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"Try Hard."
It's the dumbest of all insults. You seriously are gonna talk shit about someone who is doing well at the game because they are actively trying to achieve victory? And that's the best you can come up with? Get the fuck outta here with that.
I don't think it refers to effort level alone. It's about doing obnoxious, unfun things to get marginal (at best) advantages.
For example, the only game I really still play multiplayer is Madden. If I hold a dude to 4th and 15 and they go for it, I know damn well it's going to be a boring shitshow of a game until they rage quit. They're going to turn it over on downs because that's not a convertible play, I'm going to get an easy touchdown, they're going to be even more stupidly aggressive on the next possession because now they're behind, and it's going to be a blowout where I'm just waiting for them to quit because there's no way they're going to play it out for a whole game.
That's a try hard. Someone just winning and making intelligent gambles isn't.
Nearly every time I've seen someone using the term, it's against someone who isn't even talking and just playing the game better than the dude who cried "try hard."
It's only more recently I've seen a trend of younger gamers giving it this other definition, which I've never actually seen used in a game session.
It's been a thing forever (well over a decade). You're playing a casual pickup basketball game and one dude is diving on the ground for loose balls near other people's legs and playing really grabby defense? People will notice and say shit.
Devs use it in the software industry to describe the people who work excess hours and weekends to try and impress somebody, when it was unnecessary. And all it does is make normal people look bad for just doing a reasonably regular amount of work. If you're going above and beyond all the time, that's no longer going above and beyond, you've just pushed out the goal post for what is normal
I got called a try hard in tft recently. It seemed so moronic especially at a silver elo because I'm just playing to have fun not be min maxing
At the same time they're saying "I'm not a try hard. I could beat them any time I want but I choose not to". GTFOH loser
"Nerd" is used similarly for kids who do well in school.
I've lost count on how many times I got called "Try Hard" and "Sweat"......I kill one guy what, twice in CoD?
I'm too damn casual for today's high competition games. How tf can I be a try hard when I'm either playing against AI or jam single player RPGs?
I was also once playing Leauge practicing skillshots. I was in the zone and hitting everything with great tempo and out of nowhere comes a sore loser, "try hard." Bruh, do you know what having fun looks like?? Lol I took it as an unintended compliment 💅
They are talking shit because the try hard was probably an asshole.
Lmao what? Have you ever played games online? The recipient of the trashtalk isn't "probably" an asshole. People talk shit unprompted especially when they get killed by a better player.
Also everyone who is worse than me is a casual and everyone better is a try hard.