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MeestaPenni
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Posted - 2011.10.31 15:39:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Yes, but the issue here is that some people have such a hard time to make the disconnect between game and reality that they feel pain when their pixels get exploded.
I don't know why I would bother, but....do you not see the inverse of that? A position that is no less valid? Take the very end of that sentence and reword it....."that they feel elation when they explode someone's pixels".
If the ganker or griefer can feel real life elation and joy at blowing up another real person's "pixels", why isn't it just as valid for the other person to be pissed and angry? Why is that somehow an emotional flaw?
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MeestaPenni
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Posted - 2011.10.31 16:08:00 -
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Ranger 1 wrote:
But when you lose perspective, take it personally, and start making absurd judegements about your opponents character... you have crossed a line. At that point you need to take a step back.
I get that. Fine with it too. But isn't the comment, "you can't tell reality from a game" also a judgment about character? Isn't the griefer and ganker making it personal? At least, they are feeling a personal sense of achievement. And if they don't get that satisfaction from shooting NPC pixels.....might they not be getting "real life" kicks out of a game? |
MeestaPenni
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Posted - 2011.11.01 22:51:00 -
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Handsome ******* wrote:I buy a PLEX every so often and also pay a subscription. I don't have a lot of time to grind and I don't make a lot of money. OTOH, I don't take it hard if I lose a ship, or multiple ships. If I ran out of ships on both accounts, I would buy another PLEX or tough it out in a n00b ship until I could afford a frigate. This is all part of the game.
I would offer the suggestion then that you're the one not playing in the sandbox. Maybe EvE isn't for you.
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MeestaPenni
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Posted - 2011.11.02 16:46:00 -
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Handsome ******* wrote:MeestaPenni wrote:If you don't mine, mission, ransom, loot, manufacture, etc., you're not indulging in the 'sandbox' that is envisioned. Any fool here with some real world liquidity can replace ships with real money. If it worked as you stated, PLEX wouldn't exist (and I'd still be playing; you didn't read all of my statement or chose to selectively ignore parts of it). However, PLEX does exist. You can buy it with RL cash, the same I use to pay for two subs. You can trade it on the "sandbox" market. Some people use it to essentially play for free. CPP endorses this. Whether you like the fact that i can spend my RL cash to avoid a grind or not, the item is being used as intended in the "sandbox as envisioned".
Blah blah blah.
If your mind set is that you can simply re-ship and re-fit via some cash and a couple of PLEX.....you're no longer playing in a sandbox......you're playing an arcade shooter. And your post stated you were perfectly willing to do that.
How you choose to pay for a subscription to play the game is not part of the "sandbox". That's ludicrous to think so.
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MeestaPenni
Mercantile and Stuff
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Posted - 2011.11.03 01:15:00 -
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Mag's wrote:So I guess you never play games like BF3 or CoD?
You ever spawned in EvE with all your stuff still intact?
Specious argument.
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MeestaPenni
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Posted - 2011.11.03 15:52:00 -
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ACY GTMI wrote: I spent two years of RL time getting the ISK together to buy that ship.
And in that one sentence is where I think the breakdown occurs. You, ACY, are actually playing in a 'sandbox'.....although, you maybe haven't realized it yet that the 'sandbox' aspect of EvE is gone. Don't take that as a criticism. I think you're playing the game "the right way"; as it was intended.
I think there are many players now who completely ignore the 'sandbox' aspect. Ironically, many of them justify actions with the "it's a sandbox" ploy.
The ability to buy GTCs, convert them to PLEX, then sell the PLEX on the market in order to fill a wallet totally shatters any semblance of 'sandbox'. No mining, missioning, manufacturing, etc. needed in order to continue buying "stuff".
If you have enough income (and I get the sense that EvE players generally have some discretionary funds) you can start a character, buy the skill books, do nothing but train skills, and through the PLEX mechanism, never indulge in any of the 'sandbox' aspects of the game'. Ever.
When it became easy to refill a wallet through "out of game" means.....the sandbox went out the window. |
MeestaPenni
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Posted - 2011.11.04 04:50:00 -
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The Ecca One wrote:Bunch of whiny pussies in this thread, I'm just as evil in real life as I am in this game if not more so.
That's nice dear. |
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