Hey forum-glitches, (the 1-10% of the Glitch community.)
Lets be positive.
Have patience, and forgive, new players when they behave in a manner which you find offensive. They might not know this. They are still learning the game. When people aren't aware of something they can't change it. And remember, it's only a small percentage that reads the forums. Most will just log in and play.
1.) Train yourself in assuming "positive" or "neutral" reasons why someone doesn´t behave according to what you consider `proper behaviour`.
2.) Most Glitches loooove to help! Actually we are all very selfish. We feel good when we help. We help to feel good. Purely selfish. Really ;)
3.) Please, talk to us! Start in a nice way though, and to avoid confusion, speek with 2 words "Hello Miriamele". That way I know you are talking to me.
Most people assume the worst when someone picks something up from their feet, or don't say thank you, or don't respond. It's almost natural behaviour to think negatively.
Here is a list of why apparantly rude behaviour isn't meant like that, this can apply to alpha,beta, gamma testers, new and old players, unimagined and deimagined ones.
Please add your own reasons why your behaviour could have been considered rude, formulated in the first person ("It seemed like I was spamming chat because my cat put his nails into my back and I got a spastic reaction from that and hit some random keys").
Be creative.
I behaved the way I did because...
- I am not yet aware of the game mechanics,
- I am wondering where all those hearts and lips and bears come from, only to figure out the source long after the player has left the level
- I am slow to select my own emobear and properly target the player to hug in return.
- I am slow in selecting the player to start a chat / use actions
- I didn'tt know you dropped the items but still needed it,
- I am slow in typing,
- My kid started crying just a few sec ago so I got up and went afk very fast
- I didn't notice the chat because I was reading a forum on another screen, or even some tooltip or quest or crafting recipe)
- I cannot respond due to a crashing pc
- I cannot respond due to an item being stuck at the cursor and not being able to select chat (or stuck in chat and not being able to use an item)
- I cannot type (fast enough) due to a cat sitting almost on the keyboard and a baby on my lap,
- I cannot type fast enough due to eating something (sticky),
- I didn't understand it was me that was being adressed,
- I am hypnotized by the television that's on as well (because bf watching). I didn't want to watch tele but I can't help myself, and only occasionally turn to the screen to meditate, plant, mine, or whatever, before returning to television. (This reason can be discovered by observing me for about 45 minutes, if there are several times about 5 minutes of activity then there are commercials on television.)
- I thought you were an npc
- I have been talking to you in the wrong chat channel
- I don't know about chat channels yet
- My browser crashes half way through chatting to someone new and oops logging back in can't remember how to spell their name or don't know how to reconnect in game*
- this is my 30th attempt to jump up on that rock/barrel to get at that tantalising quoin dangling just out of reach above me*
- I rarely manage to hug / kiss / give a present back because of my abysmal coordination*
* thanks to some others who have posted this in an earlier thread.