Thanks for making me out as a completely evil person. (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, May 29, 2015, 22:39 (3559 days ago) @ Ragashingo
edited by Kermit, Friday, May 29, 2015, 23:10

Here's where I stand.

I don't agree that you, Raga, were wanting to incite public harassment, and Pete shouldn't have assumed the worst about you (That's a bad habit, Pete).

A better way to express his point is to say that you could be wrong about the accusation of cheating (which is kind of funny in that he was sure he was right about you) and you might be exposing an innocent person to abuse. Sometimes lag is just lag. Sometimes it's not. I think Bungie has ways of telling the difference, and that's why they're the best arbiter of guilt or innocence. I am also curious about what cheating looks like, but I seriously doubt it's something we can really know for sure is deliberate from within the game.

Speaking of public harassment, though, we game in what are essentially public spaces. If someone is harassing me online, verbally or through messages, I might be tempted to post a video, but less so than I might have been in years past. Why? Because there's a risk of the punishment going beyond what is deserved. That's why authorities should get the facts and act accordingly. The internet mob is real. Asshats have been humbled and lost jobs after showing themselves as asshats, and sometimes there's some good in that perhaps. People has learned the cost of being an asshat, but these days that cost can get out of hand. I want the guy who ridiculed me to become a better person and not ridicule people, but I don't want to ruin his life by making a video of him being stupid go viral.

Kerm