Sylrissa Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 Too much exposure to the comment sections of any portion of the Internet are liable to kill any lingering faith one has in us as a species. I'm certain the people at Obsidian are Internet savvy enough to know that by now. Agreed. That's my hope anyways, that no one was really hurt by some of the horrible comments on the stream
Longknife Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 I'd just like the Obsidian staff to know we're not all horribly misogynistic, racist, socially-stunted a-holes and we are sorry you had to see that. I am, but y'know, that's besides the point. Point is sing more karaoke. "The Courier was the worst of all of them. The worst by far. When he died the first time, he must have met the devil, and then killed him." Is your mom hot? It may explain why guys were following her ?
Shevek Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 On the KS comments section people tend to be fairly respectful to OE folks. Why? Well, as a backer, you know Obsidian will have access to your name and address at some point. Honestly, any future things like that should focus on stripping away anonymity. That may not eliminate the stupidness but it should reduce it.
AGX-17 Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) What happened? I missed it. What happened? I missed it. I second this. Many of the uncouth commentors were, shall we say, "smitten," by one of Obsidian's female staffers. An odd way to phrase it for a man with an avatar of the helm of a 7th century Saxon king, who would no doubt have been far more misogynistic. Most of it was people shrieking (caps lock) their locations, and others responding to the trend by claiming to be in unlikely/non-real locations. And also quoting Chris Avellone who spent most of the stream drinking heavily and screaming "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" at such a volume that it inflicted pain upon many an ear. Edited October 17, 2012 by AGX-17 3
Haerski Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 What happened? I missed it. I second this. Nothing special. Just usual internet and I think this thread is overreacting. Everybody had fun, nobody got hurt... oh, except OP here. 3
SesameTree Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 Ah the internet comments I stopped reading comments on youtube and streams and youtube quite a while ago. There's always someone who will spew hate. Thx for the info.
The Guilty Party Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 What happened? I missed it. I second this. Nothing special. Just usual internet and I think this thread is overreacting. Everybody had fun, nobody got hurt... oh, except OP here. There's nothing wrong with pointing out that people are sometimes horrible little ****. Saying 'That's fine, it's the internet' doesn't help things. Not that this whole thread is going to change anything in a large way, but I'd rather see people saying 'I hate how other people abuse anonymity to try to ruin other people's fun' than not. 6
limaxophobiacq Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) It was linked on 4chans /v/ideogames board, which even the rest of that hive of scum and villany finds pretty loathsome. Edited October 17, 2012 by limaxophobiacq 1
AwesomeOcelot Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) I just feel sorry for Adam Brennecke, he's so innocent looking, he shouldn't be exposed to that. Adam's pretty young, we try not to sexualize him. Those people coming from outside the backer community, such a shame. Come closer to the camera black shirt guy, nyes, nyes? Edited October 17, 2012 by AwesomeOcelot
Guts Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) Seeing the terrible harassment in the live stream comments last night made me cringe. I'd just like the Obsidian staff to know we're not all horribly misogynistic, racist, socially-stunted a-holes and we are sorry you had to see that. Sincerely, Hopefully the majority of your backers Signed 100%. It was seriously embarrasing to read all the f***tards on the comments. You could imagine most people commenting were under the age of 15. Edited October 17, 2012 by Guts
rjshae Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 On the KS comments section people tend to be fairly respectful to OE folks. Why? Well, as a backer, you know Obsidian will have access to your name and address at some point. Honestly, any future things like that should focus on stripping away anonymity. That may not eliminate the stupidness but it should reduce it. There is a positive role for anonymity, so I wouldn't rule it out. I also think you're underestimating the KS posters just a little. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Tamerlane Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 It was linked on 4chans /v/ideogames board, which even the rest of that hive of scum and villany finds pretty loathsome. Twitch chats don't need any help being ****ing awful. 1
casa Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 It was just embarrassing and annoying, no harm in saying that even if nobody took them serious. 1
Sistergoldring Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 Some of what I saw was really, really cringe worthy but Obsidian are big boys and girls, I'm sure they took it in their stride. The Divine Marshmallow shall succour the souls of the Righteous with his sweetness while the Faithless writhe in the molten syrup of his wrath.
