Winning Gracefully aka How Not to be the Anderson Silva of Wargaming

They win – big or small – and won’t shut up about how great they are because of it for months on end. They repeat every detail like they’re some sort of gaming Einstein.

They’re arrogant and loud, even though their skill set is utter crap and they tend to scrape by on sheer luck.

They shake their opponent’s hand, act like everything is cool, then gripe about how stupid said opponent was to everyone possible. This extends to comments about personal appearance, army paint scheme, etc. Anything they can put down to pump their ego up.

1. Be humble. Don’t sit there and sing your own praises during/after a game; realize that a few tactic mistakes and/or bad dice rolls could have killed your victory.

2. Congratulate your opponent on his/her victories. They may not have won the battle, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t do some great things while playing. If you want to be helpful by giving some advice on new tactics your opponent should try, do it nicely. Don’t be a smart a** on a high horse about it.

3. Keep your post game celebrating to a minimum. There’s no need for a touch down dance.

5. As with being a sore loser: get over yourself. Recognize that you aren’t as good as the hype you sell yourself while things are going your way.