Smash WiiU & 3DS Miiverse Daily Pic - September 16th

[Wasp]

Your salt isn't even tasty. You made a blatant mistake and he pointed it out. Don't attack him for it.

And you are...? Look, even though i said few weeks instead of months, he completely ignored the message and question in my post and only took the time to point out a little mistake, which wasn't even that bad since its a relative thing... He still knew what i meant so he's just here to argue. He shouldn't had been attacking me in the first place cuz this is what he gets for doing so.

 

[KenboCalrissian]

And you are...? Look, even though i said few weeks instead of months, he completely ignored the message and question in my post and only took the time to point out a little mistake, which wasn't even that bad since its a relative thing... He still knew what i meant so he's just here to argue. He shouldn't had been attacking me in the first place cuz this is what he gets for doing so.

An alternate response that would have saved everyone the trouble:

"Whoops! My bad." Everyone has a faint chuckle and goes about their day.

I want to lay something down for you and be kind of blunt, but I promise you I'm only trying to help. Rather than blowing up on the internet, next time maybe try diffusing the situation first. Chances are actually pretty good that what happened isn't nearly as bad as you think it is.

When you consider internet forums a competition, everybody loses. There's no prize for coming in "first," and nobody came to a Smash Bros. forum to see you put somebody on trial. Trolls make us all trigger-happy (believe me, I've been wrong on a few occasions for similar reasons), and you have to stop and consider that maybe you're jumping at shadows because of something someone else did a while back.

The post in question doesn't appear to have any sort of malice behind it. They corrected you, and that's all - that doesn't mean they were egging you on. It could have been a joke, playful ribbing, or even an attempt to help add some credence to your question. You're assuming their intent based on past factors that don't directly relate to this individual - the general atmosphere of the forums, a past offense, etc. This particular person probably had nothing to do with that.

When you act on the worst possible conclusion, you run the risk of putting down someone who was actually trying to be a nice guy/gal, and over time that turns people sour. Eventually, you perpetuate the breeding of the very thing you're afraid of - an internet troll.

One very big lesson I've learned that applies to real life just as well as the internet is that when someone starts something with you, it is entirely in YOUR control how far it goes. Even if someone comes out and calls you something nasty, nothing has started until you respond. You could get angry, and start a fight. Or, you could laugh, and start a friendship (the art of self-deprivation is in fact a very powerful social skill to learn). Or, you could simply ignore them, and start nothing.

Now, will somebody help me down off my soap box?

 

[Wasp]

I want to lay something out for you and be kind of blunt, but I promise you I'm only trying to help. Rather than blowing up on the internet, next time maybe try diffusing the situation first. Chances are actually pretty good that what happened isn't nearly as bad as you think it is.

An alternate response that would have saved everyone the trouble:

"Whoops! My bad." Everyone has a faint chuckle and goes about their day.

When you consider internet forums a competition, everybody loses. There's no prize for coming in "first," and nobody came to a Smash Bros. forum to see you put somebody on trial. Trolls make us all trigger-happy (believe me, I've been wrong on a few occasions for the same reason), and you have to stop and consider that maybe you're jumping at shadows because of something someone else did a while back.

The post in question doesn't appear to have any sort of malice behind it. They corrected you, and that's all - that doesn't mean they were egging you on. It could have been a joke, playful ribbing, or even an attempt to help add some credence to your question. You're assuming their intent based on past factors that don't directly relate to this individual - the general atmosphere of the forums, a past offense, etc. This particular person probably had nothing to do with that.

When you act on the worst possible conclusion, you run the risk of putting down someone who was actually trying to be a nice guy/gal, and over time that turns people sour. Eventually, you perpetuate the breeding of the very thing you're afraid of - an internet troll.

One very big lesson I've learned that applies to real life just as well as the internet is that when someone starts something with you, it is entirely in YOUR control how far it goes. Even if someone comes out and calls you something nasty, nothing has started until you respond. You could get angry, and you would start a fight. Or, you could laugh, and start a friendship (the art of self-deprivation is in fact a very powerful social skill to learn). Or, you could simply ignore them, and nothing begins.

Now, will somebody help me down off my soap box?

wow, you didn't have to explain that all man, but thanks anyways. Still, the reply was lame. Normally I'd ignore it yes, but when I see "someone quoted your post" at my messages, I'm going straight to it, so yeah, you just read someone tries to be smartynose and not even reply on the message itself. I don't feel like he's taking it serious.
You see, he could also said it different like "that was a few months ago" instead of "april is just afew weeks ago?". There's no need to be sarcastic and it wasn't funny either.

 

[pupNapoleon]

I really, REALLY think that isn't the case here. By this point throwing in additional characters/character dlc would feel not only lazy but also be disappointing. That would definitely kill the overall feel and tradition of the game.

Oh yeah. Extra characters would definitely be both lazy AND disappointing.

 

[Code Bread]

And you are...? Look, even though i said few weeks instead of months, he completely ignored the message and question in my post and only took the time to point out a little mistake, which wasn't even that bad since its a relative thing... He still knew what i meant so he's just here to argue. He shouldn't had been attacking me in the first place cuz this is what he gets for doing so.

Why are people here so obsessed with asking people who they are on the internet? It seems so pointless.

 

[Wasp]

Why are people here so obsessed with asking people who they are on the internet? It seems so pointless.

*sigh*
You really don't know what I mean? It's not that I'm litterally asking who you are. it doesn't matter really.

 

[Code Bread]

*sigh*
You really don't know what I mean? It's not that I'm litterally asking who you are. it doesn't matter really.

It shouldn't matter who someone is if all they're telling you is calm down.

 

[Wasp]

It shouldn't matter who someone is if all they're telling you is calm down.

No one told me to calm down lol... And i am calm. you're making this whole scene about me while i was just bored by someone's comment and said something about it.

 

[Code Bread]

No one told me to calm down lol... And i am calm. you're making this whole scene about me while i was just bored by someone's comment and said something about it.

Telling someone to shut up because they pointed out your error isn't calm.

 

[Wasp]

depends on how you read it. Imagine me saying this angry kinda makes it sound like i'm not calm indeed, but i'm calm as i said and so was that post. there's just the 'annoyed' tone. But still calm, so yeah... =)

 

[Code Bread]

depends on how you read it. Imagine me saying this angry kinda makes it sound like i'm not calm indeed, but i'm calm as i said and so was that post. there's just the 'annoyed' tone. But still calm, so yeah... =)

Yeah, okay. I still think that the post sounded more angry than calm, but I don't even know why I'm trying so hard to get this point across. Kenbo said efficiently what I've just been saying with spam so I'm going to back away.