common thing in pierre

smh, this whole discussion just brings me back to my original point - ban Pierre, he divides us and ruin us from within

 

When the event first started, I was ignoring the >>> commands, not because I didn't agree with the method or anything, I had just seen it before. It didn't work 2 years ago and it didn't work last year. Do you know the saying about trying the same thing over and over expecting different results? I expected the idea to fade away after 2 days so I was trying to show people the method's fragility. I'm not mad that I was wrong, I'm mad about how I was wrong. Namely, this:

Although I have folded and became a Corner attacker in my efforts to get a Zombie Bean Chair and my (unfortunate) decision to grab a ring for a couple of mules, (#SupportPigdig) I am baffled by 2 things:

(1) How do Pierre chasers get more hate towards them than a SE mule playing ping-pong with the VDay boss?

(2) Why is it that I STAND ALONE in responding people who make toxic comments (some of which are against the ToS) such as "defame him!" and "that guy has no brain!" when I KNOW FOR A FACT that veteran players (who I will not name) have their mules in the Pierre map. For a group of people who repeat constantly that you do not support toxicity, you sure love watching it happen.

And whether it's ignorance of the method, not believing in the method or just being a down-right troll, I still don't get the justification for it. If a troll wants to lure Pierre away from the corner, what stops you from just playing this game normally and chasing Pierre too? Especially since:

(A) 99% of this game is doing exactly that
(B) There's no definitive proof which method is faster
(C) The troll is still hitting Pierre and making progress

Face it, people chose violence when they didn't need to and now they're just trying to justify it. Responding to immaturity (worst case scenario) with more immaturity doesn't make you right.

Take your own advice, please!

 

never doing pierre again with @Tim

 

The absolute irony when you're just inconveniencing others and posting that wall of hot air above to... satisfy your own ego.

 

I think all of us have at some point experienced other players asking (sometimes rudely) us or others to move to the corner, but does anyone legitimately care that much about the fight itself? Even as new players, my friends and I were never *that* excited about chasing the clown, especially past our first few times. Instead, over the past few days, we've seen that corner-hugging has become increasingly prevalent, and at this point it's more or less become the norm. I suspect for the majority of players, after the initial novelty wears off, nobody feels any special attachment to chasing a clown around the map for 15 minutes. Most runs I've been in in the past day or two have been relatively quiet as the vast majority of players still farming Pierre are happy to conform with whatever everyone else is doing. I recall seeing more drama earlier on, but by now even many players who I've previously seen getting mass defamed for chasing are now booking it to the corner as soon as they load in. Regardless of the merits of wall strategy, it's now meta, and unfortunately it slows things down for everyone when somebody decides to act against the crowd.

If you are a regular in Pierre, you will know there are not nearly as many players as this thread would lead you to expect who are so insistent about "playing the event" that they would hold a lobby hostage. When it is clear that everyone else wants to hug the wall, I would hope the same kind of social awareness that prevents someone from farting in a crowded elevator keeps most players from holding the dozens of other players in their lobbies hostage for their own enjoyment or pointless social experiments.

Organic toxicity in Pierre corner runs does occur, but this too is pretty unsurprising given the lobby sizes as all it takes is a single toxic player to stink up an entire run. One player who usually isn't even that invested in chasing might get flamed or defamed by a single toxic player, after which they opt to enact collective punishment on the dozens of other players who had done them no wrong in an attempt to get even with whoever defamed them. From there, things can spiral, but this doesn't happen nearly as often as this thread would lead you to believe. If you don't believe me, you can try joining Pierre yourself for a number of runs as a non-instigating wall-hugger.

It's difficult for me to believe the "where Pierre goes, I go" sentiment is anything but attention-seeking behavior. These players fully understand that their actions will slow things down in wall-hugging lobbies, frustrate dozens of other players, and get themselves defamed & yelled at. They also understand that if they wish to play the event as they believe is intended without dealing with the corner hugging leechers and whiners, they can simply leave for another channel with others who wish to chase as well. Instead of doing so, they choose time and time again to join runs they know are full of players who are visibly hugging the wall and then knowingly engage in disruptive behavior.