"Teammates is...": the origin of the word, negative connotation

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In the era of eSports and popularization of computer games to meet the word "teammate" and his original form in English, namely teammate, literally everywhere. For the average layman, this term sounds unfamiliar, especially if we are talking about evaluative judgment about the quality of those teammates. Where did this term and why has gained popularity among competitive players?

Origin of words

this teammates

The Principle of formation of the term in this case is extremely simple. The word comes from the Union of two English words, namely, team and mate. The first is the command, but the second is a slang and means friend or close friend. Combining these terms gives the value of the "buddy team", as if to clarify, "team member". In fact, teammates – players of the same team who participate together in the collective game, such as CS, Dota, LoL and other. It is unknown why such a term was used to denote a team in eSports title, however, the promotion pretty quickly brought him to a position most frequently used among members of a certain stratum of society, namely teenagers prefer games as entertainment.

What do you mean teammate in eSports?

If the lexical point of view teammate is a teammate of the player, in practice the team may be combined only directly for the game. For example, in "DotA" teammates in the vast majority are randomly selected. Of course, the player has the ability to assemble a team of their own and try to beat a cohesive team, but in practice, most users can not pay passion for a lot of time and the player has to be content with those teammates that he imposed on the system. Therefore, a value judgment terminology most often negative - “teammates – cancers/Nuba", etc. Banal language barrier and the difference in the tactics make the team as unplayed, then within the team and friction.

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Teammates don't like?

what do you mean teammateIf we evaluate the term on the basis of the main source of promotion of games among users, namely the streams at venues such as "the Twitch", it may give the impression that the teammate – it's literally an insult. As mentioned above, when you play a team a significant contribution to the victory has its chemistry. In the absence of communication, the team is difficult to move, according to previously created plan. So the player is quite often used in relation to your team mates insulting epithets, including, "my teammates – Nuba", "Tim's not," "disgusting timpley" and other similar variations. Nuba or "raki" in this case means the level of experience of the players, which, according to the views of the author's statements, is very low. Meanwhile, the reason for the defeat of the team may be not the lack of experience and teamwork of your opponents.

Promotion terminology

Teammates – is not just a team, but in fact is a separate term that describes an awful game teammate who intentionally "ruined rink". Despite the fact that the reasons for the loss of the initiative in the match may be set, in addition to the game users, the term "teammates" have cemented a negative value. It is almost always used with a negative connotation. Today, teammate – in the first place, stupid, inexperienced player, by happy coincidence, the adopted team of professionals.

teammates in DotAIt is Noteworthy that the term remains extremely popular only in gaming and the gaming sectors. So, for example, "Tim" often slips in speech from the man who prefers to spend time playing. In other sports popularity still uses a word like "team" without any anglicisms. In the end, "Tim" is the form of a kind of cooperation necessary to achieve the goals of the party and the use of negative epithets against her can be justified only in those cases where the fact of loss actually occurred as the result of intentional impact initiatives. In all other cases, it is worth remembering that the game – it was just a way of entertainment.


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