Lol This is a joke
But… Since you fight with your all when you play with me and other people, does that mean If I were to taunt you, (Not with Rash, Riptor, nor Spinal) I’d still be fighting you the same?
Or is there hidden power over 9000 I have yet to see? 
Isn’t that the point of it?
I mean pushing down isn’t inherently fun in and of itself. It is the idea that you are insulting the other person and getting a rise out of them that makes taunts and tea-bags appealing (Ultras at least have individual merit of pulling them off and some aesthetic pleasure in the form of the music change, etc).
So though I don’t personally get upset, it is not really all that crazy that a person gets upset at something that is intended to make them upset.
Are people too sensitive? Absolutely. Is poking at your opponent kid ■■■■? Absolutely.
Lol. I’m always trying to win, but that doesn’t mean I’m always showing everything I know how to do in a given match. If I’m really serious, then I tend to forgo damage enders and go for hard knockdowns instead, and start doing grimy oki setups and resets all over the place. But no, at this point we’ve played so many games that I’m afraid I’ve got nothing “new” to show you Ostrich. 
Besides, I’d say we’re friends at this point, and I’m not gonna get upset about stuff like that in a friendly set with someone I pretty much know. 
Sigh…read what I wrote above, and read the other stuff above that if you like. I’ve said a few times how I react to taunts and teabags - I’ve never claimed that there’s no response on my part at all. What I don’t understand is why you would be fine with taunting, but have a serious issue with teabagging - they are generally done in the same vein and serve much the same purpose.
And no, I don’t sit at home and rage and go “this guy taunted me, I MUST WRECK HIM NOW!” I’m not that emotional in general, and certainly not over a match in KI. It’s more of a “duly noted - I’m going to beat you now. Badly.” kind of thing 
And for all that, I STILL maintain that both are legitimate ways to play the game. If your opponent is silly enough to let that negatively impact their play, then by all means, do whatever you can to put them on tilt. Just don’t be surprised when they style on you in response.
Have a few funny stories from tonight.
Went up against a Wulf. I end up winning and do Ultra into Ultra ender, dude says, “Thanks for not making that anymore painful that it needed to be.”
Went up against a Hisako for my Killer promotion. She wins the first one, and I can tell she’s the long as combo type because in between sets when she wins, I get combo’d for days. I take her first health bar down. She takes mine down. She does this freaking huge combo… like put the controller down, I’m going out for a drink long. I end up winning the round, and how? She pumped me full of a freaking ton of meter. I was metered starved going into the second health bar, now I’ve got my reversal back! Thanks for killer, Hisako.
I’m not really bothered by taunting/teabagging online (kinda comes with the territory that people tie their ego into this i guess) . In the end It’s not taunting or teabagging that bothers me: It’s doing prolonged ultras and stuff like that. full/double/triple ultra-ing is a waste of both our time. I don’t rage or anything like that over it, but i just wonder if their ego is really so fragile they have to waste our time with an extra 30 seconds of them dumping out their meter before we play again and see who is actually the superior fighter. SMH
That said, Taunting and teabagging aren’t my style and I can see why they frustrate people so I never end up doing them unless it’s a local match with my friends. I always do ultra ender immediately and if they leave after that, i send a the exact message: “GG’s dood :)” and i move on.
Moral of this story…?
Taunting works!
On certain people… hahahahha!
Bugs Bunny VS Elmer Fudd
The delicate gravitational balance between Earth and the Moon, keeping our orbit stable and therefore our climate survivable, allows for 527 posts on the topic of digital gestures of disrespect.
Imo taunting is fine it’s the only source of personality you get from your character that’s not in the intro/outro for example, shagos taunt where he surges his arm and beckons you to come at him it’s just cool to see or rashes hilarious taunt they’re part of what makes the characters unique.
The problem I have is with tea bagging, to me it’s just weird to see someone serious like arbiter or thunder to out the blue start to drag their polygraphic nuts on my character.
I usually have no problem with either. If someone taunts or teabags mid-match, it usually results in me putting in 100% in actually killing them. Like “Oh really? Well, you’re gonna lose for that now.”
It is super satisfying beating someone taunting, but most people who reliably taunt seem to do it regardless of win/lose. It reminds me of the Monty Python Black Knight scene.
Doesn’t matter if they do it regardless. I’ll just take their points. 
I don’t understand it either but different things affect different people I suppose.
Yes, you are very much cooler than all the sad people in this thread. So much so that you were compelled to come in here and comment on it. Of course, if someone calls you names, ridicules you, or, I don’t know, points out your laughably inane thread about Riptor’s beach party - those things won’t bother you. After all it’s just words on a screen and what difference should it make to you?
We can all sit here and say people taunting or tea bagging shouldn’t bother anyone. Being called a stupid ■■■■■■■ shouldn’t bother anyone either. But it does. The point of doing it is to try to bother your opponent. I wish I could say that everything in the world that was stupid or mean-spirited was also ineffectual, but that’s not the world we live in. What you are basically doing is unconstructively (which I notice is your MO) dropping in to the thread to taunt people who get upset by taunting and tea bagging. Well done champ. I hope you feel like a hero.
And let’s all be clear - no one worries about taunting and tea bagging from someone they’ve just pulverized. They don’t care. What people hate is losing. And there’s not a soul who plays a competitive game that can sit here and honestly say that 100% of the time they enjoy their losses and choose to learn from the experience. We all have good days and bad. So, what we are talking about is someone rubbing it in that you have just lost. Taunting and teabagging are both ways of saying “ha ha, I beat you.” And there is no one in the world who would look at a person playing basketball, football, baseball or chess who wins a match and turns to their opponent and says “ha ha, I beat you!” and say that such a person was anything other than a jackass. No one is going to defend them and say “that’s just part of the game.” It’s called being a sore winner, and it reflects badly on the person doing it. Period.
We can have a nice productive discussion about the different ways to cope with pointless and basically inconsequential aggravation in life. But there really is no debate to be had about whether taunting and tea bagging is okay or not. It’s “legal.” It’s in the game. But it’s in the game to allow you to be a ■■■■. Great. Enjoy.
Agree 100%. And I body most of the players that taunt on these forums anyway. They are still an aggravation.
You hit the nail on the head for me by mistake there I think. Not sure if you were agreeing with me or not, but this confirms it.
Did you ‘bothered’ guys notice that fighting game characters taunt their opponents before the match starts… AND after the K.O.?
Hisako screams it in your faces.
Aganos buries you, and puts down a little flower he’s been nurturing and caring, just for you…
The list goes on, for about… hmmm, the amount of characters there are in the game.
Even the dinosaur, with a supposedly smaller brain than yours, understands whats going on, and she just knocks it out of the park… haha.
Additionally, the developers offer people the option of taunting during the game.
Clever people stand over you and repeatedly hit down to simulate ‘teabagging’.
It’s rude.
Fulgore’s taunt is rude.
I say, bring it on.
There are strong mind games, and there are weak mind games…
Taunts: What category these particular mind games fall under, and who they affect, (exactly who 
) appears to be up in the air for a very, very entertaining discussion.
If anyone plays VS my Mira and you see me tapping down 1 - 2 times while you’re on the ground - I’m not tea-bagging, I’m setting up meaty timing.
Hahaha, come on guys!
Let’s lobby for more polish.
Instead of lobbying for more vaseline.
ha ha ha!! Nergal and Behemoth! I live the album Satanica and the blue one…ahhh cant remember the name but Inferno is just insane on that one. Seen them a few times…got them to sign that CD as well.
