Netiquette (week 7)

 Similar to real-life's etiquette, netiquette is a (somewhat unspoken) set of rules that exist in order to make people's online lives happier and easier. A book with the same name was published in 1995 by Virginia Shea where she outlines "Ten Commandments". The one that I believe to be the most important is "Remember the human".

Speaking mostly from my experience as MMO and MOBA gamer, people seem to forget every possible set of spoken or unspoken rules when there is victory on the line. I've known some 30-40 years olds whose [baby] rage is far worse than one of a ten years old who didn't get the toy that he wanted and the toxicity of vocabulary is on par with world's deadliest snakes. And this is the age when people that are considered the backbone of society in terms of their knowledge and judgement. Obviously, people who are way younger can be toxic online as well but they can be excused as they might even not know any better. However to my mind it's crazy that grown people can become literal monsters online. 

In any and every game I try to remember that whoever I get in my team is a person. A person who might be new to the game. Or might be too young or too old to play the game optimally. Or might be too tired from working a lot. Or might be depressed and seek some calmness in gaming. It's important to remember that our every word or move still affects that person on the other side of the screen in ways we cannot predict or imagine. So it's for the best to try to be the best version of yourself and bring positivity, constructivity and remember the human.

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