Bas Rutten
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Posted - 2003.07.23 05:34:00 -
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People tend to take any multiplayer game too serious ... has been my experience in some fps as well so it can only have to do with losing to another human being. This one now being perfectly clear to me, it explains some ingame and forum flaming (doesn¦t justify anything though) ... it¦s kinda psychological. No one wants to be the loser of any PvP ... hence no one wants to lose in any situation in RL as well.
In Eve though losing isk is more or less losing time someone spent, mostly annoying time mining/trading/hunting npc. So that does add some spice to engagements, mainly AFTER an engagement took place.
So I kinda understand WHY ppl are upset ... although most are in a pathetic way. All people should finally realize that everyone playing Eve is paying to play ... and if all is done within the rules of the game (piracy even being advertised) how can anyone dare to tell ppl how to play this game? That escapes me. It¦s a matter of the game mechanics ... piracy seems to be (never tried it) only efficient through gate camping ... so it¦s legit. There ARE ways to avoid camped gates, there ARE ways to run blockades (even break them) ... so no one is forced to run head first into trouble.
Then there are those guys who continously mistake real persons with the characters they portrait - heavily insulting or even threatening the real persons in front of the screen. Aren¦t those guys griefers as well, ruining the fun for other ppl? Or would anyone still have the same amount of fun when it happened to you? Doubtful.
I¦d like to ask those pirates who had this before ... if you were even more spammed by such msgs, would this game still be fun for you, noticing that your style of PLAYING (had to capital it to again make sure what Eve is all about) draws such reactions?
To come to a close, if CCP would nerf PvP even more or completely drag the pirates out of this game, regarding that corp wars aren¦t really working properly due to some reasons atm, I am convinced that we would see Eve die in no time, not only being abandoned by those looking for some PvP or playing a bad guy, but especially not being cared for by possible new subscribers.
If that is what you want, keep whining.
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