@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
@RandomWheelchair You've made an awful lot of assumptions to back up what you want to believe.
There's absolutely no reason for players of this game to be obnoxious to each other, and back in the more innocent days before social media weaponised trolling and used it to effect worldwide political upheaval, FA players were nice to each other, and were interested in helping each other get better, and did want to share the experience of this most marvellous of games together.
Oh, sorry for years of gaming experience that I have had and my own life experience that strangely extrapolates with what others have experienced.
I've been playing with other competitive minded people for years and I kid you not that I have seen many of them go from toxic assholes to mellow guys just wanting to play a game after taxing day. I've heard them go about how the games we played were much better and less toxic back in the day compared to now. Where funnily enough they were part of what they would now consider toxic bunch.
I've seen people just outright switch 180 degree the moment they realised they can't reach the top as they are too bad. Even though before they didn't care at all as to what others wrote or said.
@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
There's absolutely no reason for players of this game to be obnoxious to each other
NO reason? Sorry but some folks just need to protect their ego, and mine experience comes before yours. As long as it doesn't break the rules 'ya just gotta deal with it.
@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
and back in the more innocent days before social media weaponised trolling and used it to effect worldwide political upheaval
Innocent days from before social media weaponized trolling? Dude if you think social media changed anything in the gaming sphere when it comes to trolling then I'm not sure what kind of life you are leading. Or how sad upbringing you had as a kid not to ever troll your best friend while playing in the sandbox.
Ya' really must be constantly looking at your past with rose tinted lenses 'cuz otherwise I have no clue how you could write that sentence.
@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
FA players were nice to each other
Well FA players are still nice to each other, just as much as 4 years ago when I joined. Same to all other games I joined. But maybe that's cuz I don't look for the bad stuff but instead focus on the good parts while not giving a shit about what others do. I sculpt my own experience, and you won't have a say in it.
I would advise you to do the same, after all you have all the options available to make FAF a place just for you. Just use the tools.
@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
and were interested in helping each other get better
Oh but they still do, we have plethora of people willing to assist FAF players. Be it Discord or reddit.
@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
did want to share the experience of this most marvellous of games together.
Well, I guess they could stop shilling. It's kinda cringe when you look at this people going about how FA is some kind of masterpiece whenever they go. And you are giving vibe of one of them.
@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
@ftxcommando
And the reason I didn't come back for so long was because I didn't want to get banned for making a second account!
@blackyps RandomWheelchair is in no position to say what I do when I come home from work or what state of mind I might be in.
I have a very good memory for people being obnoxious.
Well, that sound suspicious.Not being able to come back unless you make new account. I smell lies and half truths.
Maybe instead of focusing on shitty parts of your life it's time to focus on the good parts? Maybe then you won't remember every small shitter that dared to look funny at you?
@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
@ftxcommando
I left to play Planetary Annihilation, around the time engie mod was introduced. That predates the examples you're giving
Pointless strawmaning.
@Wainan said in Why would you have left FAF?:
If I accept that there have always been arseholes, would you accept that we've always been better off without them?
I will take capable asshole over apathetic smoothbrain each time of the day. One at least have capability of getting better.
Also can we get the age factor out of the window? Cuz so far in my experience on FAF it was the OLD dudes that were showing the most of the notable "toxicity" that you and others speak off. So kinda lol at you old dudes being the chill ones.
Which funnily also goes with the experience I had in WoT when it was the old dudes being the biggest quantity of people that you would consider toxic by your standards. Though I guess they were tame compared to mah dudes in EFE.