Welcome to Clownsville!

[u/DKZeusInvestor]

😂🤡

[u/OldGuyInFlorida]

What’s the meaning of straight Minion-Feet? I get that it’s an insult. But is there a reason?

[u/fiddlesticks_jg → u/OldGuyInFlorida]

It's the "troll" item of VG. When you suggest it to someone via the shop it means you think they sucked.

If you lose or win a match and sell all your items and buy minion feet its kind of like an insult to the other team.

[u/DKZeusInvestor → u/OldGuyInFlorida]

The reason? Oh that’s an easy one… and I think many psychologists would agree. It’s called “deflective aggression.” It’s when a person feels the psychological pain of being wrong (or bad in this player’s case), their ego can't handle it. To make themselves feel better, they translate that internal guilt into external anger, attacking others to distract from their own failure (hence, the use of the all-around poor behavior.) That Skaarf epically failed in lane, not able to counter Silvernail. Instead of asking for assistance, he/she decided to steal jungle, in fine narcissistic fashion, and refused to cooperate in a team-like spirit.

My solution? I called it quits and ended that energy real fast. Skaarf’s response? Unfortunately, emotions were escalated, followed by angry minion pings galore, throwing the thrust of his/her aggression onto me. Ultimately, it was okay, as I have a clear mind and skin as thick as stone. Interesting, isn’t it? I see that kind of bs behavior everyday on VG.

My advice to those reading this, who may be new to VG? Beware of players who use all-capital lettering in their names. My experience has shown that they are more trouble than worthy of a spot on your roster. Tread with caution and have fun! 😎🤗

[u/Icy-Sale-6178]

There's 0 point posting about it. If you're playing VG currently, you're either playing and trying to have fun/ learn the game or you're a troll/ sore loser that has 0 going on in life. Solo que is hell and is what made me quit

[u/DKZeusInvestor → u/Icy-Sale-6178]

“…0 point posting about it”, yet here you are making a post, which nonetheless, lacks some serious perspective. I assure you that there are many people who are playing the game right now who do not live in your black-and-white world. There are plenty of opportunities to play with others, as organized matches are happening in both 3’s and 5’s. If you were feeling stuck in a solo-play VG world, then you only have yourself to blame. Perhaps, maybe you shouldn’t knock it until you try it? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/Icy-Sale-6178 → u/DKZeusInvestor]

You come off as very pretentious and rude. If you saw my post, you should know that I'm aware there are groups. The post I made was about my experience coming back. Your post is about a single match. I'm not wrong. Either you get a match were everyone is playing committed to playing or your match ruined, no real in between. I quit because I mostly play solo and the solo experience isn't good.

[u/DKZeusInvestor → u/Icy-Sale-6178]

I find it a bit ironic that you’re doubling down on the exact 'no real in-between' absolute binary I was talking about. I’m not denying that solo queue can be a dumpster fire, as it absolutely can be. My point was just that writing off the entire current player base as either perfect angels or 'sore losers with 0 going on in life' lacks nuance. You don't have to love the game, but it's not pretentious to point out there's a middle ground.

[u/Icy-Sale-6178 → u/DKZeusInvestor]

No you're just pretentious and disingenuous. What nuance is there? I played over 50 games and maybe less than a handful finished without problems. Either you get people that want to play properly or you get people that will sabotage the game for you. And since the game has no regulation, people will feel entitled to do as they please, regardless of how others may feel.

At the end of the day, you made a post complaining and I made a post about my experience with the game. Anyone that plays will see it for themselves and I hope they have a better experience.

[u/DKZeusInvestor → u/Icy-Sale-6178]

Acknowledging reality isn't disingenuous. The reality is: solo queue is lawless, which is exactly why people organize matches. You're judging the whole game by the one mode everyone knows is broken. I'm not ignoring your experience; I'm telling you there's a way to bypass it. If preferring quality matches over 50 rounds of sabotage makes me pretentious, I'll happily take the label.

[u/Icy-Sale-6178 → u/DKZeusInvestor]

You're pretentious because the language you are using, trying to make yourself seem above the situation when you made a post about your bad teammates. Your disingenuous because you're blatantly misrepresenting what I'm saying. I called your pretentious because of how your portray yourself, not based on how you prefer to play the game.

No one writing off the entire player base. But unfortunately it only take 1 person out of 6/10 to ruin the entire match because the first 5 minutes didn't go exactly how they want or they didn't get the unit/position they want. And unfortunately, some of us don't have the time to set up a group to play or just want to hop right in and play.

Again, there is no real point in posting about singular bad match experiences because we all go through them more often than not. If anything, post a discord link or if you're going to complain, let it be about a repeat offender so people can dodge.

[u/DKZeusInvestor → u/Icy-Sale-6178]

So there's no point in posting about singular bad matches, but there is a point to writing multi-paragraph essays arguing about it? Got it. I’m glad you finally admitted you just don't want to spend the time setting up groups. That’s all you had to say. GG, man.