Dirk M.

As an avid enjoyer of kittens and good clean sporting fun, I received a reference to tribalwar.com, the referrer mentioning that it was an active community of avid gamers. I enjoy friendly bouts of mario cart and zumba with friends over some hard lemonades on weekends, so I was intrigued enough to check it out.

My arrival and initial greeting post received responses which I could not honestly understand. Things like 'stfu meber', and 'pics or ban'. One poster, who goes by the name of 'Obibun' called me a beta. Is this the slang of the next generation? Fortunately for me, several other members of this board came to my defense. A poster by the name of FngrBang seemed to be a pleasant chap. He wrote often in high praise of his wife and his career. Validuz, while lewd, showed apt timing in denouncing the name-callers and smut-posters which had polluted my friendly greeting.

At the end of my work day and several thread later, I had to leave the forum in utter disgust. I had received almost nothing but negative nancy, ill-tempered responses to my posts, most likely written by angsty children who lacked proper parenting. I'm sad to have seen the face of gamers like myself so defiled by the lack of propriety which marked my experiences so far.

I will not be going back.