On toxicity in forums

[LunaFaye]

the forums are nothing in comparison to the actual in game toxicity on some servers, and I am not talking during high end raid content with statics etc., simple things from somebody asking a question in zone/region chat, entry level dungeons aka satasha and tam tara (others as well, but not going to name them all), all the way up to just walking through a city with the wrong glamour that day.

We experiencing that for a while, in fact in the last years it always occurred during summer break, teens are allowed to play during that time it seems as well as WoW having mostly no content patches during that time, leaving the players we normally don't encounter bored and with FFXIV's promotions all the time, as well as huge expansion packs right during that time, makes this game appealing to a lot of different genres.

And while it's very frustrating and annoying, it mostly ends right at the start of September, that's when most of us veterans even return after having taken a break during the non enjoyable summer times. But every year as mentioned above it gets worse, don't know why and I don't care much about the reason even, plenty of these players stick with the game and find lots of followers when it comes to promoting "their" style of game.

It's sad to see but that's how the gaming world works. You either have to ignore/tolerate it, find a other game you can enjoy till the crowd catches up on that one, or be more toxic and rude than your counter part. Not that this is going to help the overall behavior, but it might make you feel less frustrated if you "won" that keyboard battle. I know for some of my friends that's the only way to react, without it they would have quit already years ago.

It was just a matter of time that it effected the forums as well, however it isn't new, I've mentioned it so many times in the past, saying that some people just argue for the sake of arguing, and if they don't like the answer they are given, they are very quick to report your post.

Others just respond in the new trendy way, if you're not familiar with it, let me show you some word/sentence examples as in "git gud, scrub". Back in the day we had the words l33t or 1337 and other terms, they weren't funny in the 90's but somehow now they are picked back up, and younger generation thinks they are funny or "powerful", when in reality it's nothing but annoyance and a reason we older gamer's retired these words and behavior already back in the day.

Another example are some streamers, and I am not saying all of them, started off as good information given to beginners or even veterans and being a very valuable addition to the community itself. But hey money and sex pays/sells in every industry correct, yep this one too, now these people turned into let's bash others because my subscribers/patrons are the ones I talked about above, and it will swap more and more into the game, thinking that this is a good way to communicate. Deep down they know it's wrong, in fact I talked to some of them just recently, and they don't want to be like that but that's their job, they get paid for streaming or sponsored content reviews. Sometimes you have to make the decision what's more important in life.

Never ending circle, and yes I am rambling again and I might even get banned for it again, because somebody couldn't accept the truth. Needless to say, if nobody says something, this bs is going to go on and will eventually get worse. Some F2P games have less toxicity in comparison, and these games actually have content that's worth competing about lol.

In general, maybe people should keep in mind that while it's the internet, you can have different opinions and even if you're not agree with each other, there should be some kind of basic respect. You won't behave like this in IRL, because the outcome would be very differently, but somehow the internet makes common sense disappear, along with manners and general social interactions.

Edit: Before somebody starts the argument again about looking at other games and compare them, I am not interested because I don't play other game at the moment, I am playing this game and therefore I will look at this forum or in game behavior, also the excuse is getting very old on top of that....