you do realize that when we call a strategy "cancer" we don't mean I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DIE FROM CANCER, right? it's just a slang, cancer in most cases can't be cured, so when we call a strategy cancer we mean there's no cure to it, there's no counter play to it, ofc it's exaggerated in some cases out of rage
but for example getting tower rushed by Teutons or Incas has little to no counter play to it if you're not above 1700/1800 and if you don't have safe resources. so what's wrong with calling out a strategy as "cancer" or "toxic" when there's no clear counter play to it implemented in the game and some players who we count as "toxic" are abusing it to gain elo, just like the momentary Goths OP milita spam in dark age a few months back, and Cumans broken bonuses and steppe lancer bug at the start of DE
you might say "well why don't you pick the same civ and do the same strategy, it's in the game and it's available to you too", to that i would say if it was for you guys, we would still have that OP Cumans at the start of DE in the game to this day and the logic would be "well you can do the same"
the point is somethings in the game kills the joy for the player who is in the receiving end of a "strategy" and it makes them feel like they can't do anything about it because there's no effective counter play to it implemented in the game, and when you're abusing it to get victories over your opponents you shouldn't be surprised if you get called out for it
people who insult you in a personal level or your family because of a video game are either teenagers with 0 self awareness, or they're just sick. you can't put them in the same group of the people who just refer to a strategy as cancer or toxic in the community
but for example getting tower rushed by Teutons or Incas has little to no counter play to it if you're not above 1700/1800 and if you don't have safe resources. so what's wrong with calling out a strategy as "cancer" or "toxic" when there's no clear counter play to it implemented in the game and some players who we count as "toxic" are abusing it to gain elo, just like the momentary Goths OP milita spam in dark age a few months back, and Cumans broken bonuses and steppe lancer bug at the start of DE
you might say "well why don't you pick the same civ and do the same strategy, it's in the game and it's available to you too", to that i would say if it was for you guys, we would still have that OP Cumans at the start of DE in the game to this day and the logic would be "well you can do the same"
the point is somethings in the game kills the joy for the player who is in the receiving end of a "strategy" and it makes them feel like they can't do anything about it because there's no effective counter play to it implemented in the game, and when you're abusing it to get victories over your opponents you shouldn't be surprised if you get called out for it
people who insult you in a personal level or your family because of a video game are either teenagers with 0 self awareness, or they're just sick. you can't put them in the same group of the people who just refer to a strategy as cancer or toxic in the community
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