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Dawiid BenAimaic
Dasa Fern Valley Jamaican Rum Transport Corp
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Posted - 2012.04.20 07:59:00 -
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I like to play the game the same way that I play real life. I like being the good guy who charges too much for my ammo. Well I don't tackle battleships in RL but I do enjoy RL challenges that are about as difficult.. Most of those that I spend time with are friends and family in RL. If a RL friend has a pirate alt, I am happy to meet him in combat , but I also enjoy playing chess
I think that it is better for people to get scammed in game and learn a difficult lesson rather than be scammed in RL and have even more pain to deal with
Our corp rule is no smack talk. Deliberately griefing players until they quit the game is something that i do not approve of. We should all be willing to help one another to have fun with the game. Please note that i am not complaining about gankers attacking miners even though I have lost three mining ships, i have also looted and salvaged five gankers that did not have what it takes to finish me off in the time they had
I am concerned that most people who spend a lot of time playing this game, are able to play this game because of very real problems in the real world that may make them more vulnerable to emotional attacks. If a person is persecuted in a virtual game, then their pain may be very real and very damaging
I enjoy discussion but I do not care for insults, not even when they are directed at people that i do not care for. Personal insults are inappropriate in almost any context.. I once worked with a firm where the partners traded insults once a week over lunch, their rule was that you had to upset the other person without saying anything that the judge could complain about. Very subtle, very vicious, very useful as a court room skill. Not something I consider appropriate in this game or on these forums.
Sometimes I am the windshield, sometimes I am the bug, and sometimes I am just a pilot with a Typhoon |
Dawiid BenAimaic
Dasa Fern Valley Jamaican Rum Transport Corp
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Posted - 2012.04.20 20:35:00 -
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My dad's Uncle Frank made the observation that people were a lot more polite when everyone wore a sidearm.
Someone who is not a sociopath in RL may decide to play one in game.
Someone who is a sociopath in RL may not have the skill set to do anything but be a sociopath in game.
Even in poker, it is possible to play in an unfriendly manner. Instead of playing to win, you may play to grief one particular player. My biggest problem with Eve is that it is like playing poker out of town with people named after stuff you find in your toolbox, seems like CCP is always changing the rules. |
Dawiid BenAimaic
Dasa Fern Valley Jamaican Rum Transport Corp
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Posted - 2012.04.21 07:03:00 -
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Bane Necran wrote:Came across this on another site and it seemed relevant to the discussion.
Very good read. Reading Why We Love Sociopaths made me realize that I not only do not like sociopaths but I also do not find them entertaining. I tolerate sociopaths in game because there are no game mechanics to stop spammers/scammers and blatant personal attacks other than Block. A fair portion of my life has been spent hunting down and stopping the real sociopaths. While I expect that there are a lot of sociopaths in game, I expect that there are more sociopaths on the Baltimore police force than in this game, the in game sociopaths are just more vocal and easy to find. |
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