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Still it doesn't change the fact that the thing you find annoying and perhaps little abusive I think is fun and not too nasty.
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Thats where the problem is. A few days back we (my defender and a scrapper) ran into a single stalker who was particularly nasty. He started posting rude comments:
that the scrapper had to rely on his "healer boyfriend"
how we are both "ghay"
how all heroes "want to bum statesman",
and other one liners which could have come from the pen of shakespeare. I quickly decided I'd had enough and broadcast "thank you. consider yourself petitioned.". He began sending me tells asking for an explanation, so i told him I didnt enjoy being insulted or having my sexuallity brought into question, and that there are rules in place which mean I dont have to put up with it. He started going on about how it didnt mean anything and how to him this was just fun. I reitirated my point of view, he came back with a half arsed argument about how he gets abuse all the time cos he plays a stalker.
The conversation pretty much died there and although he left me alone over broadcast, he simply moved on to other players and began regular broadcasts complaining about abuse against the stalker AT (despite the fact no one had brought the issue of stalkers up) and how me and the scrapper ganked him, encouraging other players to attack us (even though he had attacked us and we simply responded)
Anyway, the point is, calling people "ghay" and generally being a moron is what this guy done for fun. He didnt seem to percieve anything wrong with his behaviour, yet I believe the vast majority of people would, including the people who police the game.
My MA IDs:
Fiend Space: 211464
The trouble with joking with everyone, as if they are your longest bestest buddy-oh-pals, is that they arent. A lot of people dont understand that if you start doing the "Thats not what your mother was saying last night!" style taunts into it, of course the other person is going to get annoyed if they dont consider you a friend. Some people try to cover themselves by just saying "It was a joke and you know it was" then use the fact they got told it wasnt welcomed, as an opening to start a personal critique on 'em.
Simply put, a common way used to backhandedly insult someone, is to insult them in a way that will appear as a joke to others, but will definately insult the target. That way if they respond in anger, you make them look like an a-hole or a whinger.
Yeah, sometimes, people do need to lighten up. Then again, sometimes people need to simply realise they took it too far and stop fobbing the blame off onto other people. Im convinced that the bickering and debating is going to stay a part of PVP forever, but it gets out of hand way too often. I could understand the occasional arguement/conversation that blew up, but it happens too often y'know?
But in the end, what can we do? There arent any authorities to patrol the zone nuking people who blatantly step out of line, and petitions take a while to respond to (if your petition IS responded to), so we're back at square one. Hooray for PVP! 
"The only people we can truly change, is ourselves." - ?
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Yeah. Got to say thats one of my fawourites. It's like double insult if they fall for it. hehe 
Fighting l33t since 1974
Don't "lol"! Laugh!
Sanity Inc
@8Qbit
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Simply put, a common way used to backhandedly insult someone, is to insult them in a way that will appear as a joke to others, but will definately insult the target. That way if they respond in anger, you make them look like an a-hole or a whinger.
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Yeah. Got to say thats one of my fawourites. It's like double insult if they fall for it. hehe
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Honestly, I wouldnt go boasting about it.
My MA IDs:
Fiend Space: 211464
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that the scrapper had to rely on his "healer boyfriend"
how we are both "ghay"
how all heroes "want to bum statesman",
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ROFLMAO if someone said that to me I would wee myself laughing even if they were being nasty 
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Simply put, a common way used to backhandedly insult someone, is to insult them in a way that will appear as a joke to others, but will definately insult the target. That way if they respond in anger, you make them look like an a-hole or a whinger.
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Yeah. Got to say thats one of my fawourites. It's like double insult if they fall for it. hehe
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Honestly, I wouldnt go boasting about it.
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But I honestly think It's double the fun
Fighting l33t since 1974
Don't "lol"! Laugh!
Sanity Inc
@8Qbit
So, who's for patrolling GM's in the PvP zones with a Drone in each hand?
I'm sure a little inf bribe here n there will see them looking away for me.
@SinghMC
It's not what happens that makes you who you are. It's how you react that defines you.
I agree with Wam on what he stated, but much to my dismay, i couldn't hold my normal demeanour during a stint on Warburg where i lost my temper and promptly got banned.
Great to see the GM's making a difference, just be weary of playing with a hangover 
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then again I never said I was perfect (ok ok I did but I lied)
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You lied?
*grabs pitchfork*
GET HIM!