....I don't get people who do it..why bother doing on such a small scale....
I'd do it on a much bigger scale, like G.W. Bush does.
What makes them (you) do it?
Yanman.be
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....I don't get people who do it..why bother doing on such a small scale....
I'd do it on a much bigger scale, like G.W. Bush does. |
garethporlest18
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This is one of the people im talking about. ither he was bullied in school or made fun of for years or has a bad relationship with his parents.
or has the mental disorder Bipolor or depression. which seems to be getting more common these days. |
I should also say that I don't really target certain people and make fun of them, or mess up parties..I usually go to a town and say I don't like Guild Wars then start a fight with everyone who takes me seriously. Or go to a town and type in all caps, just being annoying in general to see what people say. But I don't make a habit out of it. So maybe I'm a lesser jerk.
IslandHermet
I thiink the depression you suffer from affects your life more than you know and should seek help from a professional, I bet if you were not depressed at all you would not do the things you do to people. as my posts state your depressed and want everyone to feel as bad as you.
leprekan
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A lot of people here have been saying pretty much the same thing, with varying degrees of simplicity or complexity, because we all know the answer.
Many people are naturally evil. Many people are naturally cowards. Any situation that allows a person to do evil without risking injury is bound to result in a drastic increase in evil acts. Let's not candy-coat it. It's Evil. And only boring people can be bored. <== Truism because it's true. |
Evil doesn't heckle or play video games .. evil pulls wings off a fly to watch it struggle or pushes puppies under water to watch the spasms when death happens.
Wannabe Ethug isn't evil ... it is the kid that loses his lunch money OFTEN.
garethporlest18
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I thiink the depression you suffer from affects your life more than you know and should seek help from a professional, I bet if you were not depressed at all you would not do the things you do to people. as my posts state your depressed and want everyone to feel as bad as you.
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Aleta
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I do it for fun and laughs when I get bored. Sometimes I have 10 people against me and they just keep on going it's really funny. If I could offend people in the game without getting banned..oh I'd do it often!
I just really do not like you guys that's about it and it also depends on my mood, for the most part I'm a nice guy. For the most part I only go on Guild Wars to do that after I read threads here with people who are kissy kissy with Guild Wars and think it's a great game now. |
Why is it fun? You don't have any self respect?
I guess I grew up in the wrong era also. I can't imagine being crude, rude and generally an unsavory person for kicks. I need to live with myself and would rather not have my conscience bugging me about my actions.
Maybe some people don't have a conscience anymore
bungusmaximus
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Why is it fun? You don't have any self respect?
I guess I grew up in the wrong era also. I can't imagine being crude, rude and generally an unsavory person for kicks. I need to live with myself and would rather not have my conscience bugging me about my actions. Maybe some people don't have a conscience anymore |
I'm often on the receiving end too, I personally don't give a **** when it's all in good fun.
garethporlest18
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Why is it fun? You don't have any self respect?
I guess I grew up in the wrong era also. I can't imagine being crude, rude and generally an unsavory person for kicks. I need to live with myself and would rather not have my conscience bugging me about my actions. Maybe some people don't have a conscience anymore |
Malice Black
Being an ass online is both funny and annoying.
The ones who shout the loudest are more then likely the ones that get shoved into a locker everyday.
The ones who shout the loudest are more then likely the ones that get shoved into a locker everyday.
Taki
Bad parenting on both sides. Not teaching children how to behave in an acceptable standard on one side, and on the other, not teaching them how to deal with real shit in life. Of course, if you can't even do the latter yourself, how can you teach lil' Johnny/Sally?
And while I don't care for griefers, I really can't stand those that choose not to do anything about it or let themselves be negatively affected, much less let their children go unprepared to handle those types of situations.
And while I don't care for griefers, I really can't stand those that choose not to do anything about it or let themselves be negatively affected, much less let their children go unprepared to handle those types of situations.
Etta
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Because they like to get their self esteem up and make themselves feel good. They think if they insult people they will feel better about themselves. It makes people feel powerful to call others "An 8 year old child" or whatever they want. People just want to be cool, it's kinda like people talking in caps lock. "Caps lock is cruise control for cool" People love to use it because they feel it makes them powerful. Really it's a bunch of bs and people just need to grow up.
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Rocky Raccoon
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I do it for fun and laughs when I get bored. Sometimes I have 10 people against me and they just keep on going it's really funny. If I could offend people in the game without getting banned..oh I'd do it often!
