Cyber-Bullying - Make it stop!

[BenjiBaeb]

Cyber-Bullying within the MCGamer Network and outside of the MCGamer Network
If you see anyone bullying, link them to this!​

'All that is needs for the forces of evil to triumph is a few good men and women to do nothing!' - Edmund Burke​

Why Have I wrote this thread?
I have been here quite a while, I have met a lot of great people however, I have also met a fair amount of horrible people that I will not name or speak of because of their own safety, as much as they have abused/hated on me I do not wish the same for them. It is about time we 'stood up' to these pathetic people and showed them what Bullying does to anyone who is a victim to it, this thread may show them

Anyway, I think it's about time we addressed a few things, we started this community from nothing we all came together to make this place become what it was supposed to be,and it became something far better. However, we are destroying this community, whether you're just saying 'Wreckt m9' or you are being fully abusive you're still being abusive! WE CAN CHANGE !

Back when I used to play a hell of a LOT with my friends I used to use the words 'good game' to genuinely say we played a good game, we would then tell the person we beat the hearts we had remaining and they would reply with 'Ohh man you wrecked me! <3' and then we would truce next game and make a friend

We can bring those times back, we can make the community better again by eradicating this small part of this community and showing them the pain they cause people. Just watch this video and listen to what he has to say as he is a smart man.

What can Cyber-Bullying lead to?

It is hard to understand why people commit suicide, but 'Suicide' is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it.

Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying, including physical bullying, emotional bullying, cyberbullying or circulating suggestive photos or messages about a person. Most online gaming communities have more serious problems with bullying and suicide related to bullying, we don't want to be one of those communities do we?

How can we as a Community help stop it?

6 Key ways to help prevent bullying:

1. Walking with Awareness, Calm, Respect, and Confidence - If you show yourself as a confident player in the community, if a player is causing issues in a server do not give them the satisfaction of fightingback, get evidence of them doing so then move away from that server an the people who might cause trouble.

2. Leaving in a Powerful, Positive Way - The best self-defense tactic is called 'target denial', which means 'don’t be there', If someone says on teamspeak or ingame "Come see this banter between thing 1 and thing 2!", ignore it and continue the way you are, this makes you less of a target. Do not get involved in other peoples arguements! - That's our job as staff, contact us In a hub or on teamspeak (ts.mcsg.in / ts.mcgamer.net).

3. Using Your Voice - Speaking up loudly calls attention to a bullying problem and can help to prevent it from becoming worse. Suppose you are being harassed or bullied in a teamspeak channel or you see someone doing it to someone else, Speak out! - Telling a mod via pokes is an easy way to do this, however you can also stand up to the user yourself, tell them what they are doing wrong!

4. Being Persistent in Getting Help - Players who are being bullied need to be able to tell Mods, friends and other staff members what is happening in the moment clearly and calmly and persistently even if these mods are very distracted or rude and even if asking for help has not worked before. - You can contact a range of people I know in the staff team, when I began getting bullied I went to Frazzli185 for help, and she helped me work it all out, any member of staff is willing to listen to you in these situations!

5. Using Self-Defense as a Last Resort! - You can do this by showing them there flaws in certain situations, however you must not take it to a point where you abuse them. - This is a LAST resort!


Inspirational Videos:
If you are sensitive and don't like seeing bullying, please refrain from watching these videos!

A short movie to show what bullying on-line can do to young and innocent people across the whole world!​

This is a short in which it shows the emotions bullies feel and why they perform such ridiculous amounts of hateful things, it also shows the ways we can STAND UP against bullying!​

This shows that not only the big things hurt, the Small comments on threads and videos or even pictures can hurt someone, think about what you comment before you post it!​

Thank you for you time, share this thread around and help us make MCGamer a bully-free community.

- Ben

 

[arsenal]

Good idea but technically if they want to avoid it couldn't they just leave the server? Not trying to be rude but just saying

So if I really love something, and a few people bully me, I should just quit what I love because of them? Sounds easy to just leave, but sometimes you can't just walk away.

 

[BenjiBaeb]

Good idea but technically if they want to avoid it couldn't they just leave the server? Not trying to be rude but just saying

So if I really love something, and a few people bully me, I should just quit what I love because of them? Sounds easy to just leave, but sometimes you can't just walk away.

Arsenal is right, just because people bully you, you should leave and drop everything? If we did that, the bullies would increase and continue to do it to others.

 

[Animae]

This also goes along with the real world but...

