"Elitism" vs "Casualism"

[HyoMinPark]

This is what i was saying as well. I wrote it badly.

I see. Glad to have that clarified. That said, when you see bad or incorrect advice being given, do you attempt to correct it? Or do you stay silent? Staying silent just adds to the issue—in my opinion, you’re more guilty than the player giving the wrong advice if you don’t speak up and correct it. If you don’t know if the advice is correct or incorrect, obviously there is no fault to be had. But to deliberately silent while a player tells another player something wrong just makes you a part of the problem.

This would be a scenario where chiming in would not be bad, nor would it be rude or pretentious. It might very well be that the person giving the bad/incorrect advice had no idea they were in the wrong. By educating them, you not only improve their knowledge base, but you also improve the knowledge base of others should they pass along the correct advice in the future (indirectly, of course).

There’s a lot of bad advice that gets thrown around. It’s better to try and mitigate it as best as you can rather than let it flourish.

on other points i continue to disagree, but que sera

Then we’ll have to agree to disagree—but I’d say what’s more detrimental is this attitude that a portion of the community has that we have to coddle everyone and constantly walk on eggshells around them; that we can never, under any circumstance, tell someone that they’re doing something incorrectly. There are times and places where things need to be handled delicately—but giving advice in a video game is not one of those times.

If I’m doing something wrong, I’d prefer someone to tell me as opposed to removing me without a word (you never learn what the issue is when people are silent), or allowing me to continue playing incorrectly for even longer (that just builds bad habits). It would be more embarrassing for me to realize that I was playing in a subpar manner for several levels and through several instances than to have Billy point out “Hey, if you try doing this, things will die a bit faster” or “Hey, do this rotation and your damage will go up”. But I also don’t get overly upset and think I’m being personally attacked when someone offers advice or tips—provided that they are being respectful and constructive. You catch more bees with honey, after all.

I think some need to get it out of their head that a player offering advice is the same as “calling someone out” and “publicly shaming” them. I’m sure there are instances where the intent is to shame—I’m not naive enough to believe that people aren’t vindictive at times—but to lump everyone into having that intent is presumptuous on the part of those arguing against giving advice.