How to Act Mature While Playing a Video Game: 4 Steps

Questions and Answers

Are you tired of people swearing at you because you seem too childish? This article should be at least of some use to you.

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Steps

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   Do not swear at random people because they killed your online character. Players tend to like others more if they curse less.

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   Be slightly formal and courteous when asking for help. Don’t go “Hey guys how do I do xxxx”. Instead, read through the help available. Usually, most games have help assigned to the F1 key on your keyboard. If nothing shows you how to do X, then ask around. Maybe you missed a screen shot on something.

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   Resist the urge to scream at every single person on your team if you lose. Most good games have curse-filtering in place to stop drunken teens from typing plenty of curse words around the phrase “we lost”.

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   Treat your online players with respect even if other players maybe acting like idiots.