So the other night I was playing Black Ops and I was on a hot streak with 35 kills and 3 deaths. I normally don't care about my k/d ratio but there are times as a gamer that you are just proud of a winning streak. I had the highest score out of both teams and yes, I carried my team to victory but I don't gloat in the post game lobby by claiming my team sucks or whatever. It's just a game.

Anyway, I said, "Good game." to everyone and then someone said, "Suck my ____!"

Then I was accused of camping and or hacking. Calmly, I told the player that there was a neat Theater mode feature in where he could replay the match and see that I was not camping and instead rushing around the map, picking off him and his teammates. It seems when you present that sort of logic it only infuriates that poor sport even more.

My point being is why is it when players win then they claim that they are "MLG" or whatever but if they lose then the winning team is accused of cheating, lag switching or modded controllers? Yes, I've been on the other end of getting spanked in matches on Halo or COD and have felt that there was cheating that had ensued but I also knew I had to accept that there are times when the better player wins. Even in those cases when I lose I will say, "Good game." Sometimes, this disarms the opposing team and they reciprocate the kind gesture and then there are other times where they just tell me that I was "raped". Really? Your team only won by hundred points and the timer ran out. I would hardly call that a huge win.

Is it so hard to be polite these days? Since when is it a badge of honor to be ignorant?

Why is it so hard to be a good sport?