We often see people in EVE who defensively claim to be good, decent folk in real life, yet play vicious psychotics in EVE. But can they really separate the two? Does one's EVE persona reflect who and what people are in real life despite all their denials?

A new study claims that playing the villain makes you a bad person in real life:

'Gamers that adopted villainous Voldemort as an avatar, were more likely to dish out a punishment in the experiment .

'University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers found that people who played games as a heroic character were more likely to reward others.

'They warned that how gamers represent themselves in the virtual world of video games may affect how they behave toward others in the real world.'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2555752/Playing-villain-video-games-makes-MEAN-Avatar-role-play-replicated-real-world-claims-study.html#ixzz2svavZ1lj

Are the two realms really so far apart? Destroying other players stuff in this game still represents the destruction of time invested by the victim in acquiring what he had, effectively wasting it. Time is part of the real world, and is irreplaceable.

Are the two realms really so far apart? Destroying other players stuff in this game still represents the destruction of time invested by the victim in acquiring what he had, effectively wasting it. Time is part of the real world, and is irreplaceable.

Are the two realms really so far apart? Destroying other players stuff in this game still represents the destruction of time invested by the victim in acquiring what he had, effectively wasting it.

Time is part of the real world, and is irreplaceable.

LOL at going into offense is the best defense mode. "Yes, we're doing it wrong but It's okay because look at those darn Brits."

But gratz on being seemingly the only person that actually understood what I wrote.

Mr Epeen

Fairly surprised that somebody didn't see this thread and start another called "In real life I am a psychopath. In EVE I am kind."

Considering that it seems the "in" thing to do as of late.

Behind the internet, everyone will start to disclose their true self.

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But if you derive enjoyment and actively seek to "extract tears" then yeah, there's probably something wrong with you, imo.

The collection of tears has a context also though, as you full well know the best tears are retributive in nature, putting a ponce in his place as a form of justice in some cases. Your implication that tear collection is solely about griefing is not always accurate.

*whack*.

After a short conversation with a friend about the benefits and hazards of the CODE fellows. it did occur to me that the people who seem to consider themselves less conflict-orientated are often the first to resort to name calling and rage.

Case in point: When an unsolicited HighSec WarDec landed on a friend's corp, with no previous communication or contact with the deccer, phrases such as "Lets gut that ****ing **** and teach him a ****ing lesson".

It would seem that some people are under the impression that their rules only apply in one direction.

if you derive enjoyment and actively seek to "extract tears" then yeah, there's probably something wrong with you
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I don't think you do well in a world of color.

tl:dr:
Words mean things. Use them wisely.

Long version:
Tear collection has context, you cannot generalize all tear collectors as mentally ill in RL.

For example, I personally love collecting tears from people that refuse to embrace EvE's core axiom of non consensual conflict, or who refuse to treat detonations as learning experiences and instead whine or complain when sploded. In the broader sense where EvE is ultimately a GAME, this doesn't make me mentally ill, just competitive.

Put it this way, I don't respect the soccer player that flops around on the ground faking an injury and moaning to the ref trying to draw a penalty on his opponent, I mock him and his tears the same as I mock the whiny carebear that files petitions or calls for nerfs to the game. If I was on the field with said pansy soccer player, I would in fact target him for EXTRA tackling after such shameful exhibitions, to the ends of one of two goals; either he H's TFU to continue playing in my cherished game, or he quits soccer to go play tiddlywinks (WoW) instead...

F

I have moved this post to Out of Pod Experience as it is a discussion about how games affect your out of game personality (or not).
Lets keep respectful of other's opinions.

We often see people in EVE who defensively claim to be good, decent folk in real life, yet play vicious psychotics in EVE. But can they really separate the two? Does one's EVE persona reflect who and what people are in real life despite all their denials?

A new study claims that playing the villain makes you a bad person in real life:

'Gamers that adopted villainous Voldemort as an avatar, were more likely to dish out a punishment in the experiment .

'University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers found that people who played games as a heroic character were more likely to reward others.

'They warned that how gamers represent themselves in the virtual world of video games may affect how they behave toward others in the real world.'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2555752/Playing-villain-video-games-makes-MEAN-Avatar-role-play-replicated-real-world-claims-study.html#ixzz2svavZ1lj

Now you can see that evil will always triumph, because Good is dumb.