Fifth Thought - Everyone Who Isn't As Good As You Are...

   Here is something I hear way too often:

   Noob: "Whoa, dude, you're awesome. Can you give me some tips?"
   A. Dude: "Nah, man, I suck. I'm nothing compared to *insert best player on given game here*."

   I think we need to get off the mindset that if you aren't the best at something, then you're not good at it. This is something that easily leads to arrogant fools who, by extension, think that anyone who isn't as good as they are is bad. To be honest, I used to think like this myself. I used to think that I wasn't all that good, and therefore anyone who does worse than me is just a terrible player.


   That's called being an ass.


   There is a certain point at which this thinking has to stop, because I hear it in every game. Is it really that hard to just consider that you may actually be good at something? I'm not saying you should go out and beat everyone over the head with how amazing you think you are, just don't put yourself down when you do well. You don't have to be the best. Someone calling you good isn't going to happen every day, so take the compliment with some dignity and move on.

   In more strategy-oriented games (such as League of Legends, Starcraft 2, etc.), there tends to almost be a pro-player worship going on, where every player on the game except for the people at the very top says they suck. All of you? It is not possible that every single player on the game except for one or two guys is bad. At first, I would just assume they're joking and move on, but either it has become a popular meme or they genuinely believe this.

   To put it simply, get over yourselves. There are a lot of truly bad players out there, and you probably aren't one of them.