I am done

[GRITS]

Ok...enough animosity towards each other. As a community/family we are gonna fight, we are gonna pick on each other, it is human nature. Survival of the fittest, leader of the pack and all that crap.... But at some point it has to stop, hopefully it does before we hurt someone. I hated bullies in school, hated whiners too, my feelings haven’t changed except that now I have more hope for human nature and realize people are just testing their control or demonstrating their own insecurities when they have to rely on personal attacks. Ricochet is a game....name calling should not affect the way you play, but it does, that is why I have a language filter, so that the harsh insensitive words can not be used to attack the player. Not counting the 10 and 12 year olds....I never feel like I am playing with 'kids'....most of you don’t come off as kids, actually I am usually impressed by the level of bantering and depths of the discussions and have to remind myself that most of you haven’t gotten out of your teens yet....then reality sets in when people resort to name calling and harassing people on a personal level just to push buttons and see if you can 'make em cry'. It is something we all have to learn to deal with in our lives. There will always be bullies and people who enjoy tormenting others. How we handle the situation helps determine the kind of person we develop into later in life. I am not sure who is responsible for running you off Slasher but I bet that those same people would stick up for their “little brother” if some noob was picking on you the same way. Not sure if you have older brothers and sisters….but I am sure you realize pushing until you cry uncle is part of the ‘rite de passage’. You made it this far….don’t quit.