What is wrong with this community?

[Raxion]

It's easier to be negative than to contribute constructively.

How about no contribution whatsoever, then? That's even easier than being negative.

[Lucroarna]

Is this a trend? You meet a few bad eggs, and you think the whole community is like that.

This happens 3/4 times in a random DF run.

Don't know what rock you're hiding under, but this is what's happening.

The OP is correct.

Anyone who can actually muster up an excuse for being exclusively negative on the internet is merely hiding behind a mental wall of insecurity and inability to socialize with other human beings. It's easier to break the law, but it's legal to not do it. That isn't logic to follow.

[EQBallzz]

Just my two cents, but I don't believe a game molds the community.

I disagree. Most MMOs now indirectly encourage bad behavior by making the content so accessible that there are little to no consequences for being a jerk. Back in EQ1 there were certainly a-holes but there was a serious price to pay if you got a bad reputation on your character. Train people, kill steal, be a loot-whore, act like a d-bag and your reputation would quickly be known across the server and prevent you from getting into any decent guild or finding groups which was a huge deal. Now not so much.

I know MMOs have changed significantly since then but the environment in that game most certainly molded the community and it's one of the things that made EQ great. It's a shame no developers have figured out a way to make current MMOs less "hardcore" while still maintaining that same sense of community.

[Kirhs]

How about no contribution whatsoever, then? That's even easier than being negative.

You know whats even easier? Reading what someone has previously posted in the thread before putting your own foot in your mouth in your haste to get off a quick one liner.

EDIT.

And you know what you're a perfect example of why the duty finder is so toxic. It starts with one little snippy thoughtless remark at someone and then the snowball starts. Though being a GLD class certainly could explain some of it.

[jbizzi]

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AncientCetra has it right.

It doesn't matter what game you play, industry you work in or hobby you partake, the world is full of disingenuous people. Those people play video games too.

Individual perception (especially in an anonymous situation) is often more negative than seen in reality. There are the older generations of gamers, or the "well back in my day" folks and the newer generations since them. There is no level of respect between gamers now because everyone feels they are entitled to a personal experience and you are ruining it for them. This builds up over time and with so many people involved in a single community, we are bound to see tempers flare. There is no real repercussion to their behavior like there would be in life where everyone just wants to "fit in."

[Payadopa]

Because they're a decent human being?

Do you go around wasting random people's time and trashing talking the hell out of them for nothing, in your day-to-day life? Common courtesy doesn't stop at the border of your keyboard. People seem to forget that there's actual people behind the character.

It's comments like that that seriously restore my faith in human beings. Thanks! I mean it.

[cooler989]

What community?

[Aldwin]

What's wrong is, people sit in que, sometimes for 20-30 minutes +, then they run into players who either, afk, aren't geared at all (they did fates for 30 levels and que in with level 5 gear), or they just don't have any experience playing their role.

Just 5 minutes ago, I que'd into stone vigil as whm. Tank pulls the first pull (if you're familiar with the place, the first pull has like, 5 mobs). I cast Cure 1 on him about 3 seconds after he pulls, he doesn't flash. 3 enemies come for me, takes about 45 seconds but then, I die.

Yep, I left, they can find someone else to help them.

[Raxion]

You know whats even easier? Reading what someone has previously posted in the thread before putting your own foot in your mouth in your haste to get off a quick one liner.

EDIT.

And you know what you're a perfect example of why the duty finder is so toxic. It starts with one little snippy thoughtless remark at someone and then the snowball starts. Though being a GLD class certainly could explain some of it.

Well I'm sorry if you took my statement as some sort of personal attack, but it wasn't. I made a counter-statement to yours, nothing more.

Is it not factual that it's easier to contribute nothing, rather than negativity? You definitely interpreted my statement incorrectly.

[KPang]

Every MMO I play now I expect rude and toxic behavior. It's unfortunate that the internet as a medium also breeds that of behavior because of it's ability to protect the user's anonymity. I suppose it's just the way some folks take advantage.

But I don't mind the "community" so much because I just ignore the idiots. There are people that exist that don't lose themselves to the power of stupidity over a keyboard and I think that the silent majority of people are normal and the ones that act stupid instantly jade your perceptions because that's all you see. I've met plenty of decent people but they're usually random across groups.

Keep playing, there are plenty of good people around--just don't expect them to drop in your lap though. If you don't play with friends you can trust finding a core group of people takes effort. I wouldn't jump in a FC or linkshell and expect to become best friends overnight--it could happen but in general trust is built not given. Good luck.