Why would he think that?

Simple answer. The player base is made up of a majority of sociopaths.

It drives new players away.

Player base gets smaller and smaller.

Only bittervets remain.

Most of them only sub 2 months out of a year as it is.

Why would he think that?

Though in my opinion a lot of the people who gank could be the type of players habitually using cheat mods that enable them to see and shoot through walls and rubbish like that.

On another note I hope that some of them got caught by the Overwatch ban hammer which was absolutely beautiful to see, to see the poor souls buy the game again and still be banned was hilarious, I laughed so hard I almost wet myself when my son told me that... Great stuff!!!

Because they have already jumped to that conclusion with one game.

No he didn't

Sociopathy, Psychopathy, and even cheating are pretty common....well...everywhere on the internet these days honestly...

They are not limited to EVE, and they are *certainly* not limited to *any* single play-style within EVE...

It is also ridiculous to assume such characteristics about someone based on their in-game activities in EVE, or in any other role-playing game. The entire point of such games is to let you have an online virtual existence *separate* from your ordinary life...And while I'm sure there are some people who play in game much the same as they live in real life - they are the exception rather than the rule.



The only play-style of which it probably *is* fair to make an assumption would be the actual bot-users. We can probably safely assume some Psychopathic tendencies in their personalities that allow them to casually disregard rules/social norms. We can also probably safely assume that if they bother to cheat in EVE they cheat in other games that they play...

However, if you identify someone as a botter - rather than lecturing them on how horrible they are as a person your time would likely be better spent simply reporting them to CCP so they can be removed from the game ASAP.

Eve is so much like the natural world

there are next to no rules

tthe fittest survives.

As it stands right now eve is far too static, which results in stagnation from player groups who already have everything they could want. Burn it down, and players will once again be able to fight to become the biggest fish in the pond.

No he didn't

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noun

noun: sociopath; plural noun: sociopaths

a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviour and a lack of conscience.

Before you go off on your high horse, I played a game called the Hunting, a PBM game, a certain person who also played this game went on a shooting spree in Hungerford in the UK. This game involved killing people in imaginative ways, I played it for about 5 months. I had the dubious pleasure of being visited by Her Majesty's police because I also went pistol shooting as a hobby at the time.

Seriously...

Clap clap clap, you can quote from a dictionary, gold star to you and a pat on the head, means nothing though.

He is calling me a sociopath because I pvp in a game that has a focus on pvp. That's exactly like calling someone who shoots people in battlefield a mass shooter supporter because they shoot lots of people in battlefield.

Actually no, he is likely suggesting that people who have a fixation on tear gathering may have issues, which is something slightly different to just playing a game and having fun at blowing others up. Perhaps he thinks that those people who get more of a kick from other players reactions are developing worrying attitudes. But to simplistically say it is every player in Eve is not what he said.

Simple answer. The player base is made up of a majority of sociopaths.

Nope, he clearly says most of the playerbase are sociopaths.

Well perhaps he thinks that is what is largely left in Eve...

EDIT: For example baltec1 you in that other thread said you went to the effort of producing a complaints form when you ganked miners and enjoyed their replies. I was always polite to people I blew up, and accepted their need to vent at me, especially those in bling fitted ratting ships.

Extract a database of all about the lost players for the past 3 years. Analyze their daily activities that they spent most time in the game. Form a list of activities from the most popular to the least popular. Compare these activities with similar features that provided by competitors. Honestly sort out the advantages or disadvantages of EVE against competitors for these activities. A general picture of why the game is losing players will be revealed.

If the majority of gankers were actual sociopaths, highsec would be locked down permanently.

It's funny how no one seems to understand what a sociopath is ...
... and how bullies aren't necessarily sociopaths at all ...
... and how any self respecting sociopath would feel offended by this.

Some gankers are bullies. Yes. They seek out tears, yes. That doesn't make them sociopaths.

Many carebears out themselves as psychopaths, though. They, according to their insults, are incapable of dealing with someone who ***** into their flakes. Who shows them are are not in control or power. Who shows them tbat their imaginary achievements are worth nothing when only done against npcs. Who shows the, that they are not the center of the game's universe.

A psychopath is someone who lacks bad conscience. He doesn't know it at all. Removed. The whole logic and thought process is thus different. He doesn't care about how you do and live when he interacts with you. He would kill you if he had a way to do it simply for blowing him up.

I bet 99% here use the word sociopath without having any idea what it means or how they behave. And i bet an added 0.9% don't know the difference between a socio- and a psychopath.


Get some life and a sense of reality.
If the majority of gankers were actual sociopaths, highsec would be locked down permanently.

Invalid.

This works only for games that are equal.
EVE works on completely different base mechanics than the crap you seem to be playing ...
... which is tailored to the masses to enjoy.

And we all know the masses. They're horrible.

It was a deflection device to take the rage away from corp members and our CEO. As I said, we didn't keep the records although we probably should have for historical references.

Invalid.

This works only for games that are equal.
EVE works on completely different base mechanics than the crap you seem to be playing ...
... which is tailored to the masses to enjoy.

And we all know the masses. They're horrible.

I saw quite a few of these forms and they were all setup to wind up the person after the event, I found reading one or two a bit amusing, but I came across people who would religiously send one to every gank victim which seemed a bit obsessive to me. It is like minerbumping.com, some of the stories I found amusing because I had people blow up at me, but after a short while reading some of the stories it seemed like the people at that site were trying too hard. But that is just my opinion.

Doesn't work if you don't hand it out to everyone.

They get the form which says blah blah this is an anti-bot operation if you are not a bot please fill out this form yadda yadda. They fill it out, go through the automated process that takes a day or two and by the time they realise its a fake its been a few days and the anger is gone 99% of the time.

No death threats for us and they get the vent at something. Win win.

especially as most player miners really hate bots...