Curse

Lord Tetsu · Mar 12, 2008, 07:43 PM // 19:43

I figured mostly the people that swear like crazy are people who neever played b4
like if u know gw and played it for a while and have a leet char and dont wnana get it banned u wont do stpid stuff.
like my bro wanted to play so i let him te first 10seconds he sword like 7 times

llsektorll · Mar 12, 2008, 07:45 PM // 19:45

steep learning curve in gw... just make friends fast... or clone builds...

but i mean come on ..... Signet of Midnight Warrior... seriously WTF?

Tatile · Mar 12, 2008, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by phan

Don't tell them your a girl ; end of story

I, we, shouldn't have to hide our gender to avoid harrasment. People have to grow up and, in some cases, shut up. Though it is the sad truth that some do hide to avoid the offers to cyber or to avoid misogny

Evaine · Mar 12, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

Truthfully, when I’m playing the game I don’t want to know anyone’s sexual preference, religious affiliation, or political beliefs. I‘m not even particularly interested in knowing your age or gender. I don’t even know how this stuff comes up in the course of playing a game. Why would someone getting ready to do a mission, a quest, or vanquish an area even mention any of that stuff? How does it relate to the task at hand?

Sharing that kind of personal information is OK within your guild I guess, but I personally wouldn‘t be interested in reading about any of it

On a side note, I found the original post - What to do with hard insults? - sited by the OP to be somewhat questionable for a number of reasons. But it was provocative.

And finally … yes real life stereotypes do affect me in the game - or at least one does. I don’t like beggars or people asking for handouts in real life and I don’t like them in the game either. Low-life is low-life.

Tiny Killer · Mar 12, 2008, 07:53 PM // 19:53

Most potential problems seem to vanish just by turning off local.

naughteblonde · Mar 12, 2008, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Wonderful world we live in where we have to hide to prevent being victimised rather than actually dealing with the person who is doing the abusing.
The situation cant improve until we look at the attitudes that requires the victim to compensate or take responsibility for the attacker.
Nobody deserves to be targetted for any kind of abuse regardless of sex, sexuality, race, religion, disability or age nor should they be required to admit a fault in not hiding those facts if they are a victim of abuse due to them.
Unfortunately it seems that the game will reflect RL in this case.

Alex the Great · Mar 12, 2008, 08:13 PM // 20:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

yes... i get this all the time. i wear my r5 KoaBD title and people actually go out of their way to pm me and say "wow... grats on your title. it must suck to have no life" ...i mean... WTF!? people always jump all over others when they have something they will NEVER have. so... imo.. don't judge a book by it's cover (ESPECIALLY on a GAME where you have NO idea who the other person is).

titles have been out for how long now? 1 year+ ?? i mean...c'mon!! seriously!! think about it!! when i got legendary vanq, i did 2 zones a day (which took roughly 2 hours - 2 1/2 hours tops) and 4-6 on my off day from work. so... how does me having such reputable titles = me no life?? if i spread my titles out over the course of a month+ how is that "no life" ??

let's take another title i have as an example: savior of the kurzicks. i did roughly 50k a day on my work days and ~100k on my off day (every 10k would take ROUGHLY 33 minutes for 50k, and rougly 6 1/2 hours for 100k) and got it over the course of THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. so... how is 3 1/3 hours a day of hFF over the course of 3 1/2 long months = me having "no life"??

i would quite LOVE to see if anyone could ever answer these questions for me.

well it is kinda nerdy to play 2-4 hours a day.
i can get that on weekends when i have no swim meets or waterpolo tournaments, our when my GF quits f-in buggin me!

but remember
rl>Gw

flclisgreat · Mar 12, 2008, 08:18 PM // 20:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex the Great

but remember
GW>rl

fixed.

there is no ignore button in real life and you cant just close it out if you get mad. so GW>rl

Dr Strangelove · Mar 12, 2008, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tatile

I, we, shouldn't have to hide our gender to avoid harrasment. People have to grow up and, in some cases, shut up. Though it is the sad truth that some do hide to avoid the offers to cyber or to avoid misogny

I'm mildly amazed that people are still doing this in Guild Wars. In PvE, I'd say 1/3 or more of all players are female. While still not an even split, you'd think it would start to lose the novelty after the first hundred people you propose sexual relations to.

