We as players want you to reward our characters and punish characters that we don't like cause they do things like kill us, or take our stuff or tell us mean things.

As far as compliments vs vitriol go, I think in a way it is a compliment everytime someone logs on to play.

This has always been a ultra competitive, emotional game. I think that is the reason it has lasted as long as it has, but is also the cause of the hysterics which surround it. I think another part of the draw is the feeling that the next char you roll could be the next Zorsaul/Cadbru/Kostyan/Narissorin/Oshui, but people often get upset when it doesn't work out that way.