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06-23-2019, 08:09 PM
Crystal_Raven

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Originally Posted by icrot

Former WoW player here.

Why the hate and conspiracy regarding WoW's playerbase? I started to play this game 4 months ago and the amount of hate I have seen in the forums and in-game is worrying. I mean, its community ain't perfect, I know, but it feels like you have something against it.

Most of FF14 players want a scapegoat.

They don't want to admit the community itself can be pretty toxic, so they blame WoW players for it.
06-23-2019, 08:16 PM
Kaedan

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Originally Posted by icrot

I mean, its community ain't perfect, I know, but it feels like you have something against it.

As a former WoW player as well, I can say yes, I do have something against it. "The community ain't perfect" is possibly the most major understatement I've seen of the year so far.

And since a small group or even an individual can pull off DDoSs, it's not that far fetched to think that a rabid, WoW-worshipping fan or small group would have motivation to do so.

Not saying it's definitely WoW players, but it's a distinct possibility. Along with players of any other competitor's game.
06-23-2019, 08:38 PM
Lemuel81

a whole lot of assumptions and no evidence. hmm interesting.
06-23-2019, 08:55 PM
Crystal_Raven

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Originally Posted by Lemuel81

a whole lot of assumptions and no evidence. hmm interesting.

Considering I just got disconnected again, for the 4th time today, and I've only been online for 2 hours, along with the majority of my friends, I'd say that's pretty clear something is very very wrong.
06-23-2019, 11:00 PM
Kurando

If it keeps happening to you then make a report in the Tech Support section rather than making assumptions, affected friends can also come to the forums and contribute to your thread there. Won't get much dev attention in General Discussion.
06-23-2019, 11:19 PM
zeylos

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Originally Posted by Senn

Must be those darn male viera supporters at it again.

everything wrong with the game is due to those darn male viera supporters.
I even saw someone say on twitter that a male viera supporter destroyed a world :D
We are powerfull
06-23-2019, 11:31 PM
Driavna

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Originally Posted by Crystal_Raven

Most of FF14 players want a scapegoat.

They don't want to admit the community itself can be pretty toxic, so they blame WoW players for it.

Pretty much projection.
06-23-2019, 11:38 PM
Camiie

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Originally Posted by Kaedan

That's actually probably not far from the truth. I wouldn't doubt for a second there's a group of rabid WoW players out there that would be willing to DDoS SE out of spite because it's out-competing Blizzard

Since when have leet haxorz script kiddies needed a reason?
06-24-2019, 12:57 AM
mario710

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Originally Posted by Drayce1

Its the Whinecraft fanboys trying to get their refugees back.

The mental gymnastics people will pull to validate their own egos is astonishing.

Can both games co-exist and compete without hindering one another? I would say yes. It's healthy for the genre.

Assuming you aren't joking, fomenting enmity doesn't help the situation at all.
06-24-2019, 01:05 AM
mario710

Are people looking for a scapegoat (as stated by someone earlier) or are they aroused when they instigate tensions in the community?

I feel like it's the latter. Gross.
06-24-2019, 01:43 AM
Titor

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Originally Posted by mario710

Are people looking for a scapegoat (as stated by someone earlier) or are they aroused when they instigate tensions in the community?

I feel like it's the latter. Gross.

As someone that has long term played both wow and XIV let me tell you... the toxic community I think of isn’t wow.
06-24-2019, 02:37 AM
Reimmi

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Originally Posted by Crystal_Raven

Most of FF14 players want a scapegoat.

They don't want to admit the community itself can be pretty toxic, so they blame WoW players for it.

I mean, i came from wow, and i can say with 98% certainty that WoW was waaaay more toxic.
They both have their good and bad eggs, but i've run into far less nastiness since making the switch.
06-24-2019, 03:51 AM
Merryl

1 am central every farking day this week so far.
06-24-2019, 04:00 AM
Taramin

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Originally Posted by Alestorm

Wouldn't be a shocker here either, They have the worst fan base I've ever seen. They would sooner blame themselves for Blizzard's duck ups than admit it might just be Blizzard has become a trash company.

As someone who just let his BfA sub lapse, HAAAAAAAA! What have you been reading? The WoW community is trashing Blizz left right and center!

Is nobody around here able to see the wow forums/reddit?

...do you not have phones?
06-25-2019, 03:21 AM
Drayce1

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Originally Posted by mario710

The mental gymnastics people will pull to validate their own egos is astonishing.

Can both games co-exist and compete without hindering one another? I would say yes. It's healthy for the genre.

Assuming you aren't joking, fomenting enmity doesn't help the situation at all.

Naw fam. Not joking at all. The toxicity of the vocal minority on this forum is rainbows and sunshine compared to whinecraft. But me personally? I hate Whinecraft with every cell in my body for what it did to the mmo genre, what its been doing to xiv, and I litterally get nauseated anytime I see a Whinecraft video of any kind.

