why thank you (can you hear the sarcasm?)

Ive played halo for a little over three months now. Not just XBL, but that is my total halo experiance. I dont have the years that some of you do. I know I suck. Im a highly competitive person. So the fact that I get pwned really buggs me, and I am very aware that Im usually in the last three on slayer games. Do I like it? no. Do I want to play better? of course. Do I feel bad for my own team when we get into a weakest link game? hell yeah!
What really stinks even more is that when I get nervous I play even worse. So If I am playing with people I dont know, Or people that intimidate me, what little skill I have goes out the window untill I feel more confident again. (its really a downhill cycle)
So the other night Im playing with some 2o2p peeps. It was my first game of the evening in a party that I had been invited to where I didnt know everyone. Not three min into the game, and I get told by someone on the other team after they killed me that "wow, you suck." wow. gee thanks. And no, they werent kidding. I could understand if it was a ranked game. But a laid back custom? My other favorite that happend in another custom 2o2p game was when they said over the team com "so, lady, are you actually playing?" Umm yeah, I just havnt managed to score yet. Thanks for pointing that out and making me feel bad and ruining the experiance. I think I will go cry in the corner by the sword spawn now.
To have some person that doesnt know me from jack tell me how bad I suck, it really peeves me. When its someone from 2o2p, thats even worse. Thanks for being a condensending asshat.
I can handle getting pwned 8 games straight by gaara. I even giggle when he teabags me.I know it is all in good fun. We both know he is good, and we both know Im still learning. So we all smile and laugh and are able to enjoy the evening. I have had other games where I wasnt doing well where better players have pulled me aside and given me pointers that improved my game tenfold. I appreciated it greatly. So Im not just being bitter that these people are better then me.
Anyway, I know this is just a petty complaint. I should suck it up, ignore it, and get on with my life. It really makes me wonder though, how many people got turned off of a great game because of people that couldnt help but to let their ass talk. If it werent great group of friends I normally play with, I know I would have throw in the towel ages ago because of comments that others couldnt be smart enough to hit their mute button for.
This post isnt for eveyone to tell me what a great player I am, or to build up my own ego. Just to let people know that unless they wish to come across as a jerk, that they should use their mute button, or even try to help people :gasp: instead of just putting them down.