Jobaker
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Posted - 2008.06.29 02:21:00 -
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Here's my two cents:
Frankly I love this game.
I lost a Cane in a gate camp the other day: loved it.
Someone called me nasty names in local recently: loved it.
Goons own too much space and makes it prohibitive, though not impossible, to own any nullsec of my own: love it.
Got podded in 7q and lost a head full of +4's: loved it.
Never fell for a scam myself, but they're allowed and even encouraged: love it.
Lost my computer for a month cause of the boot.ini problem: ok didn't love that one too much but I got over it.
Returning these same favors: Hell, I love that even more.
Am I a sadist? Evidently, but I teach high school kids for a living, so I kinda knew that to begin with. Am I some immoral deviant because I enjoy a game that allows such devious behavior? Well, I'm also an atheist so that may be true too; however, the connection between in game behavior and out of game behavior is tenuous: I have never stolen goods, killed or harmed a person, or carjacked someone only to sell their car back to them, though when I die, I can say that I have experienced such things, thanks to this game, without having to trouble myself with the morality of said experience. I suspect the credit card company I use to pay for my account is far more devious than I am (Goons beware when AmEx starts an alliance). The bottom line here is that we, humanity, have urges that defy social norms, and yet here is a game that allows anyone with 15 bucks a month to express these very urges without fear of corrupting the social values in place in our real life communities. Does this make us all sadists? Hardly. In fact, its seems to me like it makes us all the more rational adults who recognize the necessity of separating the devious behavior we love from the real world where it might actually hurt someone. If you were ever actually hurt when you lost a months worth of work to a griefer in Jita...well, I think maybe you shouldn't be on the computer at all, you obviously have some psychological issues you should be discussing with a professional--and since it seems you won't be playing anymore, can I have your stuff?
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