Fun with hate mail

[GonzoGamer]

The only benefit of playing on PSN - I don't get hate mail.
...
and I don't pay anything for it either.

 

[IntangibleMango]

Also my Xbox Live rep is pretty abysmal. Something like 70% avoided me, with the largest factor being that I quit games before they're over. Meh.

I wouldn't really take in what that rep system says, apparently around the same amount avoid me for the reason that I use bad language/trash talk/make annoying noises through the mic.

Funnily enough, I never use the mic, so yeah.

 

[Creator002]

I logged into GTA IV PC the other day to find 3 messages calling me a ****** and an asshole. Did not know what the hell I'd done to warrent such hostility, however I found that my friend had used my account on his Xbox to play Halo 3 with a friend and absolutely smashed the other team.
I've also received a fair amount of sexist messages because my avatar is female.[footnote]I'm male and my real name is on my Xbox Live profile. Obviously they know many females named Aaron. : /[/footnote]

EDIT - Post 1000. Party at my house!

 

[Fappy]

-Snip-

It's probably not within yours or the site's taste to do this, but I am sure there are plenty of people around here who'd love to see anonymous hate mail letters posted and responded to. It's always fun to see someone's poorly thought out criticism getting deconstructed and utterly destroyed

 

[Fappy]

-Snip-

It's probably not within yours or the site's taste to do this, but I am sure there are plenty of people around here who'd love to see anonymous hate mail letters posted and responded to. It's always fun to see someone's poorly thought out criticism getting deconstructed and utterly destroyed

Don't think it's worth them getting the attention, though. Unless they were banned from the forum and then the content was posted and torn apart. Watching helplessly as their insults are reduced to comedy fodder would hurt ;P

That's why the person's name would be anonymous or renamed to something like, "chauvinist douche-nozzle".

 

[Realitycrash]

I don't have to play online to get hate mail, I get loads of it for doing my job here.

Really? I can't believe that people are:
a)taking stuff on here seriously enough to actually write hate mail
and
b)not being smart enough not to spew whatever BS they're spewing at mods.

Actually scrath that last one. I'm in customer service, so I know how vile people can be over even trivial things. I'd assume most of the hate mail you're getting is from people who've been banned and/or gotten a warning and stuff, right?

EDIT: And like the others, I of course appreciate the work you do in keeping the place tidy.

I'm not a mod, I'm the managing editor. So most of the hate mail comes from me having opinions about games. Or just being female.

How DARE you be female!?

OT: Got some rather hilarious ones during my days as a PvP-Rogue in WoW. People would actually start creating characters on my servers, just to be able to mail me some hate-mail.
"Amg, n00b-Rogue only attack when I fight others, whaa whaa" - Yes, I am a Rogue, why would I NOT take advantage of such a thing in a Battleground?

 

[Susan Arendt]

I don't have to play online to get hate mail, I get loads of it for doing my job here.

Keep up the great work. My favorite thing is when you go on your tell it like it is rants in the podcasts.

It is weird, but when you do that, I imagine it as something like the scene from The Raiders of the Lost Ark, except you're talking and all the haters faces are melting away because they can't handle the awesome truths.

Thank you! I get quite a bit of hate mail for the podcast, yep. Some people really, really cannot handle a woman speaking her mind. Even about silly stuff like movies and videogame characters.

I love ya, but that sort of bothers me--"Some people really, really cannot handle a woman speaking her mind." People disagree with others and the internet generally allows loud mouthed hooligans to run free and say what they think with no real consequence. No matter who you are, if you say something any particular group doesn't agree with, and you say it online, you're gonna cop flak. If you were a large person, they'd call you fat. If you were an Asian, they'd use racial slurs. If you're a woman, they'll call you a... bad C word. They just pick out anything they think will get under your skin and use it. With sexism being a hot topic around here, a sure fire way to ruffle some feathers is drop the C word and lay into the sexist insults.

The readiness with which some people label gender an issue is a major hurdle preventing feminism from achieving its goals. It creates an image of women being fakes and quick to play the victim. It comes off like a scapegoat, regardless of intent. Not that this is the context in which you said it, but "It's just because I'm a woman!" is a very destructive association we don't want. No doubt some women cop genuine sexist nonsense here, in the modern world, but at times it seems some of us are a little too quick to reach for the victim card.

Maybe I've inferred much too much and have looked too far into a two sentence comment. Hopefully I've not offended you and I send this message with no ill-will. You've got nothing but respect and laughs from me. Just offering my observations, for whatever they happen to be worth

[sub]Ignore any ugly grammar--it's real late here >_>[/sub]

There's a difference between someone just tossing a gendered insult in because it's easy or obvious, and someone going on about how I should shut up because I'm always "pushing a feminist agenda" and the other guys on the podcast "need to grow some balls and stand up to" me.

