Parsers

[Maelwys]

I never said running a parser in itself was bullying. But in CT and primals I have seen many people bully and harass because someone was parsing low.

Yes, you can be bullied over the internet. Just because it's not face to face doesn't mean anything.

Actually they're substantially less personal (it largely doesn't matter to the instigator who their target is) but it happens a lot more (due to the anonymity and lack of any social repurcussions). This takes many forms - one is forum flaming, another is in-game trolling/harrassment. And finally, some people just LOVE to fling verbal poop at anyone they consider "an opponent" - trash talk in online PVP games is the ultimate culmination of this.

All this is (I'm serious) known as the Greater Internet F**kwad Theory.
And a classic example of it is the post right above this one.

Link to original source (I'm not posting a direct image, since language used is NSFW)