Casey loves playing video games on his computer, especially those that allow you to link up with your friends and compete against them through the Internet. Casey has always been gaming partners with his friend Boris. Together, they are almost unbeatable whenever they compete as a team against other teams online. But one day, Casey tells Boris he has found a better gaming partner and he doesn’t want to play as Boris’ partner anymore. Boris is outraged that he has been “dumped” as a gaming partner for someone else and he begins to tell other people on the gaming network that Casey “sucks” at all video games and that no one should ever be his partner unless they want to lose really badly. Soon after these statements are posted online, Casey’s new gaming partner dumps him and no one on the network wants to be his partner. Casey feels completely hopeless and alone.
What are your thoughts?
- What should Casey do about his situation?
- Whom should he tell and what should they do?
- Is this example a case of cyberbullying?
I think that it is not cyberbullying YET, but I think that soon people on the internet WILL cyberbully Casey. For now, it is a case of misunderstanding – Boris thinks he’s been “dumped”.
I think that Casey should tell Boris first, because then he might explain from each other’s point of view, and get the problem solved.
To be honest, I don’t think anybody should tell an adult as they can’t do anything about this situation; if Casey told his parents, they wouldn’t do anything but tell Boris’s parents or boris himself, but I think that Casey should do this himself because his parents don’t know his point of view, which might lead this into a bigger problem.
Also I was meant to say
‘then they’ and not ‘then he’ in the second paragraph.
I think that everyone can play with anyone. It would help the situation if Casey played half the time with Boris and half the time with Casey’s new partner. Then Boris would have no reason to comment mean things a bout Casey.
Same
I don’t think Boris had any need to post mean things about Casey, because Casey just wanted to play the game with a different person. Casey could have told Boris that he would play with him half the time and the other person the other half. I also think that Casey could have told Boris in a nicer way that he didn’t want to play with him.
I think Casey should tell his parents so that they can get in contact with Boris’s parent so they can sort it out. Casey should tell them straight away.
This is not a case of cyberbullying . It is just a case of Boris misunderstanding what Casey has to say.
I think it was his fault in the first place as he knew that Boris would get angry.