penandwind:

towerofglass:

I experienced this when I used to pay Pokemon competitively back when I was in college. I decided to throw a little casual tournament for fun and to get people together. 

First I was bombarded with questions about a prize. I mentioned one on my flyer, and many people were expecting cash. When I informed them the prize was minor (a rare in game shiny pokemon), half of the entrants dropped out. Several of them went to lengths insulting me in my email for wasting their time. 

Next it was about the rules. People were wondering if I was using the “official Smogon rules” for the tourney. I told them no, this is a casual tournament, that’s a little too serious for this. I got dozens of emails proceeding to tell me how wrong I was, how dare I blaspheme the gospel that is the Smogon rules, and it just never ended.

In fact, it pissed me off so much I banned any “official Smogon” recommended moveset. People were furious and told me that I can’t do that. I informed them its my tournament, I can make any rule I damn well please. This instance was one of the few things that made me give up competitive play. 

Basically, anyone who takes a game meant for fun and takes it way too seriously just ends up ruining the fun for everyone else. To them its not fun, its a full dedicated passion to proving they’re better than you, not a jolly good time its supposed to be.