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Okay, I have been coming to this site since I've been playing Everquest, about 4 years now. One thing I have noticed is the number of ingorant comments made to people who want nothing to do but get information for something they want to know. I guess folks build up some type of confidence knowing that they'll never face who they are bashing, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous. I just read a post on the Staff of Elemental Mastery: Fire, and somebody was just thanking somebody for letting them have this item. Sure enough, somebody had to bash this poor person over something the basher had no clue about. This site is supposed to be a collection of what people want to pass on to other players. Nobody knows everything, so I wish people out there would stop thinking they do. Anybody who decides to post rude comments need to do it on another site, or leave the game completely. I speak for everybody who has had an ignorant reply to their post. If you don't have anything good to day, nor something to pass on to other players, stay the heck away from this site. Thank you and happy Everquesting!
The comments in item, bestiary listings, etc. are full of nonsense because a lot of times it's either anonymous posting or people who only post a handful of times. Those posts can be rated into oblivion and a lot of them do.
Yes there are a lot of ignorant, obnoxious, arrogant gamers out there - some of them even post on the forums
On occasion they stimulate a lot of topical discussion, though.
And, not to sound obnoxious or arrogant, but you speak for no one but yourself here.
Yes there are a lot of ignorant, obnoxious, arrogant gamers out there - some of them even post on the forums
On occasion they stimulate a lot of topical discussion, though. And, not to sound obnoxious or arrogant, but you speak for no one but yourself here.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Do you have concrete evidense besides "she said this" and "he bashed her".......
I looked about the page and found this post, and this one, oh and here's another!. These posts are all filled with nothing but helpful information.
Perhaps you should take your own advise and that of all good mother's everywhere; If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all!!
I looked about the page and found this post, and this one, oh and here's another!. These posts are all filled with nothing but helpful information.
Perhaps you should take your own advise and that of all good mother's everywhere; If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all!!
Alma wrote:
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I can echo Debalic in saying that a possible problem here is with "people who only post a handful of times" - people not accustomed to forum etiquette.
On the other hand, you cannot communicate emotions or a tone of voice over web postings. The respondents you perceive as being rude may be just trying to help. Why is rudeness perceived? Maybe their posts are short and to the point. Maybe there is no indication of a smile or well-meaning. Communication over the web does not hold a candle to talking in-person and on the telephone.
That said, I nuke spam and flamethreads off the item and bestiary pages as I come across them. They are not as easy as dealing with the forums, though. For item and bestiary pages, posts can only be nuked one at a time, and we cannot edit - two things low on the priority list of our developers.
Problems are much less common than pre-Summer 2002 when anonymous posting was disabled.
On the other hand, you cannot communicate emotions or a tone of voice over web postings. The respondents you perceive as being rude may be just trying to help. Why is rudeness perceived? Maybe their posts are short and to the point. Maybe there is no indication of a smile or well-meaning. Communication over the web does not hold a candle to talking in-person and on the telephone.
That said, I nuke spam and flamethreads off the item and bestiary pages as I come across them. They are not as easy as dealing with the forums, though. For item and bestiary pages, posts can only be nuked one at a time, and we cannot edit - two things low on the priority list of our developers.
Problems are much less common than pre-Summer 2002 when anonymous posting was disabled.
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What I find alternately amusing and irritating is people who post offensive comments recently (2004-2005) bashing old posts with info from Velious/Luclin era.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Hang in there Kyarone. I've been lucky that no one flames or bashes my posts or threads, so I can't really identify with your situation. On the other hand, if ever you had to reply in your defense, try to reinforce your argument rather than raise your voice; though, a few pages of thoughtful digression may be just as inappropriate. Again, I can't speak from experience, but hopefully I'll be able to walk the fine line of justice and valor when that time comes (heel:toe, heel:toe, heel:toe).
the worst posts in the bestiary are ones like: 'this mob is gimp, i soloed it with my 70 ranger, you shouldnt need more than 2 or 3 peeps to take it down' and then they'll rip on a post from 2002 where they said 'bring 3 groups'. mostly though it is good and alla is an amazing resource despite a large number of pointless comments.
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