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CIM_LWCIM_LW Member Posts: 282
WoW looks like a great game, but the Blizzard player community is horrible. Just look around their forums and you'll see nothing but "l33t, trolling kiddies". The same can be said for previous Blizzard games -- nothing but a bunch of ppl. hanging in the chat rooms spamming, insulting, and generally being troublesome.

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  • AzzazzimonAzzazzimon Member UncommonPosts: 211

    Monthly fee hopefully scare away most of them (or their parents won't pay for them)..

     

    Open beta will probably be really bad when all of them can play for free and maybe not enough servers so it will be overcrowded..

    People that are really rude, griefing or annoying in other ways gain a bad reputation very fast in a MMOG and no guilds want them, no teams want them or anything, so I think alot of the Bnet kiddies will learn or be forced to act abit more mature if they want to have any fun in WoW.

     

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  • FoGxyFoGxy Member Posts: 33

    Ok, First of all in World Of Warcraft you will have to accept an agreement "no spam & such". So, if there will be spammers ingame in WoW they will be appealed and problably kicked or something like that.

    There is little about kicking spammers on Battlenet in Warcraft 3 and Starcraft. There is little hope for the spammers in WoW.

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  • DraciusDracius Member Posts: 379

    I'm sorry, but you must be refering to either the "WoW general" forums, or the b-net forums for their other games. Because you certainly can't be talking about the "WoW BETA forums" I read those regularly, and I've only noticed 2 ppl (who are known for being trollers on the other forums) who are a bad apple in the community. The rest seems like a better than average ballance of quality player/annoying player ratio.

     

    There's always going to be ppl who do things that make your time online more difficult, or just arn't the best to be around. That's what guilds are for, that's what 'friends' are for... I feel myself breaking into song, so I'ma end this post now. image

    You want a game with a bad community, play any game with open PvP.... SB or Lineage 2... among others... *shudders*

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  • Blizzards fanbase always stood out to both mature and young gamers, no games kidish or totally adult in content. But I belive a game can be ruined or totally destroyed by its community look at diablo2 I wouldnt dare ever play it agian after seeing what it is today. But even if they make it over they will probally change since mmorpgs arnt a unmonitored RTS game or RPG.

  • Yeah look at LineageII by far the worst MMORPG to ever be released, im sure the young asian pkers will love it though.

  • ClemondeClemonde Member UncommonPosts: 13

    I by myself hate the european chatrooms of wc3
    they always writing dirty stuff and dont respect each other.

    I think blizzard should include a program with which it isnt possuble to say dirty or even humiliating words to each other.

    I really hate these kiddies.

  • ObiyerObiyer Member UncommonPosts: 511

    I saw this somewhere but I believe it's universal:

    NORMAL PERSON + ANONIMITY + AUDIENCE = FUCK WAD

  • DraciusDracius Member Posts: 379



    Originally posted by Obiyer

    I saw this somewhere but I believe it's universal:
    NORMAL PERSON + ANONIMITY + AUDIENCE = FUCK WAD




    Oh come on man, that's Penny Arcade.

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-03-19&res=l

     

    Give them their due credits. It's both true and humorous.

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  • DrezzDrezz Member Posts: 3

    Although it's a great idea having a community for a game, if I wasn't a representative of an online gaming organization I would never visit any of them.  Personally I feel a community should be resourceful and a place for non-antagonizing interaction.  I have yet to find an administrative staff that has effectively governed their gaming community.

    Forum mods or admin usually wait until posts get way out of hand before banning someone.  And chances are, they'll be back with another name unless the IP is perma-banned.  Many people post negative criticism instead of constructive criticism, and posts usually end up being off-topic and left alone by mods handling the section.

    As far as communities ruining a game...  this is my point of view  -  If you don't get involved with it, there's no possible way it will affect you or the enjoyment of the game you play. image

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  • //\//\oo//\//\oo Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 2,767

    In response to Cumulative Pi:

     

    Oh wow, flagrant anti-americanism

    You do realize that America has one of the greatest ratios of educated (college educated)/ total pop.  .... higher than that of any EU country..... at least higher than germany, switzerland, and austria .... etc.

