Honestly, there are a lot of people playing this (and other) mmorpgs who will one day wake up to the realization that kindness and tolerance from their fellow human beings is a much desired thing, to both get and to give. I ascribe the intolerance of new players to people who simply are really short on RL experience. LTP, noob? I always think to myself, but never say it, how about if you learn to be a decent human being and then we'll discuss the less important thing of learning to play a mere game.

I have a friend who plays this game going through cancer treatments and this is his way of getting away from things that are one hell of a lot more important and stressful than any mmo. It's just plain sad and discouraging when other players are hostile and rude when he makes a mistake ... and he's trying hard to do it all right, but nobody "knows it all up" until they've done it awhile. And even then, we humans can have an "off day" and not play perfectly.

I've actually considered giving up mmorpgs altogether, despite enjoying it for many years, due to the rudeness of S.O.M.E. people in the DF, etc. It makes me like people in general less and then I want to be as intolerant of them as they are of others. It can be a vicious cycle and I really am fighting it.