I politely disagree. The great goon chimpout being caused by their losing at a videogame suddenly makes everything make much more sense. Goons will be goons.
We've touched on it a time or two, but it's really worth mentioning how Goons operate in games to understand why they're
so mad.
Goons are expected to be 100% on a team, no matter what, every time. They
all are expected to be in the same guild (
NO SPLINTERS) or group of guilds if the game allows, there's rigid rules proving you are a goon in good standing and more rigid rules for alternate characters/friends or family invites. They spend a lot of time
strongly suggesting that established players help out new players - with equipment. gold, bags, mounts, dungeon runs, powerleveling, etc depending on the game - frequently at a loss.
Goons are expected to group and cooperate with goons no matter what - you are
required to fill out your raid slots with goons and only fill in pubbies if the scheduled goons do not show up
AND if there are no goons available to fill in. Goons are not allowed (and will be banned from the main forums) for taking advantage of, lying to, trolling. stealing from another goon - even if the game (like EVE or Rust) encourages these methods of gameplay. If the game is huge, you'll be expected to communicate though the larger channels (Discords, Offical Forums/subforums, Offsite forums) or though specific third party chat mods.
If you leave a goon guild, you are treated as a pariah and typically not allowed back in and are shunned. If you form a splinter group (such as Elitest Jerks) goons are
forbidden from grouping with you and your guildmates or helping you in any way.
So BMW pissing on all of these rules and telling goons to go fuck themselves made them
really really mad.
** (Note - some communities weren't this autistic about the SA rules, like the TF2 server, but most were).
