Guild Wars 2

So, I’ve recently started getting casually involved in PvP. I have upgraded my computer enough to where it’s not all a big slideshow of my death over and over. I wanted to have a place to share my positive experiences with people in PvP. I should note that I largely run by myself, not in any sort of premade team. I’ll note if any of these happened while I was with my guild.

1. I went into Heart of the Mists and asked questions about PvP, and nobody made fun of me. I got real answers and information about where to find some of the answers. (Metabattle is awesome, guys. Thanks!) Nobody called me names. I said I was nervous about going in, and I got reassurances. Not every instance of HotM is quite so friendly, but it was really a lovely first impression.

2. The BEST smack talk EVER: My team was getting destroyed. Someone from the other team gets on map and goes, “I think it’s great that you decided to try PvP on your first day! I hope you stick with it!” It made me laugh. It didn’t feel mean-spirited. Thank you, random stranger!

3. I was in the Courtyard yesterday and, as above, my team got steamrolled. I glanced at the score and was shocked to see that we didn’t have any points. A person on the other team went, “You guys, kill me quick, so you get credit for the match!” They proceeded to let us get a couple of kills in, and were really nice about it. I meant to friend the volunteer but didn’t. They could’ve continued to destroy us and that would’ve been fair and within their rights, but it was really sportsman-like to acknowledge that we’d been there, doing our best.

Anyone else have anything like this to share? Ever done something really nice for another team, like this? Feel free to brag about yourself! Maybe it’ll catch on. All I know is that my groups are largely polite and not full of slurs and screaming. It happens, of course, but I feel you guys are a cut above the rest. Thanks for not making me hate PvP. I’m not very good, but I’m enthusiastic!

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I’ll contribute to this

I love it when:

• Someone beats you on point but is impressed by your play style so they go out of their way to tell you “nice play”. I also make sure to do the same thing when I win.
• Rather than insulting new players in a que, someone takes their time to be patient and quickly /t chat to them how to properly rotate and then suddenly the new players come back in the match and win.
• But it is the best when the odds are against you in a 4v5 and rather than complain & give up, your team decides to play hard and wins anyway.

Thanks for contributing, Trevor!

Another thing I’ve been trying to do is make sure to say “Good game!” on map chat, regardless of how well either team did. One team I was playing against recently had a player compliment my team on our comeback, which felt like a huge acknowledgement.

Now to get up the nerve to try some ranked games.