Gamers seem to be very hard to get along with these days

[Clide Whit]

As someone that partook in online gaming since the late 90's & early 2000's (Starcraft, Diablo series, OG Counter-strike, Team Fortress Classic, etc.) I don't know what yall are talking about. Gamers on chat have always been "Toxic" ( I hate that term btw), the only real difference is everyone has mics now instead of typing so communication is just more instant and intense.

Ass-holes exist in all areas of life no matter the era or community, old school online gaming wasn't any different.

[BearyManilowe]

As someone that partook in online gaming since the late 90's & early 2000's (Starcraft, Diablo series, OG Counter-strike, Team Fortress Classic, etc.) I don't know what yall are talking about. Gamers on chat have always been "Toxic" ( I hate that term btw), the only real difference is everyone has mics now instead of typing so communication is just more instant and intense.

Ass-holes exist in all areas of life no matter the era or community, old school online gaming wasn't any different.

If you don't think it's gotten far worse since the late 90s, just lol.

[Clide Whit]

If you don't think it's gotten far worse since the late 90s, just lol.

The only thing that got "worse" is that you can hear everyone's voice now. It was always easy to find douche-bags online though, especially if you encountered outside clans. Nobody can't seem to recall that early B-net was full of its share of hackers and people spamming gook and "-_-" during games and chats.

[ItalianGigaChad]

SJW's ruined everything. All the mods on every gaming forum are pretty much SJW and if you don't fall in line or agree with them on a woke game you'll get reported and banned like it's nothing. I got banned on Gamefaqs for posting on their political subforum saying the rioters, looters, and murderers are animals. That was offensive. I **** you not.

I've been called "alt right", "nazi", and "white supremacist" by SJW *******s.

I'm far from being alt right.
The sanctimonious progressive liberals have completely lost the plot and are horribly out of touch with the majority on mother earth.

[ItalianGigaChad]

Yeah sounds like the kinda chit I am talking about. I used to go to Gamefaqs for years but I stopped going because I got tired of putting up with all the bullchit from the SJW mods that run the place. It's like you don't even need to be criticizing their politics for them to bully you, all you gotta do is just not like a video game that they like. No joke I was banned for trolling just for saying some Final Fantasy game was dumb, chit like that. Similar sites like IGN are just as bad, and now their community is a lot smaller and notably SJW. It's like you can't really have an opinion of your own around those forum communities. The worst are sites like NeoGAF and ResetEra, pretty much run by the same people for the same people and it's a total SJW chit show around there, everything needs to be viewed with far left ideals and anything outside of their comfort zone is swiftly berated and banished.

It's like this is what gaming communities have become. Hyper politicized and super off-putting with overly sensitive simp ass userbases. People can still find their little communities where they can be themselves but it's like you really gotta be outside of the public eye to do that, anything to do with a big gamer community is just off-putting and excludes anyone outside of the hive mind. It's like even here you got these douchebags who try to rule over any discussions with their bullchit, but at least they're in the minority.

The Neogaf's moderation there is arbitrary and schizophrenic. The TOS is just a formality. Bishop is the worst offender. The resident angry black guy that bans people he disagrees with. I got perma banned for saying Assassin's Creed 3 was not nearly as good aa the second one. All because that particular mod didn't like what i said.

NeoGAF is a big circle jerk.

[PopASquatt]

As someone that partook in online gaming since the late 90's & early 2000's (Starcraft, Diablo series, OG Counter-strike, Team Fortress Classic, etc.) I don't know what yall are talking about. Gamers on chat have always been "Toxic" ( I hate that term btw), the only real difference is everyone has mics now instead of typing so communication is just more instant and intense.

Ass-holes exist in all areas of life no matter the era or community, old school online gaming wasn't any different.

Agreed, this is certainly the case in my experience. In fact most developers have placed reporting systems in their games to curb that stuff as well as matchmaking for players that rank on a lower level.

Take that for what it's worth...

Smaller games like Squad, Post Scriptum, Hell Let Loose and GTFO all have decent communities and it's because they're indie games that stick with their vision. Not the same old team-arena/battle royal/loot box nonsense appeal to the masses.

Never had a bad interaction on those games and everyone has a mic.

[Mercworx]

I dont play online very often anymore. Its just not fun.

Just bought a PS4 and started God of War. Next is Spidermand then Ghost. Planning on getting a Switch for Zelda.

God I miss those kinds of games. Can't wait for Cyberpunk. Online shooters are a trash heep. These days.

[Clide Whit]

Agreed, this is certainly the case in my experience. In fact most developers have placed reporting systems in their games to curb that stuff as well as matchmaking for players that rank on a lower level.

Take that for what it's worth...

Smaller games like Squad, Post Scriptum, Hell Let Loose and GTFO all have decent communities and it's because they're indie games that stick with their vision. Not the same old team-arena/battle royal/loot box nonsense appeal to the masses.

Never had a bad interaction on those games and everyone has a mic.

True, indie games or niche games with smaller communities are usually much more pleasant since the bad apples get filtered out much easier.

