I used to hear the phrase, good game, or fun light hearted trash talk at the end of a match in COD4.
It was given and taken for the fun of it. Now the game has turned so serious and anyone who does well is a noob.
That insult started as a joke for the new players who could only get a kill using a tube.
Now its applied to anyone who is successful at nearly any method of play.
I guess the best measure of how well your doing is how much trash talk you get or hate mail you receive.
You can't say much back when it comes from the top of the list, but it usually comes from the middle or bottom and that is the easiest to laugh at.
I get a ton of
You Do Need A Life
That's when I know I'm playing well.
If you never get trash talk or hate mail, you are not playing good enough to be noticed.
As far as boosters go, they should have left cage in the game.
I don't give a crap about what title or emblem they have(the leaderboards are all full of cheaters)
Just keep them out of public play lists,where their cheating bullsh*t can effect my play.
I don't need to deal with a bunch of phony air support and killstreak rewards during a game and lose to some yahoo's nuke at the end. And I don't feel like spending my games checking the leaderboard and running around looking for boosters.
I like to be serious about winning but have fun with players on my team or good players on the other, including some good natured ribbing, NOT wholesale trashtalking or hating anyone who outplays me.