BigStan

I have a friend who is still relatively new to DBD and only plays custom matches. He has never played in a public one and refuses to ever do so.

I get ya. I just want to be able to properly communicate so people stop assuming intent and being rude for essentially no reason.

This is kind of the reason I want proximity voice chat. The communication that you can perform in DBD is really poor and often leads to misconceptions of intent. I know a lot of people are against proxy VC and I can see how that lack of communication improves the atmosphere of that game, but is it worth all the misery it…

This is essentially my OP. I want to play this great game. I want to have fun. Sometimes the other players make it not worth playing in the first place.

This post makes my heart have a tummy ache.

Holy moly, you are smarter than me. I think this is what I have been trying to express while lacking the ability to put it in such words. I've heard a quote to something along the lines of "there is strength in kindness" and I believe your post drives it home. The negativity always felt immature to me, like a child would…

Your post makes me think of intent. You can do things with good intent in mind, but it's up to those around them to actually perceive it. The Jeff is super annoying to the killer, but might be a lifesaver to the other survivors. Maybe he isn't thinking about the fun of others, but just enjoys saving people. I think it's…

I chuckled at the "Make the report button actually work." I agree with this sentiment entirely. DBD is clearly a successful game. New players could thrive a lot better if an actual effort was made to curb the negativity of some players. Effort usually means money, sure, but the potential of growth increases and helps…

I never understood the need to teabag at the gate or hatch. I always just left. Why would the killer want to walk across the map and watch you do that when we could end the game with the same result 30 seconds sooner and be queued up for the next game that much faster? It's like cutting into your own game time to stroke…

I just want people to think about more than themselves when playing a multiplayer game. But your take on people seems to be very accurate.

Then they should play something else that they would enjoy more. I grant the internet and it's people one group hug.

I'm a social creature who wants to make connections after a game. I cannot ignore endgame chat. We don't know each other, no, but ideally we would grow to know one another. The streamer tried to die super early. I ignored him and kept him alive as long as possible to "punish" him for being an early quitter. I do kill them…

It always blows my mind away how often people choose to be jerks when they know they can get away with it. It's okay to be a decent person even when not held accountable. I agree the best method is to stay calm, report, move on. If you get emotional and show it, you just feed the troll. But it wears me down after a while.…

I a a killer main. You are correct. I have a few hundred hours as survivor though. Playing as a killer is exhausting and frustrating too. But it's only like that when the survivors make it so. I believe we all help craft the experience of each trial. We can all help make it fun or miserable. I choose fun. I noticed that…

People who perform unsportsmanlike actions instead of normal gameplay. Refusing to participate in gameplay, excessive teabagging, blocking fellow survivors, that sort of thing.