Anyone get offended when THIS happens to you?

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I was in a dungeon with a tank that I thought was new because he kept going a weird path and pulling extra. I don’t use the new ping system because its too much mouse movement for the carbon tunnel in my wrists, so I typed to him. “Hey tank over here”. Dude pauses for 5 seconds and completely explodes in chat saying “I HAVE A NAME ITS ********”.

Im going ok this guys crazy but didnt wanna get kicked so just said “sorry mb *****”.

Im used to saying things like this IRL like “Hey how are YOU?” even if I know their name is Todd instead of saying “hey Todd how are you?” so I dont think much of doing it in game too.

Anyways, we finish the dungeon but was I being toxic here or did he over-react? I can see their name in game so I dont have to guess it but I thought I was being casual/friendly. Agree?

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It’s been the norm in WoW since forever to just refer to someone by their class or even their role. They might just be new and thought you were being rude. No biggie. Miscommunications happen.

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of course you were fine, no biggie, let this one just go and not take up head space :slightly_smiling_face:

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It’s 2024, it’s very likely he was actually offended. People are offended over anything nowadays.

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I’ve seen it happen a few times. I am like “well excuse you” but I never say anything in chat.

It’s w/e usually but some folks like to be referred by their char name or a shortened version of it. I wouldn’t take it personally. In fact, you apologized and used their name it sounds like the rest of the run went well.

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I always refer to DPS by their class and the tank as tank. :person_shrugging:

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A huge part of this playerbase is heavily unbalanced. And needs years and years of therapy. Just ignore them and move on.

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Dw about it, you did nothing wrong. Sounds like you crossed paths with a wierdo looking to pick a fight.

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Over reacting.

While its not the norm ive definitely seen it a time or two where someone loses it over being called class/color.

But for efficiency reasons, its a lot easier for me to go “Druid can you innervate on phase 2” instead of trying to look at their name and get the proper spelling for "Axeonhufflepuffpewpewer

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Don’t over think it imo. Bad runs can happen, people ditching when they’re wrong can happen too. It’s part of the bundle, sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad.

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Not at all, I just lol @ them and move on.
If they keep it up I’d prob leave and wait for the inevitable rage whispers.

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…with three special characters in their name on top of that, don’t forget.

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FYI, y’all… this is another Ilililili alt.

In other words: things that never happened to bait the forums.

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They could have handled that 100 times better. You handled it fine.

I get called “Lock”, unless there’s another, then they refer to me a Seil. It’s just more efficient.

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Carpal tunnel*

Carbon tunnel sounds dangerous.

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Absolutely in the wrong here

You should have been like “A thousand pardons Name, but I regretfully must inform you that you may be going the wrong direction in our adventure. I have done this encounter before, and not to try to lord myself over you, I know the correct direction to our success in in this direction”

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Oh for fluff’s sake.

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Damn it! I didnt realize he had 2 warriors for these shenanigans

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I didn’t recognize him as Greenwarrior for a long time, because his replies in threads are usually pretty chill.

I think it’s just when he gets bored that we end up with threads like this. lol

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There’s no tone to a text so a lot of people tend to take simple things you say as a personal attack.

He probably thought you meant it in a sarcastic tone