1st is the die-hards; the people that LIVE in that game, they know every square inch of every map, every spawn point and every trick of the trade. These are the ones who make it hardest for casual players to enter the game for any length of time, and ultimately, put people off.

2nd are the noobs, the people who aren’t just unfamiliar with the game in question, but a control pad on the whole (“Oh! I didn’t see that button!”). These are the ones scraping faces off walls, standing still wondering what’s going on as they get repeatedly shot in the face. The ones who are more than useless when they end up on your team, to the point of being detrimental to you and your team mates.

3rd are the I-Don’t-Cares. The people that will shoot team mates in the back “for a laugh”, the ones who’ll give away positions because it’s apparently “funny”, who basically go around causing as many problems as possible because they’re “bored”. GAAAHHH!

And lastly, the the middle-breed. The ones who know what’s going on but are stuck with super-pros and cannon fodder. And that’s just a horrible place to be.

There are so many games in my collection that sit with a 70 or 80% “completion” count because they insist that doing everything in the main story isn’t good enough to qualify as playing the game that it depresses me. And so does basic etiquette within MP gaming. Nice read, but count me out!