As a passionate female gamer in a relationship, I connected deeply with a viral YouTube video on "9 Signs of a Weak Man According to Women." Many dysfunctional behaviors unfortunately seem just as common among teammates as romantic partners. Since cooperation and reliability are vital in both gaming crews and couples, weakness prompts severe frustration. Why do women gamers who pride themselves on achievement tolerate and carry underperformers dragging them down? And what transforms the weak into MVPs? Let‘s level up this conversation.
Weak Teammates = Weak Partners
The signs calling out weak men have direct parallels with the worst teammates:
1. Self-Centered Ball Hogs
Like a ball hog selfishly chasing highlights without passing to open teammates, weak men focus only on their wants. They don‘t value our needs or sacrifices assisting them.
2. Non-Com Rage Quitters
At the first sign of conflict or criticism, weak men go AWOL on communicating. Similarly, non-com gamers implode teams by rage quitting when play gets challenging.
**3. Resource Draining Burdens
High maintenance players require constant guidance, resources and emotional support to function adequately, never pulling their weight. Weak men similarly rely on women heavily rather than claiming competence.
**4. Unreliable Flakes
Gamers who disappear for days then return begging for gear got busy with other priorities. Weak men also demonstrate intense interest inconsistently, bewildering women about where they stand.
**5. Selfish Lone Wolves
Slayers obsessed with solo triple kills deliberately avoid cooperative play for collective victory. Weak men fixate on satisfying singular needs in the bedroom, leaving women disillusioned.
6. Close-Minded Mansplainers
Condescending expertise dismissal mirrors guys automatically rejecting female gamers‘ skill until proven repeatedly. Weak men ignore women‘s perspectives as inferior too.
**7. Spineless Doormats
Without courage to stand ground on positions or defend teammates receiving abuse, their weakness enables toxicity. Weak men also fail confronting those disrespecting their partners.
8. Benchwarming Casuals
Non-committal guys treat relationships half-heartedly, rarely willing to sacrifice their freedom and fun to fully invest in partnership.
Do any past teammates or partners matching those profiles come to mind? If we encounter one red flag, it often indicates a deeper pattern unbecoming of a true teammate or life partner.
Why Great Gamers Still Carry Weak Players
Given how clearly they sabotage teams, why do skilled female gamers drag underperformers along match after match rather than promptly replacing them? Psychological hooks common among team-oriented women explain this counterintuitive tendency:
1. Hope He‘ll Improve
If I boost a weak player, guide them strategically, and encourage better habits, eventually they‘ll level up into a stronger asset, right? Not likely, without self-driven dedication.
2. Fear Team Instability
Better to keep struggling with a weak known quantity rather than gamble on recruiting an unpredictable random, I rationalize. At least I know how to manage around his recurring issues by now even if it‘s exhausting.
3. Guilt Over Abandoning Strugglers
Kick a player while they‘re down after a few bad matches? That feels too callous given their willingness to show up and try cooperating in their limited capacity. I feel obligated to keep giving second chances…
**4. Redemption Projections
On some deeper psychological level, powering through the frustration of carrying weak men feeds fantasies of eventually becoming their redemption. Fixing their issues seems more achievable than confronting my own troubles winning true reliable allies.
**5. Martyrdom Appeals
When weak men endlessly praise me as a patient saint and framing their dependency as proof of devotion, it falsely feeds my damaged self-worth and desire for purpose. I wrongly conflate caretaking with noble strength rather than boundary failures enabling toxicity to fester.
Do any of those mind twists ring true for you as well? In gaming and relationships both, realizing our tendency to excuse rather than eject underperformers marks the first step toward aligning with partners truly completing us.
Transforming Weak Men into Elite Players
Of course no player starts perfect. We all displayed some weak behaviors as wide-eyed newbies. So for the open-minded men genuinely trying their best but needing guidance upgrading skills, I commit to mentorship helping them reach their full potential.
It begins by directing their attention inward for deep personal reflection – when where they formed limiting beliefs about the nature of relationships or manhood that require reform? Then we build on strengths while targeting adjustments toward specific better habits manifesting reliability and cooperation.
1. Taking Ownership
No excuses or projection – "My reactions and choices directly created negative impacts."
2. Defining Noble Purpose
"I commit to consciously evolving into my most empowered self to fulfill her needs and forge an inspiring equal partnership."
3. Exploring Emotional Motivations
"Why does this situation trigger reactionary ego defenses rather than my highest reasoning?"
4. Charting Developmental Plans
"If I implement these precise steps for professional growth, our relationship will organically ascend."
5. Celebrating Milestones
"We both acknowledge and appreciate progress made toward interdependence and support."
With insider experience carrying weak links and patience empowering struggling stragglers, I feel equipped to coach willing men toward actualizing their full co-op potential as allies and partners driving toward shared victory. But they must take the first step…
In Closing
Ladies, advance screening can help dodge teams and relationships doomed by the weak. But among those still building capacity, discern which warrant added guidance versus cutting losses to progress. My dual quest as a woman gamer remains perfecting collaborative skills covering deficiencies to carry crews when beneficial and asserting standards by releasing half-hearted players slowing elite play. May we all discover partners doubling as cooperative co-pilots heading into exciting uncharted territories together! GG