I purchased Marvel vs Capcom 3 because I hadn't played the series since the year 2000 in the arcades and then on the Sega Dreamcast. I played against friends and strangers that you could actually see and respect.

Welcome to the year 2011 where the art of skill has gone the way of intelligence on The Jersey Shore. I decided to play some online ranked matches because I was thinking that it would be fun to take on some challengers that would have skill.

I should have known better.

The first few matches were nice and were close ones both for myself and my opponent. After each match I would say good game and hear nothing in return. Seems that no one uses their headset these days and who can really blame them? Anyway, I was on a four win streak and was excited that I only had to win one more match to get an achievement. Suddenly EVERY opponent I faced would simply spam projectiles across the screen to where I couldn't even move. My health was being chipped away so that when the timer expired the player with the most health won by default.

I expected this kind of game behavior when I purchased the game. I'm fully aware that there are "little" kids who think themselves as "MLG" because they camp in FPS's or spam inescapable moves in fighting games. I never expected to run into these players six times in a row. I grew up in New York and now live in California and I know from arcade experience that this kind of player behavior wasn't tolerated lightly. A player who spammed would be called out on that kind of behavior and shamed in front of everyone in the arcade. Yeah, I know there are some of you out there that are saying, "Whatever, no one would tell me how to play." When you are surrounded by a group of people who are calling you out on your cheap ass game play, you are gonna rethink your attitude and how you play. Someone explain to me what these gamers walk away with when they play online like that? Normally, I would admit that they are getting my reaction online but I can honestly say that I mute my microphone so that they cannot feed off my frustration and anger. Never feed the trolls.

I shall persevere and continue to play online games despite the Lindsay Lohan's of the gaming world (you can figure out the reference).