r/whenthe • The only straight, cis guy on this sub • Jun 16 '26

the daily whenthe I really don't get it

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u/P3t3rCreeper mods, sieze his worldly possessions Jun 16 '26

Ok no I get that. BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GIVE TEAM COMMS IN RUSSIAN IF I TOLD YOU I CANT UNDERSTAND SHIT OF WHAT YOU’RE SAYING JUST FOR YOU TO BLAME ME IN ENGLISH AT THE END OF THE GAME??

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u/Dipsislover Jun 16 '26

1) In competitive games most of the russian players does NOT understand english. Or can comprehend that others don't speak russian or that your answer: "I don't understand" doesn't mean "Да, я прекрасно тебя понимаю".

2) Sometimes under stress they just forget that there also players from other countries.

3) 70% of PVP games players are toxic pieces of shit, and love to blame others for their own mistakes (REGARDLESS OF COUNTRY)

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u/P3t3rCreeper mods, sieze his worldly possessions Jun 16 '26

I’ll tell you that in my experience (at least in deadlock since it’s what I’ve been playing recently) MOST of bad actors in team chat are at least Slavic (I really can’t tell between each language since I’m from Italy and I’m not familiar with the sound or alphabet). Usually I will make it clear that me and my friends can’t understand a word they are saying but that usually is met with either silence (which is fair, maybe they don’t speak the language) or just straight up slurs. It’s frustrating not to communicate especially in team games and even more so if the person you’re talking to makes no attempts to communicate back

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u/Karijus Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

I've been playing with Slavic people sometimes (and im east euro myself don't get me wrong), and a lot of times it's kinda a form of bullying or something, kinda lost respect for some people after they did it

Even the excuse of not knowing EN doesn't work, since they usually do know EN, or at least a few usually know it

Worst one was when I was playing OW 5v5 premades, and one time someone dropped out and we had no one else, so we played with a "random", who happened to speak English, and they straight up just turned on Russian mode leaving them completely in the dark, while also insulting all the time

This was before the war too

And I thought they are more or less normal people but wtf

Just kinda venting but holy shit I hate that behaviour

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u/Triangletruck141423 Chronically online & insane furry Jun 16 '26

Pre 2022 or pre 2014?

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u/Karijus Jun 16 '26

Ooph, post 14, mostly Bela and Ru