Quote Originally Posted by 'Old Dirty Bathtub',index.php?page=Thread&postID=84730#post84 730
You're point is a valid one in most circumstances. It is always more constructive to enter into a dialogue with someone who holds a conflicting belief than it is to condemn him or her as an idiot.

However, have you read the big multiboxing QQ threads? The people we're talking about are not interested in resolving an issue or learning; they don't want to have a dialogue or conduct a debate. They hate multiboxing and they want everyone to share their beliefs. They argue with the blues and refuse to accept well-settled decisions. They specialize in ad hominem attacks and indefensible generalizations.

These are the same people who follow us around in-game swearing at us, harassing us, reporting us, and spamming /spit at us. They accuse us of cheating, hacking, gold farming, and character selling.They are unquenchable, seething cauldrons of rage who can't stand the thought that someone somewhere may be doing something they don't like. They will not be satisfied with anything short of the complete removal of the play style we all enjoy.

We treat these people like arrogant, socially stunted jerks because that is exactly what they are (or at least what they present themselves to be).

No one here hates all single-boxers. I'm positive that all of us have more single-boxing friends than multiboxing friends. There are plenty of folks on the WoW forums who don't really like multiboxing but realize that Blizzard allows it and that it doesn't really affect them too much. No one here takes exception to them either.

The people we target are the hardcore forum haters. It may be better, more decorous, to ignore them or engage them politely. Lashing out at them in the ways you have illustrated above is at best pointless; it can never advance our cause and it will probably fuel the haters to be more vocal and more vicious. But we are all human too--sometimes we need to let off some steam, and I think it is far better to do so here than to stage a more public display on the WoW forums.
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