Quote Originally Posted by whiskeybravo View Post
Because direct verbal abuse of a player is equivalent to a dungeon taking 3 extra minutes?

Intelligent.
This quote below pretty much lays across what I was going for with what I said.

Quote Originally Posted by Skivvy View Post
Point is, if someone is being a twat, you don't stoop to their level. What good does that accomplish? All that will most likely happen is you'll end up in someone's story in the "Tales from DF" thread about this horrible sprout they ran into who wouldn't listen to advice, and claimed "you don't pay my sub!".

With that out of the way, I'm just going to point one more thing as well. Abuse aside (which I don't condone in the first place), I've seen enough in "Tales of DF" where someone simply points out what someone else is doing wrong, as neutrally as possible and they're given the "you don't pay my sub" line. Some people view being called out as harassment. In these forums alone, I've seen people accuse others of being toxic just for disagreeing plainly with them.

I'm not discounting the OP's complaints but at the same time, I can't discount the possibility that OP could take being called out as harassment either. Either way, "You don't pay my sub" does nothing in the neutral and abusive situation. The better solution is blacklist, report for abuse and walk away. You can view this as a sign of cowardice or flatmat if you want but at the end of the day, personally, I'd rather not escalate and risk putting myself in a position where now I end up saying things I should never say in the first place than doing it to prove something.