’t appreciate. Just keep it to yourself, please. <P>3. Don’t let other teams get to you. If you feel another team is posting remarks detrimental to your team’s reputation, I would explain yourself honestly to that team without any counterattacks. If their comments don’t harm your team, you can easily ignore them, making them look like the fools. Sometimes the best thing to say is nothing. On a similar note, if there is one particularly nasty, angry person who will flame anything that moves, please just let them dig their own grave. If you wait a bit, the person is likely to keep on flaming for more and make a mistake along the way. In this case, it’s ok to point out all of their argument flaws and issue a crushing insult, if it will keep them off the forums and let everyone else play in peace. <P>4. Don’t forget that this is just a computer game. Sometimes people get so caught up in their egos, M2SBR, ratios, records, and skills that they lose sight of the fact that Myth 2 won’t pay the bills and what people think of you on bungie.net doesn’t mean a damn thing in RL (real life). So please, have fun in Myth by playing FFAs deep into the night. Always chat about MWC and play some games on Joan’s host until 7:30 AM (go ahead, tell me I don’t have a life!). Every time you feel bored, make a mess in DK Stamp DM or another weird game. Basically, just doing anything that seems fun and fresh. Some of the people that will quit after MWC are just ignorant and unable to open themselves up to new ideas. I don’t pity them personally, as ignorance is bliss and they’re probably still happy either way, but if you are one of these people you’re missing out on too much in the Myth world. There’s still probably a solid 5 years of replay value left for me, although once Myth 3 is released… <P>I hope these tips will help you see that MWC’s true purpose is to have fun. Follow as many or as little of these pointers as you’d like. I’ll see you on b.net. <BR> <P>-Ska!: Team Iron Chef member, Myth: TFL and Myth 2 lover |