Bullying is never going away, period. Bullies aren't going to see someone say something like, "Stand up for bullying" and just stop bullying. I feel as though we need to teach kids how to cope and deal with bullying instead of starting this whole campaign.

 

[mfungamer]

Good job! Cyberbulling is a huge problem, so STOP IT.

 

[MCGamerzism]

I wish one day it will stop, here is just an example of hate and abuse towards me, some people really are disgusting it makes me loose faith in humanity...

 

[BlueSyled]

I wish one day it will stop, here is just an example of hate and abuse towards me, some people really are disgusting it makes me loose faith in humanity...

Keybaords warriors wont effect me =D

 

[Miner9823]

Knowing that some people actually go as far to saying, and performing scarring actions is awful. The next best thing would just so people can begin to learn their decisions and actions, and what effect it will take, I myself have been an awful individual, regardless of it being self defense or not, I have done the wrong things, but knowing that this sort of thing usually is a normality between certain groups in real life and in the digital world frightens me. I too have had experiences with being left out and other cases, bullied. It still does tend to go around today, unfortunately vast groups would go as far to pushing one individual to the limit, which of course is not okay. And those who usually say "They just need to suck it up and toughen up" aren't any better than the bullies, as much as people need strength and courage to cope with such issues like this, they also need support from others. Because something like this can get far out of hand when someone doesn't get support, even the strongest person will have needed support in their life.

Another big issue is that sometimes, when referring to being in groups and fighting back to the bully, some people will take granted for that sort of solution, and eventually portray themselves as a bully as well. We are no better than them when fighting back. I think that we need to apologize, we need to forgive, we need do the right thing. I still do not understand on why some people normally believe it is alright to discriminate and hate others for any differences. But I do not see how it is necessary to hate and discriminate those who have caused trouble either, I may sound like a fool, but I wish that us as human beings start to understand to make mature disputes and discussions, as well as peacefully go along with one another. This may be a virtual impossible fantasy, but it is time that we start to stand up to those who have wronged us. We need to stand up and show them that we have had no intentions to begin unnecessary fights with them, as well as to show that we should forgive them. It sometimes is always best to try to make peace at both ends, because it is possible to start making peace.

I may sound like a delusional maniac, but we all must understand that sometimes, we need to THINK before we SPEAK.

But I do hope this campaign reaches success, and I support it.

 

[BenjiBaeb]

Knowing that some people actually go as far to saying, and performing scarring actions is awful. The next best thing would just so people can begin to learn their decisions and actions, and what effect it will take, I myself have been an awful individual, regardless of it being self defense or not, I have done the wrong things, but knowing that this sort of thing usually is a normality between certain groups in real life and in the digital world frightens me. I too have had experiences with being left out and other cases, bullied. It still does tend to go around today, unfortunately vast groups would go as far to pushing one individual to the limit, which of course is not okay. And those who usually say "They just need to suck it up and toughen up" aren't any better than the bullies, as much as people need strength and courage to cope with such issues like this, they also need support from others. Because something like this can get far out of hand when someone doesn't get support, even the strongest person will have needed support in their life.

Another big issue is that sometimes, when referring to being in groups and fighting back to the bully, some people will take granted for that sort of solution, and eventually portray themselves as a bully as well. We are no better than them when fighting back. I think that we need to apologize, we need to forgive, we need do the right thing. I still do not understand on why some people normally believe it is alright to discriminate and hate others for any differences. But I do not see how it is necessary to hate and discriminate those who have caused trouble either, I may sound like a fool, but I wish that us as human beings start to understand to make mature disputes and discussions, as well as peacefully go along with one another. This may be a virtual impossible fantasy, but it is time that we start to stand up to those who have wronged us. We need to stand up and show them that we have had no intentions to begin unnecessary fights with them, as well as to show that we should forgive them. It sometimes is always best to try to make peace at both ends, because it is possible to start making peace.

I may sound like a delusional maniac, but we all must understand that sometimes, we need to THINK before we SPEAK.

But I do hope this campaign reaches success, and I support it.

PREACH IT! <3

 

[Sepyz]

SertifiedBlocks

 

[BenjiBaeb]

SertifiedBlocks

Let's not use this to tag users...

 

[AmyWood]

This Post really interested me. Being a victim of Bullying is tough. I've been there. People need to know how it effects people. This was so inspiring Ben. I have not been a great person myself, but no one deserves the same pain that many victims have been through.