I've been playing since September when the game launched. I've seen the progression of the game and its players. I saw how people were excluded from Crota for not having Gallarhorns, people being excluded from other raids for not having XXX for a light level and exc exc... I've always given a lot of players a fair shake but despite that over time I became a bit jaded, got frustrated when people could not do mechanics right for WoTM and started to become a light level snob. I jumped into a reddit post for this weeks NF for the gold tier score. The last guaridan to jump in was a young kid which for me was strike one ( He was on mic I was not )..second one was that he was light level 385. I thought to myself great...some young kid ( he seemed no older than 12 if that ) and hes barley the required light level. The 3 of us progressed through the NF with out any issues to the final boss with plenty of time on the clock it was going well until we wiped...and wiped again...and wiped again he kept going down early on and at bad times. Our time frame kept getting smaller and smaller. We did beat it with the gold score and in the time frame. At the end of the strike as we were picking up our loot and the party was starting to disband he simply said....Thank You..... it was not so much what he said but how he said it...as if he had been one of these players who had been shunned in the past perhaps someone who kept trying and trying to finish the NF w/ the bounty but was unable to do it. I Instantly felt bad for what I was thinking before, he left the chat and I sent him a msg. I said I was not on mic but you are welcome and thank you for saying thanks, he wrote back and said thank you. In that instant I realized that it's easy to get off path in this game, its easy to expect to much and to easy to forget that we are also here to help other people out. Gaming is meant to be that escape from everything else in life we get fed up with and frustrated with. The game is not about Ice Breakers Gallarhorns and doing challenge mode, its much more than that. So in short not all the kids that play the game are bratty little COD players, there are some genuine kids out there that just need help and want to play the game. EDIT: Thanks for all the great replies, it's awesome to hear other people's stories and experiences. EDIT #2: Never expected this to end up trending but thank you everyone for all the great support and despite all the salt that can run through these forums its nice to see all of the good that still exists out there and willingness to want to help others. Granted there are some real douche's that play this game and as there is in every aspect of life but the I prefer to talk about the more positive things about this game than to be negative. EDIT #3. The vast majority of the reply's and feedback here have been very positive and I'm glad so many people are able to see the point of this post and the message conveyed through it. For those that have a hard time with that this post is not about me or self gratification, or made up. Through the course of 2000 hrs playing this game since I got it I've received help and given help to a lot of people, I've thanked and been thanked many times during that time frame. It was not just his simple words of Thank You, but the manner in which he said it that made me realize how out of focus people can get in this game including myself. Its the simple things of being respectful and helping other in games and applying it to all aspect of life. If it cant be done at the lowest level than how can anyone expect to be better overall? For those posts that are full of hate and vitriol over doing something nice for someone if you are that hateful over a post regarding a video game I would hate to see how you are in real life, I certainly hope those that are like that can find happiness somewhere in their life or get the help they need.