EVE General Discussion

I think there are a few things that help contribute to the EVE community being a tad more civil than others. One of them is the fact that the target audience tends to be a bit older than most other MMO's.
Another is the potential for real consequences in game for what transpires over channels and on the forums....
Whenever I see Cannibal Kane post with "Why hello there future war target." I can't help but feel a perverse mixture of delight and pity for the fate of the poor soul in question.

Well, certain games just have a broader appeal for that age group that thinks its cool to make a fool of yourself to get noticed. They haven't figured out yet that getting noticed for the wrong reasons can have the opposite effect, especially in EVE.

We've recently had an excellent example of a group that thought doing something really stupid and rude would get them the attention they craved, and instead made them the laughing stocks of EVE.

Not the rage filled, tear provoking reaction they were looking for.

While I don't personally agree with your view, even in your view, surely that means half the community are not jerks?

That's a lot of cool people playing this game.

Super. You may claim your cookie at Jita 4-4.
My point was more in reference to the overall eve community at large, with an example given.

I never look at the chat chanels in alpha, i do have a trials channel though for lols

I beta test a lot, too. Have done for going on twenty years now. Yes, the global chat channels are being over run by an ilk these days that defies the continuance of Western Civilization. If I saw the lot of them walking up the side of a street, it'd be hard to keep from TURNING that wheel...kwim?

People talk bad about us. We talk bad about ourselves and each other, but I have to agree with you. This is an intelligent, cogent and witty bunch of people here. The insults are witty, and even the arch-evil entity we call our own (Goonwaffles, you know who you are) are loveable in a weird kind of way! We're lucky we've found each other.

This bunch from Iceland? Yeah, we yank their chains now and then,
but they've put the best thing in gaming together here.

I guess a little arrogance can't be helped. Now, if we could just get a bridle on these ISDs.
Mua ha ha ha ha.

I would like just like to point out, You all left corp when I wardecced it.

In general I would say the EVE community is a bit more mature than other communities as long as the topic does not involve women, then it usually becomes a complete kindergarten, which is a shame.

Posting in a stealth criticism-of-CCP's-inability-to-implement-a-global-across-all-nodes-chat-channel thread.

Oh snap. Well then, my whole point about accountability does need to be clarified in the sense that those who are willing to stand by their words can be held accountable, assuming they don't spout drivel while utilizing craven methods such as wardec evasion or employing npc forum alts. Better? Hope so.
Ultimately the rest of us have what's left of our reputations and credibility on the line whenever we open our mouths, and as such tend not to act like an eight year old on a public minecraft server. Usually.