I just really do not like you guys that's about it and it also depends on my mood, for the most part I'm a nice guy. For the most part I only go on Guild Wars to do that after I read threads here with people who are kissy kissy with Guild Wars and think it's a great game now. |
cosyfiep
its the internet and as has been said a FREE (after buying the initial game) for life on the internet.
The internet is a strange place where many believe they dont have to be civil to anyone, its anonymous so many believe they can get away with being cruel and hateful.
(its also strange that there are many people in the world that cant see the difference between games and the real world, but thats another 50gallon can of worms).
and OP I understand (41 here and have nephews/nieces old enough to get married!)
The internet is a strange place where many believe they dont have to be civil to anyone, its anonymous so many believe they can get away with being cruel and hateful.
(its also strange that there are many people in the world that cant see the difference between games and the real world, but thats another 50gallon can of worms).
and OP I understand (41 here and have nephews/nieces old enough to get married!)
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I believe we call those (my) people sociopaths.
We own.
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garethporlest18
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No you are not a nice guy you are an ass and prove quite often. As to the OP, anonymity = stupidity to many people and that is a sad thing.
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Usually I start it because I"m upset at something and once I cool down (happens quickly) everything usually just dies down unless I got a few people lashing out at me then I just laugh at them and make them do it more.
I'm not this way in real life because I don't hold such a disrespect for most people, and if I'm in a bad mood I generally keep it to myself. On the internet, people are nothing more than entertainment visages to me, unless I become friends with that person, at which point I'll treat them with more respect...granted this is only when I'm in a bad mood..in a good mood I won't bother anyone and I'm generally nice. Just when I'm an ass don't take what I say too seriously.
Now I'm sure this doesn't help the OP as the people that are offensive or griefers/scammers and generally just bad people all around are more bothered than I am. All I'm bothered by is a bad mood, and maybe some sleep deprivation.
greenreaper3
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One time me and a guildie ran suicide necro builds in TA because we were on the bored side. In the end we made friends with a couple of the people we got paired up with. And we haven't done anything like that since then (which was around 7 months ago).
I think sometimes people do stuff like that because they're bored or they don't feel good (not physically, I mean emotionally mostly). Then there are those who just generally take pleasure out of other peoples' misery. |
and in RA... then we just started yelling REZ ME REZ ME REZ ME REZ ME REZ ME REZ ME etc
actully was in a 8 round winningstreak.... they just had some1 with a hard rez and didnt waste sigs...
strcpy
I would guess it is mostly just an age+emotional thing. I did something like that back when I first got on the internet (early 90's - so it was mostly troll Usenet of harass people on IRC). I did it when I was bored or unhappy, no real reason I guess. If I had been younger I may (or may not) have done it more.
I can't say I was exactly the type of person you are talking about - that type of interactivity wasn't really around then for me to even become that way. I can't say I got as angry as many trolls/greifers do when you call them out on it (what could I say? - Yes, I'm being an ass) and it was a somewhat rare thing. I can't understand how so many people spend so much time at it, they must be *really* unhappy people.
Overall I agree with the graphic already posted, though I would generally add "immaturity" and "boredom" in there. Get rid of any one of those things and you would see it drop tremendously.
I can't say I was exactly the type of person you are talking about - that type of interactivity wasn't really around then for me to even become that way. I can't say I got as angry as many trolls/greifers do when you call them out on it (what could I say? - Yes, I'm being an ass) and it was a somewhat rare thing. I can't understand how so many people spend so much time at it, they must be *really* unhappy people.
Overall I agree with the graphic already posted, though I would generally add "immaturity" and "boredom" in there. Get rid of any one of those things and you would see it drop tremendously.
MoldyRiceFrenzy
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One time me and a guildie ran suicide necro builds in TA because we were on the bored side. In the end we made friends with a couple of the people we got paired up with. And we haven't done anything like that since then (which was around 7 months ago).
I think sometimes people do stuff like that because they're bored or they don't feel good (not physically, I mean emotionally mostly). Then there are those who just generally take pleasure out of other peoples' misery. |
neways flaming = pissed off/ frustrated and the newness wears away ect...
dont scam, thats for nubz
um sometimes i do weird stuff and mean stuff cause i want revenge cause ppl piss me off...
arcanemacabre
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That's a pretty good point. I never really think about that at times (not that I act like a complete a-hole to everyone I meet online) but sometimes when I do things (like the suiciding necro thing I said I did earlier) I don't think that maybe I could be negatively impacting someone who had a rough day or something. And especially with people in my age group (I'm 15) we don't think about how our actions affect others.
