At some point in gaming history, games moved away from just being fun and having a good time to a hyper-competitive sweat fest. At what point did people's ego get in the way of a good time? Now adays, it's hard to enjoy games or even have discussion if you aren't going the optimal strategies in ANY game without getting flamed.

I think the notion should be switched, and we should start shaming people that force their try hard mentality down everyone's throat. The abundance of online guides on how to play the games are actively DECREASING the skill of gamers in general as they stop thinking for themselves and just copy what ever they read removing any critical thinking that games help develop.