I would wager the correct response is to take the critisism, learn your class better through a guide or asking for pointers, and gitting GUD. if you ignore your critics, you will only fail harder as time goes on
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10/10 approach to the situation, well done.
This is what will make good players.
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It’s about delivery of the message though.
Do you scream at fast food workers? Do you screech at baristas?
Do you whine at the airport? Be an adult, let the person know “Hey, here is a guide your dps is meh” Instead of LAWL UR GERBEGE KID Y U MAD???"
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It’s been a while since I’ve seen someone successfully reverse a ban by going to social media (Twitter, Reddit, whatever). All it takes to remove the afk debuff is to get into combat. Every case I’ve seen of a “false positive” has been where someone was defending a node/area that wasn’t under attack and therefore technically fit the definition of afk.
Yes, it sucks that that’s possible - but knowing about it, I just make sure that if I’m not in combat I can easily get into it whenever I’m in a BG.
Considering how difficult it has been to get rid of legitimate trolls inside a few matches I guess I just don’t have much sympathy left.
I definitely don’t see anyone “liking” their own posts though.
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ive never seen that poorly typed out of a message meant to tell someone they were bad, granted you may not get full context from text chat, BUUUUUUT. im pretty sure if you are playing your class bad, you havnt just heard it from one individual, infact you have probably heard it from multitudes of people from Bgs, to heroics and even raids maybe your guild assuming they havent booted you for not learning by now.
point being, if you keep hearing that you are bad at your class, odds are majority rule you are bad at your class. lest it be a streamer fanboi base coming at you because you didnt like their deity i mean favorite streamer.
Why are there so many threads popping up along the lines of this thread lately?
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“You’re trash” isn’t criticism though, it’s just an insult. If someone calls me trash I have no idea if they hate my name, my spec or the fact that I won a piece of loot that they wanted. My performance isn’t even the first thing I would think of. Why do you put the onus on me to “get better” when they can’t even be bothered to improve the quality of their criticism?
Actual useful information would help. Like “Your DPS is so low because you have the wrong gems and no enchants.” That’s criticism that - while somewhat harshly blunt - still contains useful, actionable items.
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hey man dont look at me, if im critizing majority of the time im pointing out exactly what they did wrong, how they could of done better, and leaving it there. lest they mouth off.
assuming that i am like the people in your mind that just say LAWL WHY U BADBRUH#derpaward
It’s pretty clear where criticism ends and disrespect begins.
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It’s laughable you cannot imagine other people having more self control to be able to avoid getting in trouble than you do.
I won’t get banned, I won’t get muted, because I don’t do stupid things like yell insults at people in a video game. Because I’m an adult, whom has control over my own emotions. 
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yis the disrespect begins when the person being called out, < in my case after i point out to them what they did wrong, what they could of done better, > but then they choose to be like NO YOUUUUU or, SHUT UP BRUH IM GREAT, that . That is when I will represent you as the turd you are. ;3
Thats not the point here though, OP said he’s mad that he got banned because he couldn’t stop sperging on people and calling them bad. OP is just either a below average troll or legitimately believes others should help them control their own emotions. You have two options in WoW, either you’re constructive in your speech, or you get banned. Thats it, there are no other options. So instead of crying about not being able to be a jerk to strangers on a video game (why not just go play COD) try being a decent human being in a game where millions of other people don’t have an issue with being a jerk.
mmm idk the wow community is pretty on par with old xboxlive voice chat in lobbies in many cases. dont agree with me on ___? well you are a ___. you went with ____? are you dumb?! you should of done ____. me feefees are hurt, im telling dad.
OPs feelings were so hurt they went on the forums to cry.
I would 100% disagree with you on xboxlive/WoW. I would make that comparison with the forums and COD/Xbox
No, it’s not.
Constructive feedback identifies issues that can be corrected and how to do so. Saying “you should gear for spellpower rather than armor penetration on your Mage” is ‘constructive feedback’.
Simply insulting someone is not constructive feedback. It does not create a path to improvement - it merely makes one person feel superior and another person feel slighted.
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Usually, the folks slinging barbs are in the middlenof the pack at best when it comes to participating.
Less typing = more PvP.
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This isn’t constructive at all. I work as a leader/trainer. If I simply told someone they were trash but not actually addressed the issue that person won’t change their ways, will continue to make the same mistakes and will likely just view me as a witch with a “b”. If I really wanted to be constructive, I would say something along the lines of, “Hey, I noticed you keep doing _____. That really isn’t how it is supposed to be done. Would you like me to show/explain it again?” That would be truly constructive and wouldn’t leave either party feeling like garbage. How they choose to respond to my approach…well that says a lot about them and I won’t be looking like a donkey.
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It’s a team game, I’ll give you that. But maybe there’s something wrong with its design philosophies and systems if you feel the need to criticize others for the way they want to play it. Just play the game, dude.
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If I was a member of HR and a manager talked down to an employee like the op talks about, they get 1 warning… that’s it. Happens again they get the boot.
And that’s being patient.
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Saying someone is “trash at their class” is not “constructive feedback.” Constructive feedback is meant to be constructive, which means to improve or make better. Pointing out what someone is doing wrong or how they could do it better is constructive. An empty insult however is totally useless.
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