Was that thread necroed?
If so, then sorry, but it was in my list of recent topics.
First thing is to remind some gamers of beeing polite if they speak about others.
So if l.m.f.a.o is auto censored why not phrases like noob and carebaear?
@PDT-Mindstream posted in a "worst change, SoT will die soon" thread that threads contain an insult to other players arent worth the time, but to type the message that they arent worth the time reading it.
If you allow certain people to talk like this, posting statements of the quality of some populist politicians then you need not wonder that a lot of others reply on this level of quality.
"We all hate this..."
"Everyone wants that..."
"Because of some [mod edit] who want everything handed without effort..."
"Noobs..."
Btw in my Dojo i learned to respect Beginners and to take care for them because of practical use. I "need" them and all the others for my personal training.
Some act as if Beginners or unexperienced players aka Noobs are not welcome! And as if there opinion is worthless.
A lot of gamer elitism has become normal, like certain politicians make rude speach socially acceptable.
10 or more years ago a TV moderator talked about the role of women and mother during the 2nd WW and said not all was bad what N...s did.
A [mod edit] beyond compare was born.
Today we are used to have politicians and others in media who use N..i jargon and phrases like it's nothing special. They managed it to make a lot of this socially accepted again.
Noob or carebaear is often not recognized as an insult, but it is an insult!
I'm nor a noob, neither a carebaear, i'm a player first of all and even if i dont be successfull like others i'm not new or a newbie and for sure not a noob what is considered to be someone who is new and unwillig or unable to learn.
Carebaear is defined as slightly derogative for someone focussing at pve and avoiding pvp and for sure only used by the strongest, the best, the ultimative better and way more important gamers who pvp.
See this recent discussion about "Worst change ever blabla" as if a Streamer and some hardcore gamers are the measure and role modes for all of us - what btw is also an insult if you want me to come down to the level of some streamers, oh my.
I dont care if others make a fool of themself, but i am not like them and i dont want to get compared or on the same level with them.
As if they and only they are "worth" to listen too.
I recommend Rare to try to get some feedback from those who arent that loud and egotistical.
Most players avoid forums.
My friends laugh at me if i say i partake in forums.
They say forums are only used by many insults here and wise people play the game and have fun and if it's not fun anymore they quit without a word, without complains and the need to tell the world they quit.
I understand that games sometimes leave you emotionally agitated.
I'm not perfect and i also make mistakes and got triggerd, but some pull the trigger and aim at you in their first sentence and it's hard to not to react if someone in front of you talks bs right in your face.
But i also become wiser and just stop reading forums and most often dont even reply, but sometimes i got triggerd of cause.
The best thing you and we who are loyal fans of Sea if Thieves is to post neutral, making suggestions, post positive stuff we experienced ingame and if we feel the need to say something critic this needs to be constructive and not emotionally loaded and full of hate, accusations and personal attackings.
But as i said, the trend is old and so many are already used to use degorative language, insult others, dont care for the one who we speak to.
It's hard if not impossible to reverse this.
And if Botswains like @Murkrage or people like myself say they dont post that much anymore because of toxicity and such then they win like the Nazis won back in the days and to get rid of them you can see it all over the world of today is much, much harder.
Resist the beginnings
"Nip it in the bud"
we have already failed to do that.
Stop these elitists who insult others and speak as if they have the monopoly of truth and allways imply to speak for a majority.
Everybody speak for him- or herself.
As long as we allow some self proclaimed expert to spew their "truth" into everybodys face while they at the same time insult them and politely say you are just a noob and you have no clue, but i have because i am so dedicated and the only one who can safe SoT and the whole gaming industry just do what i want, because i pay you and i am the most loyal, expert and dedicated gamer. As long as we allow this, the trend will go on.
Welcome to meritocracy aka performance focused society, where those who "perform" the best dictate the rules.
Btw if performance would be measures on real work, well... then i'd not against it, but we talk about to perform the best hippocrisy!
