Unfairly judging other players

[genosse]

I believe almost every player who doesn't use tools like XVM has tried to cultivate some kind of 6th sense to arbitrarily judge the skill of their teammates and opponents, to different degrees of success.

 

I'd like to know which criteria do you apply, and if they are as outlandish as some of mine or even worse. ;)

 

Examples (all names made up):

 

- Beware if someone uses a Kriegsmarine personal emblem. If that player also has a German sounding nickname, be extra careful. If the same player also has a number in his name, hinting at his age like "muenster_seebaer57", switch flanks, abandon all hope.

 

- Beware of people who use their real name in game like "DavidWilliams73". They probably got their first computer yesterday.

 

- Everyone who calls himself after his car or his motorbike is usually a total disaster (think "_HondaCivicR" etc).

 

- People without a clan are either noobs or hardcore solo warriors that will carry the entire team, but usually the former (I misjudged people so often because of that one ...)

 

What are the little things you use to unfairly stereotype other players? I can't be the only one, can I? ;)

[ColonelPete]

None.

 

I judge people based on what they write or how they play.

[Yosha_AtaIante]

The name thing is however quite true and proves itself game after game. 

 

Beware of people going "moin" in all chat you forgot too. 

 

And about the clan less people who can absolutely solo carry a whole team... Well I know of one who does that all the time. 

 

So all these stereotypes have a reason to be used as a guide to judge. Because it's mostly true. There are exceptions yes but I have yet to see someone named

 

xX_sniperB1smarckshadow_xX

 

Who plays like a unicum. 

[genosse]

1 minute ago, Yoshanai said:

xX_sniperB1smarckshadow_xX

Sniper-nicknames are a huge red flag!

[genosse]

7 minutes ago, ColonelPete said:

None.

 

I judge people based on what they write or how they play.

And you are the better man for that. :)

[JoDekker]

Easy rules:

callsign is a historical military figure = potato

callsign extreme martial = potato and coward

 

Of course hit rate applying these basic rules is only 99% accurate......nothing is perfect.

[DFens_666]

Most clans, who have their nationality in their name, like ITA, CZ, PL, something with German 99% of them are just speshuul, so dunno if its unfairly judged

 

Most of the times, i give them the benefit of the doubt tho, unless i

- know that player already

- know its a good/bad clan

and tbf, the latter one fucked me so hard multiple times, because i think, someone in a good, known clan KNOWS how to play, and then they play like utter crap. Recently had a guy from the most famous streamers clan in my team and... well he sucked, end of story. That really baffled me.

[Helmut_von_Kleitzing]

I always abandon all hope when I see my own nickname in port.

[GulvkluderGuld]

I look at

- known and hurricane clantags

- players without/with clantag (95% potato / 66% potato) isn't so useful. Better pretend they bad

- what players do the first minute or two and if they communicate in a normal manner (then chances goes up like a homesick meteor)

- any BBs leaving their flank to sail to the other = potato sign. 

- Shimakaze player = potato sign

- anybody staying behind instead of going with the lemming train (and dont charge in brain AFK) are often reliable.

[Egoleter]

I prefer judging players by their action or inaction instead of some made up BS.

[Molly_Delaney]

My list goes something like:

recognised from on here - should know what they're doing so listen to anything said in chat.

has a rank in their nick - unless in above category, full of themselves.

has X,XX or XXX before and after nick - 12 year old boy

uses hydro or radar immediately - new player (hopefully) or {redacted}

has a rank - result will often be inversely proportional to their rank.

 

Anime name or logo - likes anime

 

as always only a hint as to what an unknown player is like, sadly most prove to be accurate, but there are exceptions.

 

If you expect a rolfstomp by red because your team is useless but you win because your team plays well its a nice surprise.

Whereas if you expect skill & teamwork from unknowns you will be disappointed more often.

 

As always, posted for entertainment purposes only, this post may contain sarcasm.

(if you want to know where my nick comes from look up "Molly DeLaney honorverse")

[SV_Kompresor]

1 hour ago, genosse said:

Beware of people who use their real name in game like "DavidWilliams73". They probably got their first computer yesterday.

 

Back to the topic: If I see someone with either PL, CZ, or a lot of csz combinations....I know that they probably suck. (no offense but...you know it's true)

[mantiscore]

55 minutes ago, genosse said:

I believe almost every player who doesn't use tools like XVM has tried to cultivate some kind of 6th sense to arbitrarily judge the skill of their teammates and opponents, to different degrees of success.

 

I'd like to know which criteria do you apply, and if they are as outlandish as some of mine or even worse. ;)

 

Examples (all names made up):

 

- Beware if someone uses a Kriegsmarine personal emblem. If that player also has a German sounding nickname, be extra careful. If the same player also has a number in his name, hinting at his age like "muenster_seebaer57", switch flanks, abandon all hope.

 

- Beware of people who use their real name in game like "DavidWilliams73". They probably got their first computer yesterday.

