Adiuvo, on 16 December 2014 - 10:04 AM, said:
I also love how we've become the boogeyman when we can't even attack a CGB planet.
Really? Post screens. I've never seen any of my team say that. We've called people bad, cowards, etc.. It doesn't get more personal than that.
First, I could care less what the Lords do, or do not say. I have never taken screen shots because it is not my reputation that they are trashing. (If it was one of my teammates who talked that way I WOULD take a screen shot, and pass it along to my unit leadership, because that DOES effect my reputation.)
Second, what is the point is ANY name calling what so ever. Even the lesser offensive "ggclose" before a match even starts, calling people bad, calling people cowards...this is helpful in what way (other than to give your unit a negative reputation)?
Third, I KNOW that not all Lords act like this. I would be willing to bet that MOST Lords do NOT.
While I have many people on my in game friends list, I only have ONE 'friend' on the MWO forums, and he is a Lord. He is not ONLY a top notch pilot, but also a great human being who I have seen first hand on many, Many, MANY occasions take the time to help newer, or lesser skilled players...
...work on viable (meta) mech load outs.
...work on things like situation awareness.
...teach them tricks like how to torso twist.
...etc.
If all Lords acted like this Lord, I promise you the unit would NOT have the reputation they do. Sad fact is, there ARE those who think that calling people 'bad', calling people 'coward', IS acceptable and by your comment it seems you are one of them.
I would also like to note that I, at times of sleep deprived stupidity, have also called a player 'bad', and I have personally called out teammates for be being 'cowards'...in every case I regretted it as soon as I made the comment.
IMO anyone who saw be making these types of comments and said to themselves "this guy is an a$$hat" where 100% justified and accurate. The heat of the moment can play tricks on all of us, some it seem more so than others, while others still, fail to see how stupid they make themselves and their Unit mates look in the process.
As for the gay bashing, while I don't have a screen shot I did witness it first hand. The racial slur was not posted in 'game chat' but was audio of a video of a match posted by a Lord (I could look it up, but again...not my reputation, so I don't really care). The anti Semitic comments I will readily admit was something I heard from another (all be it a reputable source), never saw it first hand.
Finally, what reputation the Lord do, or do not have doesn't effect me at ALL. The point of my post was to explain to Silence Jin Mang that the issues that people take with the Lords are not about what mechs they bring to drops (The Lords bad rep isn't because they drop meta builds), but how they treat their fellow mech warriors (both on their team, and the other team) during those drops.
Edited by Armando, 16 December 2014 - 11:39 AM.