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I learned something about the community tonight.

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Bohneik Itohn
10.K
#1 - 2014-08-23 00:32:21 UTC
So I managed to get into the Archeage closed beta and I logged in tonight. I usually try to get in the betas for most MMO's even if I don't intend to play them, just to get a feel for them and an overall feel for where the industry is heading.

Anyone who has played a couple MMO's can tell you that their general/global chat is the worst out of all the varieties of games that have large chat channels. The best MMO general chat is a filthy cesspit of depravity, bigotry and sexism at the best of times in comparison to pretty much any other variety of community at the worst of times.

I generally can ignore the worst of it. Tonight I blocked all of the global chat channels in Archeage in less than 5 minutes.

I haven't blocked anyone except for spammers in Eve, and no one on the forums. Thanks Eve community for keeping it classy. Blink

Wait, CCP kills kittens now too?!  - Freyya

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Miomeifeng Alduin
Lithonauts Inc.
#2 - 2014-08-23 00:38:23 UTC
Lets be honest. put all of EVE on a single chat channel, and you'd block it too. (ok, beta's are a bit worse generally speaking, but imagine all of eve, on a single chat, like jita) Roll
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2014-08-23 00:38:29 UTC
Irony.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-08-23 00:41:52 UTC
Thank the ISDs. This forum goes full-****** on a regular basis.

As for in-game chats, yeah, I can see that. It probably has something to do with the very broad meta in Eve. There's plenty of things to pick at and smack about in local, without having to resort to the more ridiculous stuff that we see in most other MMOs.

Either that, or you're just in the wrong chat channels. Big smile
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#5 - 2014-08-23 00:48:46 UTC
Yeah, idk if it's all the Elder Scrolls kiddies migrating to Arche Age or what, but that game's community is a truck stop toilet bowl.

Haven't had enough time with the game itself to make any further judgements though.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-08-23 01:12:49 UTC
It's because gamers man. Young ones to be exact. I mean before I joined EVE a long time ago buddy of mine dragged me into a super-generic F2P CS clone MMO. Since I didn't want to install it in my home computer we played on computer shops. Jesus christ I could see rows and rows of kids not older than 8 playing the game and cussing so much on VoIP and the ingame chat that it made Cyrus Miele sound like Mother Theresa.

Ingame they're like this:
Yang Headshots noob
Noob chat: FU
noob stabs yang
Noob chat: FU

Ad infinitum. Like seriously any thing you do to interact with them will net you a cuss. Even if you're just joining a game lobby.Sad After a few matches I told my buddy it's not for me. The community was simply too toxic and perhaps not to sound elitist, a giant pile of turd that the poor unwashed masses of our country play because it was free.

Post with your NPC alt main and not your main main alt!
John Ending
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2014-08-23 01:15:19 UTC
Bohneik Itohn wrote:
So I managed to get into the Archeage closed beta and I logged in tonight. I usually try to get in the betas for most MMO's even if I don't intend to play them, just to get a feel for them and an overall feel for where the industry is heading.

Anyone who has played a couple MMO's can tell you that their general/global chat is the worst out of all the varieties of games that have large chat channels. The best MMO general chat is a filthy cesspit of depravity, bigotry and sexism at the best of times in comparison to pretty much any other variety of community at the worst of times.

I generally can ignore the worst of it. Tonight I blocked all of the global chat channels in Archeage in less than 5 minutes.

I haven't blocked anyone except for spammers in Eve, and no one on the forums. Thanks Eve community for keeping it classy. Blink

ever been in local with anyone from TEST or PIZZA?
GreenSeed
#8 - 2014-08-23 01:19:31 UTC
if you block the spam, Jita chat is fine, its usually just people dueling. not really interesting, but not painful either. other Hubs have actual regulars chatting and its often interesting.

the only local chat i hate is the highsec war chat. i usually just block, and im done with it. the problem is when im not involved in the war, so you get to hear the aggressor talking nonsense, and the defenders being even more idiotic.
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#9 - 2014-08-23 01:21:49 UTC
John Ending wrote:
Bohneik Itohn wrote:
So I managed to get into the Archeage closed beta and I logged in tonight. I usually try to get in the betas for most MMO's even if I don't intend to play them, just to get a feel for them and an overall feel for where the industry is heading.

