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Post count has nothing to do with actual content, so pointing out I have the highest post count does nothing but show I am the most active poster and nothing else.
It's not something that was planned, I simply have so much passion for this game and this community, and spent most of my time either playing or reading/posting on here.
Generally speaking, opinionated and passionate people like me who are not afraid of confrontation ALWAYS have haters, it doesn't matter who you are or what you do, there will always be haters, so do what you love doing and have fun doing it, and the right people will come along. It is also a normal occurance for people to pay more attention to bad things than good things, so regardless of rubbing a few people the wrong way on here, there is a lot of mutual respect between myself and way more people, than there are people i've pissed off.
I don't demonize people who don't agree with me, you are generalizing over pretty much an individual and incredibly small aspect of my personality and behaviour based on the topics of political subjects, racism, homophobic slurs and sexism.
Not that you will ever see it because, thank goodness, you aren't a part of that part of my life, I have healthy debates and disagreements with people often in other areas of my life, and whenever it comes to something I am greatly passionate about it's always a massive positive when someone proves me wrong and I learn something that helps me to develop as a person, that's one of the greatest feelings to me, and I always thank them for taking the time to explain things to me.
The truth is, personally speaking I have extremely thick skin and can openly talk about pretty much anything. It doesn't actually bother as much if things are said in private between another person and myself. I can even handle them saying racist and bigoted things to an extent if I believe it's not malicious and believe they are mostly a good person although i'll still do my best to tell them how I feel and perhaps discuss the possibility of them developing their behaviour for the sake of others as well.
Whether YOU feel it, or experience or not is not the question here, the fact is OTHER PEOPLE feel horrible when certain things are said, people who have experienced extreme bullying, hatred, even attempts on theirs and their loved ones lives.
It's for the sake of those other people, and the integrity of this game I act this way on these forums, not for myself. I want to help protect people so they don't experience anxiety and depression, possible even leading to them feeling bad enough that they actually quit playing this game, which HAS actually happened before! I've lost a few good friends because of people like you and Kradie.
Do you think I care that people like you and Kradie call us sjw's or snowflakes lol? I've been through so much sh*t in my life both mentally and physically and came out a survivor extremely confident in myself. Do not mistake the fact that I care about other people for weakness,
nobody in this life achieves everything alone, everyone needs help some way or another.Some people simply do not have the courage to stand up for themselves, some people will avoid confrontation at all costs, even if it degrades the quality of their own life. I do not go around other social media platforms arguing with people and going out my way to say similar things. I am discussing it here because WA is a huge part of my life, these forums are a pretty big part of that, then people like you and Kradie keep bringing it up, and it's hardly as if I am the only person on your opposing side.
People have been complaining about racism and sexism all over the world longer than we've been alive, this is just further proof of your ignorance. There are lots of video games as old as Worms Armageddon that are just as popular, and actually a surprising number which are very popular, look at Age of Empires, Half-Life, Mech Warrior, the communities for those old games absolutely dwarf this community, those guys have appeared on things like GDQ, ESL, eSports among many other things, and while yes, other communities have toxic people, those other communities actually deal with it!
So saying because this game is so old, again, is further proof of your ignorance and lack of education in the matter.
I do agree with you on the impatient people who are unwilling to explain game rules to noobs and just kick them, that happens a lot, that definitely does not help.
Again though you are just showing how absolutely ignorant you are by failing to acknowledge that conversations that hurt peoples feelings or make them feel uncomfortable would put them off playing this game, and this is an assumption here, you probably feel that way because those things don't bother you, so you cannot comprehend any empathy towards people who ARE affected by it, this is the same reason you don't believe privilege is a thing, again, further proving your ignorance.
You often complain people don't talk in this game anymore online, have you ever stopped to wonder if they simply don't want to talk to you because you are not the kind of person they want to talk to?
I want to ban any discussion of racism and anything extremely political on these forums, and even though I love swearing and hurling witty insults at people myself, i'd love to crack down on that here too, creating a more family friendly environment would not hurt us at all, we can act that way and swear and do whatever we want in private matches or Discord servers etc.
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