04-14-2003, 07:02 PM
The Realms are a place where some people act without the usual social inhibitions of person to person contact. . . just like the rest of the on-line world.
The game appeals to a wide audience. Some of that audience choose to break a social norm and spout racial epithets, or if they are youngsters from 'the hood' talk to one another the same way they do on the street. More likely, those adopting the 'role' are less likely to be street guys than idiots from other walks of life.
You simply don't know who is on the other end of the keyboard.
How you address that is simple:
1. Ignore it
2. Take them to task with typed chiding (yeah, works about 0 times out of 10)
3. Hit squelch
4. Quit playing on Realms
5. Grow a thicker skin
6. Go hostile and attack every person who says rude things on bnet, some of which are ethnic slurs, some of which are assaults on sexual orientation, some of which are on assumed degrees of noobness.
7-10. Ideas for others to suggest.
My point? This is the Lounge, not the Guardianship of The Realms. If you don't like the trash talk on the Realms, ONLY YOU can do anything about it, as regards it influence on your gaming experience.
So, do something about it, do what you can, to lessen its intrusion into your gaming fun
Whining won't stop it, least of all here.
The game appeals to a wide audience. Some of that audience choose to break a social norm and spout racial epithets, or if they are youngsters from 'the hood' talk to one another the same way they do on the street. More likely, those adopting the 'role' are less likely to be street guys than idiots from other walks of life.
You simply don't know who is on the other end of the keyboard.
How you address that is simple:
1. Ignore it
2. Take them to task with typed chiding (yeah, works about 0 times out of 10)
3. Hit squelch
4. Quit playing on Realms
5. Grow a thicker skin
6. Go hostile and attack every person who says rude things on bnet, some of which are ethnic slurs, some of which are assaults on sexual orientation, some of which are on assumed degrees of noobness.
7-10. Ideas for others to suggest.
My point? This is the Lounge, not the Guardianship of The Realms. If you don't like the trash talk on the Realms, ONLY YOU can do anything about it, as regards it influence on your gaming experience.
So, do something about it, do what you can, to lessen its intrusion into your gaming fun
Whining won't stop it, least of all here.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete