Being Respectful in Online Gaming:

– “a deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: “

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The word “respect” is often thrown about with little regard for it’s true meaning. These days, an increasing amount of gamers expect it from everyone they come into contact with. However, many seem to have forgotten what the word actually means. Webster’s defines Respect as:

–  “a deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: “

Too many times we log into our favorite gaming servers to have a nice friendly match, only to be bombarded with screaming, fighting, arguments, and a string of racial slurs hurled at anyone disagreeing with the offender. More often than not, we leave that room in search for a better one. It shouldn’t be this way. A player should be able to log on, find a match and play without all the extra exertion.. For a time this was virtually impossible until a small group of players got together and created “Urgent Fury.”

With a large network of clans that pride themselves on being respectful, finding a good clean game became much easier. For a member of Urgent Fury’s community you could now log in and if your clan wasn’t online, you could easily find a fellow UF community member’s room to play in with the knowledge that the game would be played with the mutual respect you were in search of.

Let’s take it upon ourselves to spread the Urgent Fury ideal throughout the entire gaming community. Let’s challenge ourselves to go out of our way to show respect for other players in public rooms. Let’s remember to tell the other team “good game” and respond to their hate with compliments. While some will still act the way they act because they don’t know any other way, others will take the opportunity to change their attitude and reply with common respect for one another. When a clan or player begins to verbally berate you or your team, don’t sink to their level, instead, respond with kindness and help to change the manner of competitive gaming. By doing this one gamer at a time, we can change a gamers mindset, and he will change someone else’s.

We have all witnessed the definition of a bad gamer and we have many times provided them with a better option. Every single night I run into at least one person/clan that speaks up about the way we carry ourselves. You really don’t even have to go out of your way to try this. Just carry yourself the way you would in a sanctioned UF war, and watch the results. By demonstration of Urgent Fury’s resolve to engage in online play within a respectful atmosphere we have provided a means to a path of respect and honor in online gaming.

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