How do you get over trash talking ?

[zippyhippyca]

First of all trash talk is another form of strategy to throw people on tilt and frankly it works well. But combating the trash talker is another thing entirely. I am not immune to this. There are times that it gets the best of me. While other times I deal well. There are a couple of things you can do to combat it. The #1 thing i can suggest is the minute you enter a room just turn your chat off. Then you'll never know anybody ever said anything. The most common reason for someone to trash talk is that they themselves are emotional players and view the world through a mirrored filter. This brings us to our 2nd best way of dealing with a trash talker. Good solid play combined with constant needling of the trash talker usually can result in an emotional response from the trash talker tilting their play. BUT be warned this runs the risk of getting YOURSELF emotionally involved and tilting your OWN play. This is just my 2 cents.

 

[fcumred]

If I'm drinking I go to far sometimes and have lost my chat many times because of it. I just cant sit back and ignore someone who is bad mouthing me. Especially when I know I made the right play. "how can you call that donkey?" gets "because I had the best hand retard, or pot odds cry baby, ect".

I especially like it when people get all upset over a freeroll or a very small limit game. I usually say, if you want to play a buch of pros like yourself mabey you should move up limits. cry baby. Always throw in the "cry baby" part.

With all due respect but this is the total opposite side of the coin. The smart arse with crap replies that show a level of ignorance almost as great as the trash talker.

Firstly you have the best hand at the end when you win the chips, not the best hand when you make the call. So to start blowing off "retard" at people when they may well have been ahead of you when you made a crap call ( which is your choice to make granted, but its also his choice to question you about it ).

99.9% of the time you get the "how the hell could you call that" line when someone has made a crap call and struck lucky. To say you had the best hand when you called is utter crap. You had no idea when making that call you were going to suck out. To then start inflaming him even more by talking utter crap is as bad as what hes doing.

I would like to ask if you would go into a casino and call someone a cry baby at a table if they complain about a bad beat. I strongly suspect you wouldnt. So why would you do it on the internet. Oh thats right, its safe on the net. You wont get smacked over the head with a pint glass or taken out the back and given a good kicking for being a gobby idiot who couldnt shut up.....

Your behaviour is as bad if not worse than theirs. You are deliberately trying to wind them up and inflame the situation with the crap like pot odds, when 99.9% of the time its utter crap and the pot odds werent justifying the call whatsoever, it just makes you sound like you knew what you were doing..

Its people like you, and your responses that give the trash talkers all the more justification to carry on.

If you dont want trash talkers then perhaps you should learn to shut up yourself..

No offence meant of course.

 

[sneaky21]

simply tune them out like you do with your gf/wife lol ... if you listen to them then you will second guess your play and that's the last thing you wanna do.......

 

[left52side]

I just block that players chat.
PLain and simple I just click block.

 

[hipshot55]

Simple and Effective

I just block that players chat.
PLain and simple I just click block.

Absolutely.

I am 58 years old and have several rules I have lived by for many of those years. One of the longest standing is "Never encourage an anal sphincter". The worst possible thing you can do is respond. Online play has the advantage of "Mute" or "Ignore Chat" buttons and I apply them liberally, usually to BOTH sides of whatever urinating match is going on. Unfortunately, one does not have that luxury in live play or the rest of life (I know, I TRIED the "Mute" buttons on every remote we owned on my ex-wife to no effect) so you got the choice of "tuning out" or walking away, although a good intimidating stare can occasionally be effective.

As someone much wiser than I once said, "It is far better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."

 

[DaveE]

I used to block chat, but now I keep it on for chuckles. Most of the chat bigmouths have no idea what a squeeze, resteal, pot odds (more than 10 to 1 chip advantage) all in call are all about. Have fun with them.

BTW my #1 response when they get really stupid is "lick me", not chatbannable and rarely responded to

 

[RoTs]

Why would you allow them to get to you in the 1st place? Let them say what they want, just make sure you buy yourself something nice with their money.

 

[garenka]

Absolutely.

I am 58 years old and have several rules I have lived by for many of those years. One of the longest standing is "Never encourage an anal sphincter". The worst possible thing you can do is respond. Online play has the advantage of "Mute" or "Ignore Chat" buttons and I apply them liberally, usually to BOTH sides of whatever urinating match is going on. Unfortunately, one does not have that luxury in live play or the rest of life (I know, I TRIED the "Mute" buttons on every remote we owned on my ex-wife to no effect) so you got the choice of "tuning out" or walking away, although a good intimidating stare can occasionally be effective.

As someone much wiser than I once said, "It is far better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."

I used to block chat, but now I keep it on for chuckles. Most of the chat bigmouths have no idea what a squeeze, resteal, pot odds (more than 10 to 1 chip advantage) all in call are all about. Have fun with them.

BTW my #1 response when they get really stupid is "lick me", not chatbannable and rarely responded to

Both responses *especially lick me* ..noted im going to use that lol....i dont have an intimidating stare yet :|

 

[hipshot55]

Advice.

Both responses *especially lick me* ..noted im going to use that lol....i dont have an intimidating stare yet :|

Advice on the intimidating stare:

It helps to be old. It also helps that I'm a touch over 6' and around 210# and as song goes "kinda wide at the shoulders and narrow at the hips". The 10 years I spent running substance abuse programs, including running one for 2-1/2 years inside "The Walls" at the Washington State Penitentiary, followed by another 15 years as a paramedic on ambulances have both contributed their fair share to honing the "look". It's kind of a Gregory House, M.D. exasperated "You idiots!!" general body posture merged with a Dirty Harry Callahan "Go ahead, punk, make my day!" stare. :icon_scra Actually, maybe you HAVE to be me for it to work. :hahaha:

 

[KingIv3rson]

talk back to them!!!!! and then laugh your ass off when they lose hahahaha

 

[zachvac]

Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me

^^

 

[DaveE]

Just picture them as pimple faced geeks in mommy's basement

 

[xrakerx]

You can also right click on them and choose to block just their chat.

 

[spranger]

I usually just say something like "Mmmm youre chips smell delicious" or some crazy shit like that.

 

[kolobot]

block chat forever.... no seriously if his message doesnt pop up on half of the screen then I can overlook... otherwise its best to send them to hell

 

[BuggyX]

I just ignore them, never react on stupid chat this would just feed them