Bullying within AH

[Vraciu]

I am working on it.  Way way way better than I used to be--but giving Midway jazz is a tradition around here...

[Someguy63]

I prefer the fight fire with fire approach. Never fire first... always fire last and with 10x more force. Most people are so blind-sided by it that they often think they're the victim and then hypocritically cry for help.

This doesn't help the problem.

[SkyRock]

SkyRock<----owns bullies... 

[mbailey]

I was there this morning and Fess s dead on.......and may I add handled it like a gentleman, as did the person that the PM was sent to....and spoke up for himself on 200 when the little coward PMd him.....you both have my utmost respect.

That said, if I was a new player and saw the BS that's this person was spouting (more true "Bullying"than smack talk)
I would have second thought my future here. Last thing I want to do is deal with that when I'm trying to have fun and relax on my down time, and seeing how this moron was acting, my $14.95 would have probably been out the door. I have to deal with idiots in real life, I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for that privilege on my time off.

 Oh, and it's not being over sensitive, it's not wanting to have to deal with such an idiot......or worse watching an idiot utterly brow beat an otherwise decent guy just wanting to have fun like me

All that said, I'm not going to just "detune 200". I have a hell of a lot more right to be there than that idiot. Personally I like to do things that I feel may help the game or another player. Not go out of my way to make someone else miserable or disrespected. M

Was an absolutely shameful display, and Fess should be commended not mocked in any way.  

[zack1234]

SkyRock<----owns bullies... 

You gave me pure grief 1st week I played this game

[Lusche]

Zack just bullied my bombers 

[FESS67]

I understand the .squelch and .report options.

I was not the direct victim in this instance - I was trying to defend that victim.  The bully told me to mind my own business.

As has been said, detune 200 or ignoring the guy simply means his bullying ways continue.  I simply made a stance in game and now on the forum to say to that player his attitude should not be welcome.

[Vraciu]

I understand the .squelch and .report options.

I was not the direct victim in this instance - I was trying to defend that victim.  The bully told me to mind my own business.

As has been said, detune 200 or ignoring the guy simply means his bullying ways continue.  I simply made a stance in game and now on the forum to say to that player his attitude should not be welcome.

But it is okay when...


Ah nevermind.


Far too much of this around, including the obvious perpetrator further back in the thread who calls it a tactic.  "When are you going to learn that the objective in here is to humiliate people?"  


Bravo for saying something THIS time any way.  

[mbailey]

Since when is it the object of this game to humiliate people?

[tunnelrat]

A player-based ostracization campaign to root out the bad apples in the community will go a long way toward new player (and returning player) retention.

All of you guys that have been here a long time need to speak up on 200 and shut these cats down, or at the very least show the silent onlookers that the behavior is deviant from what the expected AH norm is.

[Lusche]

All of you guys that have been here a long time need to speak up on 200 and shut these cats down,

As if that would ever work... No one will "shut up", just because another 12 guys are telling him so. (Remember how well that worked with Mama war?)
It's just adding more fuel to the fire and turning it into a mud wrestle arena.

[Vraciu]

As if that would ever work... No one will "shut up", just because another 12 guys are telling him so. (Remember how well that worked with Mama war?)
It's just adding more fuel to the fire and turning it into a mud wrestle arena.

True.  Stood up for Skyrock the other day.  People just piled on to the few of us saying chill out...

Ignoring them is a great option.  Having mass .reports and urging Skuzzy to mute them for a loooooooong time would be a start.

[tunnelrat]

As if that would ever work... No one will "shut up", just because another 12 guys are telling him so. (Remember how well that worked with Mama war?)
It's just adding more fuel to the fire and turning it into a mud wrestle arena.

Had you bothered to utilize the entirety of my statement....  

When some amazinhunk noodles off at the mouth on 200, and there is zero public derision of the behavior, a new or returning player see that's the behavior is acceptable based upon that lack of response.

220 people online and NO one says anything?  

Players that ACT like this see that the behavior is acceptable and not apparently punished.  Players that wish to AVOID such behavior see that it is acceptable and not apparently punished.

Guess which ones stay and guess which ones leave?

Cultivate a cesspool, live in a cesspool.

[molybdenum]

That said, if I was a new player and saw the BS that's this person was spouting (more true "Bullying"than smack talk)
I would have second thought my future here. Last thing I want to do is deal with that when I'm trying to have fun and relax on my down time
  

Yup. Took me forever to join the squad I'm currently in because i saw my future CEO smack-talking someone else. That sort of thing doesn't make for a happy atmosphere and I commend anyone who stands up to bullying.
Some of you are saying that the issue should have been handled privately. I can't agree. We need a public forum for this type of complaint or the game culture will degrade.

[SkyRock]

You gave me pure grief 1st week I played this game

grief as in I owned you with extreme ease and bountifulness?