Did you ever try to hop on ventrillo? In many different posts people are encouraged to join there to get good games going, even if there are new to the game.

Yeah, there are a lot of children who play this game. When you are getting abused by someone for only being a mid-level player, remind yourself: This person has played this game to the point where they are tolerably good but have completely lost sight of the fact that it is A GAME because they are one or all of the following; unemployed, literally a child, single, on the husky side, or have some serious emotional deficiencies stemming from an insufficent amount of care and attention as a child. It's not you, it's them.

That said, there are a lot of us who are happy to play with anyone, no matter the skill level, as long as everyone can be civil to each other. Don't give up.

Might I be welcome on vent as well?

If I am, where might I find the settings?

I appreciate that there are some people who are mature. But others will never understand or change. The whole concept of this game is highly team-work based, so yeah if you have a teammate with less skill it can cost the game.

What many do not understand is I couldn't be bothered getting better at gaming. I'm a mid level player at most games and don't have time to waste getting serious about a computer game. I have a wife & kids. I have a management career and am boss to kids like these that are into gaming. I teach martial arts too.... That's life. To be honest when people play a game and say to me "learn to play"... well I can play, just not the only thing going on in my life.

I suppose that's why it affects the "PRO" players of demigod so much. It is the only thing going on in their life.

I'd be lucky to get an hour a day to spare for gaming, and I'll not waste it in a hate breeding environment.

@Pacov: thanks alot, did not see alot going on in there but it was probably a quiet night. Look forward to popping by again. 

I must say thinking about it the only time I do loose my rag is when someone throws in the towel because of a minor set back and then goes afk behind the crystal. 

Plenty of games I have been in that started really badly and then we won. But that is not possible if one of your players is absent and does not even quit the game so we at least get an AI. 

Souza11 did that to me and another team mate a few days ago, and there was much hate coming from me. I really was quite peeved. 

thiiis.  They don't have to even go afk, just get into a mindset of "this is stupid, nothing I can do" and start playing worse than what they could be doing.  I've done this occasionally, but I really try to play through anything and turn it around if at all possible.  You never know what is going to happen.. ESPECIALLY if the deaths on your team were easily avoided.  If you died because your opponent brought a gadget @ lvl 1, then died because you just missed using shield, a teleport was a hair late, etc those are things you can come back from easily.