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Okay, I've been a fan of a certain video game series for a long time, not only because it's fun, but also I have kinda an emotional attachment to it. I love it dearly. But the community?

I literally despise them from the deepest bottom of my heart. Everytime a new game is announced of said video games series, they cry, bitch and moan about it to no end. Already after literal the first reveal trailer they scream and shout about how the games will suck and that it should be boycotted.

It's not even from a company that is known for problematic things.

And even if you dare to say anything positive about them, you can prepare yourself that a huge hivemind made of toxic fans will attack you, like they even will attack literal children for being excited for the new game. From wishing that the devs die in a plane crash to being obviously racist for complaining that it''s ,,forced diversity'' because the game has more than two people of color in it, there is everything in this disgusting community.

Like they cried and begged for an Open-World game for the past few years, even though the franchise never stepped in this territory and the fans insulted the devs just for existing? THEY STILL GOT THEIR FREAKING OPEN-WORLD GAME BUT SOMEHOW THE GAME IS STILL UTTERLY TRASH AND THE DEVS DERSERVE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENING TO THEM. Like I can't with this people. I can't with gaming and anime communities in general. Most of them are a toxic mess.

Even if you try your best to avoid those idiots, it almost impossible; I stopped to watch any Youtuber that makes videos about this franchise, but they are still sometimes in my recommendations where already their clickbaity and negative thumbails will tell you anything you need to know about those videos and their channels. I wish they would be a channel blocker for android users, so I never have to see them ever again, but I guess this is what attracts views today: to hate on the things you actually love since negativity attracts more people. And then they pretend they care so much about the franchise and their fellow ,,fans'', like no you don't, you want views and money. You're a no better than any video game company you like to hate so much because they try to feed their employees. Stop pretending you're an ally. Even worse when it's a Youtuber that never had anything to do with the franchise, but now where they have realized that with this they can make views and money with this kind of negativity, they jumped on the hate bandwagon and pretend they always cared for the franchise; no the only thing you were all long is a hypocrite. Damn, atleast there are several Add-On for PC so I can avoid them there more or less.

It's ironic. The franchise is about a utopia where everyone lives in peace and the devs even explicity once said that it is a world where racism, climate change and war etc. isn't a thing. I really wonder if this people see the irony.

Also, all the sexualizing of the characters, I swear if I see one more Rule34 fanart of a character in said franchise that is primarily for children., I snap.

There is probably more I can say about those spoiled gamer who will probably never shut up about how you are the literal devil if you enjoy this franchise , but I don't want to sit here for next two weeks


Thanks for reading, I really needed to rant.

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Posted by22 hours ago

First of all, sorry for my English (I'm using google translate)


Hello I'm a new player and have 15 years old , i've only been playing video games online for 1 year, of online games I have only played, Elsword (i love this game) trove and roblox because they are very aesthetically beautiful and I never had problems with any man

The problem is that I decided to play a game called Towers of fantasy, in that game I don't know what happens that people are obsessed with women, I am a player who focuses on exploring and talking to people, I play PVE just for the story


In a guild several men were telling me that I should join the discord to do dungeons (raids?) with those of the guild, I told them that I don't want to because I have no interest in that content of the game.


The men automatically began to say that if I don't enter Discord I am automatically a man, after a lot of harassment I gave them my instagram so they can see that I am a woman, it did not work, so I sent them an audio so they can hear my voice in the game It didn't work either, now they didn't want me to go into discord, otherwise what they wanted were video calls with the excuse that I could use programs to change my voice, they were making many video calls to me on Instagram from different profiles, it gave me a lot of anxiety, I had to turn off my phone immediately


The next day after entering the game I realized that they kicked me out of the guild and I had many horrible messages privately, I talked to the guild leader, I sent her screenshots of everything that happened and they kicked those stalkers out of the guild and put me back in


but anxiety made me uninstall the game forever, just thinking about all this brings tears to my eyes...


That is why since then I have not related to anyone in video games, not even in games like elsword where I had many friends, I have even become afraid of the word discord


Is there a way to tell a man that I don't want to voice chat with them without them thinking badly of you and starting rants all over the server?

I know that nonsense of this type should not be important and I should simply block people like this, but it is impossible for me to control my feelings in this type of situation...

ty for all ;')

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