BenjiBaeb
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Cyber-Bullying within the MCGamer Network and outside of the MCGamer Network!
If you see anyone bullying, link them to this thread.
'All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is a few good men and women to do nothing!' - Edmund Burke
Why Have I written 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, the few that care, 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!
I know I have posted a thread just like this before, but due to that being dated back into 2014, I decided to repost it with staff approval and add some small changes!
Yet again, thank you for you time, share this thread around and help us make MCGamer a bully-free community.
- Benjamin
