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Andrea Griffin
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Posted - 2012.03.25 21:33:00 -
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Ladie Harlot wrote:How many of you people wailing and crying about morals and ethics have tried to contact the guy to make sure he's okay? What's the name of the pilot? I will.
Having been near the end of that road before many years ago I take suicide threats pretty seriously.
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Andrea Griffin
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Posted - 2012.03.25 22:03:00 -
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Terminal Insanity wrote:Uh, dont post **** in an internet spaceship game that you don't want made public? Especially when you know that game is full of espionage and backstabbing?
Sucks for him but he should have known better. Good advice for the normal person, but people who really do have emotional / other issues aren't thinking clearly. Hate to bring up the obvious but sometimes its necessary I guess.
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Andrea Griffin
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Posted - 2012.03.26 15:59:00 -
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Khanh'rhh wrote:Counterpoint: wanting to kill yourself because you lost virtual property is not the position any sane person should adopt. Exactly; and someone who is in such a position is clearly not sane and is in need of help.
Khanh'rhh wrote:Any sane person advocating suicide over virtual property has to be seen as doing such as a joke; because no one with any sense would think "I beat you at Chess just to make you want to die"
HE LOST A GAME. You obviously don't understand depression or suicide. It isn't the loss in game that caused this - it was another major Real Life event, or a series of them, or perhaps a chemical imbalance in the brain. Having your suicidal rage mail posted for all to see and mocked in public can be the thing that pushes someone over the edge.
When someone gets a mail like that, the LAST action someone should take is what Mittens did. The first action should be to contact CCP directly and let them know that there may be a problem.
Of course, this doesn't mean that we should have a ban on suicide ganking or whatnot because it might upset a very tiny minority of the playbase to take such actions. As you said, it is a game, and suicide ganking IS part of the game. That's fine.
Besides - when it is common knowledge that the player base makes a hero out of someone who does those things, people aren't going to be particularly interested in trying Eve. We expect Eve to be a cold, harsh place - in game. People sign up because of that. People enjoy Eve because of that.
But when it gets taken that far out of game peoples' opinions will change and they'll be driven away. There's a huge difference between being an incredible **** in game and one out of it. I don't think it is in CCP's best interests to have The Mittani as a representative of the players.
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Andrea Griffin
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Posted - 2012.03.26 17:22:00 -
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Khanh'rhh wrote:Fine.
Then I am going to launch a petition against everyone who has threatened me real world harm. I expect CCP to permaban them. I also expect them to release their real names so I can pursue a police investigation. You should petition any real-life threat. It's not acceptable. Granted, those threats are hard to take seriously since it's hard to figure out where you live unless you outright tell them, but its not impossible. That doesn't mean that it is acceptable behavior.
CCP takes that stuff seriously. They're quick to take action on those kinds of issues.
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