Why are there so many asshats on the server?

[Akame]

Originally Posted by Stickyfingers [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I agree and disagree with this thread. Yesterday, I had two random people that I had never met run up to me and the first word they sent in tell was "Bitch" followed by, "give me some buffs". I replied, "Do I know you?", their reply is "No" so I say, "Then Stfu" and I ignored them. This was really the first time anyone has been an ass to me about getting buffed.

Lol I had the same problem the other day, was sitting at pyjzn (whatever you call her) and /dance emoted with one of the other five people sitting there. and I said this is such a boring camp! Cause you know, I'm trying to start a conversation here, I'm bored, they've got to be bored, and completely ignoring your competitors is kind of lame.

They replied "yea it is, want to make out?"

".... Uh, no."

"Stuck up bitch."

".... I don't do wood elf?"

Needless to say a bit longer of that conversation and that person ended up on ignore. But what happened to I dunno, common courtesy? Some kind of social interaction behavior that creates sustainable relationships?

[eqgamer]

The truth of the matter is that I think we've all been around WoW-type games too much, which attracts the instant-gratification kiddies. And unfortunately it wears off on you if you are around them long enough.

And, unfortunately, back in '99 the graphical MMO scene was still pretty new and EverQuest was at the forefront of it - we all still had our "MMO virginity" back then so to speak. There's no mystery left in this game or on this server because about 95% or more of the people that play here already have experienced all of the content on this server. I think perhaps it's harder to get immersed in the world than it was back then because we know what spells we get, where to level, and what the best drops are, thus keeping us more in an "in it for ourselves" mindset. Rather than the teamwork oriented mindset we had back then which crafted such great friendships and made the game what it was.

Hell, I was only 13 when I started playing back then. My brother was 17. The original crowd he gamed with still keeps in contact regularly on their own IRC server and in fact meets IRL on occasion to go camping and such because they grew that close.

*shrug* Obviously just my opinion. Take it for what you will.

[mr.miketastic]

Originally Posted by eqgamer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The truth of the matter is that I think we've all been around WoW-type games too much, which attracts the instant-gratification kiddies. And unfortunately it wears off on you if you are around them long enough.

And, unfortunately, back in '99 the graphical MMO scene was still pretty new and EverQuest was at the forefront of it - we all still had our "MMO virginity" back then so to speak. There's no mystery left in this game or on this server because about 95% or more of the people that play here already have experienced all of the content on this server. I think perhaps it's harder to get immersed in the world than it was back then because we know what spells we get, where to level, and what the best drops are, thus keeping us more in an "in it for ourselves" mindset. Rather than the teamwork oriented mindset we had back then which crafted such great friendships and made the game what it was.

Hell, I was only 13 when I started playing back then. My brother was 17. The original crowd he gamed with still keeps in contact regularly on their own IRC server and in fact meets IRL on occasion to go camping and such because they grew that close.

*shrug* Obviously just my opinion. Take it for what you will.

I can see the reasoning behind that, but perhaps we can go beyond Wow. I think someone in an earlier post on this thread mentioned that people act like douchebags because there are little to no repercussions to their behavior.

This is common to every community online, and not just here. Before wow I saw plenty of griefing assholes in EQ, and DAOC. Wow became just another place for those people to go.

There were plenty of "gimme gimme" people in classic; Nothing new, just more prevalent here because of the increase in population.

[Eyry]

What is even more scary is that people that played this game back in 1999 were around 15-20... now they are 25-30? And they still disrespect and talk like that...not cool.

[Ihealyou]

Maybe its just me, but if I were in a lot of these situations I would probably be laughing instead of getting mad. If someone told me "buff me bitch", I would probably reply with something like "make me a sammich bitch", followed by giving them reso. If they end up doing /em makes Uuur a sammich, that's just a bonus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Some people have a harsh sense of humor, but don't take it the wrong way. If I'm making fun of the warrior for not being able to keep aggro, its not because he just wiped the group. Its because I'm confident enough in his skills and abilities that I feel comfortable giving him crap. Of course, it still helps to add a =) or =P to make sure people realize that you're joking. Obviously there are real assholes out there, but most of the people that I've met which come off as harsh end up being fun to play with.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Ihealyou [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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pretty much agree 100%. People have such fucking thin skins nowadays, it's like they're just TRYING to find something to offend them. Lighten up.

Also, NOOB CLERIC WTF HEAL ME

[Ihealyou]

Originally Posted by pickled_heretic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, NOOB CLERIC WTF HEAL ME

CH = 400 mana. Revive = 300 mana. Do the math.

[Xenephex]

Originally Posted by Ihealyou [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Maybe its just me, but if I were in a lot of these situations I would probably be laughing instead of getting mad. If someone told me "buff me bitch", I would probably reply with something like "make me a sammich bitch", followed by giving them reso. If they end up doing /em makes Uuur a sammich, that's just a bonus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Some people have a harsh sense of humor...

A harsh sense of humor is what you might see exhibited in an ER or a combat zone.

A harsh sense of humor is a bunch of guys waiting to get processed into a stateside hospital cracking up when one of them politely informs a passing nurse that one of his lungs has collapsed, or making fun of a guy with a bullet in his ass, or cracking jokes about somebody with shrapnel in his testicles. That's a harsh sense of humor.

"Buff me, bitch" is not a harsh sense of humor because there's nothing harsh about an online video game, and because it's not funny to anyone above the age of 15 - the age when kids find it endlessly hilarious simply to say words that they wouldn't get away with around their parents, or to repeat the same line from South Park over and over again. Gosh, it never gets old.

The reaction has nothing to do with thin skin, it's just a choice the listener gets to make to not have to deal with something they got over 10 or 20 or 40years ago.

I've heard some actual humor in-game, but it's almost always because of the context; if it's not, it's just a cut and paste of some remark the particular player heard and thought was funny.

Now I will admit that there are contexts where addressing someone as 'bitch' might be funny, but simply saying 'buff me, bitch' to some stranger at a computer screen who might be a thousand miles away is not one of those contexts.

If you were to walk up to Brian Urlacher and say 'give me an autograph, bitch,' that might actually be funny.

[Akame]

Yea, that kind of behavior certainly reminds me not to expect much from humanity. Training I'll need in life.

[Extunarian]

^^^
I want to roll a cleric so I can use this line :-)