Animosity with World of warcraft players who still like the game?

[AriesDaBeeh]

I just want to mention I am in no way a "wow player" any more then I'm a "guild wars player" or a "xiv player" I tend to play any and every mmo that comes out and I enjoy most of them as long as they're not predatory and p2w.

With that being said I've come across multiple instances when mentioning that me liking "All mmos" and that wow is included in that all makes me a "wow player". I'm sure nobody is going to deny that some people hate wow. some hate the players and some take enjoying that game or this game to almost be a political statement.

I've lost friends in this community for simply admitting to enjoying that game or not wanting to take place / enthuse in one of the hate circle jerks that seem to be full of people who cant get that game from being in their minds rent free. I've had people talk to me different because of my 'not negative' outlook towards the game. (Had a friend that ever since he learned I played and enjoyed wow couldn't help but use me as a outlet for ALL his grievances about that game and 'how bad it is and how bad I am for playing it' like a stress punching bag). Now I'm ashamed or just scared to even talk about my history in that game in this games community in fear of being run out again.

Lastly. I'm a believer of the concept that "A person who cares the most about something has the most to complain about it" I have a bunch of stuff I think could be better about this game like many of the other games I care about. but to the people who hear my suggestions and simultaneously know I play and enjoy wow. I'm suddenly the "Angry butt hurt wow player who should just go back to wow if I don't think this game is perfect". Like I could've mentioned I played every other mmo on the sun except wow and my statements would be valid but as long as wow is a game I've played suddenly I'm "that wow player"

I started playing wow 13 years ago because I was a kid and it looked fun. I played it now because it was nostalgic. wow kick started my love for videogames and all mmos as a whole. 12 year old me didn't pick the game up to be a part of some politics war today.

Didn't mean to rant just wanted to get my grievances out there. played xiv since hw so I'm not really a refugee.. but any other refugees been experiencing these issues and this silly "game war"

[Izscha]

There is absolutly nothing wrong to play or like WoW.
There would not be a FF XIV to begin with without all the wow influence it got to jp devs over the years anyway.
But yeah simply ignore any idiot that would trashtalk you because you play and enjoy this game.
And dunno over the past couple of months i do read a lot of stuff about "WoW refugees" with ppl looking down on them like they're better human being by playing this game and not this one, which is hilarous.

[LisSquid]

Not me, personally, but I have had to beat down quite a lot of silly incidents like this in the communities I help run.

Remember everyone: It's not only alienating to people you don't know to be so viciously hostile, but everyone thinks you're a huge downer, and not fun to be around. Being a negative Nancy isn't attractive.

[BaconBits]

MMO tribalism carries the same kind of energy as console wars, they're both equally worthless.

The fact that certain people feel the need to dunk on others or outright cut ties with friends because their choice of video games don't align with one another is hilariously shallow, and I'll laugh at them every single time.

[AriesDaBeeh]

Worst people are always treating those who enjoy that game as just inherently nasty toxic people. and refugees as these damaged, fragile things that need to be healed from all the hurt they got back in azeroth >_>
Like. I'm a mentor in wow. I'd be a mentor here too if 2000 dungeons wasn't a pain to get done. I wouldn't consider myself toxic at all in either game and I don't personally know many people over there who are toxic.

Just wish people knew that stereotyping a whole game community as being these horrible people or damaged people in need of reform sounds just as toxic as what they're accusing.

[ryouma17]

I've lost friends in this community for simply admitting to enjoying that game

sounds like you dodged a bullet to me, not liking someone because of what game they play/like is childish and you are better off not associating yourself with them.

[Equitable_Remedy]

I just want to mention I am in no way a "wow player" any more then I'm a "guild wars player" or a "xiv player" I tend to play any and every mmo that comes out and I enjoy most of them as long as they're not predatory and p2w.

With that being said I've come across multiple instances when mentioning that me liking "All mmos" and that wow is included in that all makes me a "wow player". I'm sure nobody is going to deny that some people hate wow. some hate the players and some take enjoying that game or this game to almost be a political statement.

I've lost friends in this community for simply admitting to enjoying that game or not wanting to take place / enthuse in one of the hate circle jerks that seem to be full of people who cant get that game from being in their minds rent free. I've had people talk to me different because of my 'not negative' outlook towards the game. (Had a friend that ever since he learned I played and enjoyed wow couldn't help but use me as a outlet for ALL his grievances about that game and 'how bad it is and how bad I am for playing it' like a stress punching bag). Now I'm ashamed or just scared to even talk about my history in that game in this games community in fear of being run out again.

Lastly. I'm a believer of the concept that "A person who cares the most about something has the most to complain about it" I have a bunch of stuff I think could be better about this game like many of the other games I care about. but to the people who hear my suggestions and simultaneously know I play and enjoy wow. I'm suddenly the "Angry butt hurt wow player who should just go back to wow if I don't think this game is perfect". Like I could've mentioned I played every other mmo on the sun except wow and my statements would be valid but as long as wow is a game I've played suddenly I'm "that wow player"

I started playing wow 13 years ago because I was a kid and it looked fun. I played it now because it was nostalgic. wow kick started my love for videogames and all mmos as a whole. 12 year old me didn't pick the game up to be a part of some politics war today.

Didn't mean to rant just wanted to get my grievances out there. played xiv since hw so I'm not really a refugee.. but any other refugees been experiencing these issues and this silly "game war"

None of this is a real thing.

[Jeeqbit]

Seems a lot of people who quit it need an outlet. It happens in various chats in the game from time to time where someone just has to vent about wow instead of talking about this game.

[TaleraRistain]

The part I've always found ironic about the whole argument is that it isn't like WoW and XIV came out at the same time. WoW existed for almost 10 years before XIV. So there's a better than average chance that many early XIV players had played WoW at some point and migrated over from it. I know it was certainly true for me. My main MMO at the time I came over to XIV was WoW. And before WoW it was EverQuest II and I dallied in the CoX games, SWG, etc. So the hatred has always seemed really silly to me.

[AriesDaBeeh]

None of this is a real thing.

Huh? What do you mean by that?