Key-Composer5478 t1_j6lo5x8 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:03 AM

Reply to comment by MkLiam in Trash talking culture in PvP gaming? by MkLiam

I'm so old that I actually played some of the original video games. And I have never played a multi-player pvp game that didn't have it's share of ass-hats. And the more popular it is, the more soul crushers there will be.

I didn't mention it, but you are probably playing with people that are not that mature, so you have to take that into account. Be the bigger person and ignore them if you can.

So you have to decide, either you can handle it, you can ignore it, or you choose another type of game to have fun playing. I don't want to write a book, but I should tell you about the time someone griefed my Minecraft world. I thought I was safe and sound, just building stuff in the woods. But no, someone blew my whole world up. I just started over again and laughed about it.

MkLiam OP t1_j6lot62 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:10 AM

Coping with it is not a problem. I am far older than most of these gamers. Just trying to wrap my head around it.

I met a new friend on a game I had just started playing tonight. He seemed to know a lot of the other players online. After a while we got beat pretty badly and the whole opposing team entered our party and trash talked him until he just logged out. I just sat there silently listening to the whole thing.

I guess its just been a while since I got on a mic.

Key-Composer5478 t1_j6lq5v2 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:23 AM

I think sometimes it can be difficult playing with younger players who have a different idea of what respect is.

And as you can see being anonymous makes some people brave. People online will say things to you that they would never say to your face.

In the pvp world there is a lot of blaming, and belittling behavior, esp when you loose the game.

But there again, that is human nature.