"This is my playstyle" is a poor argument for being bad.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

You know...some people think parsing in general would "solve" bad DPS, but now I think it wouldn't do a darn thing for this reason only; if a DPS can't be bothered to use proper rotations, what makes you think them seeing a low number is going to push them to learn? They clearly don't care about how much damage they're pumping out and they don't listen to others about improving their rotations, so an automated number displayer won't do jack.

[Kolaina]

You know...some people think parsing in general would "solve" bad DPS, but now I think it wouldn't do a darn thing for this reason only; if a DPS can't be bothered to use proper rotations, what makes you think them seeing a low number is going to push them to learn? They clearly don't care about how much damage they're pumping out and they don't listen to others about improving their rotations, so an automated number displayer won't do jack.

because i sincerely believe many of them are unaware just how poorly they are performing. being ignorant, for some people, may be why they are so defensive. they may truly believe they are performing comparatively to an average and think the person scrutinizing (for lack of a better word) is some elitist who is expecting perfection., where in truth, they just dont appreciate doing 75% of the work.
maybe if they saw the numbers, they'd understand