I don't think this is simply an issue based around a certain genre and small community of gamers, this has become a general problem over the years. From Arcade to PC and now Console, the whole community within gaming has gone markedly down hill, ever since the ability to communicate online during play was enabled. Even on less competitive arenas, such as unranked online play, the whole attitude stinks to high heaven.<\/p>I've lost count of the times I've beaten a guy or been beaten and got a microphone tirade or a message with text \/ voice, coating me off with various expletives featured in Shakespeare's famous work \"How To Be A Cunt And Influence People<\/b>\"<\/p>Then you get the whole hitting on the female player in the room, because apparently in some bullshit unwritten rule, that's okay too, they expect and want it.<\/p>Couple this with the self-entitlement of being able to say what you wish, there seems to be an ever growing mass of Racists and Misogynists playing videogames of late, and its these same pricks that will stop gaming rising above its \"immature\" status in the eyes of the non-gaming world. I've been gaming for 30 years and I have to say, I hate what my community has become.<\/p>As for people with an outlook like Aris, I just go to the greatest invention in gaming of late... the mute button<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>shimrra<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>5<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By shimrra<\/a><\/div><\/div>I miss the days of when you could play a VS game face to face or side by side cause no one would say anything unless they could back it up. In other words you would watch what you would say cause if you stepped out of line the opposing player would just either give you beating right there or just wait for you outside the store.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Adrean89<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>6<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>61<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Adrean89<\/a><\/div><\/div>This would not be ok in any professional sport.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>yukoasho<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2247<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>6076<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 7<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By yukoasho<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@stryker1121<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>I don't understand how Miranda's contract has anything to do with her pushing back against Aris's pervy aggressiveness. Not a jab at you, of course, but I've read a few threads about the contract, like there's no sexual harassment clause protecting her? Pardon my naivete but that part of the story is very strange.<\/p><\/blockquote>As I mentioned earlier in the thread, Miranda says she DID try to get Aris to get off her back and he brushed her off.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>yukoasho<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2247<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>6076<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 7<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By yukoasho<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Hailinel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@King9999<\/strong>: Yes, because Giant Bomb is not a fighting game-centric website. If the FGC wants better press for the masses, they need to make the effort to put the word out in a way that goes beyond their circle of insular web communities like SRK.<\/p><\/blockquote>In other words, the FGC should expect to only be discussed when it's time for the next witch hunt. Problem is that it's this lack of support that's part of the problem. While media and sponsors flooded MLG for Starcraft and Halo\/CoD for a decade, the FGC is almost entirely grassroots. That's lead to bitter resentment of newcomers which has created part of the issue in the first place.<\/p>Aris should never be allowed on a stream again, and neither should Marn. EVO and SRK sent a strong message last week that this shit wasn't going to be tolerated on streams, and hopefully this opens up dialog about the comfort and safety of event participants and spectators, regardless of their differences. However, it's not enough to ONLY talk about negative things. That's going to bring resentment from a community that's been ignored completely while other games have quickly formed competitive leagues, helped by massive early sponsorships.<\/p>As I said before, it's not enough to smack the bad guys. We have to cheer the good guys too. Too many in the FGC only view this as a media witch hunt.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>jamesisaacs<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>228<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>288<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By jamesisaacs<\/a><\/div><\/div>Is this about girl gamers not liking sexy comments?<\/p>P.S. That Miranda is a hottie!<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Hailinel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>25785<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>219681<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 10<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 28<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Hailinel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@TeflonBilly<\/strong>: Of course I want to see improvements. But I also want to see more of the FGC own up to the fact that they have some abject scum within their ranks, and that for all their proselytizing about the community being about the nature of competition, there are some who use it as a means to demean others.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
I miss the days of when you could play a VS game face to face or side by side cause no one would say anything unless they could back it up. In other words you would watch what you would say cause if you stepped out of line the opposing player would just either give you beating right there or just wait for you outside the store.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Adrean89<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>6<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>61<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Adrean89<\/a><\/div><\/div>This would not be ok in any professional sport.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>yukoasho<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2247<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>6076<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 7<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By yukoasho<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@stryker1121<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>I don't understand how Miranda's contract has anything to do with her pushing back against Aris's pervy aggressiveness. Not a jab at you, of course, but I've read a few threads about the contract, like there's no sexual harassment clause protecting her? Pardon my naivete but that part of the story is very strange.