This is the end.

[Jerichai]

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I am not taking anything out of context. Rice implied that having to put up with possible bullying and harassment is a higher requirement to using roulette. I simply do not agree that is the case, especially when showing common decency and respect towards your fellow players is largely not hard and built on common sense. I so often see people complain about duty roulette being ruined by 'unskilled players'...and yet rarely do they attempt to help improve the situation with constructive, helpful feedback. As I said before, my experience has shown that the vast majority are willing to take advice when it's not constructed in such a manor as to try and make them feel worthless or bad.

I do find it interesting that so many people are harping on the fact that the OP told the other Bard to not tell him how to play his job, but almost nothing with regards that the other Bard labeled them as 'worthless' simply for using ballad at an inopportune time. I don't know about you, but while both Bards' behaviors are far from pristine, I'd say mitigating someone's self worth over a video game is far more problematic and probably instigated the OP's reaction. Yes, we only have his word, but if we're going to build opinions based on his post, it's only fair to include the possibility that what the OP said is fully, or at least partly, the truth. Maybe it's not, but I personally have no reason to believe that there aren't at least some threads of validity in his comments.

But let's also consider another side of what potentially is happening. Yes, the OP is probably not playing optimally (welcome to the vast majority of people in expert roulette...only most of the time their mistakes aren't as obvious). How does labeling them worthless actually help the situation? How does trying to put down any team mate ever actually help? Because I've personally never seen it in any game. The more likely scenario, that person, or the group, will perform worse because everything has become too heated to focus well. Also, did anyone try to explain why what the OP was doing wrong. Such information could have helped them understand the criticism. Things like why the healer and DRK probably don't require the added regen effect of ballad...or how Foe's would be a bigger DPS boost for the healer. Again, going back to my previous statement, I find that the people who yell and scream at the lesser skilled players just want to do that; yell and scream but not actually try and improve things. And it frustrates me, because roulettes can provide a valuable 'in the field' learning experience if they let it be.

Call me a troll if you want, but I'm always going to call out those who act like an ass towards others for the sake of acting like an ass.