About Respect and PvP, Exposing Toxic Behavior
Channel: Herb Quest
Date: 2019-04-06

Welcome to my first (and hopefully last) drama video:

The video speaks for itself, but what baffles me is why Jagex unbanned this toxic individual who has no sense of respect nor integrity and has been caught / has admitted to cheating (i.e. botting the tournament via autoclicker) in the past (among other accusations from the community).  Banter usually isn't nice, but this goes beyond mere taunts and torts.  People who share the same passion for this game ought to have some degree of respect, and that respect ought to be encouraged from people who have influence over the community.  I think the actions of the individual in question are exceptionally out of line considering his position as not only a prominent content creator, but the leader of one of the largest in-game clans.  This level of toxicity is disgraceful and  has no place in our community.  There is no excuse for why a grown man should act this way in an online game, as I haven't even done anything to provoke this - he just hates me blindly.  I don't care if he can click better than God Woox himself, the man is an overgrown bully who apparently lacks self control and casts toxic insults when his snares fail.  

As for the person in question, my main question to you is: why do you hate me?  What have I done to wrong you?  What have I done to upset you in such a way that you feel the need to be toxic to me?  I understand why you pk'd me (its Deadman Mode, all is fair outside the safezone) but the hate, aggression, attempted manipulation, insults, and toxic behavior was not only unnecessary but also uncalled for.  I've always shown respect toward rival clans in my content and in-game.  I may complain about "clanmanmode" from time to time (as every solo player tends to do) but I've never directly accused, insulted, or disrespected you or your clan.  In fact I've made it a point not to be disrespectful to anyone for many years.  The last time I was toxic was when I got crashed at wyverns several years ago, before I was into content creation, and I went off on a guy who then apologized (he was actually new to wyverns) and he then logged out.  I felt like shit afterwards and have practiced self control since then, because by this point in my life I had developed a sense of empathy and I understood how that person felt when he logged out.  Since that day I've tried to make up for it by trying to help people enjoy their time logged in.  Today I feel that I'm still doing right by that via calling out the toxic behavior I've seen today, in hopes that this individual takes the time  to consider what impact his words would have had on me if I were as intellectually disabled as his insults insisted - and to consider that if you type similar messages to everyone you pk, that you've likely done exactly that to someone who actually is.  Blind hatred is toxic, and myself and others in the OSRS community do not appreciate nor condone that level of toxicity.  This crossed a line between wilderness banter and actual harassment, and I hope you recognize that.

With that said: I do not condone anyone taking any further action on this matter, this video is made to raise awareness of some of the toxicity present in the game with an example case that happened to me earlier.  There is some banter in my video following the scenario via music edits, but I made it in a way that is funny and entertaining as opposed to responding with more hate-filled insults.  I hope this serves as a good example of how to deal with toxic people: speak up about it and stand up to your bullies.  When someone is acting out of line, don't just let it go- let them know that what they are doing is disgraceful to not only the game and the community, but to themselves as well.

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Music in this video:
Vaporwave-styled fair use edited mashups of (in order)
Freaks (Extended Mix) by Timmy Trumpet (heavy edit, differs from original)

Bully by Eminem (cut-up style edit, quote-style clips)

Defenders of the Hate by AxCx (added effects, differs from original)

Intolerance by Tool (less than 30 seconds appears in video, fair use)