Why is everyone in this game such a jerk?

[Thepzy_™]

I get it. Communities in any game are full of jerks, but what's with everyone in TF2 being either a hacker, a pub-stomping jerk, a non pub-stomping jerk, a daily dose of salt, or a young kid? I mean seriously... I like to play the game to have fun, but it feels like I have to mute everyone on the server before I can acheive that. Worse than that, is that the report function does absolutely nothing. You could be the biggest jerk on the planet and you won't get banned, kicked or any kind of penalty. Does anyone else think Valve should do something about people like this?

[Hornet]

Originally posted by Thepzy_™:

I get it. Communities in any game are full of jerks

[CR48]

problem is you still believe in humanity and values over the internet, there is no such thing here

[Fluff]

The curse of being a f2p game is that lirerally anyone can play which opens the gate wider for more toxic people to join. The best people can do to help is to encourage teamwork, communicarion, and an overall positive vibe. Don't just focus on the negative, find the positive and make it better :)

[weird looking magpie]

Nah, dont like it, leave

[Ravenant]

The entire planet is full of jerks, sadly.

Few large communities tend to be nearly devoid of people like that.

[Emurinus]

1. It's the internet
2. Most of the toxicity on the forums doesn't really come from the actual "community" members. Just idiots or trolls taht want to get a jab out of the community for a laugh.
3. Constant, consistent, neverending, eternal posts that almost always have no coherence or reletivity and those that do have have typically been done over, and over, and over, and [REDACTED TO END RANT].

[Marcy]

Originally posted by bacinlife:

Play comunady and you will be gold
( Maybe even real gold)

♥♥♥♥ off

[Stink3y]

Depends on their reasoning. If you're playing the game and accuse you of cheating because of bitterness then yeah, it's annoying.

But when players act stupid like going friendly on a serious game, having absolutely zero clue on what to do or being that 4th spy I'd say it's justified. Lack of common sense is a sensitive trigger.

[Pakaku]

Probbly because most jerks are only jerks because you notice it. The people who aren't tend to be quiet and focused on playing the game.

[Ugandan Pootis]

Not sure if I was born a jerk or became one <--- applies to all humans

[PlatinumBass™]

Of course something should be done about it. Maybe Valve will impress us in the Pyro update by fixing the issue.

Also, I feel the same way you do, bit I don't mute people because I'm too lazy and I'm too busy playing to care.

[No Time to Explain]

Originally posted by Sergeant Automaton:

Hey I'm not that much of a jerk. And I play Scout, so that's saying a lot.

No it doesnt. Being scout and not an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ says so little it says more that you think it shows anything. Even if your saying that as a joke it shows more than 90% of your actions.

[Wolfenstin]

Game is old as dirt, so we're dealing with the mold of a generation passing onto a new one. TF2 is an anomaly in that it's so old and been around for so long, you've got such a vast spectrum of players being blended together (in part thanks to the cruddy non-existent matchmaking system).

So you get people who are brand new being mixed in with people with over 5,000 hours who have no patience or a shred of enjoyment in the game left, harping on newbies for not being as good as them at only 100 hours. Then you toss in the trolls and general internet ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and you've got the frat house that is TF2.

That being said, I think TF2 is far from the worst out there. It's not one I can say I have to mute everyone just to play. That goes to League of Legends.

[PepsiMax [SAC]]

Nah there are worse ones. LoL is really toxic and CSGO is a whole other story.

[MegaHunts]

Originally posted by Pepsi (SaveStarnanaSavage):

Nah there are worse ones. LoL is really toxic and CSGO is a whole other story.

lets not talk about CsGO