08-16-2022, 01:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-16-2022, 01:35 PM by PugWalrus. Edited 1 time in total.)
(08-16-2022, 01:27 PM)soevil Wrote:(08-16-2022, 01:21 PM)PugWalrus Wrote: Soevil, I mean c’mon man, I tell my own players in Portland to chill out if the trash talk starts getting out of hand. And I’ve had numerous players ask about why you’re being so harsh to them. The context of your trash talking matters just as much as what you’re LITERALLY saying
There’s good ways to do trash talk and even do so so in an aggressive way. I site @DREAMSLOTH and his player beef with the Copperheads Twitter. They go IN on each other pretty brutally sometimes and no one bats an eye.
You’ve gotta know by now that if enough users are complaining about the way you conduct yourself, you might need reflect a bit. The DSFL is supposed to be a user’s intro to the league and make a good impression so they stick around into the ISFL. It’s kinda important that you’re not a dick lmao
I suppose I just need to learn what is considered out of hand. I would genuinely like to know which users think I have been harsh to them, but I likely never will. And I have resolved myself to correct my behavior in the chats, as I expressed to HO in my initial conversation with them. Since that conversation, they have decided to issue a formal probation for vague comments not directly targeting anyone.
I’d say it’s just hard to decipher when you’re “playing a character” and when you’re not. A lot of the trash talk is sporadic and comes out of nowhere like with the gadget incident, others have cited hostile behavior towards other DSFL teams or turning other users against teams. I think it just needs to be more clear when you’re “in character” people in the Discord don’t see you as “Austin Morley” they see you as SoEvil, GM of the KC Coyotes.