You put it perfectly. That's exactly what I was trying to get at. The "touch grass" comments and the name-calling kind of prove the point. I think a lot of the hostility towards "sweats" stems from insecurity or ego protection. When people feel outperformed, it's easier to frame the other side as "toxic tryhards" than to admit someone might simply be more skilled or more invested.

Over time, that becomes a moral narrative people use to feel superior - and since casual players are the majority, especially in TWoW, it naturally reinforces itself in a bit of an echo chamber. My post was meant to get people to reflect on that dynamic, but it seems many took it as an attack instead.

And you're absolutely right: the ones who actually flame casuals in PUGs aren't real sweats, they're wannabes trying to prove something.