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People that just can’t admit they are wrong / people who take games way too seriously

These people tick me off the most. I can’t stand them. I understand the desire to be right, but when you’re wrong, you’re wrong, and it’s just better for everybody, including yourself, to just admit it. What’s so hard about that? From what I’ve experienced, these people just won’t break down, and after ten minutes of arguing with said person, the atmosphere is so tense, you just want to leave, and you end up making the people around you immensely uncomfortable. There can be solid evidence right under their nose and they will refuse to acknowledge that they were in fact incorrect. It really isn’t hard at all! Nothing is going to happen to you. Trust me. The world won’t come tumbling down because the other person was right. If anything, I would think people would admire you more if you could stand down and confess to your mistake.

What goes with this well are people who think the world is ending when they lose something whether it is a board game, a competition, or anything that is meant solely FOR FUN. (This doesn’t include serious sport competitions or anything. I would understand that anger. I’m talking about games that you would just play with your friends) We all know that one person who flips out because they “almost won” or that somehow “you cheated”. It’s no fun. After the game or sport or competition, this person is usually ranting about how unfair it is that they lost, starts sulking, or in some cases, storm off before the game is even finished (usually after the hard realization they won’t win, AKA the rage quitters). There's this game called League of Legends, you probably know it, it's pretty popular, and has a reputation of people like this (I mean it's still fun and pretty funny sometimes, but when this person is on your team, and starts putting the blame on you / teammates, it brings you down).Anyway, these people are so serious, it’s not fun to play with them anymore, and are often the type of people I was talking about before. Please guys, it's just a game and ya'll need to chill the hell out.