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    Please, Don't Feed The Trolls

    It's getting harder and harder to read through threads without coming across posts throwing insults about. Once that first acrimonious post appears it's countered with words just as insulting and the snowball just grows. It's depressing and tiresome.

    I know that people are passionate about the game and feelings can run high, but to resort to child like playground name calling is just demonstrating to the world how immature some people are. I'm fully aware that the anonymous nature of the Internet makes some people feel empowered to make comments they wouldn't make in person out in the real world. I'm also confident that many of the culprits are probably quite pleasant outside of the discussion boards.

    Why not just bite your tongue and turn the other cheek when someone gets personal with insults and name calling? By replying to the 'troll' you're just giving them exactly what they want. Rise above it and don't acknowledge the post. Don't sink to the same level. Be the bigger man/woman.

    If you're upset about the game and feel the need to let developers and the rest of the world know about it then fine go ahead, but there isn't any need to use unpleasant language or throw insults around. Keeping things civilised will generate more goodwill and hopefully a positive outcome. After all we are for the most part adults so lets behave like adults.


    Please, don't feed the trolls.


    Thank you for reading and I wish you all great gaming.
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    I tend to ignore them and report them instantly, some people can't simply accept others opinions and resort to insults. The moderators are half to blame for that, cause so far no bans and/or warnings have been issued.

    Threads like this are useless though and only cause more flame, although I agree with you. Any sane an mature person will have the same opinion as you.
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    Vicious , nasty , hate-filled posts I agree.

    Put some people are way over sensitive and can't take jokes,fun pokes,jests,sarcasm,etc.

    The censor police can come out in full force and ban away until is nothing but bone dry posts boring people off the forums.

    People need to lighten up. Forums use to be fun places where people made jokes , said silly things, sometimes had a little argument and nobody had to run screaming to the police about it.

    Some of the greatest posts of all times in game forums have been legendary Troll posts. And sadly they would have been smothered out before they reached their potential just because a few people were bu'tt hurt over some creative fun
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    Originally Posted by Giralus Go to original post
    Vicious , nasty , hate-filled posts I agree.

    Put some people are way over sensitive and can't take jokes,fun pokes,jests,sarcasm,etc.

    The censor police can come out in full force and ban away until is nothing but bone dry posts boring people off the forums.

    People need to lighten up. Forums use to be fun places where people made jokes , said silly things, sometimes had a little argument and nobody had to run screaming to the police about it.

    Some of the greatest posts of all times in game forums have been legendary Troll posts. And sadly they would have been smothered out before they reached their potential just because a few people were bu'tt hurt over some creative fun
    There's no problem with jokes, the problem is when people start offending others and being sarcatist simply because they can't agree with others.

    Worse case scenario people derailing threads to make it a personal vendenta agaisnt other users, no one will miss those guys if they get banned and the forum sure as hell will be a better place.
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    Originally Posted by Giralus Go to original post

    Put some people are way over sensitive and can't take jokes,fun pokes,jests,sarcasm,etc.


    A bit of friendly banter is fine and helps to gel people together. But sometimes it can be taken the wrong way. This is where the use of emoticons helps. A or a goes a long way.
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    If you don't feed the trolls they will starve and die.

    #TROLL LIVES MATTER
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    Originally Posted by TG24915193 Go to original post

    #TROLL LIVES MATTER
    Your going to get reported for speaking so much Truth

    Preach it loud and Preach it clear for the whole world to hear.
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    Show me with finger at least one troll on this forum?

    This days any thrasher are considered as troll and that is sad.
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    Originally Posted by Solidus... Go to original post
    Show me with finger at least one troll on this forum?

    This days any thrasher are considered as troll and that is sad.
    Yes , sadly the days of yonder when the great trolls would come out from under their bridges and daze and confuse their opponents with their inhuman skills is all but a Myth now.
    They were hunted to extinction by snively booger nosed humans that couldn't match their intellectual prowess, so the humans do what they always do when their ego is challenged, they cry foul and the knights and champions rush in with swords ablaze to vanquish the perceived foe.
    But like most knights and champions they have been hit on the head one to many times and can't see that the trolls were just trying to thin the realm of those humans who drag humanity down into the pit of casualty where they reside.
    Take a look around you at the world today now that those subhuman bags of tears are running rampant , freedom of speech is being attacked on all fronts , say something that can be twisted and turned into some firm of insult the authorities hunt you down.
    People are afraid to talk openly for risk that somehow they will offend a person eves dropping their conversation.
    Hopefully the wise ancient Trolls have not gone extinct but just are in hibernation and will reawaken soon, and cleans game forum the world over of the weak minded, back boneless,bottom feading, dregs of our society, and with time that wisdom will once again spread world wide , and people can speak openly and freely another land and the king shall become one again, joy and happiness will rain upon humanity for a thousand years, and survival o' the fittest will once again by the law of the land.
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    Originally Posted by TG24915193 Go to original post
    If you don't feed the trolls they will starve and die.

    #TROLL LIVES MATTER
    No they won't. They eat water rats. We all know that.

    #Vermin eat vermin.
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