5 Essential Etiquette Pointers for Online Multiplayer FPS Games

Tom from GamersFTW writes: "You may have heard that the latest instalment in an incredibly successful FPS franchise is on its way. That’s right; POS: Grey Skirmishes III is generating unseemly levels of hype. We at GamersFTW thought that the gaming community may therefore be due a reminder of recommended etiquette when playing online multiplayer-centric FPS games.

Disclaimer: the following points are very tongue-in-cheek; after all, we should all be willing to poke fun at ourselves."

[Skellytorx]

"If it’s not going your way, quit" - sums me and FPS's up perfectly.

[MrsNesbitt]

Same here!

[GamerGabs]

If only more people would read this, the FPS community would be a better place. :P

[c00lvilKid69]

'Ignore any single-player component with extreme prejudice' - This is every COD game these days.

[scarecrow2014]

Show complete disregard for your characters well being - standard fare really haha

[ZaWarudo]

I always blame lag. It makes me feel better about my lack of skill.

[Yukes]

Yes - excellent pointer! Always make sure you blame everything other than your own shortcomings for your deaths.

[thorstein]

Quite honestly, I grief anyone with racist emblems that are on my team.

Funniest things too, especially with a mic. I kept firing my gun into this other player with a Confederate flag emblem and someone on the other team got him. "Headshot!" I shouted as he fumed.

Another person, I followed around the entire match shooting one bullet every five steps. Once, when he tried to hide and shoot at the enemy, I obstructed his view whilst shooting at him. The player that ran up paused and looked at us both before killing him, then me.

His rage quit was one for the ages.

I am smiling.

[cyclindk]

What sucks is the ones who do this for no apparent reason at all :)

[Yukes]

That's a shining example of online multiplayer FPS etiquette. Hilarious, as well :D

[FlexLuger]

I like talking smack in fighting games. I say things like "you lack true ability", "you were poorly trained" and "look at what I did to you with JUST. ONE. KICK!", while making old school kung fu movie sound effects. As per the recent street fighter beta.

[ThePresentIsAgift]

I was kicked by an admin on BF4 PC-master race my ass, who accused me of "enjoying losing" when I politely asked him to refrain from abusing his team mates for "losing deliberately" rofl.

[FlexLuger]

For all its problems (screamers,immature brats, racist buffoons..etc.) some of my most memorable gaming experiences have been in multiplayer. Love my XBL friends..greatest bunch of gamers in the world.

[Lukejrl]

The one thing i hate about online gaming is that i do not have the time to acquire the skills to compete.

the immature babies and the rage quitting i find absolutely hilarious. I was bullied in my middle and high school days so i have a very thick skin but also a great sense of humour about people. The point is that you can't care. Someone calls you a baby raping fetishist, you laugh at their twisted sense of humour, or their obvious lack of manners.
They are often thousands of miles away, if they are bugging us that much it can say alot about ourselves the same as them.

I also believe that alot, not all, the people that say the racial stuff and the really bad stuff are trash talking just for the game purposes, and it probably works. Not to excuse it, still shouldnt be said, but just my insight on the why they think it is all right.

I guess i find the most annoying thing is the loud stereo music in the backround.

[Deadlead]

Great read, very funny. But also too true, all reasons noted contribute to my lack of interest in most FPS's.

[Yukes]

Thank-you! Though I assume of course you mean the sad lack of people following these etiquette pointers is why you aren't interested in most FPS games. Have you tried diving headlong into firefights and spouting unimaginative profanities to try to convert the non-believers?