Tactful ways to inform people that they're playing badly?

[RoyalBeef]

There really is no tactful way to tell people they are bad.
Players who can't handle critisism will always take offense no matter how you do it.
I just stopped saying anything because even if you just want to give advice on how they can improve their performance you are the bad guy and elitist scum that needs to be told off.

I don't get how people just have zero drive to improve. It doesn't even take much effort. I wonder how they take on single player games. Like SMB 1, always running straight till they fall into the first pit, over and over, nver making it across, but it's fine, bc it's just for fun. No, they learn how to jump properly, because there is no one there to carry them over the pit. It's only in an online enviroment where other people can do it for them where they refuse to learn how to jump acros that pit. It's so weird. Oh and when you calculate the optimal pixel to jump from and how far you hve to jump to make it, you're a toxic elitist cheater ^^

[Lersayil]

I don't get how people just have zero drive to improve. It doesn't even take much effort. I wonder how they take on single player games. Like SMB 1, always running straight till they fall into the first pit, over and over, nver making it across, but it's fine, bc it's just for fun. No, they learn how to jump properly, because there is no one there to carry them over the pit. It's only in an online enviroment where other people can do it for them where they refuse to learn how to jump acros that pit. It's so weird. Oh and when you calculate the optimal pixel to jump from and how far you hve to jump to make it, you're a toxic elitist cheater ^^

Or they play generally easy games and / or games where even if you dont or cant do the intended mechanic, there is a way to brute force the issue (for example RPGs).

[RoyalBeef]

Or they play generally easy games and / or games where even if you dont or cant do the intended mechanic, there is a way to brute force the issue (for example RPGs).

It's this weird generation that complains about Dark Souls an Cuphead being "non inclusive" because of difficulty, and feeling entitled that they should be able to play through it without skill because they paid for it, no matter how bad they are. Or even demanding refunds because a game is too hard for them... like are you fkn kidding me? That's exactly the kind of person we're dealing with in every single thread about "toxicity" and "elitism". Entitled spoiled brats.