People take it seriously so we can finish our achievements and be done with it. Then we can get back to enjoying the game. If you are not taking it seriously, then you are just prolonging the suffering for others. At present, I have 1000 wins for Maelstrom done and am in the 800s for Immortal Flames, so getting close to that checkpoint. It can be extremely frustrating to watch a sure win get pissed away simply because people can't listen.

Example 1) Shatter. Team repeatedly ignores pinch warnings. Each mass death event costs us 50-100 points and there are several over the course of the match. In the end, we lose by less than 50 points. The feeders then get toxic and blame the ice lickers, when it was their fault.

Example 2) Secure. It is late game. Yellow is 2200s, almost 2300. My team still fighting with blue at mid, long after event is over. Yellow is grabbing outer nodes to win off of while my team refuses to leave mid. Adders sip tea and laugh at us all the way to 2400 and win.

Example 3) Onsal. Red is in the lead, but team obsessed with fighting yellow. Red is over 1000 points and gets uncontested A rank and S rank because team ignoring callouts. Red wins.

This sort of thing happens VERY often. There are no shortage of clowns out there, and when you are trying to get things done, it can be painful to see these things happen. This is even worse when you have a 10-12 minute queue time, only to get a team that openly laughs about not trying.

I don't wish to be overly negative, but this is the reality of the game mode and why people can be the way they are. I have seen countless teams, chock full of BH5, lose simply because they weren't paying attention.