How to counter toxic players

RubyWarfare

Hey thanks for answering, I really appreciate it. Doing it for fun is utterly a foreign concept to me, but I am slowly learning it does not mean the same to them that it does to me.

Enslaved

delete game. It helps.

Cadbury

maboleth wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

"Kill 'em with kindness"

Believe me, I tried. However they tried to break and insult me, I was even more kind.

And you know what?

It worked. Sort of. They did calm down, some even started joking, but some just wrote long stories about their miserable life or frustrations they've seen in RL or Cyrodiil. As expected, but I did spend my time longer than I thought.

I find humor and shenanigans to be great weapons, both IRL and online.

If killing them with kindness doesn't work, playing this song is the nuclear option:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHP5MKgK0o8

kargen27

JinMori wrote: »

Ignore is stupid.

Most of the time it's just a way to avoid confrontation, and actually resolve the problem, it's pathetic, i never put a single person on ignore, if someone says something about me, tells me to *** off or things like that, i make a counterargument, ignore only makes them think like you've lost, because you avoided the conversation. It really is pathetic to be honest.

Most of the time ignore is used like this: you did a terrible job in your role, other people point it out, and ignore list, this is at least what iv'e experienced, i never saw someone actually harassing in this game, like constant spamming, and being offensive all the time, and even if that was the case, i wouldn;t even bother to put him/her on ignore, that's how insignificant he/she is.

Ignore them isn't the same thing as putting them on the ignore list. Some people t-bag to get a reaction. Same as some people throw mudballs at players at the dye stations. They want you to react to them. Don't react and they go away. No need to put them on the ignore list.
My ignore list is for players that insist on talking politics (real world) in zone chat. I have a political forum I can visit for all that stuff I want.
And I do report players that continue to throw out racial slurs or other types of language that goes beyond simply trolling. I don't respond to them, just report them.

Belegnole

rofl, anyone that has such a large ego problem that they have to tbag people and send nasty little tells are fair game in my book. If I even notice that they're doing it (because I'm probably not looking) I've got all sorts of things at my disposal to do.

Horowonnoe

Easy. You teabag them!

rfennell_ESO

LegacyDM wrote: »

I’ve realized that the community is actually not as toxic as I had thought. I’ve developed a strategy that works against other pvp players. For the past few years I’d get tbagged or taunt tells. My approach would be to put them on ignore and chalk it up to the person being a jerk. But then I thought to myself, what’s going on here. Why are they really tbagging? What’s the psychology behind this? And it came to me and so far it’s worked and I’ve actually made friends .

Beat them up with logic and kindness. Every time I get a tbag I send a tell and say the following, “come on man, really? It was a good fight. I thought you were a really cool guy. Why the tbag? I’m just out here trying to have fun and your a really good player”.

See what I did here? 1. I appealed to the players skill. Which softens them up. 2. More importantly, I appealed to their personality of claiming to be s cool guy. So far every person I’ve done this tactic to has apologized and told me why they were frustrated And the reason for the tbagged. I’ve actually made a few friends this way. In the past, I would have put them on ignore and tbagged them back when I got the chance. Not anymore.

1. Recognize that those in need of attention have that need for a reason.
2. That reason is obvious.
3. Don't give them the attention they need.

Bhaal5

Well, to shorten this up.

I put the classic teabag down too, its a non verbal way of saying "good game" or just "gg". They gone out of their way to come over an "say" this to you.


(Will go and say, if you spamming snipe and they come bag you, its a "gf" and im not meaning good fight more on the lines of "get f###ed")

maboleth

Cadbury wrote: »

I find humor and shenanigans to be great weapons, both IRL and online.

Absolutely, with humour I deal all kinds of situations in RL. And without it I'd probably be spiritually dead.

geonsocal

maboleth wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

I find humor and shenanigans to be great weapons, both IRL and online.

Absolutely, with humour I deal all kinds of situations in RL. And without it I'd probably be spiritually dead.

while humor is a very effective tool for dealing with ijits - i'd like though to take this opportunity to promote my own special way of dealing with inconvenient people, facts, or circumstances:



APATHISTS UNITE...

yeah, who cares...

mikegundy

Interesting coming from you, someone who use to only Xv1 and then tbag.

Ectheliontnacil

Hehe you know I actually have a couple ppl on my friends list because they tbagged/rage pmed me or because I did it to them.

Guess this means you should tbag more if you're looking for friends...

If you actually end up liking the other person you feel so stupid about the salt earlier, quite embarrassing. ^^

CiliPadi

I wish that the Activity Finder would work and not group me up with people I have put on my ignore list.
Wishful thinking, but I hope ZOS would consider this.

Aesthier

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

People take this *** too seriously.

Agree 100%

(when t-bagged)
/w Lick Lick MMmmmMMm Yummy tastes like salt!

Ectheliontnacil

Aesthier wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

People take this *** too seriously.

Agree 100%

(when t-bagged)
/w Lick Lick MMmmmMMm Yummy tastes like salt!

I feel sorry for the tbagger.

DanteYoda

geonsocal wrote: »

hmmmm, not so sure everyone can be reasoned with...

https://youtu.be/YQEzGSnzi5I

dip dip potato chip...

That really explains modern gamers in a nutshell...

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

I'll be honest. I tea bag in almost every game I play. And I only do it to trigger people. Same as typing "gg ez" at the end of a round of Overwatch or another shooter.

People take this *** too seriously. If people lightened up a bit, I would stop doing it. But I get off of the over-the-top reactions from people. That's generally the mentality of 95% of tea baggers.

How to not feed a tea bagger:

1. Ignore tea bagger
2. Come back with something witty that shows you're laid back (you will earn the tea bagger's respect)

What a surprise... No seriously i am not surprised you are one of "those" people.. Yes i am looking down on you. Watch the video above that is you buddy..

AndyMac

I wouldn't want to be friends with a t-bagger under any circumstances. I don't want overdo things but that shizz would get a REALLY serious problem IRL.

I wouldn't be seen doing it myself.

Reacting to it through tells just ices their idiot cake.

I MIGHT take note of the name and if I see them again , I do everything I can to make sure they wind up dead