backseat gaming

[Techicolors]

would it be considered backseat if the streamer / person asked for advice about strats beforehand? 

[Drak3]

If it's genuinely helpful, and not excessively critical or insulting, I wouldn't call it backseat gaming.

[dizmo]

Backseat anything generally means you're not participating first hand. Since you're playing the game (I assume), it's not really an issue.

[dalekphalm]

On 5/20/2018 at 12:24 PM, Technicolors said:

would it be considered backseat if the streamer / person asked for advice about strats beforehand? 

Kind of, yes. But Backseat gaming isn't inherently bad. Backseat gaming is bad when the person doing it is being obnoxious or rude or insulting (eg: saying the gamer is shit but not giving usable, constructive feedback or better strats, etc).

 

If the gamer has requested strats and ideas for improved gameplay, then be nice, be helpful, and it's okay.

[Techicolors]

i think i worded the OP kinda wrong. to clarify, let's say a streamer asks for advice on strats. the person doesn't follow the advice, but then the person regrets because it screwed up his chances. now some people in the chat are like "should've listened to us". is that backseat? 

[redsquirrel0249]

59 minutes ago, Technicolors said:

streamer asks

If I ask my passenger if we should stop to get drinks at Citgo or BP, and they say Citgo, but I go to BP anyway, they were never "backseat" driving (or directing, or whatever) in the first place. I asked them. They didn't insert themselves into my decision. So no. "Backseat" has the connotation of unsolicited or unwanted. This doesn't apply when you ask, because asking is literally wanting feedback.

[Techicolors]

1 hour ago, redsquirrel0249 said:

If I ask my passenger if we should stop to get drinks at Citgo or BP, and they say Citgo, but I go to BP anyway, they were never "backseat" driving (or directing, or whatever) in the first place. I asked them. They didn't insert themselves into my decision. So no. "Backseat" has the connotation of unsolicited or unwanted. This doesn't apply when you ask, because asking is literally wanting feedback.

makes sense

[redsquirrel0249]

17 hours ago, Technicolors said:

makes sense

I'd be worried if it didn't

[Bhav]

Back at uni one of my housemates began playing civ IV. I observed him pillaging tile improvements in his own cities and I had to scream out 'What are you doing pillaging your own improvements?'.

 

He got mad and told me off for trying to tell him how to play.

 

Another time he left his computer logged into Guild Wars while he went to work, so I stole his black dye. I gave it back after, though only to avoid getting banned if he reported me.