What do you do?

[Blade4693]

So when you are playing online (usually in ranked) and you get matched against somebody who clearly has not played a match yet (or has like 0 wins and 1 loss) and their personal and faction level are both 1, what do you do?

Do you take it easy on them?

Just play like you would against anyone else?

Let them win?

Idk what to do when this happens, I usually just take it easy on them maybe let them take a round, and then win because for some reason I feel like a prick if I just go all out on somebody I know hasnt really even played yet. One time I just played normal/went all out on and the guy didn't even get to do anything, and I felt pretty sh**** about it to be honest.

So I am curious as to what everybody else does when this happens. Is it more sportsman like to just to go easy so you don't discourage anybody from playing, or go all out so they "learn the hard way" like most of us have/had to do?

 

[aieches]

i pick a character im learning and not my main..

 

[Dinosaur]

I show them how cruel this world can be by spamming projectiles from a safe location.

 

[Scott The Scot]

I leave the match straight away because I don't want to waste my time.

...When I play anyway.

 

[Israfel]

Go hard or go home. I am not doing them any favors by taking it easy on them and especially not by letting them win. It's a disservice to them and to yourself.

 

[MetalBender]

I usually take that as an opportunity to do the more impractical and flashiest combos and set ups I have

 

[Braindead]

Double Flawless is fun.

 

[omooba]

I show them how cruel this world can be by spamming projectiles from a safe location.

in the words of the great troll justin wong
you gone learn son, you gone learn today

 

[Apologia X]

I challenge them to a ft 10, then they complain it was a bad mu so you choose another character then they get bodied 3-0. Almost sounds like this has happened before.

 

[BarterRaccoon]

Go hard or go home. I am not doing them any favors by taking it easy on them and especially not by letting them win. It's a disservice to them and to yourself.

If anything will motivate them to level up its fighting a summoner quan early in their mk careers. Well either that or return the game.

 

[DavS13]

Practice combos and online execution

 

[GLoRToR]

I let them take first hit and go passive mode and punish if they do something unsafe. If they try to cheese me out or don't try their best I go serious. (not that I'm that big of a big cheese at this anyway)

 

[Blade4693]

I let them take first hit and go passive mode and punish if they do something unsafe. If they try to cheese me out or don't try their best I go serious. (not that I'm that big of a big cheese at this anyway)

That's pretty much what I do most of the time. I am not great at this game at all though, just average/mediocre lol

 

[Somea2V]

I leave the match straight away because I don't want to waste my time.

...When I play anyway.

That seems awfully arrogant of you. At least start the match and see for yourself where they are actually at and give them an honest taste of a real match. If you are that worried that they're skill will rub off on you or that your time is too important for a sixty second romp with someone who is right where you were once, why are you even bothering with ranked play?

I never understood the idea of going easy on them. If the match starts and it becomes clear that they aren't very skilled (because the stats do not guarantee outcome), I'll practice stuff I don't normally get the chance to with my mains. I don't consider this going easy as I am still going for the win, just changing up my typical tactic so that in the future it's more polished with the practice.

I believe you can work on something with any opponent. The newbs give me practice and I give them an honest appraisal of where they're at.

 

[SneakyTortoise]

I leave the match straight away because I don't want to waste my time.

...When I play anyway.

Cassie has had too much of an impact on you, so hollywood...

 

[Undeadjim]

You...Gon...Learn...Today

 

[Scott The Scot]

Cassie has had too much of an impact on you, so hollywood...

Why are you talking to me? Do you have an appointment?

 

[WATCHD0G]

i pick a character im learning and not my main..

Similar thing i do....i pick a character that i have fun with but i am not that great with at the same time

 

[WATCHD0G]

but then again....sometimes a snarky gamertag might piss me off to point that i go

 

[Kingshootahz]

I pick Jax,then I press 1-1 until they learn or quit.

 

[WATCHD0G]

I pick Jax,then I press 1-1 until they learn or quit.

you sick son of a bitch

 

[KHTC Takgillo]

I pick a character that isn t great but is flashy and hard for a noob to fight against like ancestral kung jin and laugh while thinking of them wasting their times learning the character thinking he is OP

 

[Blade4693]

Lmaoooo that picture

 

[Yoaks]

I pick Balanced Kenshi and do tele flurry over and over since they don't know that they can just duck. Fun times.

 

[Dankster Morgan]

If they have a mic I use Quan so I can hear their reactions to the vortex.