<\/p><\/blockquote>As I mentioned earlier in the thread, Miranda says she DID try to get Aris to get off her back and he brushed her off.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>yukoasho<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2247<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>6076<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 7<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By yukoasho<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Hailinel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@King9999<\/strong>: Yes, because Giant Bomb is not a fighting game-centric website. If the FGC wants better press for the masses, they need to make the effort to put the word out in a way that goes beyond their circle of insular web communities like SRK.<\/p><\/blockquote>In other words, the FGC should expect to only be discussed when it's time for the next witch hunt. Problem is that it's this lack of support that's part of the problem. While media and sponsors flooded MLG for Starcraft and Halo\/CoD for a decade, the FGC is almost entirely grassroots. That's lead to bitter resentment of newcomers which has created part of the issue in the first place.<\/p>Aris should never be allowed on a stream again, and neither should Marn. EVO and SRK sent a strong message last week that this shit wasn't going to be tolerated on streams, and hopefully this opens up dialog about the comfort and safety of event participants and spectators, regardless of their differences. However, it's not enough to ONLY talk about negative things. That's going to bring resentment from a community that's been ignored completely while other games have quickly formed competitive leagues, helped by massive early sponsorships.<\/p>As I said before, it's not enough to smack the bad guys. We have to cheer the good guys too. Too many in the FGC only view this as a media witch hunt.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>jamesisaacs<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>228<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>288<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By jamesisaacs<\/a><\/div><\/div>Is this about girl gamers not liking sexy comments?<\/p>P.S. That Miranda is a hottie!<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Hailinel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>25785<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>219681<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 10<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 28<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Hailinel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@TeflonBilly<\/strong>: Of course I want to see improvements. But I also want to see more of the FGC own up to the fact that they have some abject scum within their ranks, and that for all their proselytizing about the community being about the nature of competition, there are some who use it as a means to demean others.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
This would not be ok in any professional sport.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>yukoasho<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2247<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>6076<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 7<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By yukoasho<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@stryker1121<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>I don't understand how Miranda's contract has anything to do with her pushing back against Aris's pervy aggressiveness. Not a jab at you, of course, but I've read a few threads about the contract, like there's no sexual harassment clause protecting her? Pardon my naivete but that part of the story is very strange.<\/p><\/blockquote>As I mentioned earlier in the thread, Miranda says she DID try to get Aris to get off her back and he brushed her off.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>yukoasho<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2247<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>6076<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 7<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By yukoasho<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Hailinel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@King9999<\/strong>: Yes, because Giant Bomb is not a fighting game-centric website. If the FGC wants better press for the masses, they need to make the effort to put the word out in a way that goes beyond their circle of insular web communities like SRK.<\/p><\/blockquote>In other words, the FGC should expect to only be discussed when it's time for the next witch hunt. Problem is that it's this lack of support that's part of the problem. While media and sponsors flooded MLG for Starcraft and Halo\/CoD for a decade, the FGC is almost entirely grassroots. That's lead to bitter resentment of newcomers which has created part of the issue in the first place.<\/p>Aris should never be allowed on a stream again, and neither should Marn. EVO and SRK sent a strong message last week that this shit wasn't going to be tolerated on streams, and hopefully this opens up dialog about the comfort and safety of event participants and spectators, regardless of their differences. However, it's not enough to ONLY talk about negative things. That's going to bring resentment from a community that's been ignored completely while other games have quickly formed competitive leagues, helped by massive early sponsorships.<\/p>As I said before, it's not enough to smack the bad guys. We have to cheer the good guys too. Too many in the FGC only view this as a media witch hunt.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>jamesisaacs<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>228<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>288<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By jamesisaacs<\/a><\/div><\/div>Is this about girl gamers not liking sexy comments?<\/p>P.S. That Miranda is a hottie!<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Hailinel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>25785<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>219681<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 10<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 28<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Hailinel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@TeflonBilly<\/strong>: Of course I want to see improvements. But I also want to see more of the FGC own up to the fact that they have some abject scum within their ranks, and that for all their proselytizing about the community being about the nature of competition, there are some who use it as a means to demean others.