Glyphe Temare
Viziam Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.02.11 08:22:00 -
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This thread seems to be totally polarized, on one side those who prefer to play the "pvp/bad guy/stacked decks" role. On the other, those who prefer to play the "pve/good guy/fair game" role.
Kinda the same as in RL, fascinating...
This being said, using coercion or control is considered in modern psychology as a symptom of fear and as a desire to feel better, to control one's emotions through the control of the environment and/or others and can be seen most eloquently in the behaviour of OCD patients.
Control feeds the fear, numbing it for a while. Fear being the mental equivalent to physical pain, it is like using morphine instead of actually taking care of the root cause. Control also acts as a vector of fear, spreading it through free will infringements.
Well people, we got the psychological mechanics right there^^. Now we just have to choose wether we want more madness in the game because there isn't enough already for the taste of the extroverts or if we observe that there is already enough and maybe it's just an outcry from a bored extroverts crowd who would like the introverts to start acting like them like the pandemic we've seen since the dawn of the 20th century with the cult of personality ( favoring extroverts ) that replaced the old cult of character ( favoring introverts ) that is now a cancer for most corporations and governments management. The consensus seems that if we want the best, we need balance in this extro/intravert thing.
See: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet:_The_Power_of_Introverts_in_a_World_That_Can't_Stop_Talking" for the beef on that introvert/extrovert thing and the mechanics at play in the brains of the 2 "types" of individuals.
Not making any judgements here mind you, merely observing what is and what could be. This is a GAME after all, so such concerns aren't big deals, but it is one game which comes and touches us in remarkable ways...
Really a fascinating thread you started here Ted, gold mine for a psychosocial study and philosopher like me. :)
But we also may have to consider that we'll never be able to balance it and if we do, or if it is, unknowingly, tho this is doubtfull, already in balance, of course the "extremists" of both sides may want it to become more like they want it to be, more like themselves. And it's quite understandable as it would put them more at ease and alleviate their un-ease stemming from inner conscious or even totally under the radar unconscious fears.
Cheers! :) |