 

- Everyone who calls himself after his car or his motorbike is usually a total disaster (think "_HondaCivicR" etc).

 

- People without a clan are either noobs or hardcore solo warriors that will carry the entire team, but usually the former (I misjudged people so often because of that one ...)

 

What are the little things you use to unfairly stereotype other players? I can't be the only one, can I? ;)

In a battle in previous ranked, half of the team was clanless and the other half judged them and wrote them off

We died pretty early and my lonely dudes carried for a win

[rnat]

20 minutes ago, Egoleter said:

I prefer judging players by their action or inaction instead of some made up BS.

On a similar note I always assume everyone is mostly useless until proven otherwise.

[WashedandDeceased]

Me every time I see a clan variation of ITA

 

[jss78]

Basic rules I've observed during a quarter century of online gaming:

 

- Username includes "sniper" --> can't hit anything

- Username includes "warrior", "fighter", or equivalent --> plays like a coward

- Username suffixed by any country code --> 95% guaranteed to play poorly

 

Best players tend to have nondescript usernames. Meanwhile, I tend to have little confidence in a "xXx_TurboFighter666_xXx_PL".

 

[dCK_Ad_Hominem]

Very few trends apply. Mostly go by positioning, map awareness and knowledge. 

 

Shooting your guns immediately? Abandoning your flank without reason? Launching your Donskoi torps at a target 16km away? Yep, those guys are relegated to cannon fodder and won't be counted on. 

 

Similarly I have general distrust of people who play cancer ships (smol, conqueror, kutuzov, cv). Those are guys who like winning, but don't like playing, at least to me. Thus those are also the guys getting rather salty when things don't go their way and are quick to throw insults around. 

 

Trust factors:

 

- likeable forumite 

- member of a good clan

- communicates well

- polite banter 

 

 

[jss78]

2 hours ago, genosse said:

- Beware of people who use their real name in game like "DavidWilliams73". They probably got their first computer yesterday.

My main game used to be Mechwarrior Online, a game with a notably old and not always computer-literate player base.

 

We'd get players with usernames clearly composed of first name, surname, and the FULL date of birth. The year or birth invariably indicated them as either older Gen-X'ers or full-blown boomers.

 

At least the poor souls didn't put in their whole social security number...

[Migantium_Mashum]

and the point of the post is?

[invicta2012]

Admitting to things many of us do when evaluating team mates?

 

The one about XX_Sniper_XX made me laugh, because that's my favourite judgement. Not always fair - and not always true, too - but it's difficult not to think it. 

[Lebedjev]

I judge only people, who judge other or be downright insulting, because for me a bad advice is worst than no advice.

[Jethro_Grey]

1 hour ago, DFens_666 said:

Most clans, who have their nationality in their name, like ITA, CZ, PL, something with German 99% of them are just speshuul, so dunno if its unfairly judged

 

Most of the times, i give them the benefit of the doubt tho, unless i

- know that player already

- know its a good/bad clan

and tbf, the latter one fucked me so hard multiple times, because i think, someone in a good, known clan KNOWS how to play, and then they play like utter crap. Recently had a guy from the most famous streamers clan in my team and... well he sucked, end of story. That really baffled me.

True. 99% are playing...a different game, i guess.

There are exceptions tho.

 

And tbh, if i have members of a well-known clan on my team, i know that things will go down the $hitter really fast.

Had last week members of the winner of the KotS clan, they both died 3 mins into the game. Eh.

[Profilus]

1 hour ago, Puerto_Rico_is_Free said:

Me every time I see a clan variation of ITA

 

Been wrong with that exactly twice  

[GarrusBrutus]

1. Players who leave their flank to go to another flank are usually below 50% winrate players.

Leaving your flank, even if you're low on numbers on that flank, causes a ripple effect that snowballs into your team getting flanked hard.

Yet most people do not realise this.

2. Players who sail to the flank in a straight line to the border instead of 45-ish degree towards the caps are most likely below 50% players.

3. Most players without a clan are trash

4. Most players with number(s) in their name AND not a single capital letter are mostly trash f.e. groupie4567

5. no SE dds are trash players

6. SE bbs are trash players

7. no camo players are trash players

8. player using a consumable after half a minute is most likely a trash player

9. players who have range mod on ships that do not need range mod are most likely trash

10. triple of the same ship divisions are most likely trash players or meming unicums

11. cv players who dont take out rocketplanes first to hunt dds are most likely trash players

12. players who type "plan?" in chat are most likely trash players

13. players who die early yet keep typing to their team are most likely trash players

14. players who arent disconnected at the start of the match yet they dont move are most likely trash players

15. players who move at 25% speed from the start are most likely trash players

 

 

 

 

[JG4_sKylon]

Triple BB divisions in general.

Triple german BB divisions far more.

DD players not using camos.

All players with nicknames like "xxxdefender", "xxxintruder", "sniperxxx", "generalfeldmarschall", all "Lindemanns" and other german military names.