Quote Originally Posted by MrPresident View Post
Not really. There's no rank requirement for being an asshole. And just because someone isn't going God mode in their first ever match, doesn't mean it's impossible they'd ever improve and move up the rankings.
What someone can be and what they are do not equate to the same thing.

It's entirely possible for under-preforming players to turn into seasoned vets, but until that moment they are nothing but a liability to their team and fodder to the enemy. No seasoned player looks at a rookie and sees competition. As long as that player is under-preforming, then they're either a stepping stone for rank boosting, or a dead weight for point decay. This is especially the case if the rookie is under-preforming by a large margin. If a player is pushing dps/healing numbers that would be considered embarrassing in even the easiest of PvE circumstances, then it's no surprise when the team turns on them. Some of the hate might be overly harsh, but no one improves by being babied in a competitive setting.

The bottom line is that there is no dead-carry in PvP. Almost every player at the top of the PvP mountain saw their fair share of hate along the way. If no one told them that they sucked when they preformed badly, or they just backed out and cried about it when someone was mean to them, then they would have never made it to where they are.