Why Players Become Support Mains, According To Psychology
There is a familiar diagnosis applied to anyone who willingly locks in a support character. They cannot aim, they dislike pressure, and they want somebody else to carry them. Alternatively, they are the feminine role of the group – the mother or girlfriend – almost by default. Or, in certain games that have a known LGB...
There is a familiar diagnosis applied to anyone who willingly locks in a support character. They cannot aim, they dislike pressure, and they want somebody else to carry them. Alternatively, they are the feminine role of the group – the mother or girlfriend – almost by default. Or, in certain games that have a known LGBTQ+ population, the bottom. I’ve been called all three in Final Fantasy 14 when healing through tough raids.
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