Asad Thahab-Jabal
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Posted - 2016.02.09 14:55:00 -
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Blaze Lepus wrote:With that said, this community is also REALLY horrid. From sending life threatening hate mail, harassing people when they discuss problems on forums (B1ack ice, anyone?) to throwing "weeaboo" insults, homophobia, and misogyny everywhere just to be really offensive. You guys are.. not enjoyable to be around or read about to say the least. 
You don't play very many online games, do you?
DUST's community is one of the least toxic, most supportive I have encountered in the FPS genre.
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Asad Thahab-Jabal
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Posted - 2016.02.09 15:57:00 -
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Blaze Lepus wrote:I have played a lot of online games of various genres. I agree though, I haven't played many FPS online, so I assume this community is better than some but I still know of some other bad communities to compare it to. (If you play any games related to anime, you can very easily dive into creepy-town.) But never have I on any other game received hate mail regularly, or mail threatening to bash my skull in and various other things because I killed their character a lot. There are also more things I've heard from my friends about real life threats from players on this game. You get more well known in the game, you get more people that hate you.
So yeah, there are supportive people that exist in this game. But that doesn't make up for how many awful ones there are to call the community as a whole, "supportive" in my opinion. Familiarize yourself with GIFT (Greater Internet ******* Theory).
"A postulate which asserts that normal, well-adjusted people may display psychopathic or antisocial behaviors when given both anonymity and a captive audience on the Internet."
Video games are often competitive. Some people, especially immature people, cannot handle that stress. When they lose they lash out. Now, I'm not forgiving their behavior, just explaining it. If someone is actually making death threats just report them to CCP. They will usually be harshly dealt with; CCP don't play with asshats who claim they are going to stab your family.
Returning to the topic of DUST, there are people who git mad. So? Every gaming community has those people. Use in-game block/ignore features, report them to CCP if they are too abusive, then move on with your life.
To quote CCP themselves: HTFU
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