As someone who gets mad when random people I meet in ranked tell me how to play, let me tell you that yes, you did insult them.
If you're being matched with them, you are at about the same skill level and unless you've played with them for a while, you don't really know anything about their playstyle,
Oh don't worry about us being same skill level, the ppl that seem insulted are generally the ppl clearly playing better than me (at least k:d wise). It is how I get to spectate them and see when they are lacking map knowledge or whatever the help is about
(meaning I know enough about their playstyle to know they needed the info)
it's not your place to give tips in that setting. Depending on the game, they might very well be making a mistake because they're trying to cover for you.
No, I disagree, it is absolutely everyone's place to give friendly tips. Being helpful to your fellow hoomans is a good thing, and I absolutely appreciated when others has done the same for me, using the feedback they gave to improve in multiple games (be that through tips about map knowledge, mechanics, builds, ui, whatever). It is in fact exactly
why I pass on those exact teachings.
Most of the time trying to tell others how to play is a way to feel superior and gloss over your own mistakes by blaming others.
Whuh? Where did that come from? I don't think any such sentiment was ever part of the convo, how was that even related? Are you projecting your actions on others (william)? Or do you have a friend you often play with who is a bad winner or afraid of admitting to fault, or both, whom you project on william?
Because william sure as hell isn't taunting the dragon to feel superior or deflect. He has constantly been portrayed to lack those kinds of sentiments entirely. And just like william, 'most of the time', the helpful strangers on the internet are definitely not doing any of what you mentioned. Probably
particularly if they are lower than you on the scoreboard.
The 'playing with handicap portion' can definitely
feel like gloating yes (I have encountered others doing so to me, and know the feeling), but more often it's simply that games aren't fun if they aren't challenging and the better player trying to equalize the odds (the fact that I feel like they are gloating is because I live from my own PoV, where I am the MC. But truth is that most ppl don't actually care about affirmation from the random ppl on the internet). That they are 'patronizing' you is not because they are gloating, but because you (ie. I) force their hand
(unless they are a bad winner, ofc. But you can tell when it's that kind of person from how they use the chat, or if they start t-bagging).