Tatile · Mar 12, 2008, 08:24 PM // 20:24

I don't hide my gender, nor do I openly advertise it. If someone asks, then I answer truthfully.

Truth be told, it hardly ever comes up. If I'm PuG'ing I get to the matter at hand, whether it be running screaming from a hoarde of rampaging spiders or just randomly murdering everything in sight. The only times I've ever been asked my gender are when I was in Spamadan trying to get rid (read = sell) stuff; any offers of cyber sex, or general annoying questions, are easily pre-emtively removed by dropping the "I'm engaged" card (unofficially, though, we don't have the money for it, but I have the ring on my right hand

).

Krispera · Mar 12, 2008, 08:35 PM // 20:35

I'm pretty open in my guild, we are together since the beggining. Just go in RA or AB local chat district 1, you can see all kind of things...

Yes it affects me how people are retarded in game. It's not because you are behind a computer that you are powerful and can do whatever you want. IMO, they are weak and insecure people in RL.

I'm surprised by the number of LBGTA people in Guildwars, it's nice to know that you are not alone.

IG is RL x 100.

Biostem · Mar 12, 2008, 08:37 PM // 20:37

I'm a little confused - how do these topics come up? You would have to volunteer information about your own race, religion, sexual orientation, etc, in order for someone else to then respond to it (either negatively or positively).

Frankly, I play GW to get away from real life worries, and so I prefer to "keep on topic", as it were - doing missions, fighting monsters, etc.

Do most people bring up these topics or are they responding to them?

Kusandaa · Mar 12, 2008, 08:45 PM // 20:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex the Great

well it is kinda nerdy to play 2-4 hours a day.
i can get that on weekends when i have no swim meets or waterpolo tournaments, our when my GF quits f-in buggin me!

but remember
rl>Gw

Well not everyone's in your situation. I'm home-ridden on leave from university, at my mother's hometown to recover from a surgery resulting from a pretty bad leg fracture. When I came here, I couldn't even go take a bath on my own. I can't drive. My IRL friends are in Montreal and not here; I only have one here, and she works, has a boyfriend and is pregnant. My husband's here and even though I spend time with him (we got up at 4 after simply watching TV shows in my bed, I fell asleep at some point) but he has essays, reading and other work to get done. Right now, he's reading on the couch, so I can't do anything with him for a couple hours :P. Then we're gonna watch a movie.

Given I can't even drive (no mass transit either) and can barely go out... well I have the TV and the computer. And since I can have social interactions with people on the net, I choose the computer.

People have different hobbies - what's bad with having games as one? It's always been my main hobby, between others (languages, drawing, reading, some sports when I was younger). And I'm not the only one.

Darren Blacktail · Mar 12, 2008, 08:50 PM // 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tatile

I, we, shouldn't have to hide our gender to avoid harrasment. People have to grow up and, in some cases, shut up. Though it is the sad truth that some do hide to avoid the offers to cyber or to avoid misogny

I totally agree, if you have to hide your gender to avoid being harrased or insulted....then your not in the right group of people, or they are just lunkheads thinking that girls cant play video games.
My Guild Leader is female, and just because shes female doesnt mean she is a horrible guild leader, she keeps it running smooth as anyone could and keep idiots out who feel it is their duty to insult people for small things....people are just ignorant of such things i guess.

Im also sure that atleast 1 in 15 people in our guild of 300+ are female, some of them are the best people i've talked to on this game ever.

Ohh i remember a small relevancy to this thread....Couple days ago i was listening to music while i was playing like i always do, i said i was excited to be going to a concert with them and a few other bands playing.....I then got told i was retarded because i listened to a band this kid didnt like. I actually laughed out loud because of the simpliciry of the matter....not "Ohh i dont like that band" no i got "Dude your retarded that band sucks, listen to some real music"

Cheers

if ive messed up anywhere in here, sorry i was in a kind of rush hehehe

Adam of Tyria · Mar 12, 2008, 08:51 PM // 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

yes... i get this all the time. i wear my r5 KoaBD title and people actually go out of their way to pm me and say "wow... grats on your title. it must suck to have no life" ...i mean... WTF!? people always jump all over others when they have something they will NEVER have. so... imo.. don't judge a book by it's cover (ESPECIALLY on a GAME where you have NO idea who the other person is).

