This is beating an old horse to death, but we have got to find a way to make incentives for people to queue 8v8 -- or maybe make an unranked 4v4 with incentives to try. I absolutely can't blame newer players for lacking experience when the 8v8 queue doesn't pop and it's hard to find a group to do a custom match. Most of the new players I see getting a lot of hate in a match aren't completely clueless -- they're just clearly inexperienced... and the lack of experience shows. But how are they supposed to get experience without doing it!? Anyway, this sort of vitriol goes all the way down the ranking system. It doesn't matter where you're at. For example, I didn't get an early start on this season so I just recently crawled my way up to Bronze, and let me tell you... the hate people are spewing at each other even when they are Unranked is ridiculous. Fortunately, it's *somewhat* easy to carry a new dps at low ranks, but that doesn't stop my teammates from chewing them apart when they see the numbers at the end of the match. If we get a new healer, though... wooooow do people rage.

Really, though... I know we all get heated, but everyone needs to take a step back. We want PvP to be taken seriously. We want it to expand. Not everyone has a thick set of skin, and when you look at the options available to people, it's hard for them to get experience without actually doing it. So, if you are stuck in a match with someone who is less than ideal... you have two choices. You could either rage on them or you could try to give them advice. But, you're stuck with them either way. Maybe we could collectively add advice to a comprehensive guide and link it to any new player we come across. If new players are met with nothing but aggression from their fellow teammates, they're probably not going to want to deal with all the aggression while they get good. But if we offer them advice, maybe they'll try to learn. Maybe the community will expand. Maybe SE might put more effort into PvP in general. And, while this is just a theory, I have heard from people who say they really just don't want to PvP because they know they're not that good and people are really mean to them. Whether or not they have a thick set of skin, it's just not fun if people are yelling at you... even in unranked matches.