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Justin Credulent
Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.10.31 01:51:00 -
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The thing is, whether or not it's "part of the game" or "not against the rules"... the fact is your actions are still 100% your choice.
Players who try to hide behind lines like "nowhere in EVE is safe" or "the GMs allow it" or "it's just part of the game" are moral and intellectual cowards trying to pass off blame for their own actions (and guilt) onto an innocent third party. |
Justin Credulent
Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.11.01 16:49:00 -
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Tallian Saotome wrote:Tippia wrote:Justin Credulent wrote:The thing is, whether or not it's "part of the game" or "not against the rules"... the fact is your actions are still 100% your choice.
Players who try to hide behind lines like "nowhere in EVE is safe" or "the GMs allow it" or "it's just part of the game" are moral and intellectual cowards trying to pass off blame for their own actions (and guilt) onto an innocent third party. Works both ways: anyone who hides behind GÇ£they're sociopaths", GÇ£I wasn't doing anything" or GÇ£it's illegal IRL" is a moral and intellectual coward trying to pass off blame for their own mistakes and poor choices (and accountability) onto a third party. They chose to play a full-PvP game, and then chose not to prepare for the eventuality of being engaged in PvP. That's their actions and 100% their choice - it just turned out to be a horribly bad choice and they're experiencing the consequences of that choice. And the reason Ieave out GÇ£innocent" is because I do not live under the delusion that anyone in EVE is innocent, most certainly not the resource gatherers who make it all possible... Dammit, Tippia, no more intelligent well reasoned posts. You don't need any more likes 
Stupid post is stupid and misses the point: Holding others accountable for their actions does not abrogate responsibility for my own actions.
Do try to be smarter than you pretend to be, dear. |
Justin Credulent
Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.11.01 21:31:00 -
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The fact is, you're a real person and your real actions affect other real persons.
All this "I'm not like this in real life, I'm just a douchebag in a game, so it doesn't count cuz it's just a game on the Interwebs" doesn't fly. If you are a douchebag in the game, then you are a douchebag, period. |
Justin Credulent
Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.11.01 22:01:00 -
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Quote:Try to keep some perspective.
Sorry, but if you're a douchebag in the game, then you're a douchebag, period.
Operative words in bold.
And as for "perspective": It's not just "space cash" you're losing. Subscriptions aren't free, and CCP does not just give ISK away - you have to work for it, which requires real time and effort.
Saying "it's just a game" grossly misses the point, and in most cases, on purpose to alleviate abuser guilt.
Quote:Who I am in real life is of no concern to you, but I can tell you that no one who knows me (except those few who know how I play Eve) would agree with you. They'd probably tell you about...oh it doesn't matter. Nothing I could tell you about my real life would sway your opinion that someone who chooses to play the bad guy in a video game is a bad guy in real life.
People thought Jeffry Dahmer was a sweet lad, too. But he turned out to be a closet homosexual psychopath who enjoyed the taste of human flesh. *shrug* Point being: It doesn't matter what your (biased) friends think. What matters is what you do.
If you do douchebag things, then you're a douchebag.
Period.
Have a good one guys. I've read enough bad arguments for one day. |
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