GreatGateway
Full Squid
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2017
- Messages
- 41
I play a support role using the Inkbrush and Octobrush. My job is to paint the turf faster than the enemy, pick off isolated targets, mess with Chargers and clear a path for whoever has the Rainmaker from the shadows.
I do NOT take on teams head-on, wait in a puddle for just one target for a whole match, fight entire teams or fight rollers.
I know my role, and I am perfectly happy to acknowledge where I do things wrong. Many losses are indeed my fault, as I am the most consistent factor in most games.
However if there is one thing worse than me in consistent games, it's the inconsistent nature of teammates.
We can't all join fancy groups and voice chat - players like me must play Solo. And it is immensely frustrating, because a huge number of players do not understand the roles their teammates play and how to capitalise on them.
For example, say I pick off a Charger or a Gal user. I just freed up the battlefield for my allies, and turned the battle into a 4 on 3 advantage. Is it my fault the team does not push forward, cannot defeat the remaining targets, or similar? No it isn't. In some cases my target priority needs to change, but more often than not, it is the fault of the frontline players to splat opponents and move up, not mine.
This is just one example of things going wrong. Perhaps you have met another Inkbrush player who fails to support, a Charger who cannot aim, or even a player who can't get out of the spawn for the same trap every time. We cannot change weapons or roles in battle, so we cannot adjust to these problems on the fly entirely. By the time we can change our loadouts, fresh new problems surface leading to a vicious cycle of losses.
The point is, you cannot control everything in the battle as you cannot be everywhere at once. You cannot carry if the odds are stacked against you either. It is perfectly normal to blame teammates, and in a lot of cases, it is the correct thing to do. It isn't exactly healthy but it's better than the downward spiral of only blaming yourself exclusively.
I do NOT take on teams head-on, wait in a puddle for just one target for a whole match, fight entire teams or fight rollers.
I know my role, and I am perfectly happy to acknowledge where I do things wrong. Many losses are indeed my fault, as I am the most consistent factor in most games.
However if there is one thing worse than me in consistent games, it's the inconsistent nature of teammates.
We can't all join fancy groups and voice chat - players like me must play Solo. And it is immensely frustrating, because a huge number of players do not understand the roles their teammates play and how to capitalise on them.
For example, say I pick off a Charger or a Gal user. I just freed up the battlefield for my allies, and turned the battle into a 4 on 3 advantage. Is it my fault the team does not push forward, cannot defeat the remaining targets, or similar? No it isn't. In some cases my target priority needs to change, but more often than not, it is the fault of the frontline players to splat opponents and move up, not mine.
This is just one example of things going wrong. Perhaps you have met another Inkbrush player who fails to support, a Charger who cannot aim, or even a player who can't get out of the spawn for the same trap every time. We cannot change weapons or roles in battle, so we cannot adjust to these problems on the fly entirely. By the time we can change our loadouts, fresh new problems surface leading to a vicious cycle of losses.
The point is, you cannot control everything in the battle as you cannot be everywhere at once. You cannot carry if the odds are stacked against you either. It is perfectly normal to blame teammates, and in a lot of cases, it is the correct thing to do. It isn't exactly healthy but it's better than the downward spiral of only blaming yourself exclusively.