oh, I don't know.. just depends on the people and the time. I think a lot of the negativity in any community isn't just a WoW problem - it's a bigger reflection of the discontent and frustration we see all around us in any community.
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Replying to @Postsemreh @MaryaleeScarlet and
I know early Vanilla had a ton of jackasses harassing new players, from killing quest NPCs, stealing kills constantly, and overall just.. jerks. It's better now... but god you can NOT leave any public chat channels on. I've never dealt with having to turn chat off cept for wow.
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Replying to @thegeo @MaryaleeScarlet and
well.. more than 10 years later.. and the same toxicity is in HotS, Overwatch, Twitter, Twitch, YouTube or any other place people can participate in dialog/communication anonymously.. Just a lot of vitriol and anger where people need to feel better about themselves and can't
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Replying to @Postsemreh @MaryaleeScarlet and
On most of those I can block people. On WoW you could actively ruin someones time playing. Time they paid for at that. :/ I have a looong block list on Twitter for a reason :)
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Replying to @thegeo @MaryaleeScarlet and
oh - I agree.. part of the reason WoW seems especially toxic is that there's not a good means of shutting down griefing.. but then there's a lot more people interacting constantly in an MMO, and got a great mechanism for buffering yourself from objectionable content.
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Replying to @Postsemreh @MaryaleeScarlet and
and in case you didn't know, Ultima Online *is* an MMO, and it used to be very popular! Also I feel old now.
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Replying to @thegoldqueen @Postsemreh and
I suddenly feel like a fossil.
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Replying to @thegeo @thegoldqueen and
Can I dig you up for the DM Faire Archaeology quest? I need more fossils.
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Replying to @MaryaleeScarlet @thegoldqueen and
Yea, odds are I'm in Strat UD trying to do a 45 minute run :D
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Ok careful wait for the eye of naxx to pass
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Replying to @thegoldqueen @MaryaleeScarlet and
I remember running with friends back then... it got to the point I would go on my hunter and just charge to the first boss, pulling every trash mob, I'd be kiting them while slowly killing them while the other 4 took the boss down.
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