Ill drink and celebrate for an entire month when that abomination finally dies.
06-25-2019, 03:30 AM
Aramina

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Originally Posted by Taramin

As someone who just let his BfA sub lapse, HAAAAAAAA! What have you been reading? The WoW community is trashing Blizz left right and center!

Is nobody around here able to see the wow forums/reddit?

...do you not have phones?

To be fair, most (incorrectly) blame Activision rather than Blizzard... but yeah, they certainly do *not* blame themselves unless they are trying to push some sort of casual vs hardcore agenda.
06-25-2019, 03:37 AM
Dualblade

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Originally Posted by Aramina

To be fair, most (incorrectly) blame Activision rather than Blizzard... but yeah, they certainly do *not* blame themselves unless they are trying to push some sort of casual vs hardcore agenda.

TBF givin that Bungie appears to be going in a good direction after parting ways with them I don't blame people for blaming Activision. But the little bit I've seen from people tend to be blaming Blizzard when it comes to WoW.
06-25-2019, 03:41 AM
Aramina

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Originally Posted by Dualblade

TBF givin that Bungie appears to be going in a good direction after parting ways with them I don't blame people for blaming Activision. But the little bit I've seen from people tend to be blaming Blizzard when it comes to WoW.

Activision has no creative control over WoW, so that's why blaming them is incorrect. Very very very few people on official forums ever specifically blame Blizzard though.
06-25-2019, 03:44 AM
zeylos

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Originally Posted by Aramina

Activision has no creative control over WoW, so that's why blaming them is incorrect. Very very very few people on official forums ever specifically blame Blizzard though.

I think that it isn't fair to blame WoW fans tho, considering how many yoshiP fanboys we have on our community,it only makes sense they also have many blizzard fanboys
06-25-2019, 03:51 AM
Mingqin

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Originally Posted by Aramina

To be fair, most (incorrectly) blame Activision rather than Blizzard... but yeah, they certainly do *not* blame themselves unless they are trying to push some sort of casual vs hardcore agenda.

Not entirely true, I mean, there are some, but most of the well constructed posts I've seen on the WoW reddit are directed at Blizzard and especially at Ion Hazzikostas, the games director. Activision flaming is usually on the WoW forums themselves but even then it's still mostly directed at Blizzard.

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Originally Posted by zeylos

I think that it isn't fair to blame WoW fans tho, considering how many yoshiP fanboys we have on our community,it only makes sense they also have many blizzard fanboys

YoshiP plays a lala, how can you seriously respect someone like that? Disgusting behaviour, my dude. :P
06-25-2019, 03:52 AM
Aramina

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Originally Posted by zeylos

I think that it isn't fair to blame WoW fans tho, considering how many yoshiP fanboys we have on our community,it only makes sense they also have many blizzard fanboys

I wasn't saying blame the players, I am saying people should blame Blizzard (not Activision) for the poor choices made in regards to WoW. Blizzard is not some poor little thing being taken advantage of by the big evil Activision like people claim.
06-25-2019, 06:39 AM
AnnaRosa

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Originally Posted by Drayce1

Naw fam. Not joking at all. The toxicity of the vocal minority on this forum is rainbows and sunshine compared to whinecraft. But me personally? I hate Whinecraft with every cell in my body for what it did to the mmo genre, what its been doing to xiv, and I litterally get nauseated anytime I see a Whinecraft video of any kind.

Ill drink and celebrate for an entire month when that abomination finally dies.

https://media.giphy.com/media/Fy7pJEV9rFo0o/giphy.gif
06-25-2019, 08:51 AM
Drayce1

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Originally Posted by AnnaRosa

https://media.giphy.com/media/Fy7pJEV9rFo0o/giphy.gif

Got my Jack Daniels and disoronno ready to go too.
06-26-2019, 08:01 PM
DamianFatale

At least it started early rather than at launch. That means they can mitigate it sooner.
06-27-2019, 09:13 AM
Shurrikhan

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Originally Posted by Drayce1

But me personally? I hate Whinecraft with every cell in my body for what it did to the mmo genre

To have (not at all single-handedly, but very significantly) birthed it from obscurity into a familiar term and widely loved genre?

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Originally Posted by zeylos

I think that it isn't fair to blame WoW fans tho, considering how many yoshiP fanboys we have on our community,it only makes sense they also have many blizzard fanboys

I have yet to meet a Ion fanboy/fangirl. The guy picks up more flak than would a zeppelin over wartime London. Much of it deservedly. The WoW official forums most hays are comprised of one half hatred for the dev team, one sixth hatred for Blizzard, and one third hatred for Ion himself.

I have seen literal shrines to Yoshi-P. Ion dares to scapegoat or red herring an issue and he's downvoted into oblivion and even his mother's name likely sullied. Yoshi-P does the same and is praised for it.

The difference, I suspect, is that the typical WoW player has either played longer personally or spent their formative years in the franchise among those who have, and skepticism and (the ability for) close analysis both increase in frequency with time invested in any given person, company, or franchise.

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