Gotta get in their heads! I agree lines can be crossed once you start using execssive amounts of expletives and personal attacks (racist comments are my line, other than that insult away), but I see a lot of players take it a little to seriously and run to mommy (aka relic complaints) when they should nut up. It's harmless, it's over the INTERNET, and it's a game...
I don't know how much you have played sports in real life, but if you do trash talk you make yourself to be the biggest idiot. Especially if your skill, ability and mind is not a much higher level than your oppponent and you lose the game. The amount of shit talking idiots I completely outplayed in soccer (football) is one of the things I enjoyed the most, yet I've always remained a humble player.
Beating people purely because you know you simply outplay them is a better feeling than injecting poison and hate into the situation.
A game on the internet is treated the same for me as in real life. Respect your opponents and play to have fun. When your bringing in hate, your detracting from exactly what it is mean't to be the spirit of the game.
Oh and the people who seriously were smack talkers but mainly would physically hit me behind play in soccer I would always spit in my hand before I shake theirs at the end of the game. It only happened a few times, but I can't respect a player that tries these tactics to win. I have to still say 'gg' though but I would spit in my hand none the less because they don't deserve that 'gg'.
I only trash talk to the woman LOL /./
lel no. Just no.