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Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-grossman/date-the-atlas-not-the-sh_b_6114224.html So you had a plan. Everyone took on their roles and did their best, but for whatever reason, it’s all fallen apart. You may have even played really well. It’s not so important, it happens to the best of us. What is important however, is what comes next.   I know how frustrating it can be. How annoyed it can make you when you’ve played really well and still failed, whether that’s because your teammates didn’t follow through on plans, or just didn’t have the skill to push the team to victory. In my experience, there’s only one good option for what to do next. Especially if you’re still in-game and have more rounds to play or objectives to earn, that option is to stay positive. I don’t mean unrealistically, unrelentingly positive. I just mean at least not negative. You could calmly give some advice, but getting angry or going off at your teammates won’t help. That...

Image found at https://i.imgur.com/WMSTprk.png If you’ve played online games you will have witnessed, or even been the subject of your fair share of insults. No matter the game, players will inevitably get mad and hurl abuse at their teammates, the opposing team, the game, their internet connection, or really whatever may be in their line of sight. I think what’s important to remember in these situations is to remain calm and collected. First of all because you should be focusing on playing instead of engaging in a battle of witticisms (see: swearing in caps), and secondly because getting involved always just makes things worse. Getting into an argument is a sure-fire way of causing general frustration for both the opposing team and your own, leading to a bad game.   I know it can be difficult, but the best thing to do when someone starts to flame is to just ignore it and try to stay positive. If they’re on an opposing team, mute them. If they’re on your own, try to ana...

This is the introductory article for my column TEAM CHAT, where I discuss things that I’ve found to have improved my gameplay in team-based games. Be it a raid in WoW or a round of CS:GO, these articles aim to make you a better team member, and your team a more successful and enjoyable one. A bad plan is better than none. Every now and then, the IGL (in-game leader) may set up a strategy that you disagree with, and there may not be time to argue it. Maybe they call for the team to rush, but you think it’ll just result in a spectacular wipe. It’s important in these cases to remember that although their plan might be bad, it will almost always have a higher chance of succeeding than the rest of your team executing the plan and you going off alone. The same goes for questioning the plan while it’s being executed. If the team is in a rush to set up for the strategy and you start to question it, team members may misinterpret the situation and split off, leaving only a fractio...