 

[Susan Arendt]

I don't have to play online to get hate mail, I get loads of it for doing my job here.

Keep up the great work. My favorite thing is when you go on your tell it like it is rants in the podcasts.

It is weird, but when you do that, I imagine it as something like the scene from The Raiders of the Lost Ark, except you're talking and all the haters faces are melting away because they can't handle the awesome truths.

Thank you! I get quite a bit of hate mail for the podcast, yep. Some people really, really cannot handle a woman speaking her mind. Even about silly stuff like movies and videogame characters.

I love ya, but that sort of bothers me--"Some people really, really cannot handle a woman speaking her mind." People disagree with others and the internet generally allows loud mouthed hooligans to run free and say what they think with no real consequence. No matter who you are, if you say something any particular group doesn't agree with, and you say it online, you're gonna cop flak. If you were a large person, they'd call you fat. If you were an Asian, they'd use racial slurs. If you're a woman, they'll call you a... bad C word. They just pick out anything they think will get under your skin and use it. With sexism being a hot topic around here, a sure fire way to ruffle some feathers is drop the C word and lay into the sexist insults.

The readiness with which some people label gender an issue is a major hurdle preventing feminism from achieving its goals. It creates an image of women being fakes and quick to play the victim. It comes off like a scapegoat, regardless of intent. Not that this is the context in which you said it, but "It's just because I'm a woman!" is a very destructive association we don't want. No doubt some women cop genuine sexist nonsense here, in the modern world, but at times it seems some of us are a little too quick to reach for the victim card.

Maybe I've inferred much too much and have looked too far into a two sentence comment. Hopefully I've not offended you and I send this message with no ill-will. You've got nothing but respect and laughs from me. Just offering my observations, for whatever they happen to be worth

[sub]Ignore any ugly grammar--it's real late here >_>[/sub]

There's a difference between someone just tossing a gendered insult in because it's easy or obvious, and someone going on about how I should shut up because I'm always "pushing a feminist agenda" and the other guys on the podcast "need to grow some balls and stand up to" me.

But if you're known for telling it like it is and being somewhat Spartan, couldn't that attitude be the cause of the rage, with the sex insults simply being the best way for them to "get back at you?" It clearly bums you out (as it would anyone). I just have to wonder how much sexism genuinely goes on, and how much of it is convenience--namely here, but in the community as a whole, also.

Too bad we can't temporarily swap people's gender around to see if they are treated differently lol.

You're just going to have to trust me about the tonal difference between "someone should shut you up by shoving a cock in your mouth" and "every time you open your mouth it's some feminist bullshit."

 

[Filiecs]

I've never received hate mail but I once received a message from someone that said" "I like the cut of your jib!"

Made my day.

 

[Fappy]

I don't have to play online to get hate mail, I get loads of it for doing my job here.

Keep up the great work. My favorite thing is when you go on your tell it like it is rants in the podcasts.

It is weird, but when you do that, I imagine it as something like the scene from The Raiders of the Lost Ark, except you're talking and all the haters faces are melting away because they can't handle the awesome truths.

Thank you! I get quite a bit of hate mail for the podcast, yep. Some people really, really cannot handle a woman speaking her mind. Even about silly stuff like movies and videogame characters.

I love ya, but that sort of bothers me--"Some people really, really cannot handle a woman speaking her mind." People disagree with others and the internet generally allows loud mouthed hooligans to run free and say what they think with no real consequence. No matter who you are, if you say something any particular group doesn't agree with, and you say it online, you're gonna cop flak. If you were a large person, they'd call you fat. If you were an Asian, they'd use racial slurs. If you're a woman, they'll call you a... bad C word. They just pick out anything they think will get under your skin and use it. With sexism being a hot topic around here, a sure fire way to ruffle some feathers is drop the C word and lay into the sexist insults.

The readiness with which some people label gender an issue is a major hurdle preventing feminism from achieving its goals. It creates an image of women being fakes and quick to play the victim. It comes off like a scapegoat, regardless of intent. Not that this is the context in which you said it, but "It's just because I'm a woman!" is a very destructive association we don't want. No doubt some women cop genuine sexist nonsense here, in the modern world, but at times it seems some of us are a little too quick to reach for the victim card.

Maybe I've inferred much too much and have looked too far into a two sentence comment. Hopefully I've not offended you and I send this message with no ill-will. You've got nothing but respect and laughs from me. Just offering my observations, for whatever they happen to be worth

[sub]Ignore any ugly grammar--it's real late here >_>[/sub]

There's a difference between someone just tossing a gendered insult in because it's easy or obvious, and someone going on about how I should shut up because I'm always "pushing a feminist agenda" and the other guys on the podcast "need to grow some balls and stand up to" me.

