Harassment in gaming - Why it's a problem and ruining gaming and how it can be fixed.

Skryter

Skryter

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I'm fine with kids 15 and under (which includes me) playing games that their rating doesn't apply to as long as they have the maturity to stand the content they are viewing. Generally though most of the people in said age group are obnoxious pricks who'll just harass you due to their own inability to be mature, thank god most multiplayer games have a ignore option. This does not just apply to the previous age group, I've run into multiple adults with the intelligence of a 3 year old who reply in kind the situation at hand. I've also noted that an intelligent reply either Shuts them up, or makes them harass you more which unfortunately is the latter.

I will admit though that I have told quite a few kids to quote on quote, "Fuck Off" before said mute.
 
katphish

katphish

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Skryter said:
Thank god it's not brood war.
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I still have nightmares...
 
moondoggy23

moondoggy23

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Harassment in gaming is an issue that seems to becoming ever more prevalent from my own personal experience as well. I don't know if it due to the nature of the games being played today (overtly violent, life-like first-person shooters), the underlying culture of masculinity in the western world, or an over-abundance of younger teen-aged gamers who are hopped up on way too many hormones. From skimming the posts, it seems the major gripe stems from the CoD series. Honestly, the level of aggressive behavior from other gamers is one of the biggest turn offs I have for CoD now. Because of it's fast-paced gameplay and ingeniously simple level system, it's addicting to many people, and so many more play than Starcraft or LoL or some other genre.

Some playful trash talking is fun every so often, but when you're playing against (or even with) a group of guys who are relentless in the amount of trash they're talking and using incendiary language, it ruins the fun of the game. I always try to follow one simple rule when it comes to interactions online: Talk to them like you would if they were sitting in front of you. I doubt a lot of the people on line would ever dare say something to your face that they've said online.

People need to remember that it is just a game, and when it is turned off, anything you did there doesn't matter and so you shouldn't take it seriously.
 
GreenEarth

GreenEarth

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This is a side effect of gaming being casual now, I suggest using their rage against them, owning them in whatever match you are playing and moving on. When I used to play Quake 3 a couple years back, any raging would generally mean you aim worse and make all kinds of mistakes. The people who can keep their cool automatically have an advantage.
MrFrog90 said:
That is why you guys should play starcraft 2, the community is just so nice.
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I had some bad experiences during the beta, all my team members would fucking freak out if I did one thing wrong.
 
MrFrog90

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The game has evolved to a very civilized society where almost everyone says GG at the end of the game. Of course, there is always some douchebags that bm, but thats a minority.

People always blame others members when their team loses, it's never their fault.
 
Clayto1332

Clayto1332

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The people that do this are the ones that get picked on by their peers or treated like shit by their family. You can't get punched in the face through a television screen (yet). The people that take it personal are just making the problem worse.
 
Jazz007

Jazz007

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Damned kids. It's rated M for Mature, not Mommy Bought it for Me. [/old_joke]
YOUR MOM is so stupid, she can't even read a big, bold letter correctly. There. Your mom. *rubs in face like a squeaker would*

Anyways, Muting and /ignore and the like are wonderful things. It's just sad that when you finally make a successful report on that a-hole kid for something terribad, you don't always get to see them ban-hammered before your eyes.
 
Skryter

Skryter

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Jazz007 said:
Damned kids. It's rated M for Mature, not Mommy Bought it for Me. [/old_joke]
YOUR MOM is so stupid, she can't even read a big, bold letter correctly. There. Your mom. *rubs in face like a squeaker would*

Anyways, Muting and /ignore and the like are wonderful things. It's just sad that when you finally make a successful report on that a-hole kid for something terribad, you don't always get to see them ban-hammered before your eyes.
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One thing though, Maturity isn't defined by age.
 
TheXraptor

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Honestly, it was horrible being a "squeaker" for me. Now, my voice is not completely changed yet, but it is much less ear piercing. Back in the not-so golden days, I would receive zero respect from everyone, to the point that I stopped using a mic for almost a year.

I understand why there was such a massive level of intolerance for squeakers, as shown here, but when I make a useful call-out, I would expect a "yeah, I got him" or "alright", or hell, no response at all, instead of "shut the fuck up".

Nowadays, when I play almost everything, I have my mic muted. Not because I'm shy, or I don't enjoy talking to people, it is because usually, the people I'm playing with have nothing interesting to say.....or appropriate to say for that matter.


On with the topic of 12 year olds.....who the fuck do most of them think they are?

1. Using a sniper incorrectly does not make you supah haxorz mlg l3gitz (I'm referring to quickscopers)
2. If you're playing Call of Duty, and you lose, chances are, it is either the game's fault or your team's. Unless the aforementioned player is playing like an asshole, don't hate. Don't hate the player, hate the game (This is definitely Call of Duty's case).
3.YOU ARE NOT THE BEST PLAYER ON THE FACE OF THE DAMN PLANET, ZIP YOUR LIPS, PLAY THE GAME, AND DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PLAYERS WHO WILL BEAT YOU.
 
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