Wow. Thank you for this post. I was just about to post something very similar. I have been playing on and off since RSC, and last night was the first time I have ever turned public off. The community has degraded into a horrific state. I, too, get harrassed unrelentingly because I decide to use a cannon, because I have to eat while fighting someone 10 levels higher than me PVP, that I steal runes in Stealing Creation. Last night I argued from a fog cloud with another player for 5 minutes about how thieving was a legitimate way to play the minigame, and that I wasn't a noob or nerd for using that tactic. That's another thing, how am I a "nerd" for my play style? I could be dealing out 100 points of damage every .2 seconds and I'd still be called a "noob." Maybe the people who are just throwing around these words, don't mean it offensively. Maybe they are too young and immature to have an actual conversation, so they resort to what has become a meme within their community. I don't know, but I share your frustration.