DPS meters and why they're necessary

[NintenPyjak64]

I don't mind a personal parser only seen by each player but then it'll still incite others to say "what's your DPS?" If you try to join say a SCoB Pug group who're formed mainly of an FC.

Let me ask you this one question: Let's say a party like that did show up, if you're confident with your numbers, then why not show them? To refuse will tell me that you probably know you're playing badly and don't want to improve.

Parsers are here for improvement. I used Recount in WoW countless times to see how I stand on my main and have only improved, even after I skipped to level 90 and became overwhelmed.

My final note: The most common theme I'm seeing in these entire forums is that parsers will make the community worse. How will a TOOL make the community worse? To blame a TOOL is like blaming a GUN for killing people. Guns don't kill people, the person USING the gun (for malicious intent) kills people. I'm all for adding parsers for self improvement, and if you see somebody being a D-bag about it, Report it and move on.