Even if the meta-game is strictly (or just largely) cooperative, I think there could still be a dynamic where someone plays poorly or ambiguously, and then gets off on thinking that the other players were the ones in the wrong. It’s a way to gain self-regard.
Normally, I would think this is an unlikely strategy for someone to take, but if you see someone who’s been shitting on other people for weeks, it does raise the question: what are you getting out of this?
Even if the meta-game is strictly (or just largely) cooperative, I think there could still be a dynamic where someone plays poorly or ambiguously, and then gets off on thinking that the other players were the ones in the wrong. It’s a way to gain self-regard.
Normally, I would think this is an unlikely strategy for someone to take, but if you see someone who’s been shitting on other people for weeks, it does raise the question: what are you getting out of this?