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This kind of player takes the "pro" mentality to an annoying extreme, generally giving other tournament players a bad name (while his counterpart, the scrub, takes the casual mentality to an annoying extreme and generally gives other casual players a bad name). In the real world, there's room for both, and game companies generally try to put something in their games for both [[Player Archetypes]]. |
This kind of player takes the "pro" mentality to an annoying extreme, generally giving other tournament players a bad name (while his counterpart, the scrub, takes the casual mentality to an annoying extreme and generally gives other casual players a bad name). In the real world, there's room for both, and game companies generally try to put something in their games for both [[Player Archetypes]]. |
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In the end, what makes a '''"Stop Having Fun!" Guy''' isn't the rule-setting; it's the attitude. While regular competitive/tournament players simply like playing to win, the |
In the end, what makes a '''"Stop Having Fun!" Guy''' isn't the rule-setting; it's the attitude. While regular competitive/tournament players simply like playing to win, the "Stop Having Fun!" Guy believes that this is the ''only'' right way to play the game. |
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"Stop Having Fun!" Guys are a specific subspecies of [[Fan Hater]], who dislike/condescend to "casual" gamers who don't play the same way they do. It also overlaps with [[Complacent Gaming Syndrome]], where the players use only one or two characters/strategies/levels to make winning easier. |
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In a more general manner "Stop Having Fun!" Guys can appear anywhere something enjoyable can be twisted into [[Serious Business]]. They will inevitably divide approaches to the subject into the "right way" (theirs) and the "wrong way" (everyone else's), and give grief to (or even actively sabotage) all who do not adhere to their concept of "proper" participation. |
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See also: [[Scrub]], [[Serious Business]], [[Fan Dumb]], [[Fan Hater]] and [[Internet Backdraft]]. The larval form of the |
See also: [[Scrub]], [[Serious Business]], [[Fan Dumb]], [[Fan Hater]] and [[Internet Backdraft]]. The larval form of the "Stop Having Fun!" Guy is the [[Munchkin]]. See [[It's Easy, So It Sucks]] for the mentality that sometimes results from the single-player form of this. |
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