I glanced at the player’s recent activity: it contained two full pages of the player writing negative comments about people with whom he/she had played Hanabi, stretching back weeks. It struck me as impressive that one can consistently fail at communicating and yet insist that they are communicating correctly.
Or, alternatively, the game this person was actually playing was: I’m going to try and gain status and/or self-regard by denigrating others. Perhaps with a helping of: kek kek kek troll troll troll.
Seems important to note here that we don’t know (and I guess OP doesn’t know either) how often they successfully communicated versus failed to communicate. Someone who usually communicates successfully, but yells at you when they fail, would have a similar pattern.
Even if the meta-game is strictly (or just largely) cooperative, I think there could still be a dynamic where someone plays poorly or ambiguously, and then gets off on thinking that the other players were the ones in the wrong. It’s a way to gain self-regard.
Normally, I would think this is an unlikely strategy for someone to take, but if you see someone who’s been shitting on other people for weeks, it does raise the question: what are you getting out of this?
Or, alternatively, the game this person was actually playing was: I’m going to try and gain status and/or self-regard by denigrating others. Perhaps with a helping of: kek kek kek troll troll troll.
Seems important to note here that we don’t know (and I guess OP doesn’t know either) how often they successfully communicated versus failed to communicate. Someone who usually communicates successfully, but yells at you when they fail, would have a similar pattern.
Fair point. @ejacob, please play more hanabai with this person and report abuse statistics : D
I can’t wait to see their response to my invitations 😃
Possibly! A game of Hanabi is cooperative, but the meta-game of playing repeated games of Hanabi as an online community may not be.
Even if the meta-game is strictly (or just largely) cooperative, I think there could still be a dynamic where someone plays poorly or ambiguously, and then gets off on thinking that the other players were the ones in the wrong. It’s a way to gain self-regard.
Normally, I would think this is an unlikely strategy for someone to take, but if you see someone who’s been shitting on other people for weeks, it does raise the question: what are you getting out of this?