Gamers are assumed to be immature, whiny assholes. Assumed?

[blackdog]

We wrote already in several instances about these behaviours, so I dunno if there's a more appropriate topic to post this in.

Blog post from Community/Social Media Manager at Treyarch, addressing "the childish comments after a recent update to Black Ops 2"

Editorial: Stop threatening game developers

Edited July 25, 2013 by blackdog

[JeanPaul]

Childishness spawning from the COD community? GASP!

[KoKo5oVaR]

Call of duty players .. lol

 

 

I worked on Rome2 total war which will be released on the 3rd of september, and the whining level of the community is also pretty awesome.

 

But i'm in a state of complete bliss when i rarely fall on comments like this : http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?609591-Environment-Art-of-RTWII

 

Gives you hope, you know

[Izuno]

It's a symptom of the medium: the internet. Give everyone a megaphone, you will hear a lot of hatred because, in general, people want more from life than they have and when they can't get it, they vent wherever they feel safe to do so.

[FMPONE]

You just can't take this shit seriously. Like, nothing at all. If somebody says they're going to kill you on the internet, seriously, take a step back. Consider whether that is even remotely plausible. Go on with your life.

 

This is the internet, so know the rules going into it.

[Erratic]

Old people using the internet.

[Puddy]

I worked on Rome2 total war which will be released on the 3rd of september, and the whining level of the community is also pretty awesome.

 

What are they whining about? :s

[Sprony]

The Internet: Disillusioning my faith in humanity one day at a time.

[Jord]

You haven't seen whining until you've read the posts about GRID2 not having cockpit view

 

Reminds me of this article written by a community manager on how to deal with negative posts.

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EricChon/20130715/196273/On_dealing_with_negative_people.php

[Puddy]

To be fair, I skipped GRID2 for not having cockpit view. 

[Jord]

To be fair, I skipped GRID2 for not having cockpit view. 

 

I think it was a mistake not having it. But every single post on the GRID2 page, even completely unrelated to cockpit view had comments about it They're funny to read.

[onji]

IW Dev's could always change the protagonist in Ghosts to Vondehaar, change the bad guys to an army of whingy CoD fans.

[Kinky]

Unfortunately this is just the landscape of the internet. Tell someone a tomato is a vegetable and theyll tell you that theyre going to rape your family. Take solace in the fact that the guy threatening you is a 14 year old who thinks CoD is a legitimate career path and move on with your life.

[Taylor]

When Toady One releases Dwarf Fortress patch notes nobody tells him to die in a fire. Call of Duty gets the stereotype for being filled with raging, immature children because it is, in part, true. I used to be an insufferable twat on the Internet too. Hah, maybe you could enforce the age restriction, or David Cameron could ask households to opt-in violent video games.

Edited July 25, 2013 by Taylor

[xfckup]

It's the demographics - if your game is popular, you have more people acting like dicks, that's what the internet was invented for.

Edited July 25, 2013 by xfckup