I'm done with online communities

[Lightbull]

I'm just done.

I'm tired of people berating others, I'm tired of people berating the game devs, I'm tired of the negativity.

I don't give a shit what the reason is, I just want it to stop.

After 10 years of online gaming I thought I'd have a thicker skin towards this stuff but nothing has changed. I've accepted that this trend isn't going to change any time soon, so I want to just isolate myself from online communities. I've had enough.

With that said, I still love the games that I play, hence the purpose of this thread. How do I continue playing online games, but not have to listen to all the bullshit? Simply “not looking at the chat” isn't an option, since my eyes dart down to the chat every few minutes out of habit.

I'm going to sleep, I'll check replies in the morning.

[Nalorakk]

I support you and your actions.

Best of luck with whatever you do :]

[Shrouded]

It's not online communities that you're annoyed with, it's public online communities. Find people you enjoy playing with and you'll find that the rest become background noise after a while.

[Deleted]

I'm just done.

I'm tired of people berating others, I'm tired of people berating the game devs, I'm tired of the negativity.

I don't give a shit what the reason is, I just want it to stop.

After 10 years of online gaming I thought I'd have a thicker skin towards this stuff but nothing has changed. I've accepted that this trend isn't going to change any time soon, so I want to just isolate myself from online communities. I've had enough.

With that said, I still love the games that I play, hence the purpose of this thread. How do I continue playing online games, but not have to listen to all the bullshit? Simply “not looking at the chat” isn't an option, since my eyes dart down to the chat every few minutes out of habit.

I'm going to sleep, I'll check replies in the morning.

Clearly you do. Now, move on with the rest of the scum.

Infracted

[Hagro]

Why are you being so dramatic? If it bothers you more than you enjoy your game, quit the game dude. People in real world are like that too, should you stop living just because?

[Yunru]

There is a easy fix. Dont use facebook, twiter, mmc, game forum of the game you are playing, ignore all youtube vidoes of the game you are playing.
And maybe install some addon that hides a wow chat (or other games). Voice chat supported games can be a bit problematic.

Or take a break from a mmo games for some time and play single ones. (sandbox for example)

I am playing path of exile right now and there is a button to hide chat. So it fells like singleplayer experience (and no whine kids, goldsellers and so on)

[metzger84]

"I'm done with online communities" ... "I'll check replies in the morning"
Seriously though, you have to disconnect yourself and stop taking the chatter of random people about your game personally, and/or seriously.

[Zandalarian Paladin]

I'm just done.

I'm tired of people berating others, I'm tired of people berating the game devs, I'm tired of the negativity.

I don't give a shit what the reason is, I just want it to stop.

After 10 years of online gaming I thought I'd have a thicker skin towards this stuff but nothing has changed. I've accepted that this trend isn't going to change any time soon, so I want to just isolate myself from online communities. I've had enough.

With that said, I still love the games that I play, hence the purpose of this thread. How do I continue playing online games, but not have to listen to all the bullshit? Simply “not looking at the chat” isn't an option, since my eyes dart down to the chat every few minutes out of habit.

I'm going to sleep, I'll check replies in the morning.

If you cannot play with friends, then simply deactivate the chat altogether. I know games like Overwatch and Heroes allows it.

[Deleted]

With that said, I still love the games that I play, hence the purpose of this thread. How do I continue playing online games, but not have to listen to all the bullshit? Simply “not looking at the chat” isn't an option, since my eyes dart down to the chat every few minutes out of habit.

There are plenty of UI addons that will let you disable parts of the UI; even the chat.
ElvUI for instance gives you the option to either "have it on", "have it only show up when you mouse over it" or "completely disable it".

If you want to just do it with the default interface you can simply create a new chat-window with all possible channels disabled.

[Echo of Soul]

Just try to play games where this isn't an issue. For example I switched from Overwatch on PC to Overwatch on console just so I wouldn't have to deal with the toxic chat. Now I can play the game without having to deal with all the abusive behavior.

[Cuppy]

I'm just done.

I'm tired of people berating others, I'm tired of people berating the game devs, I'm tired of the negativity.

I don't give a shit what the reason is, I just want it to stop.

After 10 years of online gaming I thought I'd have a thicker skin towards this stuff but nothing has changed. I've accepted that this trend isn't going to change any time soon, so I want to just isolate myself from online communities. I've had enough.

With that said, I still love the games that I play, hence the purpose of this thread. How do I continue playing online games, but not have to listen to all the bullshit? Simply “not looking at the chat” isn't an option, since my eyes dart down to the chat every few minutes out of habit.

I'm going to sleep, I'll check replies in the morning.

Lightbull mah friend! Don't give up. I see you're feeling bad, so let's just deal with the problem (Why are you exactly sad/feeling bad?)!
Don't give up, we make the community together. Sure it looks like it's falling apart, and it's full of toxicity, but there's also a lot of good!

[gushDH]

Not many people will create a thread on the forums about how everything is good. The 2 biggest reasons to create a thread is to discuss tactics/rotations and complain. Tactics and rotations have pretty much reached their maximum potential, hence the forums being filled with complaints.

[Deleted]

And you thought, going to the MMOC forum and making a post about it is the first step to be "done with online communities"? Clever...

[Polarthief]

I'm just done.

Not to be a dick, but if you were done, you'd probably not be posting in an online community forum... just saying.

[Berengil]

People have different opinions and ways of speaking than than the OP does. He should get used to that, or I guess retreat into his safe space or something.

I mean, how mentally and emotionally fragile can you get?

[Amerissis]

Well, just turn off chat or put certain channels in different windows so you don't see them all the time (I have a general window for /s, /w and channel messages, one for trade/general chat and one for group/raid chat). And never visit this site again.

[cuafpr]

dont use forums, and in games turn off all chat features.

[Cæli]

That's why it's better to play alone or single player games. Communities could be interesting to talk to to make your opinions on things more rich, but otherwise it's not really worth it to bother.

[Deleted]

Posting in an online community forum to inform everybody you're done with online communities. Okay.

I'm just done (...) I'm going to sleep, I'll check replies in the morning.

I'm not sure you understand what "done" is usually taken to mean.

[Deleted]

And you thought, going to the MMOC forum and making a post about it is the first step to be "done with online communities"? Clever...

ROFL
/10 char