I've had the same experience with CS servers that had a good admin-mod staff and all the regulars knew everyone for the most part. Pubs in big AAA games have always been a mixed bag though.

[Suit]

It is why I stick to some fighting games and then mostly sim games like Fishing Planet, theHunter: COTW etc.

Multiplayer gaming has not been fun or enjoyable for a long ass time.

[PopASquatt]

It is why I stick to some fighting games and then mostly sim games like Fishing Planet, theHunter: COTW etc.

Multiplayer gaming has not been fun or enjoyable for a long ass time.

Have you tried smaller devs multiplayer games? Theres a lot of amazing talent outside the big publishers making solid multiplayer games. Would recommend.

[Suit]

Have you tried smaller devs multiplayer games? Theres a lot of amazing talent outside the big publishers making solid multiplayer games. Would recommend.

Outside of warframe every once in a while, not anymore.

Nothing has the depth or spark of things like EQ/DAoC/SCBW/WC3/Red Alert.

[rocketfish]

The only thing that got "worse" is that you can hear everyone's voice now. It was always easy to find douche-bags online though, especially if you encountered outside clans. Nobody can't seem to recall that early B-net was full of its share of hackers and people spamming gook and "-_-" during games and chats.

typing gook was a long honored tradition

[BigElephant]

The only thing that got "worse" is that you can hear everyone's voice now. It was always easy to find douche-bags online though, especially if you encountered outside clans. Nobody can't seem to recall that early B-net was full of its share of hackers and people spamming gook and "-_-" during games and chats.

I disagree. I got into online console gaming in like 2009 on Xbox360 and I regularly met cool guys in gamechat in COD and Battlefield and we ended up adding as friends, pulling all nighters, and kept in contact for years. When I switched to PS4 in 2013 I've only met one group of good people and that was in a smaller game where regulars/high ranks recognize each other. In COD and Battlefield I've run into mostly douchebags, ragers, racists, drug addicts, and squeakers. I met one semi cool Brazilian guy in BF4, but he ended up putting his brother on the mic a lot and his brother was a weirdo who talked about how big his dad's penis was.

[JayJ350]

Outside of warframe every once in a while, not anymore.

Nothing has the depth or spark of things like EQ/DAoC/SCBW/WC3/Red Alert.

Yeah for me the best online games were stuff like Starcraft, COD 1&2, CS Source, SOCOM, DOA 4, Halo 2, Project Gotham Racing, and early Forza games. The PS4/Xbox One gen is when online gaming lost all it's appeal for me, can't think of anything that really stands out to me these days like those classics did. The communities are just different, back then you would join lobbies and servers and hang out with the same consistent group of people all the time. Now a days it's all about matchmaking where you are in a new group all the time and everyone just comes and goes with every match. Exception seems to be getting in parties of people but I never take the gaming community seriously enough to do that.

[longfellowdeeds]

I enjoyed being part of the PC FPS gaming crowd from 2002-2011ish

[FAPhaggot]

Been playing Overwatch lately, and the community there is crazy fukking toxic. Can't remember the last competitive game I've lost where someone on my team didn't throw a tantrum.

The problem is it's a 6v6 with very limited carry potential - it's hard as chit to 1v2 in that game, and nie impossible to 1v3. So you are very much dependent on your teammates for wins. When your teammates start running around and shooting blindfolded, you can start seeing where the rage comes from.

Even then - every single fukking game. Jesus. I've seen 10 year olds in pee wee football take Ls better than seemingly adult gamers.

[sooby]

Been playing Overwatch lately, and the community there is crazy fukking toxic. Can't remember the last competitive game I've lost where someone on my team didn't throw a tantrum.

The problem is it's a 6v6 with very limited carry potential - it's hard as chit to 1v2 in that game, and nie impossible to 1v3. So you are very much dependent on your teammates for wins. When your teammates start running around and shooting blindfolded, you can start seeing where the rage comes from.

Even then - every single fukking game. Jesus. I've seen 10 year olds in pee wee football take Ls better than seemingly adult gamers.

lol at playing *******watch

[Suit]

Been playing Overwatch lately, and the community there is crazy fukking toxic. Can't remember the last competitive game I've lost where someone on my team didn't throw a tantrum.

The problem is it's a 6v6 with very limited carry potential - it's hard as chit to 1v2 in that game, and nie impossible to 1v3. So you are very much dependent on your teammates for wins. When your teammates start running around and shooting blindfolded, you can start seeing where the rage comes from.

Even then - every single fukking game. Jesus. I've seen 10 year olds in pee wee football take Ls better than seemingly adult gamers.

Dump OW. It is owned by China.

On top of that, it explicitly caters towards LGBTQ+.

[E-Go]

lmfao at all these people calling out the left for being argumentative or aholes while simultaneously taking literally not a single f***ing ounce of any responsibility for their part in it.

"I was just minding my own business, walking down the street when this liberal turd came up and screamed unpleasant things at me."

This issue is not limited to gaming, it's literally the entire internet experience.
It's simple, the internets reach + anonymity = "I can be a complete d*** and not get punched in the face for it? Nice" was the starting point. They festured for years, not really gaining any real voice, mostly thinking what they were doing was funny.

