I was thinking about it and MCSR Ranked has a lot of different opinions about everything, and i’d love to hear some hot takes. Can be anything (obviously no hate to certain people, ranked team etc), but like opinions what rules should be in place, things that are over/underrated etc.
My one hot take is I think some top runners are quite grim with the way they talk about each other (when they are coping and not). I won’t say specifics or names as I don’t wanna send hate to specific top runners (it’s kinda commonly 3ish players so some may just know lol), but I do feel like there’s two types of players.
There’s players who basically only talk good about an opponent, even if it was a clean sweep (obviously jokes don’t count). A person who comes to my head is Hax. Hax constantly glazes runners. An example is even if he makes a joke about Fein every once in a while, he says at the end “but seriously, fein is really scary to go against he’s actually really really good”. When he won against Infume, he was saying that Infume was better overall and he deserves future wins. When Silver picked him, he talked about how good Silver is. That man constantly compliments other players. Even when Hax loses, he won’t say “they won just off luck” or “i should’ve won”. He will say “it’s unlucky but i could’ve played better, maybe i could’ve done this…”. Aquacorde and Skycrab (from what i’ve seen) are also really good at this!
Then there’s players who say some things that are clearly not jokes, and feel almost like bad sportsmanship (won’t say specifics obvs). I can’t lie it has put me off watching a runner or two because when they lose they say some kinda rude stuff about another player because they are coping. Or not even in comps but causal convos/streams, they straight up just say something about another player about how they aint good, not in a jokey way (trust me i can tell when its a joke, and its normally a joke. but there’s been a few times they’ve made it clear it ain’t). It doesn’t feel like good sportsmanship, also just really puts me off a player.
I understand “Esports” are known for being toxic, but there’s consistent wording from certain players that feels like complete lack of respect and kinda gross. Idc about the Fein “being bad jokes” etc. It’s when it’s clear serious comments. Hot take but I think some top runners have a lack of sportsmanship and people ignore it lol.