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span>@stryker1121<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>I don't understand how Miranda's contract has anything to do with her pushing back against Aris's pervy aggressiveness. Not a jab at you, of course, but I've read a few threads about the contract, like there's no sexual harassment clause protecting her? Pardon my naivete but that part of the story is very strange.<\/p><\/blockquote>As I mentioned earlier in the thread, Miranda says she DID try to get Aris to get off her back and he brushed her off.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>yukoasho<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2247<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>6076<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 7<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By yukoasho<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Hailinel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@King9999<\/strong>: Yes, because Giant Bomb is not a fighting game-centric website. If the FGC wants better press for the masses, they need to make the effort to put the word out in a way that goes beyond their circle of insular web communities like SRK.<\/p><\/blockquote>In other words, the FGC should expect to only be discussed when it's time for the next witch hunt. Problem is that it's this lack of support that's part of the problem. While media and sponsors flooded MLG for Starcraft and Halo\/CoD for a decade, the FGC is almost entirely grassroots. That's lead to bitter resentment of newcomers which has created part of the issue in the first place.<\/p>Aris should never be allowed on a stream again, and neither should Marn. EVO and SRK sent a strong message last week that this shit wasn't going to be tolerated on streams, and hopefully this opens up dialog about the comfort and safety of event participants and spectators, regardless of their differences. However, it's not enough to ONLY talk about negative things. That's going to bring resentment from a community that's been ignored completely while other games have quickly formed competitive leagues, helped by massive early sponsorships.<\/p>As I said before, it's not enough to smack the bad guys. We have to cheer the good guys too. Too many in the FGC only view this as a media witch hunt.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>jamesisaacs<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>228<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>288<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By jamesisaacs<\/a><\/div><\/div>Is this about girl gamers not liking sexy comments?<\/p>P.S. That Miranda is a hottie!<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Hailinel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>25785<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>219681<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 10<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 28<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Hailinel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@TeflonBilly<\/strong>: Of course I want to see improvements. But I also want to see more of the FGC own up to the fact that they have some abject scum within their ranks, and that for all their proselytizing about the community being about the nature of competition, there are some who use it as a means to demean others.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span>@Hailinel<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@King9999<\/strong>: Yes, because Giant Bomb is not a fighting game-centric website. If the FGC wants better press for the masses, they need to make the effort to put the word out in a way that goes beyond their circle of insular web communities like SRK.<\/p><\/blockquote>In other words, the FGC should expect to only be discussed when it's time for the next witch hunt. Problem is that it's this lack of support that's part of the problem. While media and sponsors flooded MLG for Starcraft and Halo\/CoD for a decade, the FGC is almost entirely grassroots. That's lead to bitter resentment of newcomers which has created part of the issue in the first place.<\/p>Aris should never be allowed on a stream again, and neither should Marn. EVO and SRK sent a strong message last week that this shit wasn't going to be tolerated on streams, and hopefully this opens up dialog about the comfort and safety of event participants and spectators, regardless of their differences. However, it's not enough to ONLY talk about negative things. That's going to bring resentment from a community that's been ignored completely while other games have quickly formed competitive leagues, helped by massive early sponsorships.<\/p>As I said before, it's not enough to smack the bad guys. We have to cheer the good guys too. Too many in the FGC only view this as a media witch hunt.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>jamesisaacs<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>228<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>288<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By jamesisaacs<\/a><\/div><\/div>Is this about girl gamers not liking sexy comments?<\/p>P.S. That Miranda is a hottie!<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Hailinel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>25785<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>219681<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 10<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 28<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Hailinel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@TeflonBilly<\/strong>: Of course I want to see improvements. But I also want to see more of the FGC own up to the fact that they have some abject scum within their ranks, and that for all their proselytizing about the community being about the nature of competition, there are some who use it as a means to demean others.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Is this about girl gamers not liking sexy comments?<\/p>P.S. That Miranda is a hottie!<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Hailinel<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>25785<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>219681<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 10<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 28<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Hailinel<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@TeflonBilly<\/strong>: Of course I want to see improvements. But I also want to see more of the FGC own up to the fact that they have some abject scum within their ranks, and that for all their proselytizing about the community being about the nature of competition, there are some who use it as a means to demean others.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span>@TeflonBilly<\/strong>: Of course I want to see improvements. But I also want to see more of the FGC own up to the fact that they have some abject scum within their ranks, and that for all their proselytizing about the community being about the nature of competition, there are some who use it as a means to demean others.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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