I always turn off text and voice chat as part of setting any game up. I don't care what others in a game have to say about, well, anything. I'm there to play. I rarely if ever look at the social tab of any game. One of the worst things to happen to games in the last 15 or so years imho is in game communications (second to only being able to play with a net connection). We used to use external apps like teamspeak and xfire and the like if we cared enough to talk to people, like if you were in a clan and needed to play cooperatively.

I love it when people get salty at me when I do well. I take it as a huge compliment.

Well if you cheat you get to enjoy that feeling even when you wouldn't do well.

I honestly expect many of the people who go "nah I'm just that good" even in this thread are actually cheating. That smirk wouldn't feel any less good if you were cheating, in fact it'd be one more thing to smirk about.

> I honestly expect many of the people who go "nah I'm just that good" even in this thread are actually cheating.

This, players that are actually good don't feel the need to brag about it on hacker news.

I don't know why you think being good at video games makes you a better grounded person. Lots of people good at games also have big egos.

On the contrary, I would get no pleasure from the salt if I were cheating. The pleasure entirely comes from feeling good at the game, so good that people feel the need to complain about it.

take it as a confirmation of your skill - you did so well that others thing you must've been cheating.

It is a badge of honor, not a hassle.