Toxic Mentor Problem

[Mikhaill]

Yikes, what happened since then?
I just want people to know, she didn't mention have any disabilities whatsoever until after
my reply to Churro (which she then deleted and added it to the OP). So no one knew anything about it.
Don't come here playing the victim and starting crap please, just to make it seem we were picking on
anyone with disabilities. You're taking one bad experience too far.
Move on, play the game and go on about your life.

[Barraind]

Playerbase: MENTORS ARE MEAN AND GIVE ADVISES WHEN I DONT WANT IT OMG DONT TELL ME HOW TO PLAY EVEN IF IM SUPERBAD AND DYING ALL THE TIME DONT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HOW I CAN IMPROVE UNLESS I ASK FOR IT YOU TOXICAS SPOS MENTOR OMGGGGGGGGGGGG

Same Playerbase: MENTORS ARE MEAN OMGGGGZ THEY DONT FREELY OFFER ADVICE WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE STRUGGLING AND SHOULDNT THEY DO THAT IF THEYIRE MENTORS HOW BAD R U OMG?!?!?!

[NessaWyvern]

Anyone going to make a thread on toxic sprouts next? :P
There was a few on behemoth, involving public, unwanted sexual advances by sprouts on female players in the novice network.

Also that one sprout every week that rages about everybody being trolls if their question isn't answered fast enough, or if we answered their question, but it turns out they meant something completely different.

For context, I don't wear my crown, but I do like chilling in NN from time to time, answering questions and just chatting to the community.

[Fluffernuff]

Theres been far more toxicity and damage done by those attacking mentors,


...than bad mentors have done themselves.


"ALL X NEED to be Y!" is somehow ok, now?

[Kobalos]

Yeah there's a lot of toxic mentors out their but don't let that put you off. Alot are also whiling to help and give advise. Though I am reminded of that time I was lvling my sprout alt and got a low lvl dungeon with two mentors (Tank and healer) who spend the entire time bickering between themselves and letting each other die >.<

[rachcouture]

All these threads ever do is prove to me that, while there's no doubt a handful of mentors with bad attitudes, the toxicity issue far more lies on reluctant mentees. Some of these replies are genuinely immature and needlessly spiteful towards people that actually do try their best to help.

[Nariel]

I think the best solution is to change the crown icon to something ridiculous or even delete it completely.

The "look I have a crown in my name" crowd won't bother mentoring and won't throw discredit on actual helpfull mentor who probably don't care much about having an icon anyway.

#notallmentor

[hasana]

I think the best solution is to change the crown icon to something ridiculous or even delete it completely.

The "look I have a crown in my name" crowd won't bother mentoring and won't throw discredit on actual helpfull mentor who probably don't care much about having an icon anyway.

#notallmentor

I know a word very closed to crown that will fit most of them perfectly.

[Nariel]

I know a word very closed to crown that will fit most of them perfectly.

They often have the attire but they rarely are funny :-(.

[rachcouture]

I think the best solution is to change the crown icon to something ridiculous or even delete it completely.

The "look I have a crown in my name" crowd won't bother mentoring and won't throw discredit on actual helpfull mentor who probably don't care much about having an icon anyway.

#notallmentor

Then how do you differentiate between someone that's a mentor and someone that isn't? I actually have been asked questions before because I leave the status set.