Parallo, no.. Beniel was not the problem, but thank you for your "opinion". I'm not sure what you hoped to gain by your comment, but to each their own.
However, the difference between the game and the forum is that we often do not RP in the forums. If there is RP it's usually the opposite of what we do in the game. It's included in brackets or in a special section for story telling and the such.
There is also an issue here that in the "Real World" I have many ways of dealing with individuals who are rude, irresponsible, mean, threatening, hostile, and down right dangerous. In the game or in the these forums, there is nothing apart from a few (very few) individuals who must then read many thousands of posts and even then may not do anything because there is something MORE serious going on in another thread.
Sure I can file a complaint, but such complaints usually (from personal experience as the person who harassed me long ago is still a member of PS [read below for more details but no names]). In the real world, such people are taken away or dealt with in a court of law. [of course in medieval times, they were either hung, staked, racked, or some other form of cruel punishment was inflicted.]
Beniel, no, yours was not the issue. That was rather benign in comparison to what's going on.
I will not start posting links to other threads nor will I be the forum police and give out every or look for every instance of indiscretion, but what prompted me to write this thread was another thread I read in which someone was told they were stupid for asking a question and they didn't deserve to have their questions answered by anyone. As [silly] as that may sound, that person who received that type of response is damaged.
I've actually come across many posts like that. In defense of one particular post though, the person called a stupid newb started the thread by saying he was, but people continued smashing him anyway for asking his question.
No one is stupid; they are either misinformed, or non-informed. But to literally slam someone to pieces because they have a question, or make an observation is morally negligent...
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And yes, to answer [everyone's] PM'd and unspoken question [surprise, surprise I would get so many PM's over this issue] , I have been the victim of such attacks. When I first started playing PS long ago, I started posting on the forums and such [I had a different account name and e-mail address then]. Because of one person who was literally ruthless, I quit, had my account deleted, and even had to change my e-mail address because at the time I didn't know how to hide my personal e-mail address and the person continued attacking me on my personal e-mail.
I'm seeing the same sorts of things happening and the same responses to people throughout these new and improved forums and it's making me second guess my coming back to the game.
Because of the PM's and other contacts... I am REALLY second guessing coming back. I've only encountered 1 rude person IG, but I have a sneaky feeling there are many more!
For the most part the responses are positive, but at least one person has responded negatively and its not all that surprising. Its not a bad post mind you, but it's still the type of thing that could have been kept to that individual rather than being spoken out loud.
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The criticism there is usually warranted and most of those threads are attacked because the poster hadn't read the stickies or done any research.
Forgive my ignorance here, but are you saying that there are times slamming someone to pieces is warranted? For example if they are new, or if they don't read the forum rules, or if they don't search for a similar topic, or if the hair on my left index knuckle is slightly ingrown and it bothers me so I have to itch it but it's better to yell at someone in a forum? That type of thing?
Because if that's really how you feel Waylander, then you have pretty much cinched it for me and I'll back off and leave without another word. But if you meant something else, I'd sure like to hear it.
[please try to avoid double posting, thank you - Eliseth]