SunBroSolaire Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) Some of what I saw was really, really cringe worthy but Obsidian are big boys and girls, I'm sure they took it in their stride. Except for the kids :| Hopefully it wasn't uncomfortable for anyone there. Most of the commenters actually were totally civil. You'll always get a few **** in that kind of space. Edited October 17, 2012 by SunBroSolaire
AGX-17 Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) It was linked on 4chans /v/ideogames board, which even the rest of that hive of scum and villany finds pretty loathsome. /v/ is responsible for most of the misogyny gaming news stories (tropes v. women, jennifer hepler, etc.) Edited October 18, 2012 by AGX-17 1
Oerwinde Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 It was... Painful. And shameful. If I was the "green shirt girl", I'd have been traumatized for life. How are you not a gibbering mess if you're that easily traumatized? 1 The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Sistergoldring Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Yep - definitely except for the kids! Sometimes people are just icky, I guess! The Divine Marshmallow shall succour the souls of the Righteous with his sweetness while the Faithless writhe in the molten syrup of his wrath.
Haerski Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 What happened? I missed it. I second this. Nothing special. Just usual internet and I think this thread is overreacting. Everybody had fun, nobody got hurt... oh, except OP here. There's nothing wrong with pointing out that people are sometimes horrible little ****. Saying 'That's fine, it's the internet' doesn't help things. Not that this whole thread is going to change anything in a large way, but I'd rather see people saying 'I hate how other people abuse anonymity to try to ruin other people's fun' than not. Actually that's exactly what helps. As I said in my first post, don't feed the troll and it will go away. As long as people keep frowning upon such activity and raise a fuss about it, they are going to keep doing it. But as soon as everybody just ignores them and moves on with their lives without single comment trolls seem to suddenly get bored and go try their luck on some other comment section. If we take this "green shirt girl crisis" as an example, you could see how those spam comments decreased when the girl was out of picture and during that time Josh actually could anwer few serious questions, but as soon as she came back and started playing along spammers got active again. But for me that was not big deal and no one at office seemed to take offence either so I'm fine with it. 3
Brannart Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 It was... Painful. And shameful. If I was the "green shirt girl", I'd have been traumatized for life. Really? It wasn't that bad. Most of the comments were harmless. Like 'Say hi to Sweden' or whatever.
casa Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 There's no point in feeding the trolls live and argue with them, but it doesn't hurt to say here in this place that it was terribly annoying. They're all back in their cave now anyway.
Gatt9 Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 On the KS comments section people tend to be fairly respectful to OE folks. Why? Well, as a backer, you know Obsidian will have access to your name and address at some point. Honestly, any future things like that should focus on stripping away anonymity. That may not eliminate the stupidness but it should reduce it. I'd actually argue that it's an even better arguement for why people under the legal age should not be permitted to access any kind of forum on the internet, their accounts should be locked to read-only. They also should be segregated into under-age multiplayer realms, as X-box Live readily demonstrates countless reasons to do so. I'd make the case that the reason why Kickstarter's comments forum is so polite is because the majority of people there are adults since it requires a creditcard to participate, and the chat was a cesspool because the kids could access it.
AwesomeOcelot Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) My favourite prejudice was when the little kid Aiden was asking questions of one of the developers. Aiden: Where are you from? Developer: New York. Aiden: Are you a bank robber? You're never going to be president with that kind of attitude little buddy, people from New York aren't that bad. Edited October 18, 2012 by AwesomeOcelot
DeadManINC84 Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Oh yea those Streams were both crazy and when those girls actually posed for the camara I kind of felt sick.
Oerwinde Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-somehow-shocked-by-human-nature-again,19170/ 3 The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
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