Online Bullying - A Dev request for a response and discussion

[Euramon]

The duty finder seems to be full of a**holes. We had a tank that would run off when a mob was at a quarter health and pull more mobs. Then yell at the healer because they weren't healing him (well if your out of range its hard). We get to the last boss, wipe once then beat him. He says "Your welcome" then "I cry for the tank that has to tank for you next" and leaves. We wrote him off as a jerk.

[Allido]

Honestly when people act like that, just laugh and tell them how delicious their tears are. Sure they will rage harder, but it just increases the comedic value of it all. I don't like what they do, I don't agree with it and a kick/report option would be welcome...But the fact of the matter is that it won't make it stop, I've been playing online games for many years and every single game has this issue.

That said all of my DF experiences thus far have been really good in terms of personality and for that I am thankful, though I'm sure my asshole group is just a click away.

[avaughnimous]

Honestly when people act like that, just laugh and tell them how delicious their tears are. Sure they will rage harder, but it just increases the comedic value of it all. I don't like what they do, I don't agree with it and a kick/report option would be welcome...But the fact of the matter is that it won't make it stop, I've been playing online games for many years and every single game has this issue.

That said all of my DF experiences thus far have been really good in terms of personality and for that I am thankful, though I'm sure my asshole group is just a click away.

Yes. This.

[ArmachiA]

He was being bully. But there are different extreme's to being a bully. If the guy in the picture had just kept saying "LOL dude you suck" that really wouldn't be against any rules and you could either blacklist him or leave the DF and just move on with your life.

The problem was when he started cursing and using the N-word. Which, is not only uncalled for, but against Square Enix's rules. We can scream 1st amendment rights all we want but A. This isn't an American company, and B. 1st Amendment rights are suspended when it's a private corporation. They have a legal right to ban you for any thing you said. Really. They could ban that guy for saying "LOL dude you suck" and they have every legal standing on their side.
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encycloped...q-29132-5.html

Telling someone to kill themselves isn't actually protected speech either:
http://elsterlaw.com/free-speech-first-amendment/

[luciferbelmont]

Hey guys I encourage you to all to go to system>Support Desk>Contact Us>Report Harassment. Last thing we want is this turning into LoL type of community, best thing we could do is make noise about it and show that we have zero tolerance against immature people who don't show respect. And remember you can always take a screen shot and go to http://support.na.square-enix.com/co...382&la=1&fty=2 and report harassment there too if you prefer that way. Don't let people treat you like dirt guys. Lets create a healthy community, and make it happen.

[Slambo]

The pathetic people who get off on this kind of chat need to be banned. End of story. There is no excuse to talk to other players like this.

Edit: I hate league of legends because I don't do MOBA's but from what I understand they police this trash. Banning someones level 50 or multiple level 50's is a great lesson to keep your mouth shut if you have nothing nice to say.

[Favaron]

Bullies

Duty finder is increasingly becoming a playhouse for these folk, attacking any player, new or old, not just for their performance or ability, but going as low as attacking race, gender, sexuality and god knows what else. They are not just 'trolls'.

Get over it. Black list them if you don't like it.

[Parodine]

Unfortunately I've been that really bad player before. It seems like it always takes me a while to get my barrings straight in a new dungeon because I don't want to rush ahead. Hell, I never even knew how to mark mobs before lvl 45. That was when someone politely taught me how. Most of my duty finder parties have been good and patient, but remember that instead of calling someone a 'noob' or worse, you could try teaching. I certainly appreciated it.

In any case, SE's policies are pretty clear regarding this game. If you're a douche, you're liable to get reported and potentially banned. And as a community, if we see it going on, we should step in and let them know it's not welcome. We reap what we sow. And remember that the freedom of speech is not the 'freedom to speak without consequence'.

[ChriskoOnAnotherLevel]

People these days really are lacking in self-esteem. If you let a few harsh words hurt you, maybe you should stop living under a rock.

Fact is you have people that care NOTHING for others that play this game and that goes BOTH ways.

You have people that verbally troll, you have people that totally lack the ability to preform simple mechanics regardless of number of tries and you have those that que for level 50 instances wearing level 35 gear.

So you picking the verbal abusers out of the crowd does little to nothing. If you watch someone wipe to the same mechanics 10x, you should be telling him he is failing.

If you are so weak spirited that you just ignore it and continue to wipe, maybe it is you who is the odd duck.

[kaiyouske]

Everyone needs to watch Bambi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wui-PNqJrxs