Online Bullying - A Dev request for a response and discussion

[HealBus]

Most of these people are probably just kids who get bullied IRL or just losers that don't have much going for them in real life so they take out frustrations online and try to get an ego-boost that way. Just ignore them or blacklist them. People who have a pretty good real life generally don't act this way online IMHO .

Basically this. In my old guild in WoW the nastiest people were generally the ones who had crap careers and no future prospects. It's easy to get mad about a game when your life is mediocre. Can't see it being much more different in this game.

[Strelnikov]

I generally just ignore them.

Its cause your huge and green and are tankish.. Everyone is afraid of making you mad :P

[Nica]

Screenshot/report it, and then move on or troll the db right back. Personally I wouldn't leave(hey, why should I have to suffer the time penalty?), so I'd probably troll back or just go afk and leave him talking to himself.

That being said, I don't see why one should just bend-over and take it like some have suggested here. We have our share of DBs and ragers in Eve, and I've always enjoyed it when the ragers gets temp or perma banned after throwing racial slurs or RL threats around - not because they hurt my feelings, but rather that not only did I get to farm their delicious tears, I also get to see them kick themselves where it hurts - their wallet.

[Blimbeard]

I genuinely pity anybody who read the bile in that twitter screenshot and thought that it was an acceptable piece of discourse. I'm an adult and have been on the internet more than long enough to not be bothered personally by such hateful drivel, but that doesn't mean it's justifiable in any way.

Online communites such as MMO's and social networking sites form a very substantial portion of the media used to communicate and socialise these days, so suggesting that they should not be subject to the same regulations that allow decent civlised people to converse without having to be insulted or threatened is frankly absurd.

It is the publishers responsibility to provide an avenue for reporting such abuse and taking the appropriate action, and it is that of the players to file such reports. If you encounter such behaviour and choose not to report it then this is your prerogative, but to state that people should just tolerate it is just plain wrong.

[kurokawa]

@OP:
Are you honestly blaming Duty Finder for this ?

No mate, I love duty finder. It's quality. Just trying to bring attention to where it's happening most.

Hopefully reminding people that this isn't call of duty or GTA V. It's rated 12, there are kids about and they'll get shafted by people who think it's cool to be abusive.

We probably can't stop it, but if enough people are aware, these dudes will eventually get banned and we can all move on.

[Moktor]

I am so sick of the term "bully." If my son gets bullied and suspended from school for kicking a bully's arse I won't even blink.

That being said...

This guy seriously needs to be reported. I am still amazed that S-E didn't bother to add a right-click report, vote-kick, or any number of "standard" anti-grief measures. It isn't like this is Eve, you can't just (electronically) stab the guy in the throat and find someone to replace him. That dude was simply off his meds.

I like to tank, I would have taken that opportunity to tell him to piss off, then I would have gone AFK.

BTW, this isn't about calling someone out for being bad, this is about someone going off the deep end in a game that is brand new and people are still learning. I have gotten used to people learning slower than me, just as there are people who run circles around me.

Oh well, just keep playing. Let them have the heartburn of getting bent out of shape over a game.

[Crica]

SE doesnt have the manpower to be everyone's momma and make them play nice with other ppl

if you dont like who you are grouped with, leave the group and put them on your blist

if you dont want ANY chance AT ALL to group with players whom you may not like, stop using a tool that groups you with RANDOM ppl and instead FORM YOUR OWN GROUPS

also, take comfort in the knowledge that the person you blisted is not going to get that dungeon done just like you are not - so either they learn to play nice so ppl will stay in a group with them or they DONT GET TO FINISH DUNGEONS with random ppl

however, since you are a nice person, you have FRIENDS you can run dungeons with when RANDOM ppl are grinding your nerves

there, that simple

carry on

[Malbeth]

I don't really buy the whole argument that some people just like to be dicks on the internet. If you're trash on the internet then you're trash in real life. I still can't figure out why MMO's attract such dicks. This is a fantasy game, not the NFL (not that all football fans are dicks).

Side Note on Duty Finder:
I would love to see a tick box you could check that flags you as a newbie to the instance. And then also have a filter that people could use to either not allow newbie, allow only newbies, or a mix of both.

[Z3M0G]

I would like to see such offensive people banned from using the Duty Finder.

Side Note on Duty Finder:
I would love to see a tick box you could check that flags you as a newbie to the instance. And then also have a filter that people could use to either not allow newbie, allow only newbies, or a mix of both.

This would be nice.

[Vaer]

Adding people to blacklist should block their entire account from being matched with you in the Duty Finder in the future.