Anyone who has played a couple MMO's can tell you that their general/global chat is the worst out of all the varieties of games that have large chat channels. The best MMO general chat is a filthy cesspit of depravity, bigotry and sexism at the best of times in comparison to pretty much any other variety of community at the worst of times.

I generally can ignore the worst of it. Tonight I blocked all of the global chat channels in Archeage in less than 5 minutes.

I haven't blocked anyone except for spammers in Eve, and no one on the forums. Thanks Eve community for keeping it classy. Blink

ever been in local with anyone from TEST or PIZZA?


TEST local in innia was the absolute worst thing ever for both sides. Sad At least they mellowed out after a few weeks. They still do it for chest beating purposes.Roll

Post with your NPC alt main and not your main main alt!
Charles Muffins
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#10 - 2014-08-23 01:33:09 UTC
Ya, EVE has one of the worst communities out there, half of them are just jerks.
Ssabat Thraxx
DUST Expeditionary Team
Good Sax
#11 - 2014-08-23 01:36:28 UTC
Chat channels in Eve appear "classier" to you because they're actually moderated a lot more heavily than most people realize. There's a certain "chilling effect" this has on some people who would otherwise be perhaps a little more irreverent or non-respectful of the "sacred cows" that exist even in the "rough and tumble" world of Eve. No examples can be given, because rules.

\m/ O.o \m/

"You're a freak ..." - Solecist Project
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#12 - 2014-08-23 01:36:36 UTC
John Ending wrote:

ever been in local with anyone from TEST or PIZZA?


Hell, I was in Fweddit, and it wasn't as bad as what I've seen in the ESO and Archeage beta.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Ban Bindy
Bindy Brothers Pottery Association
True Reign
#13 - 2014-08-23 01:38:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Ban Bindy
I've been in Eve local channels that were just as obnoxious as I've seen in ESO, and I've seen ESO when it looked pretty civilized. It's a matter of who's online where. When Eve gets rank it's pretty disgusting, and I've seen that in ESO a couple of times too.

EDIT: The worst of ESO was the free play month after launch.
Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2014-08-23 01:40:14 UTC
Charles Muffins wrote:
Ya, EVE has one of the worst communities out there, half of them are just jerks.

I really think you missed the point.
Derrick Miles
Death Rabbit Ky Oneida
#15 - 2014-08-23 01:44:27 UTC
This community is far better than most MMO's I've played. I find it has a higher standard of intelligence and general class, although the former can make for some fairly vicious streaks when people put their minds to insulting each other.
Lothras Andastar
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2014-08-23 01:49:57 UTC
ArcheAge is a bastard child of GW2 and WoW.

Because the Legacy Code has too much Psssssssssssssssh, nothing will ever get fixed until CCP stop wasting money on failed sparkle MMOs and instead rewrite the entire backend of EvE from scratch.
Xuixien
Solar Winds Security Solutions
#17 - 2014-08-23 02:22:05 UTC
Bohneik Itohn wrote:
a filthy cesspit of depravity, bigotry and sexism at the best of times.


That's like 90% of the fun.

Epic Space Cat, Horsegirl, Philanthropist
Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2014-08-23 02:40:52 UTC
I think EVE has unspoken repercussions for shitting up avenues of communication. This is likely not a concept that exists in a lot of other games.

Joffy Aulx-Gao for CSM. Fix links and OGB. Ban stabs from plexes. Fulfill karmic justice.
Slicr
#19 - 2014-08-23 02:44:28 UTC
Since we have 2 main tools to deal with the chat tools (minimize chat window or block) gaming is all good.

I believe in being Pro-Active as Opposed to Reactive. Reactive tends to be more costly in time and money.
Bohneik Itohn
10.K
#20 - 2014-08-23 03:16:21 UTC
I've seen bios on Eve characters filled with incest erotica. That was laughably pathetic compared to Archeage tonight. And I do believe I've seen TEST thrusting their neckbeards about a time or two. No big deal there either.

Sourpuss all you want about your experience with Local chat, after tonight I'm giving it a 10/10.

Wait, CCP kills kittens now too?!  - Freyya

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