Online Bullying - A Dev request for a response and discussion

[Diavolo]

Haven't seen so many internet tough guys all in one thread.

It's nothing to do with being an internet tough guy. I just learned at an early age, thanks to my wonderful mother, that words only have as much power as you give them. If you give them no meaning, they have none. Being a veteran for my respective country, I can honestly say that someone talking trash on the internet is the least of my concerns. 9 times out of 10, they wouldn't say it face to face, so why lend it any mind?

[Xerich]

It's nothing to do with being an internet tough guy. I just learned at an early age, thanks to my wonderful mother, that words only have as much power as you give them. If you give them no meaning, they have none. Being a veteran for my respective country, I can honestly say that someone talking trash on the internet is the least of my concerns. 9 times out of 10, they wouldn't say it face to face, so why lend it any mind?

That doesn't mean that we should ignore it.

Just because you learned to take shit and walk away doesn't mean people should have to put up with this behavior.

Christ, think about something other than yourself for once.

[Diavolo]

That doesn't mean that we should ignore it.

Just because you learned to take shit and walk away doesn't mean people should have to put up with this behavior.

Christ, think about something other than yourself for once.

You don't even know me to make such a remark lol. Considering I have children and a girlfriend, I think about "something other than myself" quite a bit. Have a nice day.

[Xerich]

You don't even know me to make such a remark lol. Considering I have children and a girlfriend, I think about "something other than myself" quite a bit. Have a nice day.

Based on what you previously said, I think I can make a pretty good assessment.

You expect everyone to be the same as you, react the same as you, and feel the same as you - sounds pretty selfish to me. Same as all of these other internet badasses.

Everyone has the same background and experience with bullies/trolls/theinterwebs right? Let's ignore the problem. THAT will fix it.

[Diavolo]

Based on what you previously said, I think I can make a pretty good assessment.

You expect everyone to be the same as you, react the same as you, and feel the same as you - sounds pretty selfish to me. Same as all of these other internet badasses.

Everyone has the same background and experience with bullies/trolls/theinterwebs right? Let's ignore the problem. THAT will fix it.

Again with the assumptions. You don't know my expectations. You got a snippet and think you know the entire book. The hypocrisy is strong in this one.

[Nica]

It's nothing to do with being an internet tough guy. I just learned at an early age, thanks to my wonderful mother, that words only have as much power as you give them. If you give them no meaning, they have none. Being a veteran for my respective country, I can honestly say that someone talking trash on the internet is the least of my concerns. 9 times out of 10, they wouldn't say it face to face, so why lend it any mind?

There are certainly times when one should just walk away, but in this case, you also have the choice to *****slap them on your way out by reporting them, and I see no reason why one shouldn't.

Being a veteran myself, I see absolute zero relation between what goes on in the sandbox and how I respond to trolls in a MMO.

[Diavolo]

There are certainly times when o e should just walk away, but in this case, you also have the choice to *****slap them on your way out by reporting them, and I see no reason why one shouldn't.

Being a veteran myself, I see absolute zero relation between what goes on in the sandbox and how I respond to trolls in a MMO.

I never said not to report them. I merely said don't let them personally affect you as they've no relevance to you as a person or your life. The relation was that there are much harsher things in this world than some kid on the internet talking trash because of his own personal inadequacies.

[Lemuria]

It's nothing to do with being an internet tough guy. I just learned at an early age, thanks to my wonderful mother, that words only have as much power as you give them.

Sorry, but I really dislike the 'ignore it and it will go away' mentality. Just because you refuse to believe it's a legitimate problem, doesn't mean it isn't one. People pay to enjoy the game, not be insulted by the lowest dregs of humanity and certainly not by the idiots who were in the initial posted screenshot.

I'm fine with criticisms, but if you're type who stands by while someone is receiving verbal abuse then you're as much a part of the problem as the antagonist is. You stated you have children, and I very much doubt that you would stand idly by while your child is receiving that level of abuse. You wouldn't let your kid be attacked, so why do we tolerate it just because it's online? Sorry, but I don't see a distinction.