Krystedez
Awaken the Path
This has been stated multiple times but;Maybe I am too competitive to understand, but, disliking people who are doing something available to you in the game doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe the ruleset sucks. Maybe the game is bad. That's no reason to like or dislike someone who refuses or abuses it.
I can appreciate low tier players who legitimately feel like their character stands a chance in some ways; the people who grow and push their character past the limits that everyone else thought they saw. You find out whether or not it's worth it over time; sometimes, the answer is not what you'd like. The important thing is that you stick with your goal.
If you just want to be the best of a certain character, that's cool, but, how can you fault someone else for choosing to pick top tier? If you just want to use suboptimal tactics, that's your prerogative, but, what is there to appreciate in someone else doing so? More importantly, though, what is there to dislike in someone else choosing not to handicap themselves?
Maybe every good player deserves some respect. A good player makes good decisions like infiniting an opponent when the opportunity opens up.
Is that player entitled to such respect?
In short, no.
People act like they're entitled to some level of respect, because they chose to be a better player and make a good decision, when in fact they are actually equating that decision to overall skill level and henceforth demand or believe they are entitled to respect.
In the same token, no player deserves disrespect. But disrespect =/= lack of respect, and skill IS NOT > someone else's based on one minor decision. At least in this thread.