"haha I swear, I'm not good at this game at all"

>"haha I swear, I'm not good at this game at all"
>fucks your ass repeatedly
Why do people pretend to be bad at something, when they're actually really good at it?

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It's not a binary thing, user.

low self esteem etc.
if they lost a round they'd need to fall back on that excuse, because their brain would twist it around to make them feel like they're actually garbage and reality is kicking in

sometimes they honestly think they are bad
sometimes they are just trying to be humble
sometimes they are bad but you're worse

Maybe they're constantly getting shit on in public matches by randoms but you're so fucking terribly inept that even they, who regularly gets their ass beat, managed to body your ass because you're a retarded chimp?

It's called being humble.

Brag :
>beat someone
they'll think you're an asshole
>get beaten
people trashtalk you for opening your mouth
Be humblr
>beat someone
they feel like they deserved losing and they would play with you again
>get beaten
nobody thinks bad of you because you never made any claims and didn't take yourself too seriously

Why's it gotta be either or? Do you really need to advertise your competence in the game?

No, you are absolutely obliged to announce to the entire server that you are either a piece of garbage or god incarnate, no inbetweens, and no remaining silent.

I can relate to this, it just feels like I can always do better.

Have you ever wondered the secret of gitting gud? You wholeheartedly accept that you suck and blame it on yourself, instead of crying and blaming outside factors, that's why people who are really good, claim to suck, because being self-critical leads to infinite improvement.

>Guy with simple name and avatar joins match and says absolutely nothing
>Stomps absolutely everyone
Fucking quiet smurfs

the best thing to do is to test if they will call you chicken by changing your mind on competing with them and drop out as if you believe they are telling the truth
i do it to see if people will try to flex even if subtly
i'm a behavior conditioning type person even if i'm not pavlovian at heart

Dunning-Kruger
Unskilled individuals tend to overestimate their skill at performing a task
Skilled individuals tend to underestimate their skill at performing a task

Because they probably used to suck at it and they haven't really adjusted or accepted that it has changed. Everybody knows that feeling of being convinced you're the top dog only to get brutally reminded that you're not. These guys are still bracing for that moment.

I knew Yea Forums was literally too autistic to understand what being humble means.

impostor syndrome

Because I hate myself

All these posts saying that it's about humility, but we all know it's just an escape clause for faggots.

If I let myself think I'm good enough then I stop trying to get better and am eventually surpassed by the world growing around me.

>stomp the entire enemy team
>don't say a word the entire match
>someone on the enemy team starts talking shit and insulting me
>too nervous to say anything back
Every time

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Muh Dunning Kruger

Legitimately it's when you're good at something by the standards of randos that you realize how you suck. Problem for me from a personality standpoint though is that I just sort of wonder how other people can suck so much more.

preemptive excuse in case they do lose

>impossible to say you're humble as a positive trait because people will then say that humble people would never say they're humble
>even if you'd actually be considered humble by others if you were to never mention it

It's a vicious cycle.