I don't think that booting is necessarily bad. If you get booted, try to calm down and remind yourself that it's not personal; that it has to do with the booter, not you. As for the reason, try to remember that not everyone is an English speaker or a very fast English typist. Remember that it's about the booter, not you. If you get booted too much for your personal sanity, then start your own game with your own friends or with people who join you.
There ARE rude people who come in and immediately ask that the low level be booted, even if the low level started the game. I've been in games talking to my low level friend who hosted and invited me and people come in and immediately ask me to boot the low level. It's very strange. I don't take offense, but depending on the friend, the person asking will likely get booted.
I personally have a hard time booting, so I only boot if I've been playing with a group and we've been running for awhile and some new person hops in in-between. I will usually use the reason "sry, friends coming" and then boot. Often I will tell them I will invite if there is space. But again, I don't usually boot. I prefer to give the new person a chance. If they contribute and survive, that works. If not, they usually leave on their own. As I've said in other posts, lots of people can't seem to take a death or two, and it's not even their own death. I do boot non-contributors.
A couple of times, I joined a friend and they told me "full". Of course, I know what that means: they're running with a group and it's going well and they're not going to break it up. Of course, I go; there's lots of other things to do and it's not personal.
I do have friends who are quite attached to the boot button. Some are kids; some are foreigner speakers. On their end, they do not take booting that seriously. From their point of view, they are just playing the game their way. They're very loyal to the people/person they are playing with but that's it. If they have a fault, I would say that they are focused (I suppose some would call that selfish, right?) I've also had these "heavy" booters go to bat for me when I join them, making sure the host knows I'm a friend, a buddy, blah blah, even when I already know the host (LOL). I suppose it's like having a pit bull, very loyal but can bite strangers.
If you get frustrated with being booted, then consider playing the game YOUR way, which is to say with your friends and/or starting your own game.
I really like that there are both hosted and non-hosted games in PL. So as an alternative to hosting your own game, you can play a non-hosted game for a bit: Walk through a portal or climb down a ladder, etc.
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