Bullying

[LittleKisses]

Hello Tributes!

Recently with most of my more serious threads I've been getting A LOT of positive feed back and it means the world to me so I want to keep making these types of threads to give insight and to give awareness to you guys so you are able to have knowledge on certain situations when they arise.

So this thread as you can see by the title is based around bullying, recently I have witnessed/experienced a lot of bullying in the community and I think it's time to give some awareness.
As a lot of people state this community has slowly become really toxic in some areas, this is mainly due to people accusing others of certain things like hacking, boosting or other more personal attacks.

In AU alone I see a lot of hackusations and people accusing others of boosting, unfortunately this is normally just because AU has a much smaller player base meaning games aren't as full most of the day and anyone that has a 3 team in sometimes just a 6 player game can be accused of boosting because they have a huge advantage on the other players.
I do know boosting does occur and I will state that if you believe someone is boosting, GET EVIDENCE!

I have had a long discussion with a few members of the AU community about these types of things that have been happening a lot more frequently from that I have asked a close friend of mine to have a bit of a say in this thread as he has also been receiving a lot of hate and bullying in the past few weeks.
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Bullying does not always happen in person. Cyber-bullying is probably something a lot of people are familiar with, this is a type of bullying that happens online or through any type of social media or even on a internet game. But there are things you can do to protect yourself and your friends.

Always think about what you post, you never know what someone will forward or pass along to the next person, unfortunately not many people think of the repercussions of their actions. Stop. Think. Respect.

Being kind to others online will help to keep you safe. Do not share anything that could hurt or embarrass anyone, this could lead to depression, anxiety and sometimes worse things for the people being bullied.

Think about who sees what you post online.

Imagine how you would feel if you were the person being bullied or constantly picked on by others.
Put yourself in their shoes, think before you speak.

This has happened in the past, over a block game as people call it.
On the MCGamer network, I have experienced a lot and do know that bullying and accusations occur. Whether it may be "Win Boosting" "Playing smaller games" "Teaming with friends" or anything like this, nobody has the right to accuse people of things or bully people for those reasons, everyone is special in their own way and should be treated with the same amount of respect you would want to be treated with.
- Mark27

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I want people to realize that everyone they meet online, play games with, talk to are human beings.
They have feelings, families, lives outside of Minecraft and whether you believe cyber bullying can affect real lives or not you have to take some consideration when talking to people.
I will give an example of someone I know who experienced a lot of cyber bullying over minecraft.
-Trigger warning-

One of my closest friends im not going to name but some people might know was bullied so much on minecraft it started affecting her sleep, her motivation and her ability to socialize.
She withdrew from life and eventually stopped going to school, stopped talking to her family and didn't speak to her friends anymore, by the time her parents found out what was happening to her online it was too late and she had taken her life from the depression she was experiencing.
When the police investigated the people who were bullying her so bad and telling her to kill herself were charged because they assisted in the loss of her life.
Whether you know it or not bullying can lead to people taking their lives.. now you may think that's the end of it, you may think it's a harmless joke to call names or to harass someone online but for this girl and her family, this was not a joke at all.
Put yourself in that position and be careful what you say to someone because they could be gone the next day and you will never get to take it back.

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I'm going to also make a point of leaving some helplines and awesome websites I have used in the past to de-stress or to relax.
[I apologise if most of these websites are AU based, as an Australian I'm not too sure what other countries have available]

http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
http://headspace.org.au/
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
http://www.kidshelpline.com.au/
www.7cupsoftea.com
http://www.rainymood.com/
http://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help-you/contact-us
http://rainycafe.com/
[If you have any help lines/websites you know are useful, feel free to DM me and i will add them]
I also want anyone reading this thread to know that my dms are always open for you guys if you ever need someone to talk to or to rant to and I will just listen to you, about anything.
Be strong because life can be beautiful if you're looking at it from the right mind set.

<3
A big thank you to Mark for helping me with this thread.

Have a fantastic day/night/morning/evening/whatever time it is.
-Bub/Danni




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Nice thread LilBub, raising awareness about the effects bullying can have on people is a positive thing. Bullying is bullying whether it be cyber or In real life, the intent is still the same.
Unfortunately some people are incapable of showing compassion but some people can learn it I believe and posts like yours may be able to help both the victims of bullying and those that bully too. Someone who is quietly suffering just might find some comfort in the support websites you have provided, so good on you for putting it out there

 

[LilBub]

Nice thread LilBub, raising awareness about the effects bullying can have on people is a positive thing. Bullying is bullying whether it be cyber or In real life, the intent is still the same.
Unfortunately some people are incapable of showing compassion but some people can learn it I believe and posts like yours may be able to help both the victims of bullying and those that bully too. Someone who is quietly suffering just might find some comfort in the support websites you have provided, so good on you for putting it out there

Thank you LittleMumma <3
I do hope this could affect even just one persons life for the better ! <3

 

[_Pyrrhic]

I'm so glad that you've made a thread on this topic. Bullying is really a huge problem in today's society, and I am glad that more attention is being directed towards the situation. Regardless of it being emotional or physical bullying, it's still a problem that is not addressed as much as it should be.

It gives me hope to see threads like these on the forums, offering help and giving information / website links to raise awareness. This really is an amazing thread, I'm glad you made it.

 

[Petar]

Amazing!

 

[Creper_face]

I find this very funny even though i shouldn't so right lets start here this is cyberbullying and I think this is just such a bad thing to even acknowledge just shut down the computer simple as that or if its on TeamSpeak log off or if it's on the server disable chat simple as that I don't get why people are just so...... I'm sorry but if people are going to get upset if a 12 year old is taking trash in a mcsg game and you get upset over it I will lose all hope in humanity.

 

[LilBub]

I find this very funny even though i shouldn't so right lets start here this is cyberbullying and I think this is just such a bad thing to even acknowledge just shut down the computer simple as that or if its on TeamSpeak log off or if it's on the server disable chat simple as that I don't get why people are just so...... I'm sorry but if people are going to get upset if a 12 year old is taking trash in a mcsg game and you get upset over it I will lose all hope in humanity.

I mean, I understand where you're coming from completely, it does seem like the easiest way to avoid cyber bullying, but then my thread wasn't made to tell people to run away from their problems, I think my main goal was to give awareness and just say like people shouldn't have to turn off their computers, I know how much happiness i've gotten from playing these games and people shouldn't feel unsafe being online, they should be able to play the game without being bullied in the first place

 

[Creper_face]

I mean, I understand where you're coming from completely, it does seem like the easiest way to avoid cyber bullying, but then my thread wasn't made to tell people to run away from their problems, I think my main goal was to give awareness and just say like people shouldn't have to turn off their computers, I know how much happiness i've gotten from playing these games and people shouldn't feel unsafe being online, they should be able to play the game without being bullied in the first place

Right I get what you are trying to do with this but here's the thing about 80% of the people who play on MCGamer don't really care if what they are doing is wrong or right because lets face it meny of them have a competitive personality and people who are competitive tend to say things that they don't really mean it's all in the heat of the moment but again it's great that you created this thread I'm sure it will help some people in the long run but just keep that in mind before you are creating these types of threads.

 

[BaccaBoy1999]

Cyber-bullying isn't real

 

[Novmber]

I used to be a bully in pre-school, no lie.​

 

[Joshy]

lol

 

[Pearlyyy]

aye throwback

 

[Equalitee]

This thread will be locked due to necroposting.

I hope you can all understand.

Thank you and have a nice day here at the MCGamer Network!