I thought it'd be fun to share our favorite trash talk.
When we were in college my best friend/ dormmate and I got really, really into Street Fighter IV. We got arcade sticks and I would guess we played against each other for around five hours per week (this was in addition to playing independently online and with other friends) for the entire year we lived in our college's dorms, we were a bit obsessed. Trash talk was used pretty liberally when we played, and winning because we successfully tilted the other was always more fun than a more gentlemanly match where we just sat quietly and played.
My favorite line was to wait until I had won a couple matches in a row, and then innocently ask "Hey, have you ever thought about what it feels like to win a round?" Then I'd pepper in little comments like "Because it feels pretty damn good, I must say. You'll get there some day. I hope you do anyway, because man, you really don't know what you're missing out on here."
For whatever reason this was massively triggering and my friend would lose it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I used that same except line, to the point he would start playing super sloppily and inevitably continue the losing streak. He was never able to come up with a snappy response and would just sit there stewing silently in annoyance until he had enough and we stoped playing.
I'm curious to see what everyone else keeps in their back pocket as their go-to line!
When we were in college my best friend/ dormmate and I got really, really into Street Fighter IV. We got arcade sticks and I would guess we played against each other for around five hours per week (this was in addition to playing independently online and with other friends) for the entire year we lived in our college's dorms, we were a bit obsessed. Trash talk was used pretty liberally when we played, and winning because we successfully tilted the other was always more fun than a more gentlemanly match where we just sat quietly and played.
My favorite line was to wait until I had won a couple matches in a row, and then innocently ask "Hey, have you ever thought about what it feels like to win a round?" Then I'd pepper in little comments like "Because it feels pretty damn good, I must say. You'll get there some day. I hope you do anyway, because man, you really don't know what you're missing out on here."
For whatever reason this was massively triggering and my friend would lose it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I used that same except line, to the point he would start playing super sloppily and inevitably continue the losing streak. He was never able to come up with a snappy response and would just sit there stewing silently in annoyance until he had enough and we stoped playing.
I'm curious to see what everyone else keeps in their back pocket as their go-to line!
