I think many of us aren't really looking at the underlying cause. Being cute is one thing. Sometimes people think its a prank on whatever, or they think its clever, or they're just poking a friend, oblivious to the fact there are others seeing it too.

But then you have the ones. You all know who I'm talking about. The ones who do it strictly for attention. They are going out of their way to annoy every stranger around them. They want a response.. any response, good or bad. They suffer from some sort of attention withdrawal. What should be done about these people? They're actions are hurting themselves. They honestly have a problem. Thankfully there isn't many. But they still exist.

I'm not bringing this up because I believe SE needs to remove them. That doesn't fix the problem. They honestly need some sort of help. When I played another game a while back. One such individual was the general chat troll. He'd emote into the chat that he was making bodily functions. Would go on and on about how another game was better than said game the chat was apart of. As well as say other outrageous things as bait. I would say about half the people in the general chat put him on ignore. About a quarter took the bait and got trolled, while the last quarter simply watched with some mild amusement at best or simply tuned it out.

One evening for whatever reason, there just wasn't many online or simply less people were taking the bait. But not much if any chatter was going on and he tried to stir up some crazy discussion on whatever political issue was abound. No one responded. He tried to tone it down by making a game reference. Again, no one responded. He did one of his silly emotes in chat. No one responded. He went silent for a few minutes before going on this tirade about how no one is speaking. He got more desperate when again.. no one responded.

Most of his chatter after that was incoherent and eventually he logged off. Truth be told. I wasn't sure if I'd see him online again. And there wouldn't be any way to tell if he hurt himself or another. That was a bit scary, and mostly sad to think about.

How many people out there are like that? Its just weird and sad to say the least. And unfortunately no solution in sight. Pretty much ignore them and hope they don't hurt themselves.

Quote Originally Posted by Makarrov View Post
I'm guilty of this from time to time. I forget what the animations for the emotes look like so I go through some to look at them.
I actually go to an innroom to do this. Just so I don't spam others.