Are People getting ruder and ruder?

[Tiberius Fireskull]

This is off the current conversation a bit... but it kind of annoys me when I politely ask somebody if they want to join my guild or something, and all they say is: no. I know I know its a little thing, but is it that hard to say "no thank you"? or "sorry, I'm joining my friend's guild"?

Again, its a little thing, but it still annoys me...

[StellaInTheSky]

Originally Posted by Davy Fireskull

This is off the current conversation a bit... but it kind of annoys me when I politely ask somebody if they want to join my guild or something, and all they say is: no. I know I know its a little thing, but is it that hard to say "no thank you"? or "sorry, I'm joining my friend's guild"?

Again, its a little thing, but it still annoys me...

Agreed. I have a solo pirate and instead of hitting "Ignore all" the first time around, I always make a point to just say "No, thank you, I like keeping one pirate solo" or something to that effect. (Most of the time I have found this is a sufficient answer, amazingly enough. But of course there are those who get very snippy with me and throw around names and such.) I feel that the manners I was taught for the real world should also apply to POTCO. =)

And I don't think the rudeness will get any better as time goes by...I understand that many of the people in the game are a younger set, but that doesn't mean it's voided the second I log on to what is essentially an anonymous game. But then again, it makes me wonder how the person is outside of their pirate facade...if they choose to act as rude in person as some of the people I've run across in the game.