titles have been out for how long now? 1 year+ ?? i mean...c'mon!! seriously!! think about it!! when i got legendary vanq, i did 2 zones a day (which took roughly 2 hours - 2 1/2 hours tops) and 4-6 on my off day from work. so... how does me having such reputable titles = me no life?? if i spread my titles out over the course of a month+ how is that "no life" ??

let's take another title i have as an example: savior of the kurzicks. i did roughly 50k a day on my work days and ~100k on my off day (every 10k would take ROUGHLY 33 minutes for 50k, and rougly 6 1/2 hours for 100k) and got it over the course of THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. so... how is 3 1/3 hours a day of hFF over the course of 3 1/2 long months = me having "no life"??

i would quite LOVE to see if anyone could ever answer these questions for me.

Because you actually take that much time to do things, in a, oh idk....a GAME. Social life > Title farming in gw,

RiKio · Mar 12, 2008, 08:52 PM // 20:52

Im still amazed with this thread. Is incredible. You all are saying things that I had never imaginated before in a game. Is the game as bad as you are saying? Because I´ve never seen the retards you are talking about. Well..I don´t PuG a lot.

flclisgreat · Mar 12, 2008, 09:14 PM // 21:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darren Blacktail

I totally agree, if you have to hide your gender to avoid being harrased or insulted....then your not in the right group of people, or they are just lunkheads thinking that girls cant play video games.
My Guild Leader is female, and just because shes female doesnt mean she is a horrible guild leader, she keeps it running smooth as anyone could and keep idiots out who feel it is their duty to insult people for small things....people are just ignorant of such things i guess.

Im also sure that atleast 1 in 15 people in our guild of 300+ are female, some of them are the best people i've talked to on this game ever.

Ohh i remember a small relevancy to this thread....Couple days ago i was listening to music while i was playing like i always do, i said i was excited to be going to a concert with them and a few other bands playing.....I then got told i was retarded because i listened to a band this kid didnt like. I actually laughed out loud because of the simpliciry of the matter....not "Ohh i dont like that band" no i got "Dude your retarded that band sucks, listen to some real music"

Cheers

if ive messed up anywhere in here, sorry i was in a kind of rush hehehe

what band?.............

Taurus · Mar 12, 2008, 09:24 PM // 21:24

OP, just to let you know, your avatar is emo.

Kusandaa · Mar 12, 2008, 09:27 PM // 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by RiKio

Im still amazed with this thread. Is incredible. You all are saying things that I had never imaginated before in a game. Is the game as bad as you are saying? Because I´ve never seen the retards you are talking about. Well..I don´t PuG a lot.

Yeah, if you play with your friends and barely have to take PUGs, you won't see this behavior. However, for the people who PUG... this type of stuff is rampant. It's everywhere. Some stuff, although, are more directed at guilds rather than PUGs; if you've read the whole thread, some people seem to have a hard time finding guilds that won't kick them for not being a hot girl, or are kicked 'cause they have a different religion or whatever.

If you play with people, you get to know them. And even sometimes in PUGs, you say stuff that can reveal some things about your IRL situations: telling the mesmer she's hot either generally says you're a straight guy. Now you say "brb wife needs something"... we know you have a wife too. But it could also mean you're a lesbian - in which case, guys either drool over you or start trolling 'cause you're homosexual (this is worse with gay men).

"Kid woke up, hold on". You have a kid. It doesn't say much, but we know this person is a parent.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taurus

OP, just to let you know, your avatar is emo.

And such things would bother you how? That's the kinda question I've eventually wanted to come with this topic.

Why does some stuff bother people so much to the point they wanna flame others 'cause of IRL situation within a guild or a PUG? Does it matter so much to that guy that I'm gay, and in his team? I've asked one dude once, and I was replied "yes, you live" or something along the lines. It doesn't hurt, but it's still awkward. I'm most probably ten thousand miles away but he's still mad at me because I exist. O_o.

Evaine · Mar 12, 2008, 09:44 PM // 21:44

I thought he was talking about the Necro hairstyle and glasses being emo.