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[Potato0707]

I think if someone follows up trash talking with constructive criticism, its perfectly fine, after all, who likes to lose?

[Dozer]

TveT, on 14 July 2012 - 10:33 PM, said:

I'm not someone who normally trash talks but I am perfectly fine with it. As long as it is not offensive (racist, sexist ect) or stupid, mindless "lulu u guyz suxz su badd" I see no harm in it, and if it is offensive then a report player feature would be good. A toggleable language filter for people who do not want to see any swearing in their chat would also be nice.



A perfectly good reason for why a toggleable language filter should be added.

Which won't really help with comments like "I am going to shove this <insert random weapon name> so far up your <insert random orifice> it'll come out your <insert random orifice>" or "I am coming to your house to <insert random act of violence> your mother" which are so commonly used for 'trash' talking.

Edited by Dozer, 14 July 2012 - 10:49 PM.

[Cpl Buttlescut]

Potato0707, on 14 July 2012 - 10:39 PM, said:

I think if someone follows up trash talking with constructive criticism, its perfectly fine, after all, who likes to lose?

I do! I'm like the only person who will admit that they don't mind and think its kinda fun to loose.

Anyway, I think I said said it wrong. I was actually asking if you guys and gals would like to have a little bit of time at the beginning of each round before the fighting actually takes its course for trash talk. Anymore after that period would lead to some sort of punishment like... Da Banhammer!

[Thorgar Wulfson]

heh i make my trash talk appropriate

To Clanners: "your a freebirth and your mother was a merchant class"

To Kuritans: "Honorless spawn of a Davion"

To Davions: "You fight like your from House Liao"

To Stieners: "Is that a Locust your driving?"

To Marik "Have you filled out all the required paperwork for an assault yet?"

To House Liao "ummm damn im sorry, you have my sympathies"

[Terror Teddy]

I dont really see this as a problem.

If there is no public VOIP ingame from the start then people will only talk to their own team members during battle. If they implement VOIP you sould be able to turn it off or at least create private channels for your team.

Cpl Buttlescut, on 14 July 2012 - 10:50 PM, said:

I do! I'm like the only person who will admit that they don't mind and think its kinda fun to loose.

It IS actually fun to loose at times. Esprecially when you have those battles where everything balances on the edge of a knife or you spend 10 minutes dodging and weaving each others shots and none of you have any kind of armor left.

Its loosing in a GOOD way after a very long satisfying battle.

I call it battlesex.

Was it good for you? it was good for me.

[Buck Rogers]

The only time I do some mild trash talk is if it's very match-appropriate.

Like in WoT and I've knocked out 6 tanks, but we're still going to lose because I'm the only one who's actually taken down an enemy.

At that point, it's like.. Come on guys.. Come on..

[Johnny Kerensky]

I don't want to hear the words "face raped" and "pwned" from adults that mentally are on the level of a forteen year old with ADHD.

[magji]

to me talking trash is part of any game, if done correctly its quite fun and the banter between players is enjoyable, however its always going to be abused in some form (10yr olds screaming noob and threatening to report you for killing them comes to mind)

[Icebound]

This reminds me of the original counter strike or xbox live.

Start winning and people start screaming that they want your address so they can beat you up in real life.

It's funny at first but it becomes obnoxious very quickly.

[Necrodemus]

I prefer a lack of smack talk. I just ignore people that do it to make way for useful convo. Pre-match smack is a waste of time that could be used coordinating. Post-match smack is just a sign of butt-hurt. In EVE I'm a little more aggressive about it. I (with corp mates) invade their wormhole, rapecage their POS's, destroy their POCO's and evict them, then sell the system to the highest bidder.

By the way, the wording of your polling could have a little more thought put into it.

Edited by Necrodemus, 15 July 2012 - 01:27 AM.

[Thorgar Wulfson]

hell i type my smack while talking to teammates on voip. and honestly about half comes out to basically silly ***** because im not out there to ruin anyone's fun.

[roguetrdr]

Too many fools get themselves killed while typing smack.

[Suman]

Trash talking is a natural part of any competition I feel. There is of course a boundary where it becomes inane jackass-ery, but there is no reason to prevent it outright. There is no reason to be nasty to your fellow gamers, but its fun to talk smack wether you win or lose.

It's mainly just for funsies and competitive spirit, but naturally some people go overboard and are very unpleasant.

I would love a minute before a match to talk trash and make battletech jokes at one another. If someone takes it too far, which is likely in any online game, that just means you and your lancemates can have the joy of gang-owning them.

[Buck Rogers]

magji, on 15 July 2012 - 01:03 AM, said:

to me talking trash is part of any game, if done correctly its quite fun and the banter between players is enjoyable, however its always going to be abused in some form (10yr olds screaming noob and threatening to report you for killing them comes to mind)

This.

If I make a wrong tactical decision and someone says "LOL dude what were you trying to accomplish there?" I'll be like "Well not THAT! LOL" you know. Banter, even fun antagonistic banter, can be fine.

I don't even call that trash talk.

My fury meter really only goes up when someone who has achieved nothing for the team is belligerently calling other, better, team members "noobs".

"Noob" might be my most hated term in online gaming. Not because of the implication. If I or someone else are not well versed in what we're tasked at doing, we are in fact beginners. No big deal there. It's that 99% of people who say "NOOB!" are socially handicapped underage delinquents with wiener issues.

It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.

Edited by Buck Rogers, 15 July 2012 - 01:39 AM.

[Scytale]

I don't really mind it coz I just ignore it, but if it interferes with the gameplay I get annoyed

[Battlecruiser]

trash talking is a healthy part of competitive play. discrimination and bigotry are not.


anybody who cant handle some good and wholesome trash talk is a butthurt silly billy

and conversely, anybody who runs their mouth more than they play is more likely to lose anyway.

the thing about braggarts is, they invision themselves as such a big thing that they are often lost in narcissistic fantasies during competition, making them easy prey.

in fact, if someone is showing indiciations of having a big ego, instigating a sudden inflation of their ego by projecting an image of inferiority on yourself is a tried and true trolling technique, and quite a handy subversive tactic for getting into a competitor's head.


when it comes to show time, exploit every weakness you find, physical and mental, no mercy is to be shown as mercy is detrimental to winning.

Edited by Battlecruiser, 15 July 2012 - 02:04 AM.

[Ashmodaii]

i'm very tolerant about other people as long as they are able to form their critism to me in any kind of language i can accept
If someone cry me "noob" alot i can live with, but i can't use it to get better.
If someone pur trashtalk he will likely find a fast way to a lot peoples ignorelist.

[Nacon]

There's no option for "don't care".

So I didn't vote.

[Lunchmeat]

I ignore trash talk.My weapons speak for me...

[Tommytools]

Trash talking tends to be rather unintelligent, I can respect a well thought out (original) insult, but there are a great many more useful (and less offensive) ways to spend the first (or last) few minutes of a match.

To me its a matter of mutual respect and I hope trash talk will not be very common. I might not post much, but I read almost daily, the majority of posters seem more mature than those in many forums I've frequented over the years. I hope (even if its futile) that will also be reflected in the majority of the games.

And to anyone saying trash talk is a part of gaming; I've been a member of various (non-BT) clans, guilds, corps etc. Each and every one of them had a simple rule; respect eachother. Trash talk was practically non-existent, which meant everyone had fun.

Edited by Tommytools, 15 July 2012 - 02:47 AM.