Why do people on Graal act like such jerks?

Methril · #1 08-20-2005, 05:01 AM

Nearly every single person that you come across on any given Graal server will act completely in mature and hostile towards you for no reason at all. They will swear at you with racial comments, or general swears. Then the staff will either ignore you or tell you that the person has a warning for swearing at you. I have complained about seven people swearing at me, and I have even had screenshots to back up my statements, and the staff ignores me.

Recently my friend started playing a certain server and he said that every person that he had met was mean to him. I have had the same experience on this server. People will do things such as,

-pk me when I do not want to fight and am at a disadvantage because of my level.

-block my way and then kill me if I ask them to please move
-swear at me
-call me a noob
-get their friends to kill me

Why can players not act properly towards one and other? It is mind boggling to me. The Graal player community is far worse than any I have ever been involved in. I just want to not be harassed for playing a game!

Many people on this forum know of my political stance, but they can be sure that I have never acted with disrespect towards any player who did not disrespect me first. This is the truth.
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I suspect a good number of the responses to this thread will be similar to my in game experiences.

Sorry in advance for this rant, I was very angry when I started the thread...

osrs · #2 08-20-2005, 05:14 AM

It doesn't happen on Graal only, unfortunately.

Good_Ol_Daze · #3 08-20-2005, 05:23 AM

You don't seem to understand PKing.

Are you comparing this game, that allows player killing, to some game that doesn't? Do you not think that, if it were enabled, pretty much every player in every game would playerkill?

I can understand if you're being harassed repeatedly, but complaining about getting PKed is just being an e-wuss.

Everyone's met graal *******s, you just need to develop a thicker skin.

You're GOING to get killed.
You're GOING to get scammed.
You're GOING to be taken advantage of by higher level, wiser players.

Welcome to Graal.

Methril · #4 08-20-2005, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Good_Ol_Daze

Welcome to Graal.

Pking is understandable since it is part of the game, but on a server which I can't mention people call me a f**king n****r as they kill me with their high level character. This gets rather annoying.

I have been playing Graal for four or five years. Since and early version of classic I believe.

I appreciate your post.

Googi · #5 08-20-2005, 06:07 AM

Relying on the staff in cases like this is pointless. Get even with them in your own way.

protagonist · #6 08-20-2005, 06:37 AM

Or ignore it. You're going to run into this in real life as well. It's just the way it all works. The alternative, of course, is to simply stop playing kingdoms, like I did.

I was stalked and harassed by some guy, while I was PWA (before I had d/c and ban rights), because I am conservative. He killed me every chance he got and was some ridiculous level. So I quit the server and have no intentions of going back. Any server which allows such a stupid amount of unbalanced gameplay is not a server I want to be on. To put it simply, GK has too many PK zones and there is a stupid penalty (or there was) for not having battlemode on. I don't see why players should be forced into battle mode if they wish to level up a little more quickly.

Googi · #7 08-20-2005, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by protagonist

Or ignore it. You're going to run into this in real life as well. It's just the way it all works.

Yeah, but it's different on Graal because your actions rarely or never have consequences of any serious nature. If you want to and can pwn someone in some way, there will rarely be backlash consequences for doing so, so if some guy is giving you trouble, it's a good idea.

protagonist · #8 08-20-2005, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Googi

Yeah, but it's different on Graal because your actions rarely or never have consequences of any serious nature. If you want to and can pwn someone in some way, there will rarely be backlash consequences for doing so, so if some guy is giving you trouble, it's a good idea.

It's an option, but it's not the best option. For me, anyway. I don't play games so that my experience can be wrought with unpleasant conflict.

Googi · #9 08-20-2005, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by protagonist

It's an option, but it's not the best option. For me, anyway. I don't play games so that my experience can be wrought with unpleasant conflict.

Unpleasant conflict?

protagonist · #10 08-20-2005, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Googi

Unpleasant conflict?

Yes, I find it unpleasant to take it personally enough to actually try to "get someone back".

A pleasant conflict is friendly competition. Unpleasant conflict is rage-driven.

Googi · #11 08-20-2005, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by protagonist

A pleasant conflict is friendly competition. Unpleasant conflict is rage-driven.

I'm not suggesting doing anything in an unfriendly context.

Lance · #12 08-20-2005, 08:01 AM

A lot of people 'act like jerks' in life. It's no surprise (or at least it should not be) that this extends to Graal as well.

Curt1zzle · #13 08-20-2005, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

A lot of people 'act like jerks' in life. It's no surprise (or at least it should not be) that this extends to Graal as well.

Took the words out of my mouf.

Splke · #14 08-20-2005, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

A lot of people 'act like jerks' in life. It's no surprise (or at least it should not be) that this extends to Graal as well.

Hey, I'm a nice guy...

Zurkiba · #15 08-20-2005, 03:16 PM

People who are mean on Graal are those types of kids who want to shoot up their schools because some jock called them a ***. I guess some people here would call me mean - however I believe in allowing others to play servers without taunts. Moreso I consider myself assertive