Comic for Wednesday 11/9 (Early High Res)
Added 2022-11-08 20:19:41 +0000 UTC"Toxicity, uhh, finds a way."
I've been playing Marvel Snap lately, which is a sort of Hearthstone-ish card-battler, but the matches are a lot faster (which is great) and there's no buying card packs hoping for good cards (which is also great).
Similar to Hearthstone, even though you battle other people, you can't actually communicate with them outside of some pre-canned emojis and sentences. Of course, where there's a will, there's a way, and if you give them an inch, some gamers will weaponize whatever is available.
It's actually a little impressive that despite the benign facade of these stickers, you can still feel the trollish aggression radiating from them sometimes.
I had one fun interaction with a player where we played the same card at the same time, and then both did the Spider-man point meme at each other, which was awesome. But when I run into a player that immediately snaps turn one, and then starts spamming the grinning Thanos sticker, I'm thankful that mute button is so conveniently placed.
Comments
Tbh, the passive-aggressive "nice job" is still better than the actual aggressive vitrol that would be flooding out if you could talk to opponents.
Michael Knudson
2022-11-09 06:40:52 +0000 UTCI've heard of passive aggressive before, but not passive aggreessive. Some form where you passively agree with something? ^_^'
Maarten Daalder
2022-11-08 20:24:37 +0000 UTC
