A plea to the Teams of After Dark

7/19/12 2:30pm

tl;dr

The teams have gone too far. The chat is either filled with people spamming whatever teams they are on or deaththreats.

Remember the 2nd 24 hour live stream? Man that fun. Of course the highlight of the live stream was Mario Party. Jared, Chad, Nick and Sam were amazing. The event was so amazing in fact that Chad, Sam, and Jared decided once in a while, they would play Mario Party After Dark for all of us. Us, being the community we are decided to follow each member AKA the teams.

Now at first, it was fine but things quickly got out of hand which brings me to the purpose of this blog. You see, the teams have gotten out of control. Instead of rooting for members we started to attack them and sometimes people were clever and even I was riffing on Jared and Nick. However not everyone is like that. Some users would send death threats to the crew and even death threats to the love ones of the crew. During MP3, one user told Chad whose wife was mere hours from giving birth to his child that he hoped his wife and child died while she was giving birth. Wishing death upon a single people you do not know is already bad enough but that goes way too far.

Thankfully this behavior isn't that common but that isn't the only problem with the teams. One of the best features of Screwin Around is chatting with other g1s and I would love to do that during After Dark but we can't since most users prefer to spam whatever teams they are on. It is the reason why the slow chat is on. Instead of having fun with each other and talking about the action going on in the game, we believe it is better to constantly tell everyone what team we are on. I won't lie, each After Dark has been getting worse. The only reason I watched last After Dark was because I was drunk.

I simply ask to control yourselves during After Dark. I want to chat with other g1s not be annoyed by them. Thank you.

» Tagged In: #after dark, #mario party, #Teams

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g1 DISCUSSIONS

Blied

July 20, 2012 - 5:57am

I agree that the super threats need to stop(they seem to get banned immediately) but the complaining about slow chat isn't going to change it having to be on with that many people watching. If your wanting to chat all the time try a different outlet like twitter or something else. I just watch it full screen and throw in a comment every 10 min. or so for fun.

TZA

July 20, 2012 - 5:47am

This message is kinda pointless tbh as its hitting the wrong audience. You have to remember that twitch is open to the public therefore letting in the trolls and assholes who are most likely the ones typing these threats. I dont believe any G1 would wish death upon any of the players or families and in a pro manner SA should just ignore it instead of letting it take over the stream and interrupt the game itself like it did previously. Screwattack has been up and running long enough to not be fazed by lame trolls who have nothing better to do then send threats from behind a monitor.

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J-TAK

July 20, 2012 - 4:50am

Don't be a dick, easy enough to live by. Most people should have a good gauge on what is acceptable and what isn't and if you think making death threats toward a wife and unborn child is acceptable then you need to take a serious look at yourself.

ForRealz

July 20, 2012 - 1:28am

ummm but hurt much lool like if those comments actually did get made to any SA member Craig would have shut the stream down or one of the cast, the spam hardly happens and is only used when said team does a good move or something like that and honestly if u dont want to watch cuz u cant have a good time watching and u need to chat all the time go on fb dude as much as Screwattack is meant to be a community its also a video game site so ur expecttations are a little high, yes the spam happens a lot but its showing support for a team and since im an athlete im used to doing it and being around people who do it, its common for fans to be stupid and shout there teams and show pride look at nfl or nascar LMFAO!! But in all serious-ness being a G1 is all about being proud of ur fav member/game/team like just join in on the fun and stop being such a downer cuz u cant have fun with the rest of us.

Lauren Moore

July 20, 2012 - 3:26pm

Actually, I think the blog makes a great point. The guys all rip on each other, but they know each other and everyone's sense of humor. There absolutely are times when folks in the chat take things way too far. There's nothing wrong with requesting that the smack talk be kept away from a threatening nature.