The salty way to tell someone that they're good at the game.

Often used as a derogatory term to tell them that being good at the game or trying your best is a bad thing.
"Look at that tryhard with that 30/2 KD ratio."
"I know right!? what a tryhard..."
by October 4, 2020
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1. somebody who puts way too much effort into a sport or game, when in reality, they suck
2. a stupid insult used by salty idiots in gaming towards those who have just killed them
1.)

tryhard: *pant* pant* that was one serious game.
person: it was literally just a round of shell shockers...

2.)
g1 gets killed by g2
g1: OMG TRYHARD
g2: technically, you're the tryhard for actually caring about a kill.
g1: SHUT UP NOOB
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Typically the type of gamer who applies competition to every situation, for example, killing friendlies in TF2, or being a general asshole in a casual or friendly setting by constantly killing players.
Also used as an insult by players lacking in skill when killed by a superior player, although this is the rarer occurrence, and the insulter is usually berated by other players.
1. Can we please kick this tryhard back to a comp server? This is a trade server for a reason.
2. Oh my god, fucking tryhard, get a life lol.
by AdmiralMugfish May 18, 2018
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A person who is one of the most annoying in the gaming community, often grouped with campers they people who go to the extreme just to get a simple task done, these types of people are more often seen in MMO FPS's, mainly Call of duty, Destiny, GuildWars 2, GuildWars2 Heart Of Thorns, Overwatch, Exc.
He is being a tryhard, since he is using a tank against a group of supports
by Icja May 20, 2017
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Gamer's who have sweaty as-fuck balls with tiny dicks
by Bigbuxx66 April 19, 2020
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A Tryhard is someone trying to pull off techniques used by more skilled people or professionals to show off, more often than not, these are people of a lower skill level.
Player 1: What were you doing! You were right next to the basket, you could have made that shot!
Player 2: I was going to make that 3.
Player 1: Pfff… what a tryhard
by Ando Nasium May 1, 2020
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n. someone who tries much harder to win than the average player
v. the act of trying much harder to win than the average player
adj. used to describe people as players who try much harder to win than the average player
I'm just trying to enjoy this game, but these tryhards are pestering me in chat to think harder and play smarter.
I stopped playing with Jim because he's just too intense to play with when he's always tryharding.
I used to watch tryhard pros on Youtube, but then, I asked myself what the point was and switched to watching funny Youtubers instead.
by Ezra3 August 26, 2021
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