Gamer Logic:

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Gaming Hypocracy

So, this will sound really petty, even if you play WoW, and know WTF i’m talking about.

I quit my friend’s guild two days ago, I complained about this already, but here’s the main reason it transpired:

Guild members rolled on loot they didn’t need in their Looking For Raid group. I called them dicks for stealing loot from someone who potentially needs it. They informed me that I was dumb, and that EVERYONE does it, so they can trade for something they DO want. Loot black mail essentially. I suggested that maybe they should be nice and not do that. Apparently I’m wrong and stupid and being nice doesn’t help because no one else will do that, so you can’t beat them, join them.

They ended up treating me like shit because I suggested “Be nice”. What ever, that’s fine.

We took our main characters out of the guild to go play with other people.

Today, we were playing on some alts that were still in the guild and essentially this conversation happened:

“Hey, wtf, this guy won the gear and he’s already better. This is the worst thing EVER. What a huge dick!”

I with held comment there, but I’m spouting on about it now because I feel like this happens ALL the time in gaming culture. Everyone hates everyone for exploiting the system or treating each other like shit, and instead of trying to improve them selves, they just fall right into it. Like it’s “gaming culture” to be an asshole and I’m really sick of it. I appreciate that there are bastions of hope, mostly in the PC community, where FPS servers are administrated and you can find groups of rational people who prefer to work together than sling insults, but that isn’t solving any problem. We’re still a community driven by anger and insults and over competitiveness and anonymity, and that continues to frighten me.

sexysketches replied to your post: Left Our Guild

Many people enjoy having power over others, which is why so many dicks flock to video games. Its the only time in which they have the power and never feel the consequence. Are you getting Deablo 3? if so we should play

Yeah, I understand that I suppose, but it’s so aggravating to me, but I suppose that’s just my frustration in being unable to find a place in the community as a whole. Anyway, yes! Me and my wife are both getting Diablo 3, we should definitely play :D

Left Our Guild

This always seems to happen in WoW. I’ve never been able to participate with larger groups of people, because some friend of a guild leader is always has such a toxic disposition on life.

Today I was called annoying and verbally assaulted (I jokingly called team mates dicks for rolling on gear they didn’t need), by someone who had previously told me to “Go be fat somewhere else”.

I can’t stand for willingly interacting with assholes on a daily basis, and I don’t understand what the purpose of being so malicious. It’s not like I can’t take a joke, and I can’t claim to be innocent of having opinions of people or being snarky, but I feel like the gaming community in general is this existence of eternal douchebaggery. I know I’ve complained about it before on here, but actively being nice and positive in my outward disposition towards my fellow gamers obviously isn’t enough, and that’s stressful to me.

I am voluntarily removing myself from situations that I feel are just breeding pools of anger and unnecessary rage, but I’m having a hard enough time as it is to find people to play and discuss games with.

I know, I’m whiny, I’m sorry.