Some people seem to be very afraid of dying or losing even if you're playing a game where you're expected to lose half of the time (against other players). There's a quote from Kenshin where Yuhiko was fighting the guy with the rocket launcher while the cops are too scared to attack saying they're plotting a strategy and the caption says "Being afraid to attack is not strategy, it's a cowardice" It really doesn't matter if it's a MMORPG, FPS, RTS, or whatever. Generally speaking in games you'll sometimes find yourself in a pretty bad situation, but most games usually makes it hard to get out of such situation or you would have a game where good play involves running away (and successfully) all the time and that's got to be a pretty boring game because nobody would ever win.
And yet people will always try to convince you their act of cowardice is something even Sun Tzu would've approved.
And yet people will always try to convince you their act of cowardice is something even Sun Tzu would've approved.