Where is the love ?
I've seen a lot of hate, discrimination, racism and generalization sweep through our in-game and forum community, like a plague.
I've also seen a lot of good qualities being revealed by people, and just a lot of love being spread by them.
I personally play this game because, in my country I cant walk to a friends house without being sworn at, having racist comments thrown at me from people I walk past, or sprinting away from a group of muggers. So it's nice to get away from all that, and there is no race or religion or other aspects like these in Cubic Castles.
So the other day a few of the above mentioned things happened to me. When I got home, I fell into my routine and logged onto the forums, only to find some people hating on people from other countries, people complaining about being victims of generalization and other things.
I want to encourage people who are doing these things to keep it out of our fantasy world, this game is like a sanctuary, a place where we can escape the harsh realities of life for a couple of hours. I also want to encourage the community to stand up for people if you see this happening to them.
Let's keep our safe haven hate free.
A big cheers to the people who keep the game fun and alive, and who stick up for people being bullied and what not.
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love - The black Eyed Peas
I've also seen a lot of good qualities being revealed by people, and just a lot of love being spread by them.
I personally play this game because, in my country I cant walk to a friends house without being sworn at, having racist comments thrown at me from people I walk past, or sprinting away from a group of muggers. So it's nice to get away from all that, and there is no race or religion or other aspects like these in Cubic Castles.
So the other day a few of the above mentioned things happened to me. When I got home, I fell into my routine and logged onto the forums, only to find some people hating on people from other countries, people complaining about being victims of generalization and other things.
I want to encourage people who are doing these things to keep it out of our fantasy world, this game is like a sanctuary, a place where we can escape the harsh realities of life for a couple of hours. I also want to encourage the community to stand up for people if you see this happening to them.
Let's keep our safe haven hate free.
A big cheers to the people who keep the game fun and alive, and who stick up for people being bullied and what not.
A quote from a legendary song (IMO)
But if you only have love for your own raceThen you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love - The black Eyed Peas
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I live in South Africa, not in the fancy places you see on tv and stuff. But yeah pretty dodgy area.
Don't be giving my secrets away Grey :O
I'm glad the message is getting across to a few people.
Let me know who, where and when ok?
Racism, xenophobia, bigotry and hatred isn't acceptable in this game.
A change is gonna come.
I am glad you made this topic, the lack of respect players have for each other is astonishing. It makes me want to hole up in my realm and not come out. Maybe I am fooling myself that it was better but I think CC started to take a sharp decline after October with the player base.
He is getting love (and crying? O_o) for simply saying "Hey, Stop that"
Like he is being poked with a stick and gets mad, yet doesn't do that much. He states that hate is a thing, and we all know that, but showing no proposals to fight it.
Don't get me wrong, I had my share of events, irl and in game, but to point out the obvious isn't that much of a help either, because it's not like a person that shows hate towards others will just stop because Gollum says so, he will pass by like its nothing (this of course, IF he passes by).
I just fell like a bunch of people had done this kind of thing before (pointing out the obvious) and the results haven't changed.
I could make a post saying "No Hate", nothing else, AND I WOULD BE A SUPER NICE AND COOL GUY, just because I against hate. Like C'MON.
I do understand that people are upset that the community isn't has good has it was, but we have to face that, no matter where we go, we can't have nice things.
Is it sad? Yes. Can we do anything about it, except just get upset? Nope.
Unless you can change the "Nope" to an actual solution,I see no point on these posts.
This is just my opinion though, no hate towards Gollum.
I don't feel like Gollum's intention of making this discussion is to gain attention and be praised by everyone
We already know there's a lot of... things in the world that neither you nor I can completely erase from society. But that doesn't mean we can't make an effort to diminish the negative effect it has on us.
In all honesty, I didn't even notice people behaving so poorly toward others in these forums
The first step in everything is addressing the situation; spreading awareness, bringing to the public's view the severity of the problem, thereby coming to the point of what can we do to prevent this from happening again
Now, yes, I have seen other people post discussions like these in the past. There is a general pattern I have noticed where I see people replying and agreeing with the owner of the discussion, but nothing noticeable ever happens
There's a difference between talking about the problem and taking action.
On another point I feel like some people can agree with me when, for example, you see a child jumping on a bed and you tell them, "Hey, stop, no, that's bad. You're going to get hurt." Do they actually stop just because you told them to stop? Most of the time, no. And that's the frustrating part. People are going to stick by what they think they know is right, and before it's too late, will suffer the consequences.
But by bringing light to the situation, you can rally other people that have the same opinion as you and stop that darn kid from breaking his/her neck by of your strength in numbers. This may or not seem relative to this entire discussion, but to me it does.
