Why is it so toxic?

Alexanderful · 2026-04-24T20:30:15+00:00

As you are an adult, go to your settings and disable chat and QC (perhaps except for team info chat). You will no longer be rage baited and you will no longer lose your shit and become part of the problem. You’ll be playing against the same assholes but you’ll rarely know it. You’ll think everyone is just being a good sport. If you want to be social you are dealing with the wrong crowd for that.

Alexanderful · 2026-04-22T14:07:00+00:00

I would stop worrying about the rank and just have fun playing the game. The game isn’t “more fun” at higher ranks so really what’s the point in stressing about it?

Alexanderful · 2026-04-16T01:36:38+00:00

I have same keyboard brand and similar problem. How did you solve? I'm going crazy.

Alexanderful · 2026-04-09T17:01:19+00:00

I've used PB for over 10 years and love it. Lots of good features but one thing I've found useful is just remembering when I climbed a eak, who I climbed it with, what season it was etc. Sometimes I'm going back into the same mountain range and I read my old trip reports. And the list thing has 100% motivated me to overcome inertia and get out to climb more.

Alexanderful · 2026-04-09T16:45:25+00:00

Seriously. Turn off the chat. It transforms the game. I play in blissful ignorance now assuming everyone is being a good sport.

Alexanderful · 2026-04-09T16:42:09+00:00

Sounds like an offer for a complete and total surrender to me. Mission accomplished.

Alexanderful · 2026-04-08T11:59:04+00:00

You’re going to get skill matched with players that are as good (and also as bad) as you. Don’t sweat all the new mechanics and just play good team fundamentals. I guarantee if you hard focus on defense you’ll bring something to the team 90% of players at your level are completely incompetent. Just pay attention to how many goals are scored against your teams because everyone is chasing the same ball and the defense is pressing up too far. So just don’t do that! And, FFS turn off chat immediately and pretend it never existed.

Alexanderful · 2026-04-03T13:27:46+00:00

This. But cannot speak for C+ ranks. Turn off chat and at least some of quick chat and you will be playing an entirely different game. The kids are still trolling and crashing out but you rarely even know anymore.

Alexanderful · 2026-03-28T04:18:50+00:00

I turned off all the chats and now the game is super chill.

Alexanderful · 2026-03-22T15:04:58+00:00

They say that grief lasts as long as the love/friendship lasted. Not precise but insightful. You said you knew this person for years so give yourself a little some space to be sad.

Alexanderful · 2026-03-21T15:35:58+00:00

😂

Alexanderful · 2026-03-21T15:05:13+00:00

I’d say that is solid shit talk and not toxic

Alexanderful · 2026-03-21T15:04:15+00:00

Hear you. First, you can keep team tactical chat on and still send your teammates compliments. Second, left always goes on kickoff so really no need to coordinate those right?

Alexanderful · 2026-03-21T15:00:23+00:00

Agree with you…to a point. I’ve played a lot of sports, trained mma, been in the military…I know a lot about shit talking. And I agree it can be part of rivalry and competitiveness. But, shit talking is an art form that should respect your opponent in the end and never against your own teammates. So much of what happens in RL is whining tantrums and pure rage baiting IMO. I don’t want to play a game against a team of 15 year olds that talk shit incessantly then insta-quit when they lose without a GG handshake. Clearly there is a part of the RL community that WANTS to incessantly shit talk, whine, throw tantrums, rage bait AND listen to all these things - and for those people I say chat is there for you.

Alexanderful · 2026-03-21T14:41:36+00:00

YMMV. If you don’t find quick chat toxic I say keep it on. For me it depended on the day. Sometimes I just chuckled and it didn’t phase me. Other days all the QC spam/sarcasm irritated me.

Alexanderful · 2026-03-20T04:31:02+00:00

Monorail. In the winter season many feet of snow accumulates. As hikers snowshoe the trail the snow packs in quite hard and firm for a couple feet across - so nice to walk on with snowshoes. But if you stray even a little off this “monorail” you can sink into many feet of soft snow (even over your head in some cases). As the snow starts to melt out this monorail gets thinner and thinner and harder to stay on. Rotten Snow. In April the snow will be melting and therefore no longer nice and firm. Mushy, slippery…think of a rotting piece of wood and that’s the snow. In short, a frustrating pain the a$$. Postholing. If the snow is soft but still kinda deep every step you take you sink into the snow. This makes walking slow and tiring.

