TL,DR - honestly they already were asses before whatever event triggered them to be ass hats in public forums. I'll admit that some aren't as bad when you are face-to-face with them, but trust me, if you know them well enough you'll know that they are the anonymous internet ass fiend you've described. I get so many compliments about how well behaved my own children are from their teachers and when I go to school conferences I see why - the children are a reflection of their parents, many of whom act like things should just be handed to them or their children for no reason. It truly saddens me...
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The internet gives ignorant people the anonymity and entitlement they need to bring out the worst in them.
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One of biggest issues about this new generation of gaming in general for me is paying for early access... i mean lol if 15 years ago someone would ask you to pay for unfinished product instead he paying you for testing it you would say FU... i dont get why te F you should pay for beta or alpha versions ? oO As much as i dont understand why parents donth bother what their kids are playing, thats why regardless of what you plaing you`ll always find a kid who ruins you experiences... It sucks but it will be only worst from this point
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Who said you SHOULD pay for alphas or betas? Ignore Early Acces instead of complaining about it... many people like to support the developers or see the progress of the game, nothing is gonna change because a few dont like it. Developers will get way more feedback early on in development which should result in a way better game.
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That's what I thought when I first heard someone ask 10$ for a flakey alpha. "Seriously? You should be paying me to test your crap."
No, you don't have to pay for them. You don't have to read customers' comments on them. Women don't have to leave the kitchen. The point is, it's not just gamers who have entitlement issues.
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A lot of nerds have been outright horrible for a long time, its just that its starting to get more attention now because of the combination of more open discussion about it and the fact that its reaching a breaking point of terrible.
and lol at everyone trying to say "I'm not saying Sarkeesian DESERVED all those death threats but I mean when you're mean about videogames on the internet,"
This is why people put in over a hundred grand into her kickstarter. Because they could relate to being treated horribly by the worst gamers and then the less awful gamers trying to rationalize it as if its okay or to be expected. She could spend it all on shoes and bubblegum and people would still be happy because it makes gamers so angry.
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I was just on the Starbound Discussions and people have been saying that Starbound needs to update now!! calling it abandon ware and stuff. Yet Starbound has constantly been updating their pending update log, working during the holiday . . and so on.
Anita Sarkessian was a woman posting a thesis online about the subjugation of woman in video games and saying how some of the depictions of women can be harmful to the mentality of women and men, about female roles. Something that has been around for a while, with Books and movies. Then to prove that she is wrong. . . some people started saying some, and I'm being kind here, really stupid things to her and towards her; somewhat proving her points I may add.
In the Case of CubeWorld Wollay went into silence due to newbs coming in spamming for an update and threatening them. It took them three months to just to start to talk about the new update(sometime soon).
For Dayz people screaming and yelling over the dev process to hurry up and get done. yet people can only work so fast. Then finally when they do launch they post " We strongly advise you not to buy and play the game at this stage unless you clearly understand what Early Access means and are interested in participating in the ongoing development cycle." yet people still buy it and demand refunds with threats of lawsuits.
My question is when did gamers begin to become so over confident with their righteousness that they are openly opinionated to the point of regressing any proof of evolution in the species. Or is this something new, a mentality born out of the internet? Or is is just everyone(edit: as in like always been this way)?
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