^ You believe people are saying they're better people by being PvP-focused CMDRs? Like, better human beings? Show me the receipts.
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Read a number of postings of a user here, where the name ends with "osmo". Try to read them from a neutral attitude. Do they really contain the message "i do PvP and thus i am a better PvP pilot"? Or do they rather carry the message "i do PvP and thus i am superior to you in many ways"?
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Of course this can be interpreted, but the reactions to his postings tell me that many people understand it in the second way, which is not surprising considering how they are written. His postings started the discussion you started to add to.
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It's really on how posings are written. When Gluttony writes something, it's usually in a neutral tone, both good to read and worth reading. (I mean, there's also a number of times where i thought he was wrong, but the way it was presented i was still able to respect the point of view and accept where he was coming from. ) When the other one i just mentioned writes a posting, it's usually written specifically in a style to offend people and stir up trouble. Maybe this is completely unintentional, although their number and consistence would indicate otherwise. Unfortunately they get read and regularily result in the same negative reaction, which could be an accident or could be their very goal.
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Please evaluate where you stand, as i sometimes also get the impression that you unintentionally fuel and support the toxic and contraproductive part of this community, despite having good intentions. This really is not about what you say, but how you sometimes present it.
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And yes, of course this again is how i read and interpret things. I can be completely wrong, just like all the others who have the very same impression. But isn't this the core of this thread: the -impression- people get here? There's a tone a posting carries and unfortunately there's a number of people here who regularily post in a way which directly attacks another poster. (Which i unfortunately here, in this thread, also did. I feel sorry for that but i needed an example to point it out and one just presented himself so eagerly. )
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And that's also how i feel about the complete thread and topic here: either playstyle is very much welcome by a good part of the community. Unfortunately a small and very vocal part of either side either can't or doesn't want to follow the guidelines for a good and respectful communication, resulting in the negative feelings this thread is about.
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Unfortunately i also guess that i could preach for manners and good behaviour forever, but while the majority who follow these principles will simply be bored to death, those it really addresses will either ignore or not understand what i want to tell them.
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