Honored Multiple Times and Here's My Advice

Woodakoodashooda··3 votes·381 views

My in game philosophy is this.

I allow everyone, allies and enemies the privilege to communicate with me through chat.

See, here, what I said. Players do not have the automatic right to my time, attention, and energy. They are privileged to receive those things.

If, at any time, a player insults me, I revoke that privilege by muting them and I even communicate to them after the fact, "I mute players who insult me." And that is the end of any and all conversation between me and someone who offends me.

This is not being toxic. Muting someone and letting them know you did so is not toxic so long as you do not insult them intentionally.

It is basically the same approach you would take when dealing with a fire.

You don't add more fire and dump gasoline all over it.

You simply extinguish the fire before it spreads and then you move on with your life.

8 Comments

The Cream Reaper2 votes

Doesnt work on people like me who enjoy seeing the toxicity increase with or without my involvement, while waiting for the moment when they cross the line into "2week ban" land ;)

Thus drowning them with kindness works better than muting :)

Karunamon1 votes

Whatever tilts you less, honestly. I find it really hard to be kind in the face of disrespect, so I just mute 'em and keep playing the game.

The Cream Reaper1 votes

think of it this way: he meant nothing to you before this game and you could care less about his life beyond this match... so... why care at all about what he says?

Karunamon1 votes

Because it's the middle of a game, a high stress situation, and I tilt easily. I take that muting step for my benefit, not theirs.

Modi1 votes

*Couldn't care less

iamthegoatofwar2 votes

Fairly certain he used the term correctly.

Modi1 votes

That is incorrect. Saying that one "could care less" means there is still a small amount of care left in you, and you could go lower than your current level of care.

Saying that one "couldn't care less" means that you can go no lower. You are at the lowest level of caring humanly possible. It is a common mistake made by many.

iamthegoatofwar1 votes

If they're in my game I kinda have to care about their life.

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