Communication is key bottom line, especially while within the large community based linkpearls. You have to be able to talk to each other and at least be able to give people the benefit of the doubt and the respect of at least addressing the problem together privately before anything else. Listen I more than understand people being sensitive to things. Also take into the fact that your level of sensitivity may not be the level of sensitivity that others have, and I mean as far as things like cursing, or even small groups within a chat channel glomping each other. Honestly I don't pay mind to these things as I find them to be playful and silly, and as far as cursing well I won't tolerate that no matter what the situation. Thoughts can be expressed without having to refer to foul language. Ultimately no matter what side you are on the key in the most social of all games is communication, communication, communication. Groups of adults should be able to talk to each other first before relying on a mod like myself to settle a problem. Curse these new mmos, old men like me remember a time when you were forced to talk to each other in mmos because well you couldn't beat the game if you didn't have people to cooperate with.
If there is something that you have an issue with within reason then please take the time to pull the other party aside and have a conversation with them, and then if at that point if they can not at least give you the benefit of the doubt and respect what you are saying even if they don't agree with it then make it easier for all who are not part of the issue by just simply blacklisting each other. Linkshells with like minded people are also another thing to make use of as there have been Christian, LGBT and hell even ERP guilds for years. Lets just not try to be so sensitive to the point of absurdity or resort making assumptions. At the end of the day everyone wants the same thing and by assuming you split the community. Not to mention look at it like this, many of us don't like cliques, think about whether or not you are making a clique yourself if you do decide to get away from something you don't care for, there is a lot of irony usually in such situations. Lets give our fellow gamers a bit more respect than that. Communication should always be the first form of action no matter what.
My personal stance on things? Live and let live, within reason on a public channel.
If there is something that you have an issue with within reason then please take the time to pull the other party aside and have a conversation with them, and then if at that point if they can not at least give you the benefit of the doubt and respect what you are saying even if they don't agree with it then make it easier for all who are not part of the issue by just simply blacklisting each other. Linkshells with like minded people are also another thing to make use of as there have been Christian, LGBT and hell even ERP guilds for years. Lets just not try to be so sensitive to the point of absurdity or resort making assumptions. At the end of the day everyone wants the same thing and by assuming you split the community. Not to mention look at it like this, many of us don't like cliques, think about whether or not you are making a clique yourself if you do decide to get away from something you don't care for, there is a lot of irony usually in such situations. Lets give our fellow gamers a bit more respect than that. Communication should always be the first form of action no matter what.
My personal stance on things? Live and let live, within reason on a public channel.
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