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The Underdog’s Lament

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In every game the members of FOTF play, no matter what realm or race, we notice similar things about the underdog side.

The unending complaints and excuses for why they are not winning bind them all together.

First, blame the other side for:

  • Hacking
  • Cheating
  • Using cheap tactics and/or OP classes
  • Alarm clock raids to avoid a fight
  • Cross realming
  • (This is contrasted with our side’s desire to play legit and get a good night’s rest)

Second, dehumanize the other side because:

  • They are in school and have nothing better to do than play a video game during their ample free time
  • They have no social lives and/or live with their parents
  • They don’t have a girlfriend/boyfriend or spouse or are too fat to get one
  • They don’t have a job or are on unemployment
  • They have cancer or some other terminal disease that allows them to play so much
  • (This is contrasted with our side’s ability to get jobs, have social lives and families, and we also don’t live with our parents, have good hygiene and work out)

Finally, criticize your own side, shift blame and minimize the helpful things that could cause you to perform better

  • It’s everyone else’s fault but yours
  • Class balance favors the other side
  • Developers don’t play our side so the other side is OP
  • The uber guild won’t let us join their warbands, therefore we can’t work together to win
  • Perle is a big meanie and won’t let us join her warband because we don’t use Vent. Vent doesn’t really help anyway (actual conversation during a city defense):

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Do you know of other excuses people use for why the underdogs lose? Feel free to post them below and I’ll add them to the list!


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