But if you're known for telling it like it is and being somewhat Spartan, couldn't that attitude be the cause of the rage, with the sex insults simply being the best way for them to "get back at you?" It clearly bums you out (as it would anyone). I just have to wonder how much sexism genuinely goes on, and how much of it is convenience--namely here, but in the community as a whole, also.

Too bad we can't temporarily swap people's gender around to see if they are treated differently lol.

You're just going to have to trust me about the tonal difference between "someone should shut you up by shoving a cock in your mouth" and "every time you open your mouth it's some feminist bullshit."

God, I love how blunt you are sometimes XD

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Never actually got hate mail over Xbox Live, of which I seem to be in a minority.

Mind you, I never used a mic and always muted everyone so while I got sent know messages there might have been stuff said about me that I never heard. I play multi-player less and less these days anyway. Oh, and I'm also a white heterosexual male, so I guess the only thing likely to make me a target would be my Britishness.

 

[Susan Arendt]

I don't have to play online to get hate mail, I get loads of it for doing my job here.

Keep up the great work. My favorite thing is when you go on your tell it like it is rants in the podcasts.

It is weird, but when you do that, I imagine it as something like the scene from The Raiders of the Lost Ark, except you're talking and all the haters faces are melting away because they can't handle the awesome truths.

Thank you! I get quite a bit of hate mail for the podcast, yep. Some people really, really cannot handle a woman speaking her mind. Even about silly stuff like movies and videogame characters.

I love ya, but that sort of bothers me--"Some people really, really cannot handle a woman speaking her mind." People disagree with others and the internet generally allows loud mouthed hooligans to run free and say what they think with no real consequence. No matter who you are, if you say something any particular group doesn't agree with, and you say it online, you're gonna cop flak. If you were a large person, they'd call you fat. If you were an Asian, they'd use racial slurs. If you're a woman, they'll call you a... bad C word. They just pick out anything they think will get under your skin and use it. With sexism being a hot topic around here, a sure fire way to ruffle some feathers is drop the C word and lay into the sexist insults.

The readiness with which some people label gender an issue is a major hurdle preventing feminism from achieving its goals. It creates an image of women being fakes and quick to play the victim. It comes off like a scapegoat, regardless of intent. Not that this is the context in which you said it, but "It's just because I'm a woman!" is a very destructive association we don't want. No doubt some women cop genuine sexist nonsense here, in the modern world, but at times it seems some of us are a little too quick to reach for the victim card.

Maybe I've inferred much too much and have looked too far into a two sentence comment. Hopefully I've not offended you and I send this message with no ill-will. You've got nothing but respect and laughs from me. Just offering my observations, for whatever they happen to be worth

[sub]Ignore any ugly grammar--it's real late here >_>[/sub]

There's a difference between someone just tossing a gendered insult in because it's easy or obvious, and someone going on about how I should shut up because I'm always "pushing a feminist agenda" and the other guys on the podcast "need to grow some balls and stand up to" me.

But if you're known for telling it like it is and being somewhat Spartan, couldn't that attitude be the cause of the rage, with the sex insults simply being the best way for them to "get back at you?" It clearly bums you out (as it would anyone). I just have to wonder how much sexism genuinely goes on, and how much of it is convenience--namely here, but in the community as a whole, also.

Too bad we can't temporarily swap people's gender around to see if they are treated differently lol.

You're just going to have to trust me about the tonal difference between "someone should shut you up by shoving a cock in your mouth" and "every time you open your mouth it's some feminist bullshit."

God, I love how blunt you are sometimes XD

Llike a soothingly voiced sledge hammer lolol.

I've always said I'm as subtle as a brick.

You're just going to have to trust me about the tonal difference between "someone should shut you up by shoving a cock in your mouth" and "every time you open your mouth it's some feminist bullshit."

People say those things to you? That's just disgraceful

Yep. And worse. Whenever this kind of thing comes up, my friends and colleagues (who are, as you might expect, almost exclusively male) always ask me "No-one's ever said something like that to you, have they?" and I assure them yes, it happens all the time. They're always shocked and horrified, which I find encouraging, in a way. It's nice to see there are people who still have enough class to be appalled by those who lack it.

 

[Spitfire]

If I were to receive any hate mail, I'd imagine that would be quite a cause for concern, because how in the fuck do they know my email?!

Seriously though. I do play competitive games quite a lot, and apart from the occasional neurotic player calling me out in chat for no coherent reason, I don't receive a whole lot of negative reactions myself, although I often bear witness to intense debates on the subject of how promiscuous the mother of some player is.