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Player Talking About Deceased Parents

TS Media·10/9/2017, 6:52:03 PM·4 votes·408 views

This wasn't in good taste at all. So, someone made a joke about another's parents. They said their parents were dead and the other person continued to go off about joking about the death of those parents. Saying things like, "You parents need life force for me" or how "You should've done more for your parents". Or "Too bad your parents are dead" and to top it off "I hope you out live them". Is this grounds for permanent termination? Doesn't matter HOW upset you are at a game, how low do you have to be to talk about someone's parents like that? If I said something about someone's mom (in a joking matter. I'd NEVER bring parents up in a video game) and they said she was dead, I would feel SO bad. How could you continue to go on making joke's about someone's dead parents?

I didn't screenshot anything from the game, but I was absolutely disgusted by such behavior. I reported it, but I don't feel like that player will get what he deserves. He doesn't deserve to play this game.

4 Comments

Zaryelle10/9/2017, 7:47:05 PM3 votes

I'm not condoning the troll's actions, but putting out personal information like that in this game is just asking for it. I've also actually seen people joking about saying their own parents are dead, when they're most likely not, so it could have been one of those situations where it looks like the person who talked about their parents was just messing around, it happens often.

The situation where I see people joking about their own parents are things like: one person will say "your mom" or something similar, and the person will reply "my parents are dead" and no one really takes them seriously if they say something like that and for good reason, a person who has online experience in this game would never reveal that if it was true.

DuskDaUmbreon10/9/2017, 8:48:41 PM1 votes

The other things were just dick moves, but...

"Too bad your parents are dead" and to top it off "I hope you out live them"

I dunno. To me, those two just don't seem that toxic. "Too bad" could be said in a toxic way, but it could also mean an actual apology. And "I hope you outlive them" seems a bit less toxic, and a bit more just a poorly worded way of saying "I hope whatever happened to them doesn't happen to you".