Just a simple list pulled from the in game online rankings, the top 5 clans outside of my own, and their top 10 leveled players as of the time of my original post. Pointless to post on the forums as you can pull the same thing up in game yeah?
Well there's a power to making a 'naming' thread. The power of drawing attention. Regardless of it's context being pointless, or positive, or negative. People see names being mentioned, they want to see what it's about.
That was my whole point in doing this. Without being negative or positive, just naming names to show how much attention it draws. And to point out that that's mainly all these 'naming' threads have the power to do. To draw attention. How much do they affect what actually happens in game? Little to none. Peoples actions in game, are what affects, the things that happen in game. I asked people to let me know if being named in the thread had any affect on them in game. None.
People are going to have fights in game, bicker with people, despise people in game. Are you going to be able to change everything that happens to you in game? No. Is taking it on the forums going to have any real affect to what happens in the game? No.
If you genuinely cared about trying to resolve an issue you keep having with people in game, you'd talk to them in game, or privately, man to man, woman to woman, or man to woman/etc. If it can't be resolved then it can't be resolved. At that point, is going on the forums and painting yourself as being wronged and them being negative REALLY going to change anything IN THE GAME? No. Most people know this, that's why they handle whatever happens in game, in the game. Some people are young, or naive, or both, that they don't know this just yet. But if you're old enough to know better, then you're just doing it for the attention. Maybe you like to get responses out of people, meaning essentially you like to troll. That's what trolls do, they do things just to get a response.
So I'm just pointing it out to those that maybe didn't realize it. You see someone making a 'naming' thread, step back, take a look at the person behind it, and question what their reasoning in doing so REALLY is. If they made a post that's just going to get a negative response in return, and not going to 'resolve' anything in game, it's a thread dead on arrival of being locked, you know they're just doing it for the attention. It's best to IGNORE these people and these posts. As they saying goes. Don't feed the trolls.
Whether a scammer or a troller, their behavior works in a cycle. These people get to a point where they say they're going to stop doing what they're notorious for. And sooner than later you see them repeating their actions over again. You know you've seen it in game and here. They say they'll stop, and within a month of saying that, they pickup where they left off, continue to do what they're known to do til they're banned. They're allowed back, but you know, sooner or later, the cycle will repeat. It's almost inevitable with some people.sometimes when a person keeps repeating themselves over and over, it just becomes background noise and soon enough people stop paying attention.
And if you're not one for drama. And you know a troll that LOVES Shakespeare, you know what that means, they LOVE drama. They like attention, they'll drop names to get it. They'll do what they can to make new drama to keep themselves entertained. If the game doesn't entertain them, they'll do it here on the forums. Don't be a puppet in their show. It's best to ignore these people if you don't want to see yourself involved with drama. They might call you out specifically to get a response. Try your best not to take the bait. Once again, don't feed the trolls.