10 years ago

To Gesture, When Not to Gesture

So, a friend, who only tried the first GW a couple of times, commented on how much he disliked the taunts in the game. He thinks it's a rude thing to do, and likened it to tea-bagging in other games.

So what do you all think? Do you do it often, never, or rarely. When do you think it's appropriate-if ever, and when is it not?

To me, I think it should be reserved for special situations. If you're locked in a fierce one-on-one battle with a foe, and you know only one of you is going to come out alive, then to me it's a celebratory dance, more than an in-your-face disgrace one. Though I'll admit, I have on occasion run over to the defeated rival and danced over their lifeless corpse, so bad on me for that. 😃

I also think it's appropriate if there's another player in the game who has repeated killed you, while you haven't gotten them once. If you managed to finally get a little payback, a one time taunt is fine. But don't start to make it personal. That is a definite no-no!

I don't condone doing it after every single kill. You might have hit a foe with one little bullet, which finished them off because they were already so weak, and that is just a matter of lucky timing, nothing to celebrate. So don't. It just cheapens the taunt.

And definitely don't be stupid enough to do it, if it's likely to get you killed by another opponent, or if there's anything else going on around you, that you should be more focused on--like saving a team mate.

For the most part though, I think the taunt/dances are better used to communicate with your own team. Nothing strengthens a team like acknowledging your other team mates. And that helps make a better game for everyone!

17 Replies

Anonymous
10 years ago
I'm not going to lie yes it is rude to do. There is an achievement for doing this in gw2 and I have not done it yet. I just find it hard for me to use a giant against someone. It seems that many of the player base are nice even if they are rivals. There are a few that I have contemplated taunting but I never had. One day I will taunt someone but until then know that Gilded Grams has yet to taunt so if you are one of the people that get taunted by me thanks you might have been the lucky one who gave me my achievement!
DawnOfNoob
10 years ago
It is a little rude to do so, but sometimes it's needed to get a point across. I generally pop a gesture after clearing out a bunch of enemies and surviving. (usually around a TP or an objective) I was also guilty of taunting after killing Roses back when she was OP - because they were scum that abused a broken character and needed to be taught a lesson.
Sometimes, it's out of respect. I had this one game in Seeds of Time where this Hot Rod Chomper went out of his way to try and assassinate my Deadbeard over and over again. And honestly, the guy was pretty darned good at it. We traded kills back and forth - and eventually the taunt battle began. I started to get a little clever using the barrel/cannon, and he'd get clever using the terrain and his team to try and distract me. Near the end of the game, I got on my cannon to prevent him from burrow chomping me. He unburrows in front of me and starts taunting me. I get off and taunt back out of respect - we do this for about a minute til the game ends. (My team was pretty bad anyways) The guy messages me later and we share a laugh and throw some GG's back at each other.
ShavedThronel0
10 years ago
i only gesture when someone is camping out and has a streak, when someone taunts me, or when I vanquish someone who keeps picking on me. I let people shoot me when i'm taunting them because I want to show them they have a strong enemy.
Zaheen1337
10 years ago
@ShavedThronel0 wrote:

i only gesture when someone is camping out and has a streak, when someone taunts me, or when I vanquish someone who keeps picking on me. I let people shoot me when i'm taunting them because I want to show them they have a strong enemy.

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I do it because I like to show my enemies that I don't care about dying, getting vanquish streaks and by taunting someone who doesn't fire back shows they are either laughing or fearless. I don't run up to someone and taunt though, I generally just stand there starring at them, waiting for them to realise my presence and when they do, if they start the fight I usually end it and then taunt. Depends, if some one is using a ridiculous broken or overpowered character I'll taunt then too. Players who hide on rooftops and every time you hit them they run away, like surviving to them is so important...

One thing that does irritate me sometimes though is when you're doing a challenge and you have a ridiculously longer taunt which ultimately gets you killed, but because I just want my challenge doing more than surviving it has to be done. When you see a highly ranked player, or one that's constantly getting boasts each game and you kill them knowing full well you just prevented a boast for them, that's when I taunt, I like to rub it in because I don't like players who camp, or care too much.
Anonymous
10 years ago
Meh, I do it all the time because I think it adds a bit of humour to vanquishing someone. I particularly like doing it after I've vanquished someone while capturing in Turf Takeover, taunting them in their own garden.
It's really not the same as teabagging and GW has never been a game to take seriously. As has been pointed out, Popcap actually encourages you to taunt victims in GW2 and I would welcome a Taunt Confirmed mode!
Anonymous
10 years ago
the taunts were obviously added to the game by popcap as a humorous element. I view this the same as caps lock, if someone is getting offended or mad at this then it is their problem. I just laugh if I see a streamer get irritated by someone taunting. it is really a super stupid thing to get irritated over or even feel the need to discuss.
that being said, I have taunted in gw2 once. in gw1, I usually only taunted if I killed a friend. I usually don't even think about taunting and you usually end up getting killed as you cant cancel the animation if you start getting attacked.
jiponwheels
10 years ago
I usually do it when a camper kills me and does not move from his spot, I simply flank him and enjoy my next meal 🙂
Anonymous
10 years ago
I do it only with the taunts I find hillarious, like soldier master blaster. I have all the taunts and because you and your friend get your feelings hurt I'm not supposed to use them? You probably should get off the Internet if you are that soft getting your feelings hurt by a cartoon plant or zombie giving you a nod or dancing.
Anonymous
10 years ago
I only do it when there's a quest for it. I find it rude, and having to push the left or right button on the d-pad disrupts the flow of the game for me.
hillwoman
10 years ago
I don't really find it rude especially since it's part of the quests. Often players die when doing a taunt and I always find it amusing when somebody dies taunting me. That being said, I don't do it unless it's part of a quest. It's not something I usually think to do.