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I'm fascinated by the amount of abuse the study participants seem to take without doing anything about it (e.g., blocking people, leaving groups, etc.). Taking

I'm fascinated by the amount of abuse the study participants seem to take without doing anything about it (e.g., blocking people, leaving groups, etc.). Taking one example: were I a healer in a raid, especially one showing top healing numbers, and anyone started off on a slur-filled tantrum against me in voice chat, I'd immediately leave voice chat and the raid. If the response from guild mates was anything but disapproval of the tantrum, or it was allowed to happen more than once, I'd leave the guild. There are plenty of people/guilds who don't behave like complete assholes to choose from in any online game.

ddmf 1y ago
Could be sunk cost fallacy in play - you've maybe spent weeks/months/years with this guild and not had any issues (or it's not been directed at you) - or even a raid night after a few hours, especially if it's been hard for you to get in. Sometimes easier to just weather and ignore the dickhead. Which is probably why they go on to do it again and again. I'm sure I remember an addon that allowed you to give feedback on players, but it was quickly used to grief decent players.
episteme 1y ago
Unless it's so dramatic that the raid cannot continue without you, it might not make sense. You put aside your evening to raid with friends, to progress your character or to experience something new that you have maybe worked weeks or months for. Leaving means you get none of that and the other person gets to continue the raid as they like, feeling like they have 'won'. Even then, you might not know for sure which one of you the group will side with. It's easy to say that there are plenty more fish in the sea but it's not easy to find fish that you actually want to spend time with regularly, even if one or two of them are bad apples.

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I'm fascinated by the amount of abuse the study participants seem to take without doing anything about it (e.g., blocking people, leaving groups, etc.). Taking

by atmavatar 1y ago

ddmf 1y ago
Could be sunk cost fallacy in play - you've maybe spent weeks/months/years with this guild and not had any issues (or it's not been directed at you) - or even a raid night after a few hours, especially if it's been hard for you to get in. Sometimes easier to just weather and ignore the dickhead. Which is probably why they go on to do it again and again. I'm sure I remember an addon that allowed you to give feedback on players, but it was quickly used to grief decent players.
episteme 1y ago
Unless it's so dramatic that the raid cannot continue without you, it might not make sense. You put aside your evening to raid with friends, to progress your character or to experience something new that you have maybe worked weeks or months for. Leaving means you get none of that and the other person gets to continue the raid as they like, feeling like they have 'won'. Even then, you might not know for sure which one of you the group will side with. It's easy to say that there are plenty more fish in the sea but it's not easy to find fish that you actually want to spend time with regularly, even if one or two of them are bad apples.