This actually happened a while ago, but I’ll try to explain as objectively as possible.

My friends and I are on a team playing a 5v5 MOBA video game. In this game it is nearly impossible to win while missing a teammate. So one of my friend is new to the game and pretty bad at it. He’s getting frustrated and at one point he dies and said “This sucks. I quit.” In response I angrily say “don’t quit you’ll ruin the game for everyone” we go back and forth a few times essentially reiterating what we have already said.

At this point we’re both pretty mad and and I say “quit acting like a toddler. You can’t just ruin everyone else’s fun because your not having fun” (ruin other peoples fun by making us play a hopeless game wasting 20 minutes). My friend says “you’re such a dick I can’t believe you’re getting mad at me over a video game.”

This is where I get really pissed. I pretty much just keep telling him to stop being a baby. Regardless of whether or a not a video game it’s an activity for fun and if someone wants to ruin everyone else’s fun because they’re not having fun then I think they’re an asshole. The teasing I got really mad is because after explaining my viewpoint he just disregarded it because it was over a video game.

I’m now realizing how hard it is to write these posts because there is so much nuance and context to my story but this is the best I can do.

Also we are no longer friends and I explain it politely as “we are just different people.”