People may not even realize that they are hurting the person on the other side of the screen. They may not even realize that despite their intended purpose of lightening the mood, they just indirectly made everything worse. That, to me, is one of the worst feelings anyone can ever feel.
Yes, it does feel like these kinds of discussions can feel like ranting instead of trying to make a difference. But this is a place where people can give suggestions as to what we can do. Maybe it's making occasional PSAs, or dedicating a day or a week to anti-cyber-bullying. Either way, it's important that we actually take action instead of just ignoring the problem.
Sorry, I ended up ranting myself ;w; I hope a lot of this doesn't seem like unnecessary fluff and gets my point across.
We should focus on what we can do to help and improve instead of focusing on problems. If we let them get to us then we'll only be sad and disappointed, instead, let's just show them that there's still nice people out there who care about each other and are willing to help out. What we do may not seem like a lot but if we join forces we can do great things!!
Bad people will always be out there, that's sadly how the world is, don't let them bring you down, don't let hate slow you down, keep doing you and focus on the love!
So I cant just make this post and expect everyone to carry out good deeds while I just sit here doing nothing. I have to practice what I preach, right ?
So I help people being manipulated, if I'm in a realm and I see someone being spoken to in a way that seems like bullying or something similar, I help them out mate. Not by roasting the bully, but by resolving the issue, I have done this a couple times already.
All I'm doing is encouraging people to do the same, because it makes quite a difference. And if someone is being bullied and has no one to turn to, then what's the point of them staying with our community ?
If people just kept quiet and went along with things then america would still be a black slave nation.
Everyone has a voice and freedom of speech allows us to voice it.
If you're not happy with something you have to say something to start the process of change.
We all have the right to voice our opinions, that's what I am doing. Won't change human kind ? Nelson Mandela stopped apartheid; Abraham Lincoln helped stop slavery; Martin Luther Kind was a Non-Violent civil rights leader. The list goes on and on mate. These people changed humankind in an unimaginable way.
The point is, a community like us, the players of Cubic Castles have the power to change all of these issues, the only catch is, they must want to do it.
And the "Just play or leave" part, quite a simple minded quote. The same could be said about scammers, thieves and everyone else who breaks the games rules. But the developers never said play or leave, they recruited moderators to help keep the community from falling into these bad habits.
People I don't want this to turn into a fight, that would contradict my whole post!
Let's keep the peace.
I absolutely agree to what you said there. However, we can't each every single realms/rooms, as bullies will still be there somewhere and bullies others. This is not a personal job, everyone must give us a hand to improve it. It's like climbing a cliff with your bare hands, you have to climb slowly or you'll fall.
And of course, some of them who are reading this will think that: "I don't care, I still bully, and you don't have the rights to make me stop, duh".
Afterall, saying is easier than doing. :)
Recap: Agree, but hard to achieve.
Where is the love? Hmm, right now, it's in a corner of the bottomless...
"life is hard, the nice people make it tolerable"
-elemental god 2016
There are nine fruits of the spirit & nine fruits of the flesh. Hate is a fruit of the flesh and can only be won over by love if we practice or nurture love. Think if it as two dogs. There is a wild mean nasty dog, and a gentle, quiet one. If they were to fight, which one will win? Answer; The one you feed.
And Gdog arent you being hypocritical when you say "Everyone has a voice and freedom of speech" and yet you call my comment "the most defeatist and idiotic post I've read in awhile" ?
I'm not saying that we should just shut up and take. In fact I quite meant the opposite. In our community we have the "Bad Guys", and EVERY SINGLE PLAYER knows that. Calling it out isnt really a game changer.
The Slave nation isnt the same has we having bad players. Slavery existed becouse people couldnt really understand that everybody is important. They didnt use the Veil Of Ignorance. By using this method, the good people managed to win over the bad people. They did so by confronting theyr views in speachs, and those dont work that well on a game.
Besides, there are way to many people saying it, and we still havent acomplised anything, becouse we cant.
Why do you call it a black slave nation Gdog 0.0
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/videos/1182822125144173/
And she just said that "Everything you can learn, you can unlearn". Like WHAT?
Second, she is purely reading what she is saying, if she indeed meant it from the heart, she wouldnt be reading.
Third, this is now what we are talking about. We are talking about people being mean to each other, but not really in a racist way given that another player doesnt know what is your skin coulor. Hell idk what skin coulor Raphie and Lucaaa is, yet they are my best friends. Gdog just reminded us of slavery to make a point, but this isnt a topic about black history.
I think we should just drop the ball on this argument, I mean, I never seen mods arguing like this xD
At least here we all have one thing in common, we love Cubic Castles ♥
Love you all :)