always

It is how you win the game.

When you literally lose because you were trying to finish someone instead of playing the game, it certainly did not help you win. The ones that ignore me shooting at them and try to finish my teammate because they're butthurt. The ones that suicide bomb into my squad and rush to finish one of us before disconnecting. Those are the people that are absolutely, 100% irrefutably toxic.

In my opinion, if you're geared, instead of thirsting the downed player go for the living player and prove you're good. If it's a 2v1 it should be easy. If it's a 1v1, clearly the better team is going to win and continue the game. Instead, you finish my friend, I finish your friend, and now we've both lost. It's just a race to the lobby.

And again, as I have said so many times. I am not telling you to stop doing it. I do it sometimes too. I am telling you that doing it makes you a dick. I am a dick sometimes. Everyone is a dick sometimes. It's the way of life.

invisible gentleman's code

It's called good sportsmanship. Common courtesy. Not being a dick. etc. etc. etc.