Captain Dak
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- Dec 1, 2012
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It's pretty sad where we're at now with people in-game. To be honest, I wish I could just hide my chat because I'm sick of seeing what I see in it on a game by game basis. Of course, being a mod, I can't do this, because I have to moderate it. But what I'm sick of seeing isn't the stuff we ban for; it's the stuff like "wow hacker *leaves the game immediately*" "rekd" "noob" "get good scrub" "gg 10 hearts" or in a lobby it's more like "team say 123" "anyone skype team??" "vote 4!" "dont vote 4, 4 sucks" "any girls team?" "omg vote 1!" "Joeys on us21" "do /stats *playername*" "i won 3 games in a row im pro" and the chat just goes on and on and on and on and on with that kind of crap. I guess this is what happens when so many of the players are children, but it's still quite irritating; and it never used to be as bad as it is now.
And as for disrespect, yeah, that's also becoming more of an issue. I just try to say nothing if I can when it comes to winning a game or ending a fight, unless it was a really good fight, I might say something along the lines of "Hey, nice fight. Half a heart." And gg... I remember when gg was never something meant to be trash talk, it was simply common courtesy after a decent fight. But with the way people have become, it's become disrespectful because the general attitude of people in-game is of superiority, haughtiness, and in general "I can say what I want because I'm behind a computer screen." People just automatically assume someone's being disrespectful when they say something that can have multiple meanings, because most of the time, they are. It's sad but true.
So my advice would be, just keep to yourself and don't say anything in chat if you can avoid it, and you'll run into less problems. And it's not like someone has a right to get mad at you if you're not saying anything. You're not obligated to type in the chat after every kill, or at all for that matter. If there's one thing I've learned, replying to someone who's being a jerk is not going to make them stop. It's just going to give them exactly what they're looking for, a reaction. Of course with mods, it's a bit different, because we're expected to respond to players' questions and concerns, but I personally rarely have anything to do with chat that isn't strictly business. It's annoying for me to deal with people acting stupid over a game. But, anyone has the option to not let things get them angry.
TL;DR: Just ignore the idiots and keep to yourself. Don't let what's said in the chat affect the way you play.
And as for disrespect, yeah, that's also becoming more of an issue. I just try to say nothing if I can when it comes to winning a game or ending a fight, unless it was a really good fight, I might say something along the lines of "Hey, nice fight. Half a heart." And gg... I remember when gg was never something meant to be trash talk, it was simply common courtesy after a decent fight. But with the way people have become, it's become disrespectful because the general attitude of people in-game is of superiority, haughtiness, and in general "I can say what I want because I'm behind a computer screen." People just automatically assume someone's being disrespectful when they say something that can have multiple meanings, because most of the time, they are. It's sad but true.
So my advice would be, just keep to yourself and don't say anything in chat if you can avoid it, and you'll run into less problems. And it's not like someone has a right to get mad at you if you're not saying anything. You're not obligated to type in the chat after every kill, or at all for that matter. If there's one thing I've learned, replying to someone who's being a jerk is not going to make them stop. It's just going to give them exactly what they're looking for, a reaction. Of course with mods, it's a bit different, because we're expected to respond to players' questions and concerns, but I personally rarely have anything to do with chat that isn't strictly business. It's annoying for me to deal with people acting stupid over a game. But, anyone has the option to not let things get them angry.
TL;DR: Just ignore the idiots and keep to yourself. Don't let what's said in the chat affect the way you play.
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