The gaslighting on this forum should stop

Seriously.

Many of you are psychopaths (OK, not actual psychopaths).

Go through any post, and you'll see gaslighting.

Always from the same people too. It is like this:

Person 1: Had a bad experience

Person 2: No. You made it up.

Person 1: No. It happened.

Person 2: I'll now stalk you and call you a liar every time you post.

Always the usual suspects. Even a year away from this forum, and those people are still hanging around willing to call people liars for the very real stuff that happened in the game. Seen it 4-5 times today.

Seriously. Get help. You have mental health issues if you're gaslighting people over a damn game.

We all need to accept that every poster on these forums is Titanmen. Including ourselves. Acceptance is the first step.

As an abuse survivor whose past abusers would gaslight me a lot, I agree. I will never understand why people are so quick to accuse others of making up the experiences they've went through ...

Why is it so hard for people to let others vent about their experiences without fear of that happening? And as you said, they need help. They truly do. Hurt people hurt people and it's not right!

there are a couple issues that the OP is either not aware of or ignoring...

1. there are forum users who will be for or against any post regarding the community, good or bad. this is a public forum, thats to be expected.
2. there have been many many posts in these forums without context, and once the context is known, its clear that the person originally posting was not "innocent" by any stretch of the imagination

dont get me wrong, any shape or form of abuse is wrong, and I have little doubt it happens in game. it should always be reported... period. SE should definitely come down harder than they do on the offenders.

that being said... why post to the forums? as you have pointed out, it is not a suitable place to do so. not only that, but it is almost certain to attract the attention of the people you dont want into tracking you down in game.

does the gaslighting need to stop, sure. will it? no, because people are people, not just FF14 people, but all people. the human race is not exactly topfilled with good examples of great altruistic behaviour. plus, as someone says, the obvious troll army on here comprises a vast majority of likely posters. how or why they need to run so many accounts for anything other than RMT is beyond me.

“No more gaslighting!!!”

Proceeds to call everyone psychopaths

Well played

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Originally Posted by Ivtrix

“No more gaslighting!!!”

Proceeds to call everyone psychopaths

Well played

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To be fair, I also said (OK, not actual psychopaths) or something. Of course, you ignored that point.

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Originally Posted by Ivtrix

“No more gaslighting!!!”

Proceeds to call everyone psychopaths

Well played

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That's not gaslighting though, just hyperbole (which the OP even acknowledges). (⑅ ‘﹃’ )

None of what you said ever happened you liar.

One day you'll realize that the actions of people across the world, on the Internet have no impact on you. At all~

I'll be rooting for ya!

"You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdD206eSv0

I realize some people are waaay too invested on the "community" (more than the actual game, in fact) that they would go to silly lengths to make sure that the FF14 community "saves face".

But on other hand, if you go to a public forum full of strangers just to vent, and besides that you (a)provide no evidence. (b) omit/alter facts or (c) demand to be treated a certain way. You're just asking for trouble.
And that applies everywhere, not just here.

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Originally Posted by Karious

We all need to accept that every poster on these forums is Titanmen. Including ourselves. Acceptance is the first step.

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Originally Posted by Karious

We all need to accept that every poster on these forums is Titanmen. Including ourselves. Acceptance is the first step.

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I reject this notion on the grounds that I refuse to believe anyone has that much disposable income to just blow on that many alt accounts.

And if they do, CAN A HROTH GET A HAND OUT!!!!

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Originally Posted by IckeDerTyp

One day you'll realize that the actions of people across the world, on the Internet have no impact on you. At all~

I'll be rooting for ya!

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This has always been a bullshit excuse. Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean people get a free pass to be jerks when interacting with other people.

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Originally Posted by PirateRyanG

Seriously.

Many of you are psychopaths (OK, not actual psychopaths).

Go through any post, and you'll see gaslighting.

Always from the same people too. It is like this:

Person 1: Had a bad experience

Person 2: No. You made it up.

Person 1: No. It happened.

Person 2: I'll now stalk you and call you a liar every time you post.

Always the usual suspects. Even a year away from this forum, and those people are still hanging around willing to call people liars for the very real stuff that happened in the game. Seen it 4-5 times today.

Seriously. Get help. You have mental health issues if you're gaslighting people over a damn game.

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They sure do act like psychos, the obsessive stalker kind.

I've never gone through someone's post history looking for "evidence" to use against someone in an internet argument. It's happened to me on this forum at least a dozen times now.

And this crap is always coming from the same people.

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Originally Posted by PirateRyanG

To be fair, I also said (OK, not actual psychopaths) or something. Of course, you ignored that point.

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Saying something offensive and then going "no not really lol" doesn't suddenly mean you didn't say it in the first place.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

Saying something offensive and then going "no not really lol" doesn't suddenly mean you didn't say it in the first place.

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No don’t worry it’s only hyperbole cause they said so

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No don’t worry it’s only hyperbole cause they said so

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No offense but [ insert most offensive thing here ].

It's pretty much that.

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Originally Posted by Renalt

No offense but [ insert most offensive thing here ].

It's pretty much that.

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I mean, you're one of the bullying gaslighters I'm talking about. .

I have certainly seen gaslighting on this forum before, though it normally is less akin to what the OP says, and more to do with how others behave and the factions that seem to form surrounding certain topics/people.

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Originally Posted by PirateRyanG

Always the usual suspects. Even a year away from this forum, and those people are still hanging around willing to call people liars for the very real stuff that happened in the game. Seen it 4-5 times today.

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I don't know, I must be really alienated from this mindset, because to me is wild how those people would waste so. Much. Energy with that kind of thing, and I'm not talking about the obvious Titantrolls and others alike, but actual serious posters who go out of their way with lenghty and elaborate answers (most of the time, at least) to belittle opinions and experiences that go against what they believe is good or right.

I would guess that this incessant activity makes them feel their "MVP" fantasy lol. Or maybe they think this is some sort of good social media, because this ancient-tech OF barely works for an engaging conversation about a subject.

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I'm so sick of this place. Too many bullies.

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