I've blocked considerably more 'veteran' members than newbies! Heck, I met one of my closest friends on FH after taking her beneath my wing when she'd only just started. People really do need to keep in mind that the newer players are often
extraordinarily young; they don't deserve such harassment if they're polite and are only seeking assistance. Whilst FH's community isn't as venomous as the one I left a few months ago, it's still rather disconcerting-- and upsetting! I don't entirely understand what's so difficult about about responding with 'press E' when someone asks how to fly!
Even with my own group, I value the player behind the character more than their literacy level; I've accepted people I've had a lovely banter with-- even if their roleplaying sample's not entirely up to scratch! People improve with time, and the two I've accepted now blow my roleplay entirely out of the water.
I can
somewhat understand if the new player's incredibly crude; there was a new player who wore my patience thin, claiming she'd been abused, had scarlet fever, cancer, hepatitis and every ailment under the sun after she was (seemingly) declined from a group earlier.
Outright harassing anyone is
never right, but it can't hurt to show a little empathy and compassion towards a fellow player.
Though...
- An individual decides to politely join in on a group of seasoned members conversation since they're chatting in local and everyone immediately gets silent turns to this individual and start the noob name calling
This happened
very recently to me (even if I've been playing for almost a year across my old account and this one!). I approached the group again after recognizing a few from the forums, and-... Is there a forum block?