If the main motivation is “to own the haters”, “to prove people wrong”, “to make a group mad” …then the game itself is a weaponized prop and That’s how you end up defending mid products harder than you’d ever defend great ones.
rooting for success out of spite isn’t healthier than rooting for failure out of spite
Counterpoint: seeing losers who only have “well at least I’m cool on the internet” going for them seethe how the west has fallen is better entertainment than even the best game.