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8/18/2023 12:45:06 PM
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Often, I try to engage in normal conversation, or as normal a conversation as text permits, and I'm quite often insulted because I feel players are just in that mindset of, "This is a negative place. Everyone must be negative.". The other day, a Guardian who go error coded out of a solo flawless dungeon attempt voiced their frustration in the forums. Sure, I could have fueled the negative filled post, but I opted to encourage the Guardian to take a break and return to the dungeon when they're ready. I posted some words of encouragement and let it be. Someone responded to my post by saying, "Yikes.", and then went on to say that fake positivity is best left to the content creators/streamers. Ultimately, that person and I ended up have a great conversation, but not after a rather long dialog of expressing my genuine attitude on the matter. It's interactions like that that make it harder to engage with players. There's so much negativity already. Why add to it? I just try to keep it light, tight and bright and have fun.
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  • That's what I like to hear! I'm not at all trying to invalidate people's own thoughts or opinions. If that situation happened to me, I would be LIVID. At the same time though, getting angry on the internet does no one any good. Bungie obviously knows about the server issues; they play the game too. They're trying to fix them as best they can. But screaming at Bungie to "fix their game" never serves to do anything positive. As much as some people may not believe this, [i]they're trying[/i]. At the end of the day, this is a [b][i]video game[/i][/b]. This isn't politics.

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    100% agree. I'm here to relax, have fun and meet like-minded people. I get it. I've been frustrated and annoyed before. But adding to the already overfilled 'hate tank' doesn't do anything. And like you, I'm not saying that a person isn't allowed to feel or voice those emotions, but rather it's me that doesn't want to add to it. A person who gets D/C'd from a solo flawless run? I KNOW they're upset, because I'd be upset too! There's no need for me to add to that. Instead, let's diffuse the situation and remind them it's okay to be upset...step away and cool down...and when you're ready jump back into it. You got there once before...you can do it again! Bungie is trying, and for all their missteps and mistakes, they're STILL trying. I can appreciate that. I know I'm ignorant to gaming development, so I often don't make remarks on it. I just try to remind myself this is a game and I'm here for fun.

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  • Been reading this string of replies over and over again to remind myself there are still cool people on the forums. It's Guardians like you two that make me proud to serve the Traveler!

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