Quote Originally Posted by Acheron_Abolisher View Post
Interestingly enough (at least on Aether data center), I've noticed silver and gold players tend to be quite calm in matches and most of the rage I see comes from bronze players. Additionally, players I see raging aren't doing particularly well themselves when they go off on someone. It's common to blame nerdrage on a competitive internet environment, but I sometimes wonder if it's actually a kind of cognitive dissonance people use to defend their skill level if they lose tons of games.

I suppose the best analogy I can come up is the 0/4/0 mid in LoL who blames the jungler for his deaths. Edit: A better analogy might be from StarCraft II where it was common to flip out on someone after a game if they lost to a strategy they didn't find valid (cheesing was, and maybe still is, really rampant in that game).
It's beneficial to know how to remain calm under pressure and work well with others, so it's no surprise that they tend to rise.

Attitude is part of skill. If someone is frequently bitching, distracting people, losing focus, and giving up, they're just as much of a detriment to their team as if they didn't have a PVP rotation or grasp of their PVP skills.