I was accused of "server spiking" and apparently reported for it, but I don't even know what it means. I don't think I've heard that before. The only thing I can think of is a lag spike. Things got really laggy when there were four ships battling together. I know our ship was loaded with treasure but I'm unsure about the other three. This is a well known occurrence in Sea of Thieves. Even Rare is well aware. Perhaps he thought I was responsible for the lag?
The guy was pretty hateful and vulgar with his speech the entire time and even sent me numerous xbox messages saying different things. Every bit of aggression he showed told me I was frustrating him and it made me grin. I was getting under this guy's skin really badly just by not sinking. He used every trash talking cliche you can think of and I just smiled. But the funniest part is the message that said "...it's just pixels..." as if he knew what my motivations were, and assuming I was even angry at all.
It was exciting, it was heart racing, and it ended up being an insane naval battle between 3 sloops and a brig. I was having fun, even if I had planned to be done already. He on the other hand seemed to have a bad night. I don't know if he took the game too seriously or if he had some anger he needed to vent by playing video games, but he obviously wanted me to sink and the longer we didn't, the more toxic he became, and the bigger I smiled.
Eventually he reported me and I'm just unsure on what he thought I did since I don't recognize that term. I feel he was grasping at straws, trying to find an excuse for not sinking us.