Poll: How to play when you know you've lost

[jason_ac]

Inspired by the thread about possible poor sportsmanship

[wwo]

Before the insults to the OP arrive...

Depends. Placement counts, but only to a point.
Somewhat in order:

1st
2nd
hateplay a pal
hateplay a douchebag
select-all, click on nearest player, go afk
run around playing sniper-style BC

[jason_ac]

Before the insults to the OP arrive...

Is this a controversial question?

>"Placement counts, but only to a point."

Yeah, I already figured that, but it seemed too complicated to express that in the poll.

I wonder if a rank system would incentivize playing for placement. Unfortunately rank systems usually also incentivize cheating, & hammering newbies to eke out a few extra points.

[Kashmir]

I chose A, I agree with wwo that it's situational. For instance if I know I can't mathematically win a KotH game anymore, I'm not the type of player who locks onto the current leader and BCs him, as all that is going to do is ruin his game that he's more than likely playing very well to be in his position, I consider that to be a pretty shitty thing to do to somebody. In that instance I will focus my attacks on the highest ranked player that I can actually finish ahead of, thus attempting to finish as high as I possibly can at that point, A. If I see no likely possibility of improving my finishing position in a game, I am most likely to finish my fight with whoever I am fighting at the time and make them buy my blood at a very dear price so to speak.

[wwo]

Is this a controversial question?

The question implies there might be a proper way to play at all, much less under condition X.

[jason_ac]

The question implies there might be a proper way to play at all, much less under condition X.

Ah. It's more like, I'm curious to see if the community thinks there is a proper way to play (& I'm kind of expecting a split, a lot of A votes, and a lot of B votes). Hmmm, I probably should've worded B differently, I didn't really want to put a value judgment on it. Oh well, flame on

[BIG KROK V8 SS]

who is this guy and why is he putting forth care?

[argos]

just do the most you can with your units: fight hard and smart while losing the fewest possible. you can often win that way, even against insurmountable odds

[wwo]

against insurmountable odds

For many players, this begins at "game on".

[rawr]

Pick up my dmg ratios and kill ratios on players like kashmir or farhad TROLLLOLLL

[cremisi]

[Kashmir]

Pick up my dmg ratios and kill ratios on players like kashmir or farhad TROLLLOLLL

You left out the little tidbit about how you spend the remainder of the game after you are eliminated filling up everybody's screen with your complaints about the injustices done to you.

[wwo]

Pick up my dmg ratios and kill ratios on players like kashmir or farhad TROLLLOLLL

You left out the little tidbit about how you spend the remainder of the game after you are eliminated filling up everybody's screen with your complaints about the injustices done to you.

This is far preferable to paris spamming rap "lyrics".

[Myrk]

Since I don't really play ffa anymore, when the game becomes unwinnable I let the other team tag all the flags and end it, if I happen to be playing dota 2 I go afk in the fountain and watch youtube videos, making sure to come back every couple minutes to kill a creep so I don't get an abandon

[BIG KROK V8 SS]

DROP™

[vigor]

Trying to beat a certain player.