    Without America you would be the cruel victims of a despotic regime, or even worse: You would have been exterminated by the Germans or the Japanese.

    Americans are generally (average American) more intelligent than the rest of the world (as international tests have proven), so... for every American-bash you concomitantly bash India, China, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, etc.

    I doubt that you, yourself, could measure up to an American in terms of IQ.

    P.S: Why does America have the best universities in the WORLD if Americans are all so ignorant?

     


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  • ObiyerObiyer Member UncommonPosts: 511


    P.S: Why does America have the best universities in the WORLD if Americans are all so ignorant?

    England has some nice ones too.

  • //\//\oo//\//\oo Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 2,767

    England, America, Canada, Australia... one and the same beast....

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  • WargoleMWargoleM Member Posts: 47

    to be perfectly honest there is very little chance that the monthy fee scaring off little kiddies cos it hasnt done in in swg and neocron.. but the thing about mmorpgs is they are based aroud guilds and/or factions/races which means that u have the ability to have a say on whos in ur guild and just join one with players u like not immature little kiddies with there leet speak

    And + u do get some kool people that are part of the blizzard fanbase like me image

    anyways it shudnt be that bad i hope.... wherever u go there are always bad apples just depends whether u decide to let them get to you

     

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  • ZakorZakor Member UncommonPosts: 214

    There is kids in ALL MMORPG's.

    The monthly fees won't scary them. I remember when i was minor, my parents was giving me alot more than 14.99/months. So this is not a problem, get used to kids... and if you can't stand them, most of the MMORPG's has a nice feature called : IGNORE LIST ! Yay!

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  • Sk8andgamesSk8andgames Member Posts: 270



    Originally posted by CIM_LW
    WoW looks like a great game, but the Blizzard player community is horrible. Just look around their forums and you'll see nothing but "l33t, trolling kiddies". The same can be said for previous Blizzard games -- nothing but a bunch of ppl. hanging in the chat rooms spamming, insulting, and generally being troublesome.



    lol its so true after playing D2 and WC3 for about 2 years its easy to see that...if WoW community ends up like this then i dont expect to many people to play it.

    Lacks creativity to have one!!!
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  • Scary_PeaScary_Pea Member Posts: 56

    I don´t think that matters.....the game will be the best anyway........

    "All makt åt Tengil::::08::"

    All makt

  • GreyfaceGreyface Member Posts: 390
    WoW will be my fourth MMOG and there have been l33t doods in all of 'em.  Hell is other people, yadda yadda.  Find a good guild, play on RP servers (if they have them) and use your ignore list.  You'll be fine. 

  • raptorfalconraptorfalcon Member Posts: 126
    Yep.. I am really expecting WOW to have one of the worst "l33t sukers" communities.

  • //\//\oo//\//\oo Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 2,767





    Yes americans are just as intelligent as in all other countries, like Zimbabwe and Vanuatu.

    ..... either you are racist.. or you entirely misconstrued my argument, since it's basis of comparison was number of educated people / population.

    There is nothing like the "What if we havent helped you" or similar hypothesis. What if scandinavian Vikings hadnt withdrawn their forces from England (which they had almost completely occupied) back in the days. Btw you do know that about 70% of your language is Danish, Norwegian, Swedish/old nordic?

    Vikings were cruel, brutal and stupid (maybe you should have used the greeks, egyptians.... maybe even the Inca). If you wish to make a real analogy, then maybe you should try using an example that involves an altruistic party.

    America is a melting pot of cultures: There are some regions of America where more than one language is spoken. I am, myself, bilingual.

    So to isolate English as the sole language of America isn't fair to the >= 30% population.

    Universities ahh yes.... you seem to have mixed "popular" and "best" up. I can tell you that in most EU countries education is free, as in we pay for it through taxes. In other words most european countries have a lot higher percentage of educated people out of the total population.

    ok... let me help you out here: Universities that are exclusively funded by the government can only be few, which is why all universities in the U.S.A require some form of payment.

    Most U.S.A schools are affordable, in fact, 90% of high-school graduates will go on to get bachelor's degrees (and above)......

    There are more schools in America / population than in any other nation, and since there is always a shortage of universities.... well....

