Mmmmm cake <3
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I keep reading about this taunt but never seen it - feel like it should become a goal to get it now! Haha
I taunt whenever I kill. Not to make anyone rage, or anything. I do a taunt to make me smile. Its like a pat on my back. I just wish for a taunt system so I can thank, and good play to my fellow battleborn.
Yeah, âThe Tea Ceramonyâ is easily the best taunt in the game.
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I dunno⌠I like the tea ceremony a lot but hands down my most favorite taunt is montanas inappropriate gesture. The way his body moves is just odd and hilarious. Not to mention all the things he says:
Not safe for work
Thatâs. My. Butt.
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I find it necessarily pleasing in taunting 5mans, friends, or known players you always match up against on the daily. Where as I find it absolutely mandatory to taunt those that taunt you and when you set yourself up to be targeted yet you always come out the victor because theyâre just so focused on you but canât succeed in revenge. I do get blocked for it sometimes, but usually its satisfying. Its fun to get hate messages or when they come up with excuses, but I apologize when they stoop as low as to just resorting to the conclusion that Iâm just using an op character(Attikus, Kleese, Benedict, El Dragon, Toby)
Very wise advice 
Battleborn is a subtle game with a lot to learn in it, but itâs also comic, and even though it has a lot of substance it doesnât take itself too seriously. The dialogue and character - from Oscar Mikeâs spider poetry to the sentriesâ rude hand gestures - has a very distinct, quirky humour and to me taunting is part of that. Itâs one of the things that makes it stand out from other MOBAs.
I donât feel too sensitive about being taunted (Iâve probably deserved it tbh). It just makes me laugh - the taunts are great - and relish my revenge taunting even more. That said, I probably gave my enemies a laugh when I taunted and got killed by Pendles⌠or that other time when I did it and got killed by minionsâŚ
I do disapprove of taunting in obviously unfair games. I donât taunt new players and I donât taunt if a team is a player down.
And I often do 
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Iâve really been wondering where Gbox is heading with this sort of thing.
Not only does the game shout: Taunt now!
But, the character might be standing there with the middle finger up.
Seriously? This is how we better ourselves in the World?
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Man, why the hell do you hate Thorn so freaking much?
Every single post, talking about her or not, you bring this character into discussion with a lot of⌠hate.
Can I know why? 
Thatâs what Iâm trying to get at. The reason I posted this was because of a game I had last night. Our team just wasnât good enough. The other team pushed us and pushed us. Toby helped them out a lot, even when I flanked him and had the upper hand, he stun mined me and I got caught off guard by its damage over time and he took me out. Fair enough, then it happens again, and again. Itâs more the duration of the stun and damage of the arc mine. The fact he has a stun AND DoT in one that lasts that long. He can eventually have two mines and increase their radius as well. He seems like an easy target to flank but his stun and boosters can be well utilised. In a way I deserved the tauntâŚbut four times in a row wasâŚugh. I tried different approaches to him but none worked. Then Alani taunting me with the âno tappingâ taunt (forgot the name) triggered me. We were losing hard and I felt like my effort was being mocked.
There are times where taunting is necessary, but times where I donât feel itâs appropriate. It can just make people feel very â â â â â â .
Yeah, there are always going to be teams who miss what I see as the point of taunting (in a close run fight, when you triumphed through sheer accident or hilarity, or when you get some delicious revenge). I just shrug those guys off and donât feel too wounded. There isnât a skill-based matchmaking at the moment and there are lots of teams better than me, so I donât mind getting beaten. If they want to be âenemy jerkwadsâ I roll my eyes and forget them.
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He is dorf, dorfs and elves are natural enemies, like the Englishmen and Scots.
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Game or real life, disrespect is still disrespect. Hence why people get mad. They arenât getting mad at the game, theyâre getting mad at the fact theyâre being disrespected for no reason.
You should realize this before saying " Its a game".
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Only when the taunt isnât deserving like a 2v1. If it takes skill then itâs not bad but when they need half a team and tons of cc and then taunt while their almost dead as are their teammates then itâs annoying bc theyâre not good but they think they are.
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i think taunts work exactly as intended and are fine, they are rage inducing YES but id say that it is the point of the gesture.
AS A GENERAL RULE I DO NOT TAUNT BUT there are always exceptions, IF Iâm maining Ambra and Pendels or Rath dive to 1v1 me without backup I will kill you and I will taunt you (throat slit) because you should know Iâm better then you lol and if you kill me and taunt me thats fine.
IF you taunt me on the first time we meet in a match i will taunt back ONCE and if you taunt me again i will taunt every time i kill you.
IF i kill you while you are taunting my teammate AND IT IS SAFE TO DO SO I will taunt you
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Literally uninstalled. Iâll reinstall once Kid ultra comes around and try him out but till then, a break is needed. Iâm one of those people that gets mad at those small things I guess. Iâm not quitting, just taking a decently long break 
. And yes, Iâm a triggered little whiny bitch, but few games get me as mad as I have been recently.
The fact that you would interpret a taunt in a game as being on the same level as being disrespected in real life is worrisome because the game is not real life. Itâs not even close to being real life. And it can and is dangerous to your psyche if you make the two worlds inseparable. So Iâm giving you the same genuine advice that I gave the OP. Donât take it seriously. Itâs a game and should be all in good fun, including being taunted and doing the taunting. If it starts feeling like itâs more than fun then walk away and do something else w/ your time.
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Iâll admit, there are times when someone taunts me and I just go âReally? Why?â But then I get over it.
Sometimes I will feel like I deserved to taunt, AMD if that gets the opponent triggered and they taunt me, I make it into a friendly game of every time we kill each other we taunt. Itâs great fun. Did that with a Phoebe yesterday and giggled a ton.
There are a few of different types of taunting.
- Good natured ribbing between friends,
- (Re)vengeful taunting to make up for a perceived personal slight and of course
- Childish gamesmanship.
Ribbing between friends is what it is.
(Re)vengeful taunting is done by people to make themselves feel better at your expense.
Gamesmanship is childish. It can be effective, but it is the act of someone whose skill is inadequate requiring them to resort to anger-inducing behavior to make you make mistakes.
On the internet, without the context of voice intonation or non-verbal indicators, it is hard to tell which is which.
Those who say, âhey man itâs just a gameâ forget or donât care that this type of behavior can be harmful or painful to some people. It is easy to be dismissive.
Overtime this behavior tends to escalate. I have read forum posts from people saying they were personally insulted, abused and told to âgo kill yourselfâ. Games are for entertainment. Iâm not sure what demographic finds this entertaining.
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Not worrisome at all. Its called comprehension, to be frank. You shouldnât be giving faulty advice if you donât understand the why behind the reason someone taunts another person. If a random individual only uses a taunt of any kind after defeating you in a PvP scenario, theyâre doing it to make fun of you/rile you up. This is a form of disrespect.
Disrespect of any kind is honestly frowned upon in normal society. Just because it happens to take place in a gaming environment doesnât make it any less disrespectful.
You also may wish to reread my post. I specified that people arenât getting mad at the game when someone taunts them, theyâre getting mad at the person who made the choice to disrespect them.
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