Add in that the Racist Cancer in office has empowered hateful people to spread their filth and it gets worse, and now they also get a voice along with the hateful. They start preaching the hate more and more. Those people that we're joking are no longer really joking about it.

It gets worse as its accepted by those afraid of standing up to it. It gets worse again when people stand up to it as they just yell louder.

No one is innocent in where we are, especially no one here.

[JayJ350]

lmfao at all these people calling out the left for being argumentative or aholes while simultaneously taking literally not a single f***ing ounce of any responsibility for their part in it.

"I was just minding my own business, walking down the street when this liberal turd came up and screamed unpleasant things at me."

This issue is not limited to gaming, it's literally the entire internet experience.
It's simple, the internets reach + anonymity = "I can be a complete d*** and not get punched in the face for it? Nice" was the starting point. They festured for years, not really gaining any real voice, mostly thinking what they were doing was funny.

Add in that the Racist Cancer in office has empowered hateful people to spread their filth and it gets worse, and now they also get a voice along with the hateful. They start preaching the hate more and more. Those people that we're joking are no longer really joking about it.

It gets worse as its accepted by those afraid of standing up to it. It gets worse again when people stand up to it as they just yell louder.

No one is innocent in where we are, especially no one here.

When you need to bring Trump into a topic about gamers to justify being a liberal douche, chances are you're just a liberal douche.

[Lord_Lemon]

lmfao at all these people calling out the left for being argumentative or aholes while simultaneously taking literally not a single f***ing ounce of any responsibility for their part in it.

"I was just minding my own business, walking down the street when this liberal turd came up and screamed unpleasant things at me."

This issue is not limited to gaming, it's literally the entire internet experience.
It's simple, the internets reach + anonymity = "I can be a complete d*** and not get punched in the face for it? Nice" was the starting point. They festured for years, not really gaining any real voice, mostly thinking what they were doing was funny.

Add in that the Racist Cancer in office has empowered hateful people to spread their filth and it gets worse, and now they also get a voice along with the hateful. They start preaching the hate more and more. Those people that we're joking are no longer really joking about it.

It gets worse as its accepted by those afraid of standing up to it. It gets worse again when people stand up to it as they just yell louder.

No one is innocent in where we are, especially no one here.

Your post is full of cringe. I would disown you if you were my son. What a fking embarrassment and soy filled donut you turned out to be.

[E-Go]

When you need to bring Trump into a topic about gamers to justify being a liberal douche, chances are you're just a liberal douche.

Nah, I brought him up because he empowered hate, which spread everywhere like a virus and that's undeniable. But, thanks for again showing how much of a hypocrite you are. I didn't single anyone specifically out and I can count over 10 posts that were political and yet you attack me because I'm not your politics. It's almost laughable how much of a hypocritical d*** you are while simultaneously whining about people being mean on the internet. You point the finger everywhere but at yourself. It's just sad how oblivious some people can be.

"What? He called me an ahole back after I insulted him? WHY ARE PEOPLE ARE SO MEAN TO ME?"

[E-Go]

Your post is full of cringe. I would disown you if you were my son. What a fking embarrassment and soy filled donut you turned out to be.

Lol. If I were your son, I'd probably be in jail for hate crimes or statutory.

Location: Florida Man

Lmao

[JayJ350]

Your post is full of cringe. I would disown you if you were my son. What a fking embarrassment and soy filled donut you turned out to be.

For real, this guy is such a TDS case that he feels a need to bring Trump into absolutely everything, even discussions that are about nothing besides gamers. He is honestly a perfect example of the type of tool that has been making gaming communities intolerable, the type of person that needs to bring their politics into absolutely everything in a vain attempt to justify how chitty they are. The type of clown that doubles down every time people tell them to phuck off with their chit.

[kr1kit]

lol oh look another stupid argument on the forums...

oh look its JayJ350, what a surprise, two things you never see go hand-in-hand!

[Deathstroke]

I fukken hate China but over 50% of things I purchase comes from there.

Ego the right wing rules, the left sucks the big one! Don’t be a silly liberal ffs you might be better than that!

I’m a registered republican who professes to be an independent

[E-Go]

For real, this guy is such a TDS case that he feels a need to bring Trump into absolutely everything, even discussions that are about nothing besides gamers. He is honestly a perfect example of the type of tool that has been making gaming communities intolerable, the type of person that needs to bring their politics into absolutely everything in a vain attempt to justify how chitty they are. The type of clown that doubles down every time people tell them to phuck off with their chit.

Lolololol. If you don't think politics have already infected everything, you are a complete f***ing moron.

[E-Go]

I fukken hate China but over 50% of things I purchase comes from there.

Ego the right wing rules, the left sucks the big one! Don’t be a silly liberal ffs you might be better than that!

I’m a registered republican who professes to be an independent

Your trolling needs work Jono

[Deathstroke]

Not as much work as your gaming skills boyo!

[Deathstroke]

And voting skills as I assume you will be voting for the wrong man for the job shame