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The older I got, the wiser I got, and the more I am able to understand the things I do can impact not just other people, but also how other people view me. It's a whole can of worms that most people, up to the ages of 18-21, just don't understand or fully grasp. Combine that with a general immaturity, and a whole Pandora's Box full of other mental and emotional states that torment the developing human mind during those ages, oh and group behavior if they often do these things only when friends are around (like me).
Kusandaa
People are just jerks, that's pretty much all there is to it, for most anyways. I'm ADHD myself, I won't bully people and in general I won't make someone's game feel like hell, but when provoked I can get harsh. I make people ragequit when they're annoying at the point my group suffers because of it - I'll overaggro on purpose as a tank/puller, I'll stop healing the person if I'm monking, and I'll deny e. management when requested if I play necro. In 90% of the case, when the person leaves, everyone resumes normal gameplay and we finish what we were doing without any problem.
Yeah, I fight fire with fire. You're annoying? Betcha I'll be annoying too, and in your next group you probably won't do it again.
But in general I'm laid-back. I don't wanna ruin gaming experiences, I don't find it fun... got nothing to gain from it.
And yes, I agree... anonymity really doesn't help when it comes to idiocy. People think they can get out with everything because they can either leave group and forget about it, or ignore others. It doesn't matter to them, it's only a game". But to whoever tells that to me... keep in mind that when humans will play with other humans, there WILL BE FEELINGS, therefore conflicts.
Yeah, I fight fire with fire. You're annoying? Betcha I'll be annoying too, and in your next group you probably won't do it again.
But in general I'm laid-back. I don't wanna ruin gaming experiences, I don't find it fun... got nothing to gain from it.
And yes, I agree... anonymity really doesn't help when it comes to idiocy. People think they can get out with everything because they can either leave group and forget about it, or ignore others. It doesn't matter to them, it's only a game". But to whoever tells that to me... keep in mind that when humans will play with other humans, there WILL BE FEELINGS, therefore conflicts.
RedNova88
Eh, greed is the source of all evil. Even if the evil is of a much, much lesser extent, it all amounts to greed. Whether it's making you feel good, or helping you make money, it's all about you.
When I ask my friends why sometimes they're enormous jerks online the response I usually get is "It's fun and they can't do anything to me in real life."
When I ask my friends why sometimes they're enormous jerks online the response I usually get is "It's fun and they can't do anything to me in real life."
Solas
Why do people close the elavator when they see you running to it or why do people cut you off on a road?
selfishness
online they can do this with no reprecutions more or less, as in real life somone could do somthing about it.
selfishness
online they can do this with no reprecutions more or less, as in real life somone could do somthing about it.
Fril Estelin
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Eh, greed is the source of all evil.
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There're more roots to these problems.
Sleeper Service
people are the root of all evil.
no people. no evil. no problem.
no people. no evil. no problem.
pumpkin pie
anonymity brings out the worse in human. but people fail to understand that at the end of the day, they have to answer to themselves, and not the other players whom they have wrong.
It is not something you can get away with, even thou its only a game, to the person who got cheated, they learn a valuable lesson that everywhere you are, there will be evil/mischiefs. But to the cheater, they have to live with the guilt forever, guilt that they've done something bad to another person who never did anything to them.
hope you sleep well at night
It is not something you can get away with, even thou its only a game, to the person who got cheated, they learn a valuable lesson that everywhere you are, there will be evil/mischiefs. But to the cheater, they have to live with the guilt forever, guilt that they've done something bad to another person who never did anything to them.
hope you sleep well at night
Fril Estelin
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anonymity brings out the worse in human.
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Konrow
Anonymity is great. it allows people to express themselves fully on the internet and just let out. Of course this leads to people either being great people or terrible people. If you're in the game you know you're anonymous so you'll do whatever you want and usually things you can't do in the real world. For some this can be having tons of fun meeting people from all over and playing in a fantasy world and for others the anonymity makes them feel as if they can easily scam people, laugh at them and make themselves feel superior without anything happening to them. They feel immortal and use it for evil deeds. That is really the number one thing. We don't know who they are, they know no one knows, and so they feel above the "law".
AceeBlueEagle
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people are the root of all evil.
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/just watched Narnia with my daughter and got to explain the underlying message there
Fanco
There's a sucker born every minute.