Please explain why randoms do this so often
Run away from their teammates immediately after they hit the ground, push the first 1v3 they see, immediately die, and then call you trash &/or ping enemies at warp speed. Why?
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keep in mind there are a lot of high level accounts with all the trimmings sold to noobs.
Just saying.
@NickBeam27True, but my randoms are running off and dying at a ridiculous rate this week.
Noob or not, boosted or not, how long does it take you doing this to figure out that you're going to die almost immediately?
How does anybody think that is fun when they die pushing their first 1v3 99% of the time?
I just don't get it.
- @HappyHourSumwur
"How does anybody think that is fun when they die pushing their first 1v3 99% of the time?"
Because they watch some idiot streamer who explained to them that if you want to get good at Apex you have to be prepared to die a lot. And then unfortunately for all of us that streamer didn't keep explaining that dying isn't the only thing you need to do to get good at the game. So these kids think "drop hot, die, repeat until good." And they really believe it.- @reconzero This is the problem with the "20-second attention span" generation, and the nation's 1% masters like it that way because then they don't pay attention to how they are getting drilled over.
- @Kyldenar Yup. My theory has been that that is exactly why the streamers and pros recommend this futile playstyle, so they make all these kids hot-drop with them and they can make content off of them. Not to mention badge farming them.
- @reconzero I never fully believed the "hot dropping is the way to get gud" argument. I can understand that if you are an adrenaline junkie, then you naturally like hot drops more and hate a slower pace, more strategic approach.
- @HappyHourSumwur
I agree that it defies logic, but someone as reputable as Raynday said very early on, "You're gonna have to be willing to get in there and mix it up... and die. A lot. Before you get good." Paraphrasing, but that's pretty much exactly what he said. And if someone as sane as he is says it then I have to assume they're all saying it.
And while I find the concept repugnant, I can at least acknowledge that there is a grain of truth in it. It wasn't my personal path to "getting gud," but it is one way forward.