    I don't understand how to make this any clearer to you. Go to a website with the figures (an edu or such).......

    You doubt that i can measure up to an American's IQ? I have already come to know that mine is above average, this just seems like a pathetic attempt of an insult. If these "iq tests" you talk about hasnt resulted in an equal (or as close to) IQ overall of the conestants, the test is wrong and does not measure IQ, but certain knowledge.

    The proof works both ways.

     

    Bottom line is that, Americans arent stupid, they are just generally filled with a lot more bullshit, than they claim to not be.

    And, sadly, our economy ranks among the highest (despite our meager population) ...... maybe you E.U people should hire Greenspan, or a British/American economist of something close to his caliberimage



     


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  • MythosFaerunMythosFaerun Member Posts: 14

    ...sorry I was In a hurry so let me fix my misspellings...

    I don t want to quote all the shit you ve postet cause its mostly not worth a word...to the cruel nation atm the us seems to be axtremly cruel especially how they trat prisoners of war etc you know (just a side note)... first of all england is in the Eu so what you want with ure economist blablaing ? together the european economy is bigger then the us economy...

     

    Let me give you some little help:

    first think what you want to post...then write it down..after this read your post....then rethink what you have written...after this you should just hit the cancel button and stop anoying grown people with your " im 14 and want to write something although I don t understand shit dirt"

    people like you are the reason why most people in europe and elsewere think that we american are dumb... stop now...

     




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  • DjinDjin Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,263



    Originally posted by Azzazzimon

    Monthly fee hopefully scare away most of them (or their parents won't pay for them)..
     
    Open beta will probably be really bad when all of them can play for free and maybe not enough servers so it will be overcrowded..
    People that are really rude, griefing or annoying in other ways gain a bad reputation very fast in a MMOG and no guilds want them, no teams want them or anything, so I think alot of the Bnet kiddies will learn or be forced to act abit more mature if they want to have any fun in WoW.
     

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    That's my defence for everything... once it's pay to play, all the little kiddiez will be gone... and I love that.  Another thing that pisses me off is how these 13 year olds are getting to BETA test when you need to be 18 years old... and then they DEAR to bitch that the game sucks... NO SHIT! It's fucking BETA!

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  • //\//\oo//\//\oo Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 2,767



    Originally posted by MythosFaerun

    I don t want to quote all the shit you ve postet cause its mostly not worth a word...to the cruel nation atm the us seems to be axtremly cruel especially how they trat prisoners of war etc you know (just a side note)... first of all england is in the Eu so what you want with ure economist blablaing ? together the european economy is bigger then the us economy...

    If you are so naive as to think that England is anything but America's lapdog... Then again, considering that you can't even spell annoying, treat, etc., then,,supposed or anything else for that matter >.< , I doubt that you have even made it past the 8th grade.

    In any case: My suggestion was that if country e EU then => British or American economist.

    Case: Not Britain => British/American economist

    Case: G.B. => British/American economist.......

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    I never said that Britain wasn't part of the E.U image

     

     

    Let me give you some little help:

    first think what you want to post...then write it down..after this read your post....then rethink what you have written...after this you should just hit the cancel button and stop anoying grown people with your " im 14 and want to write something although I don t understand shit dirt"

    You're so cute.

    people like you are the basement why most people in europe and elsewere think that we american are dumb... stop now...


    Basement? A basement is an enclosure where people store things. You must mean BASIS!! Oh!!! No, no, no... wait... reason? Abasement? I don't know... seems like too many characters to fit in your terminology.

     




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    This is a sequence of characters intended to produce some profound mental effect, but it has failed.

  • DraciusDracius Member Posts: 379

    FOR THE LOVE OF #*%@$#@'s SAKE STOP FLAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    You've all dropped pretty damn low, ESPECIALY for these threads. The topic is Ruined by Community? Not "Who can be more racist?" or "Who can be a bigger Jack hole?" so please sthu.

    I'm suprised this thread hasn't been either deleted or locked by now, especialy with how a majority of the posts lately have had NOTHING to do about ANY topic even CLOSELY relating to WoW.

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  • DjinDjin Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,263
    SWEET!

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