Time to hang it up?

[Ardeth]

I used to be on Mateus. It was the best and worst server to be on. I found lots of great people who were fun to play with, but it was also filled with a lot of positive toxicity and social drama. People would start cancellation campaigns (mass reporting people) over the smallest slights if they were disliked by the wrong person. FCs would detonate over innocuous jokes, etc... I know that's an issue everywhere, but IDK why, Mateus took it to another level.

It's just frustrating when you're actively trying to be positive. I just want to play the game. I don't want to deal with other people's dirty laundry. And what makes it worse is nobody is willing to give you the slightest courtesy otherwise. Like even saying, "Hello." At the start of a dungeon is rare anymore. Even staying long enough to get commendations out is rare. I've been playing since 2013, and it was really bad back then as well. I just expected after all this time and the multitude of communication apps that we as a playerbase would be more social and less selfish, but here we are. I'm in a group of people who care more about the reward than the gameplay. More about the wasted time than the comradery of it all.

It stinks. If I wanted to play with children like this, I'd go play Wow. At least in Wow, the aggression is more out in the open where I can deal with it easier.

I'm just tired of it all. I am actively starting to hate a game with a narrative of positivity because of all the negativity. And all I want to do is log on to play shoot the shit be friendly. I hate this.

And I know nice blog is coming, but it I spilt my heart on the table here.