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NovaTheFeared
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States7232 Posts
April 08 2009 22:16 GMT
#21
My argument is that there are more assholes per capita in gaming because a higher percentage of social rejects become hardcore gamers than the population as a whole.
日本語が分かりますか
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
April 08 2009 22:16 GMT
#22
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G4m3r pr1d3 f012 lyf3
GG
and uh what flaccid wrote lol
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
Romance_us
Profile Joined March 2006
Seychelles1806 Posts
April 08 2009 22:18 GMT
#23
On April 09 2009 07:12 IzzyCraft wrote:
Imo their parents didn't beat manners into them hard enough to know just because they don't know who you are doesn't mean you should treat them how ever you want for your own demented pleasure


You do understand that parents shouldn't have to "beat manners" into their children right?
Notes and feelings, numbers and reason. The ultimate equilibrium.
MoltkeWarding
Profile Joined November 2003
5195 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-08 22:24:58
April 08 2009 22:24 GMT
#24
The internet is the most democratic medium available to us, and that carries all its consequences, good and bad. Politeness is one of the casualties of mass empowerment.
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
April 08 2009 22:27 GMT
#25
dude moltke, not that i object, but what is with you
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
Igakusei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States610 Posts
April 08 2009 22:29 GMT
#26
I don't have a lot of experience with other games and their online communities, but as a general rule the average would-be-competitive sc player (D+ to C+, the range I have the most experience with) is waaaay more bm than the average go player (the only other game I play regularly online). There's exceptions to this in both games, of course, but the chances of me running into someone like HovZ are much, much greater in starcraft than in go.
IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
April 08 2009 22:34 GMT
#27
On April 09 2009 06:39 SonuvBob wrote:
[image loading]

Just a few years ago you would replace Youtube with Xanga and get a bunch of emo kids
I have ass for brains so,
even when I shit I'm droping knowledge.
Clasic
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
April 08 2009 22:37 GMT
#28
On April 09 2009 07:34 IzzyCraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2009 06:39 SonuvBob wrote:
[image loading]

Just a few years ago you would replace Youtube with Xanga and get a bunch of emo kids

LMAO AT THE CHART AND IZZY..
No no no no its not mine!
Spyfire242
Profile Joined March 2009
United States715 Posts
April 08 2009 22:42 GMT
#29
Casual vs hardcore comes to mind.
Entusman #55 Spyfire242!
UmmTheHobo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States650 Posts
April 08 2009 22:42 GMT
#30
I think you people are being a bit bias. I have met as much of a percent of asshole 21 year olds as I have 12 year olds on online games. Hell the percent of asshole 40 year olds is about the same.

This is my theory...

12 year old comes onto online game and says, "Oh hi, how do you do x" in high voice

21 year old answers, "LOL, I bet your balls have not dropped" (or possibly says, "Oh press y to

x!")

Now either 3 things can happen

A. (most common)12 year old gets mad and starts acting retarded.
B. 12 year old gets mad and stops playing altogether
C. (least common) 12 year old is like, "fuck you, I will look it up" and becomes a respectable member of video gaming society

Branching off of conclusion A this happens:

The 12 year old fucks shit up further ruining the name of 12 year olds everywhere

the now retarded 12 year old turns 21 and forgets he once was 12 and completes the cycle

to make sure the system doesn't get overpopulated that 21 year old turns 40 and kills himself.

And then there are the few normal mannered people who play video games.
...
IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
April 08 2009 22:45 GMT
#31
On April 09 2009 07:42 Spyfire242 wrote:
Casual vs hardcore comes to mind.

Anyone that uses themselfs in a sentence and has the word hardcore in it is either a duchebag or he used the sentence "Hey my name is _____ and i do hardcore porn"
I have ass for brains so,
even when I shit I'm droping knowledge.
jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
April 08 2009 22:51 GMT
#32
Hey my name is jodogohoo and i do hardcore porn
InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
April 08 2009 22:59 GMT
#33
Like i have said before. If I knew I could get away with killing, burning, rapeing and pillaging i would. I basicly be a fucking viking if there was no law. Does that make me ass hole? I dont know really. I think its just what humans do. The internets just a world with no laws. So people figuratively kill, burn, rape, and pillage on the internet because thats what humans do.
When the spirit is not altogether slain, great loss teaches men and women to desire greatly, both for themselves and for others.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
April 08 2009 23:09 GMT
#34
On April 09 2009 07:59 InToTheWannaB wrote:
Like i have said before. If I knew I could get away with killing, burning, rapeing and pillaging i would. I basicly be a fucking viking if there was no law. Does that make me ass hole? I dont know really. I think its just what humans do. The internets just a world with no laws. So people figuratively kill, burn, rape, and pillage on the internet because thats what humans do.

yep, and not only that but they are anonymous and also stupid/young.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
April 08 2009 23:17 GMT
#35
On April 09 2009 07:11 R3condite wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2009 06:43 latent wrote:
I wonder what it's like with Korean online games. Hmm...I should ask someone.

in korea since u have to use formal language to strangers u meet (since by teenage yrs it's hard to tell whether or not they r older or younger than u, so every speaks really politely in game chats


I noticed this with the Japanese in FFXI too.

English player: "yo wanna join my party?"
Japanese player: "Sorry to bother you, but we would be honored to have you accompany our party, if that's not too much trouble."

It seemed so backwards for people to be significantly more polite and formal online than they would be irl.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
April 08 2009 23:21 GMT
#36
I am sad and disappointed that this thread has not become an argument over what constitutes a "gamer"
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Cpt.Cocaine
Profile Joined June 2008
Canada299 Posts
April 08 2009 23:24 GMT
#37
Mainstream gaming communities = immature morons

Niche gaming communities = polite and respectful

I'm not sure why it works that way. You go play something really mainstream like halo and people call eachother names, insult eachother's mothers, they bitch, they whine, they're sore losers. You go play something like starcraft of quake live and people have honor codes. They never say anything disrespectful, they always say GG before and after games - the digital equivalent of a bow or a handshake. They're polar opposites. And it has nothing to do with age. I've played with SC and QL players who were 13-14 and they were as mature as grown adults.
Spyfire242
Profile Joined March 2009
United States715 Posts
April 08 2009 23:25 GMT
#38
On April 09 2009 08:21 heyoka wrote:
I am sad and disappointed that this thread has not become an argument over what constitutes a "gamer"


Gamer: Hardcore.
Entusman #55 Spyfire242!
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
April 08 2009 23:27 GMT
#39
I'd say it's mainly just b/c they are anonymous. If you meet most of these people in real life they are probably pretty normal. Also has to do w/accountability imo. Look @ TL, if there weren't bans, people would be a lot more unpleasant (though a lot of you guys aren't really pleasant anyway ).

I do agree though that a lot of gamers are assholes.
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
April 08 2009 23:32 GMT
#40
On April 09 2009 08:17 ShadowDrgn wrote:
I noticed this with the Japanese in FFXI too.

English player: "yo wanna join my party?"
Japanese player: "JP ONRY"

fixed
btw, at one point i found a BLM JP player talking shit about me in japanese in party chat, calling me a stupid paladin. i could read that much. he wasn't exactly a great BLM either as the rest of the party was part of my linkshell and would shit on him in LS chat.
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