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It seems there are alot of bad players that play Commander online. Players make horrible plays lately in seemingly ever game I have played online in the past few weeks. I attack player A when they are tapped out with enough damage to kill them and remove them from the game and player B casts Fog or another card like it to save player A, thus keeping that player in the game and more often than not that player ends up winning because of that play. Ive also attacked player A w/ my commander for the 1st time and player b or c casts Condemn on my commander, which I am fine with them doing so, but why not wait for me to attack that player, or at least wait until after damage is dealt. I really have a hard time understanding these stellar plays and also the mentality behind it. Alot of those players respond by saying "politics", which is utterly rediculous. More often than not the person I was attacking or trying to eliminate is the major threat at the table, yet these other players dont seem to realize it.

I dont have an ego and obv dont expect to win every game, but its getting to the point where its not even worth playing commander/edh anymore because of these horrible players completely handing the game over to another player. Sometimes it seems the players making these bad plays arent even trying to win themselves... Idk has anyone else been noticing people doing completely rediculous plays?

I only play EDH in person so I can't speak to what happens online. There is one guy I know who will sometimes when he knows he is going to take lethal from a guy concede before attack phase so that the other person doesn't have to use resources to kill him and can instead focus on other players. He also sometimes has a tendency to wait until after I use a lot of resources trying to take him out and then concede so I wasted a turn/all that work for nothing. It really pisses me off so I usually try to do everything in my power in the game (without doing stuff like the previously mentioned stuff) to basically lock him out of the game and make him ragequit. I've told him why I do it and he still does that stuff anyways so I don't feel bad about it.

Sometimes people join online games with their friends and try to help each other out.

I'm convince that i will never play online.

I've never had even the slightest interest in playing online, and this kind of story just cements that feeling.  There are many among us who feel that the anonymity of the internet gives license to say or act like complete jerks.  I enjoy the social interaction of my playgroup too, and there's no way that an online experience can replicate that. 

I do feel for you, though.  I've never tried, but do you have a Friends list or something that would let you play with people you know?