League of Legends was the killer for my friends. 5v5 friendly matches, didn't end up very friendly. A few people raged, and even now, 3 years later will not speak to each other.
Potential friendship destroying games
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Any sports games but especially FIFA. My friend cannot stand to lose...and i don't stay shit for long...perfect reipe for disaster. I've had to leave his house before because he was getting to the point where only a punch in the face would settle his ego back into place. I lose 10 times in a row and it's no big deal but he loses once and he goes mental...I'm not the only one either. He convinced another mate to buy the game and went mad when he scored first. When the second goal went in he was ranting like a lunatic and after the game finished my friend traded it in...not worth the hassle he said lol. Not so much the game as the person but it's been so close to a fight that i thought i should mention it.
Also a special mention to RTS games where you can break alliances...had some classic defeats come from assured victories because someone traitored on me while i was busy attacking the 'enemy'. It works both ways of course and revenge is always amusing. Even had the computer win because the 'allies' were so busy fighting, the AI player became unstoppable. Those are the best kinds of games...where nobody wins and everyone can see what their actions have cost them...good job i don't mind losing but the same can't be said of everyone...
Also a special mention to RTS games where you can break alliances...had some classic defeats come from assured victories because someone traitored on me while i was busy attacking the 'enemy'. It works both ways of course and revenge is always amusing. Even had the computer win because the 'allies' were so busy fighting, the AI player became unstoppable. Those are the best kinds of games...where nobody wins and everyone can see what their actions have cost them...good job i don't mind losing but the same can't be said of everyone...
Crusader kings 2 is high up there but since people who play that game aren't in that huge of numbers the community pressure keeps you together so if you have friend who plays the game you will stay friends because of the fact finding new ones for that game is hard. Also good dose of humor is required to play that game in multiplayer.
Risk the board game.
Any multiplayer game with Mario in it.
Dota - unless you have friends you can trust to play well and/or understand the game. Loosing can break long term friendships. Also do not go into it with your ego - leave it behind. Also to prevent friend
I think LoL is even worse offender in this - by my experience.
All Moba games do this. tbh...
And worst offender of all the game that breaks families and beings up every tension and problem in a relationship.
Monopoly
Risk the board game.
Any multiplayer game with Mario in it.
Dota - unless you have friends you can trust to play well and/or understand the game. Loosing can break long term friendships. Also do not go into it with your ego - leave it behind. Also to prevent friend
I think LoL is even worse offender in this - by my experience.
All Moba games do this. tbh...
And worst offender of all the game that breaks families and beings up every tension and problem in a relationship.
Monopoly
Never heard of the game, but it sounds like the same tactics used in Texas Hold 'em Poker.SKBPinkie said:
OT: I've gotten pretty agitated over some Tekken matches. While not a friend and more my dad, I had just gotten my allowance of $10. I bet him one dollar I would beat him the next round. Ten crushing rounds later I found out he had always been holding back. He said he wanted to teach me that gambling was bad, and gave me five back. Still sticks with me, even then I thought it was pretty cool.
About all the L4D posts I feel pretty bad because I knew none of my friends wanted to play with me because I was "That Player." I have 500 hours logged on the first one, and I still managed to fuck up every game. I got flamed/kicked so many times because I dropped the ball in public matches. And that's why I don't play L4D2 anymore. I honestly don't know why I never got better at it.
Tabletop RPG's when people don't separate the player from the character. One girl in our party held everyone responsible for what our characters in the game did. This might not always be a problem, but we were an evil party and we are nice enough people in real life so assuming we are evil in real life because our characters murdered someone for money in the game kind of makes conversations awkward.
I wish it was a joke too. I imagine the rest your time together before she left wasn't particularly pleasant. I'm glad my husband and I managed to withstand the relationship ritual that League of Legends apparently is. Like walking naked through a wall of flames and hoping to come out okay on the other side.Qvar said:
Counter Strike:GO
The skill ceiling is so ridiculously high and the matches can be so tense that if you or your friend fucks up it can be crushing and very easily rage inducing.
The skill ceiling is so ridiculously high and the matches can be so tense that if you or your friend fucks up it can be crushing and very easily rage inducing.
WoW is a really good example. It can build friendships, but it can also destroy friendships. Just by existing, there are so many ways in which it can do this that I think I would consider counting how many brain cells I have dedicated to memorising them.
Monopoly, too, it's just designed to make you hate the other players forever. Jenga is also really bad for it, especially if they get the bottom piece but you cause it to collapse by taking the fifth tier piece.
Monopoly, too, it's just designed to make you hate the other players forever. Jenga is also really bad for it, especially if they get the bottom piece but you cause it to collapse by taking the fifth tier piece.
Just about every board game ever. I used to play Risk with a group of couples, but we got too competitive and ended up not speaking to each other for close to 6 years. My sister once played Cranium with her in-laws and that game ended up with her husband not talking to his brother's wife for 6 months.
Yeah, I mean I'm all for playing to win and doing what you can to beat the competition as long as it's within the rules, but, at the end of the day, they're just games. There's just something about Risk and Monopoly that makes people cross the line between competitive and personally affected.Mikejames said:
The Wykydtron said:
Yeah, not sure what it is with MOBAs and bad relations. I have two friends who argue constantly when playing the game and they play the game EVERY WEEK and are still week.Brutal Peanut said:
I hate Diplomacy too. I wouldn't say it's any more lying and spiteful than our regular boardgame sessions though... I hate it because it's so fucking long, and we've got this one friend that always wants to make a day out of it. 12+ hours of Diplomacy is horrendous. Plus even if you get knocked out early you have to wait for a couple more people to be knocked out before you can start playing something that doesn't take 10minutes to resolve a single turn.SKBPinkie said:
Anyway, we have Pandemic specifically for the occasion of dissipating all the spite that has built up from playing other board games.
Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 when the rules aren't properly understood by everyone.
The problem is that there's so much to remember. The vanilla rules, the special rules from your own codex and the capabilities of your enemies' codex.
People tend to get volatile when they're blindsided by a special rule that puts a wrench in their view of how the game was balanced, which in turn makes folly of a key decision they took a phase or two ago.
The problem is that there's so much to remember. The vanilla rules, the special rules from your own codex and the capabilities of your enemies' codex.
People tend to get volatile when they're blindsided by a special rule that puts a wrench in their view of how the game was balanced, which in turn makes folly of a key decision they took a phase or two ago.