Honestly bro, this is just a playstyle clash.

You’re playing for fun, trying different perks and enjoying those random clutch moments. He’s playing to win and wants everything optimized. Neither of you are wrong — you just want different things from the game.

But yeah, if you keep forcing yourself to run meta every game, you gonna get bored fast. That’s normal.

What I’d say is just be straight with him once — like “I don’t enjoy running meta every game, I wanna have fun too.” Not in a defensive way, just chill about it.

If he’s a good friend, he’ll adjust a bit.

You can even do a mix — some matches serious (his way), some matches fun builds (your way). That usually fix this kind of thing.

But if he keep nagging you every game and not really listening, then don’t stop being friends — just maybe don’t play this game with him that much. Play solo or with others when you wanna try different stuff.

At the end of the day, it’s a game… if it start feeling like a job, something’s not right.