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SpiritWarrior · 10-09-2005, 08:03 PM

Maybe It's me. Maybe I'm burnt out with online games. Maybe I just can't function well with people in games over a long period of time...I don't know. What I do know is I have played 5 MMO's for long(ish) periods of time and learned one terrible fact from my experiences: People are rude. Rude as hell. I'm talking about our fellow MMO players, the people we team and party with on our favourite online game. To be exact, they are rude, selfish, petty, arrogant, vulgar and pretty much out for themselves in games. .

I call them 'kids' but I use the term very loosely. I have encountered 'kids' 35 years old and those I'd class as 'adults' as little as 12 years old, so please don't take this as an ignorant attack on people below 18. I dub them 'kids' because they act like that stereotype of which we usually associate with children who know no better. Problem is they do know better and that's what bothers me. In all my years online, never have I experienced such a concentration of A-holes in one place than I have in online MMO's. It boggles me how people can act this way. Yes, I know you will say how the anonymous workings of the internet allow people to get away with basically anything online, forfeiting the consequences. I understand the 'how' just not the 'why'.

I never acted this way with people over the internet, despite the fact that I could and could easily get away with it, not now and not when I was a teen. I argue with people, sure and I have talked smack to people, but even then there are things I would never say or do, a certain amount of respect still remains that others just don't seem to have. I'm not talking of anything specific here and no recent event resulted in me feeling this way. I'm just...tired of it all. Tired to the point where I started to wish my favourite MMO was an offline game or a private server.

These days, I have taken to playing only with my other half now in all my online games, simply because it is easier and familiar and I get to experience the game with another but never have to worry about our experience being ruined. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hiding in my MMO, terrified to team or talk to other players but when I am asked to I just feel like "Nah". It's odd though, that it comes to this as I'm an outgoing person, easy to get along with (I'd like to think) and always respectful. I thought I'd post here about my
MMO-S.A.D. disorder to get other peoples' opinion.

10-09-2005, 08:03 PM	#1
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	Maybe It's me. Maybe I'm burnt out with online games. Maybe I just can't function well with people in games over a long period of time...I don't know. What I do know is I have played 5 MMO's for long(ish) periods of time and learned one terrible fact from my experiences: People are rude. Rude as hell. I'm talking about our fellow MMO players, the people we team and party with on our favourite online game. To be exact, they are rude, selfish, petty, arrogant, vulgar and pretty much out for themselves in games. . I call them 'kids' but I use the term very loosely. I have encountered 'kids' 35 years old and those I'd class as 'adults' as little as 12 years old, so please don't take this as an ignorant attack on people below 18. I dub them 'kids' because they act like that stereotype of which we usually associate with children who know no better. Problem is they do know better and that's what bothers me. In all my years online, never have I experienced such a concentration of A-holes in one place than I have in online MMO's. It boggles me how people can act this way. Yes, I know you will say how the anonymous workings of the internet allow people to get away with basically anything online, forfeiting the consequences. I understand the 'how' just not the 'why'. I never acted this way with people over the internet, despite the fact that I could and could easily get away with it, not now and not when I was a teen. I argue with people, sure and I have talked smack to people, but even then there are things I would never say or do, a certain amount of respect still remains that others just don't seem to have. I'm not talking of anything specific here and no recent event resulted in me feeling this way. I'm just...tired of it all. Tired to the point where I started to wish my favourite MMO was an offline game or a private server. These days, I have taken to playing only with my other half now in all my online games, simply because it is easier and familiar and I get to experience the game with another but never have to worry about our experience being ruined. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hiding in my MMO, terrified to team or talk to other players but when I am asked to I just feel like "Nah". It's odd though, that it comes to this as I'm an outgoing person, easy to get along with (I'd like to think) and always respectful. I thought I'd post here about my MMO-S.A.D. disorder to get other peoples' opinion. __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...