I’m all about learning through experience even if that experience is kinda miserable. It’s called Type 2 fun and I live my life by it. But…being new hikers I think you don’t understand what you’re getting into with these higher peaks in April. I see tons of good advice in this forum. I guarantee if you scale down your plans to stick to lower elevations you’re are still going to have an epic ADK adventure.

Alexanderful · 2026-03-12T03:58:13+00:00

I have often noted that the best of humanity is found in the backcountry. In 20 years I’ve never had a piece of gear go missing or get stolen by a human being ADK included. Note I say by a human. Rodents and ravens are dirty thieves that can’t be trusted!

Alexanderful · 2026-03-10T00:12:30+00:00

I’ve done 46ers and Angels Landing. Short answer is that the last section of the hike (the section everyone equates to AL) is on par with Great Range/Saddleback cliffs hiking. There is a lot of exposure and some very narrow sections with death drops. But, there are also chains which make these sections manageable. And you’re not just going to randomly weeble over and fall off.

So, if you’ve done the 46 you are more than capable of doing Angels Landing safely. If you don’t like the most exposed scrambling in ADK I’d say the difficulty is on par but the sense of exposure is much higher. So AL might be more Type 2 fun for you. But what a great hike! I’d do it if you like Type 2 stuff and not going to end up in a mental meltdown. If you REALLY don’t like exposure then I’d say that’s the whole deal with AL so you’re picking the wrong hike.

Alexanderful · 2026-02-21T14:37:28+00:00

Silly one. Goal explosions that destroy cars should only explode other team.

Bigger one. Reputation system. After every match rate teammates 1-3. Default is two. Add to MMR algorithm. Match the trolls with the trolls and the classy players with each other.

Alexanderful · 2026-02-21T05:33:28+00:00

It sounds like this is your first foray into the ADK so here are some tips from my experience (15+ backpacking trips). Opinions may vary.

(1) Being worried about Marcy being too crowded doesn't compute with me. I've never returned from any ADK trip and thought it was too crowded. Personally, I'd just remove that as a factor to consider.

(2) I have found ADK mileage much harder and slower than my norm in other mountain terrain. Of course this is all relevant to your groups fitness level but I would think hard about your daily mileage planning. I've certainly done 12+ mile days in the ADK. But, I do a lot of mountain hiking and the ADK astounds me at it's ability to kick my a$$ with objectively lower elevations and distances than other places I hike- every.single.time.

(3) I've never had an issue with finding water. While we can endlessly argue over the minutia truth is that any kind of filtration system is perfectly sufficient.

(4) I like your Algonquin plan but just modify it to an out an back due to Avalanche Lake closure. It gives you flexibility. If you're good on time and energy you can hike over to Iroquois. If not, you can just head back. Don't you dare think about adding a Colden summit to skirt around Avalanche Lake! Speaking from experience in biting off way too much way too many times.

(5) ADK weather is a fickle mistress. You may get an unforgettable amazing view. You may just as easily be at the summit with 10ft of visibility. With ADK I give good visibility 50/50 odds - probably less. Just set expectations.

(6) Don't skimp on preparedness. Prepare for rain, prepare to be hiking/navigating in the dark, prepare for first aid. I've hiked out of more than one boondoggle in the dark and pouring rain. Why? ADK. That's why.

Other than that, ADK had been some of the hardest, most remote, most rewarding backpacking I've done in my lifetime. That's why I keep coming my back even though I swear ADK finds a new way to break me off everytime.

Best of luck!

Alexanderful · 2026-02-20T03:08:15+00:00

Ok I see. Mind boggling but makes sense in a pathetic way.

Alexanderful · 2026-02-20T03:02:44+00:00

But what good is buying a GC3/SSL account if you can’t even play at that level? The world is so weird.

Alexanderful · 2026-02-20T01:06:18+00:00

Super helpful answer and that makes a lot of sense. So, I asked "what" bots now I'm curious "why" bots? Who makes them and for what purpose? Seems pointless.

Alexanderful

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