Mendolus
Aurelius Federation
Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2010.06.08 17:50:00 -
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 Originally by: Hon Dao
Edited by: Hon Dao on 08/06/2010 16:21:36
Some people are needy and have to validate their existence through extensive interactions with other people. They have problems with their identity, and as a consequence have to develop a definite focus as to what their personality actually is, because that is core to the interaction with the other people that they need so much. Both what they are to themselves and others.
Meanwhile some of us are perfectly capable of standing on our own two feet, and adapting to circumstances by becoming more diverse in our abilities and outlooks, to the point we become self sufficient, even to the extent of being better able to consider all the different sides to any argument, thanks to having a kind of multiple personality that is frequently in conflict with itself.
You rely on other people, which makes you weaker as an individual, yet stronger as a group.
We rely on ourselves, which makes us stronger individuals, yet as a result we cannot so easily work as a group, and do not have the same focus as a group that you do.
And yes, "Everyone must be like me" is a typical attitude coming from those people who feel insecure about their own identity, and therefore have to associate with similar people as validation.
I like this, two thumbs up! Couldn't have said it better myself.
It is amazing how often you hear people argue that others are doing something wrong simply because they are not enjoying the same things they themselves do. I think the most heinous part is they truly believe that such an argument is valid.
I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoy having alternate accounts because I can train to and experience a great diversity of existing and future game content.
This game is designed to provide interactive entertainment and I am paying for a service here so that I may have access to said entertainment. If I am enjoying myself, it is money well spent, end of story. That is all this game is at a fundamental level, a subscriber service to provide entertainment.
Now, if the OP wants to get into diminishing marginal utility and altruism we can start talking about the self serving interests in removing all alternate players from the game so the OP gains more entertainment value through satisfaction of personal needs, and then compare that gain with the loss of entertainment for every single person who had an alternate account banned, and see whether the utility of such an act were to add up, but then we would all be communists, and that is unsavory at best.
IMO bring in the meat shops, sacrifice the lambs so that others may yet live! Chop chop! Next time you have a cold, don't go to the doctor unless you wanna become a living scrapyard of viable body parts for the sick and dying! Kill one, save ten! YARR!
{...and they will respect a line drawn in the sand more than forgiveness} |