Guild Wars 2

The amount of rudeness and disregard for people in this community is out of control. I don’t feel the need to elaborate or give examples on this, because I’m assuming you have all read the things that people write in PvP chat. Acknowledging the problem is important, and I don’t believe many of us really have. The problem isn’t a few hateful people in general chat, it’s the complete lack of respect for people throughout this game and our culture.

This bubble that started around 10 years ago of video games and video game culture will pop, and when it does its important to think about what will remain. This is a call to the people that actually care about this, about a hobby you can enjoy. I’ve been playing video games for 20 years now, and the worst thing to happen to them is popularity. The hate soaked pop culture of today has seeped into this thing I care about, and its draining it. Every single day it drains the joy out of this hobby I used to care about so much. I’m honestly afraid to open chat, to talk to people, to not put a emotional brick wall between me and these games.

I think whats needed is not a simple or easy thing, its for us who care, who want to enjoy our lives and our hobby, to not fight their hate and ignorance with more of the same. If you are scared of the chat, then stay out of it and try to salvage what you can with friends that you play with. If you can handle the chat, then fight them with simplicity and kindness. If they tell you that your terrible, tell them your trying and the game is about fun. If they get hateful, tell them they are being hateful, rude, ignorant, etc, then block them. This isn’t for their benefit, its for the others that hear (read) it. When they see that not everyone is a hateful fool for attention, it will alter their actions and feelings about whats acceptable online.

In time, once the fools leave this culture and go back to facebook and twitter to express their hate and disregard for humanity, this community will still be here. Its important to think about what will be left. Salvage what we can now, lets try to help positively effect people, and make some friends along the way. When the bile people move on, the only thing they will take away from this community is the hate, disgusting greed oriented marketing of dlc, early access, always online, and general money grubbing.

I could write and talk about this forever, but I’ll try to keep this post brief. Thanks for reading, I hope someone who cares reads this and knows they aren’t alone, and that they shouldn’t be embarrassed about caring.