Killer behaviour is appalling during events

It's pretty appalling that most of you are trying to excuse being rude to people with "that's how the game is played"
Sorry you all don't care about fun and just want to make others miserable to fulfill your win streaks. I mostly play killer, have for years and never had to hijack the game and prevent others from playing just for my own gain. Y'all are sad.

Almost every game that's played with other people is a PVP game. And yes, we should all be considerate when we interact with other humans. Just because a game is played on the internet with people we don't know doesn't remove the fact that other real people are involved.

I also didn't say someone's getting taken out at five gens. I simply said 'early'. That could reasonably be interpreted as anything in the first half of the game. 3, 4, or 5 gens would be reasonable interpretations. But it's fair that five gens left is within that range, and I totally agree that the survivors have messed up if someone is out with five gens left. But a 3v1 at 3 or 4 gens should be easily winnable by the killer.

Also, while my feelings don't generally get hurt over playing video games, it's certainly reasonable for someone to be frustrated when they're treated poorly in any scenario. It's just like with any other activity done with other people; there's no reason to do something that ruins someone else's experience without provocation. Games on the internet are still interactions with other people. If we suggest that tunneling early in a match is an intended game mechanic, that suggests that BHVR intends for some players to have a relatively bad experience through no fault of their own. That is, the game would then be intentionally designed to force some players to have a bad experience regardless of how well they play. That would be a design issue, and should be addressed so that we don't have people playing a game where they expect to have pointless matches on a regular basis.

Tunneling prevents the targeted player from doing anything other than getting chased and eliminated for the entire match. They don't get to do any other part of the game, which is a situation most people don't enjoy. That's different than a person losing at a game where they get to do all the parts of the game. The idea that someone can force that to happen is a problem.

Almost every game played against another person is a PVP game. Any interaction with other people should involve caring about the experience of the others involved to an extent that the others are not unreasonably kept from enjoying their experience due to the actions of one person.

It doesn't matter what the objective of the game is. It could be to eat the food, or keep your opponent from solving a puzzle, or to steal your opponent's dolphin. Those are all the same thing as killing the survivors in terms of gameplay: There is an objective, and we try to do the objective. But it's problematic when players can forcibly ruin the experience of another player in any game.

And it's one thing when skill level matters. I expect to get destroyed if I play a sport against someone who plays professionally. But DBD isn't like that. No matter how skilled a survivor is, they will almost certainly not escape if the killer simply decides to tunnel them.

Then we are at an impasse… something something, Vizzini, something, Princess Bride.

But really though, tell me how I've moved the goalposts. I believe they're quite fixed in place :)

"we never look at ourselves and say "Man, I am a radically unfun person"."
How would you feel if someone hijacked your play experience? Maybe you should do some self-reflection once in a while because you seem like the "radically unfun person". Wouldn't hurt to practice some mindfulness.

The game could be about anything and you'd still justify being to be rude to others under the guise of "I'm not responsible for anyone else's fun" while actively ruining their time. Sure, you're only responsible for you but remember, you're not the only one there who's trying to have fun. Have some self-awareness, please.

You are the sad part of the community. I feel bad for your friends if they game with you if this is how you treat people.

I think it's a good idea if we both take a step back here and agree to disagree about this :)