LogFAQs > #972895241

Yesterday I was playing competitive Overwatch and a random on my team was flaming another random for having a bad game. I mean, we are all human. It happens. He eventually left voice chat. I asked him if he thinks flaming our teammate helps our chances of winning. He said flat out that it does. People play better when you flame them. This baffled me. I dont think Ive ever seen anyone play better after getting flamed. Of course, he actually started to play worse which isnt a surprise.

Whats crazy is that this isnt the first time Ive heard this. There seems to be a group of people that truly believe that flaming your teammates make them play better. The reasoning they have usually is, Well if I get flamed, I would want to prove that person wrong. So Ill play better. Most people go into a competitive game trying their best. So I have no idea how this helps. It should make things worse more often than not.