Part 1:

It all started with one of those The Witcher 3 has left a void in my soul and no other game can satisfy me now posts. Things were calm until this comment, where a user claims that people who don't like TW3 are "socially awkward." An 85-child battle royale ensues between Witcher fans, Witcher detractors, GCJ partisans, and a lot of people who probably just enjoy drama. Ceddot

The thread is so large that I think a breakdown of the drama is justified.

This fighting is fiercest in this part of the thread, which is where I found the title quote. Another choice excerpt:

I can practically see your anger ooze out of the computer screen because I made one little comment. Just ask your mom to calm you down, I'm sure she'd be willing to assist.

For the record, that comment was made by the same person who called someone an "autistic loser." That's not editorializing, that's pointing out a fact.

Part 2

One of the main participants in the /r/gaming drama goes back to /r/Gamingcirclejerk to tell the tale: "Tried to argue with fucktards over at r/gaming. AMA"

But then the unimaginable happens: GCJ gets brigaded! The whole comments section is full of slapfights and insults. Here are some of the best.

A user tells GCJ that their sub is "toxic. He is immediately accused of being Op_is_a_Swede, a prolific shitposter who was banned a few weeks ago for vote manipulation, summed up here.

whats with this obsessive interest in keeping track of different reddit accounts and comparing the posts of users to see if they match?

What's the weird obsession with posting absolute garbage everyday, vote manipulating till you get banned, and then making ten more accounts and repeating?

---

This isn't about if people like The Witcher 3, this about ill informed gamers actively fighting against the medium they claim to love. That's fucking stupid.

no, this is about you raging. what the hell can some gamers do? calm your self.

I'm totally calm

~~~

More fighting over whether GCJ or /r/gaming is the more toxic sub.

fuck off back to r/games and continue your little EA/Ubishit hate campaign. Stop brigading this bastion of free speech with your toxic attitude.

~~~

"How smug do you feel right now? Is the sexual pleasure that you derive from being contrarian what gets you through the day?

~~~

The inevitable pre-ordering drama.

Part 3

/r/Drama gets involved, and the fighting spreads to that sub too. This spate of drama is short but vicious.

You're trying too hard dude, you might have more luck on SRD they'll take any bait.

Sorry no-life virgin, I don't jerk off to anime, I actually have a life, I have no idea what "SRD" is.