Why is doing things as fast as possible bad?

[Lyrinn]

Hate towards speedruns is actually a product of speedrunners hating on everyone who doesn't speed run. Recent example is Brayflox, tanks who were not used to speedrunning or didn't want to would get harassed for not doing large pulls, inexperienced healers would get harassed for not keeping the tank alive during huge pulls, DPS would get harassed for not doing enough damage, etc.

If everyone got along from the start, I'm sure there would be no problems with speedrunning.

[Kayo]

Hate towards speedruns is actually a product of speedrunners hating on everyone who doesn't speed run. Recent example is Brayflox, tanks who were not used to speedrunning or didn't want to would get harassed for not doing large pulls, inexperienced healers would get harassed for not keeping the tank alive during huge pulls, DPS would get harassed for not doing enough damage, etc.

If everyone got along from the start, I'm sure there would be no problems with speedrunning.

This. Speedrunners started it ... and continue to be the biggest asshats in the game. Content is there to be done, not be skipped. If you want to speedrun, go for it, its definitely not against the games rules. However take it upon yourself to find like-minded players, not force some random player to sacrifice his enjoyment because you cant spare 5-10 minutes on a damned video game.

[Risvertasashi]

This. Speedrunners started it ... and continue to be the biggest asshats in the game. Content is there to be done, not be skipped. If you want to speedrun, go for it, its definitely not against the games rules. However take it upon yourself to find like-minded players, not force some random player to sacrifice his enjoyment because you cant spare 5-10 minutes on a damned video game.

Hate towards speedruns is actually a product of speedrunners hating on everyone who doesn't speed run. Recent example is Brayflox, tanks who were not used to speedrunning or didn't want to would get harassed for not doing large pulls, inexperienced healers would get harassed for not keeping the tank alive during huge pulls, DPS would get harassed for not doing enough damage, etc.

If everyone got along from the start, I'm sure there would be no problems with speedrunning.

These two nailed it. SRs definitely aren't bad but aren't for everyone. But you get a lot of harassment*/vote kick abuse from speed runners if you're not comfortable with it/good at it. And twelve help you if you want to watch cutscenes your first time through a story dungeon.

* Not light criticism either. Like cussing out and stuff. I even saw one guy tell a female character (no idea what gender the player was) she should quit because girl gamers can't do anything right, only with much less politeness.