SE's most difinitive statement yet on parsers

[Sebazy]

You suspected wrong and I'm not gonna bother naming every little god damn thing that's happened in pugs where people use parsers but are misinformed because they weren't paying attention to the fight itself to realize what really went wrong.

I hope you were at least a little proactive and reported these people? Don't get me wrong, whilst it could be said that I'm in the pro parser camp, I'm firmly against mindlessly bashing people with raw numbers. That only serves to breed the level of resent demonstrated in this thread. Try to remember you will never see the 'good' side of parsing in pugs because those people will generally keep quiet about it (as they should imo). Perhaps consider having a little more faith in your fellow human? Not all of us are a-hats you know

I am once again demanding proof for this "gloating, bullying" you people seem to be so fond off.
I have done years in mmo's with parsers/dps meters/whatever you call it and seen it rarely happen.

I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking this, perhaps I'm skewed by being a career healer, but I've been playing MMOs at the end game for the best part of 15 years (You'll find me as a contributor on the old Everquest slowing charts for example) and can think of very few occasions where people have openly bashed others over parser numbers. Even in WoW it seemed pretty rare to me, and I can promise you, I did plenty of pugging as I seem to find it strangely enjoyable!