So apparently we've reached the point where people are sending death threats...

People are invested in the game
What happens when you take away that hormonal intake from people?
People get angry

It's a freaking game, if you don't like somebody just ignore that person, don't make death threats.

People sending death threats need to leave their computer, not just the game, and get a f'king mental checkup.

I was wondering how long it would be before neckbeards starting taking it too far - I wonder if we'll also see doxxing of GGG employees, attempted DDOS attacks on the website & game severs etc.

these death threats are just trolls..if someone really wanted to harm you then they wouldnt warn you,they would just do it.

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Nubatron wrote:

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pifpep wrote:

Friendly reminder its not just a video game. We had that discussion before and he gets what he asks for. He plays the big boy all the time, so he can deal with it by himself.

Is any part of this post true? I've read it like 5 times and can't find anything that is close to reality.

The usual stuff - people reaching for their pitchforks after seeing a 30 second video that was out of context and highly clipped to make sure it looks as bad as possible.

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Tainted_Fate wrote:

People are invested in the game
What happens when you take away that hormonal intake from people?
People get angry

Although that may be an explanation for it, it is certainly not an excuse for it. I've played this game for years and years. I don't like the word invested, but I've definitely grown attached to the game.

I've not liked the timered zoom zoom go go changes to the game over the past few years, and yet somehow I've managed to send exactly zero death threats to anyone. I would guess many of the adults who play this game are the same.

There is no excuse for it.

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Nubatron wrote:

Is any part of this post true? I've read it like 5 times and can't find anything that is close to reality.

People are emotionally and financially invested into that game, be it players, ggg employers or streamermans. Raiz said enough shit in the past so he has to deal with angry persons. Same as ggg back in 2013 with kripps pizzafriend f.e.

That stuff is not new to poe or the world, he can deal with it just fine like he did in the past.

What part of it don't you understand?

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Nubatron wrote:

The internet has made a lot of people brave since they don't have to actually answer for their actions.

Ain't that the truth! It's one of the worst aspects of the anonymity afforded by the internet. People behave in a manor that they would never do in real life because of the lack of immediate consequences.

As others have echoed here, behaviour of a threatening nature is illegal and it is never acceptable. It's also not innocent or victimless. It's a threat intended to intimidate and there are certainly examples of unbalanced individuals carrying out such threats.

Nobody should ever dismiss or covertly condone such behaviour.

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pifpep wrote:

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Nubatron wrote:

Is any part of this post true? I've read it like 5 times and can't find anything that is close to reality.

People are emotionally and financially invested into that game, be it players, ggg employers or streamermans. Raiz said enough shit in the past so he has to deal with angry persons. Same as ggg back in 2013 with kripps pizzafriend f.e.

That stuff is not new to poe or the world, he can deal with it just fine like he did in the past.

What part of it don't you understand?

Let me break it down further:

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Friendly reminder its not just a video game.

It is just a video game. Not sure how anyone can be confused on this point.

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We had that discussion before and he gets what he asks for. He plays the big boy all the time, so he can deal with it by himself.

In no way does someone's capacity to deal with death threats warrant receiving them.

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Exile009 wrote:

From Raiz -

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After ending the podcast I started checking my social media to see what people thought. I instantly noticed my DMs were flooded with tons of death threats, harassment and general unpleasantries again.

That's just insane, after the podcast he should have received nothing but praise for the questions he asked and his responses.