I can count on one hand the amount of times I agree with Nariusseldon on anything, but now is one of those times.
Nariusseldon is right...there is no distinction between players characters and NPCs anymore, because they are both equally lifeless when it comes to the range of things they can do. Just as it makes no sense to harass an NPC (because its dead), it makes no sense to harass a player character, because it is equally lifeless.
Is it any wonder, then, why more and more people are leaving voice chat behind? The games don't really need it anymore (as if they ever did), players are discovering it's more trouble than its worth, and the whole concept of guilds or clans is dying.
Some here don't seem to grasp the idea that few actually want meaningful relationships online (well, i am not dismissing that some actually want that here).
People just want to play a game, and may be group so that their party members are slightly more intelligent than NPCs, or beat some others in e-sports.
If so, why bother with more social or game interactions that can lead to harassment?
In fact, look at Hearthstone, you cannot even chat .. and that is a very successful game.
The old days of arcades were much more stimulating. You would be playing somebody in Mortal Kombat... he would call you a scrub so you tell him to go f**k himself. He would shove you, you punch him in the mouth, he tackles you to the floor. His friends jump in, your friends jump in and a brawl starts. Security arrives and breaks it up. They call the police and everyone is taken out in handcuffs. The police bring you home to your parents and your parents kick your ass.
This online name calling and cyber-stalking is silly. I like the old way better.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own. -- Herman Melville
Originally posted by dave6660 The old days of arcades were much more stimulating. You would be playing somebody in Mortal Kombat... he would call you a scrub so you tell him to go f**k himself. He would shove you, you punch him in the mouth, he tackles you to the floor. His friends jump in, your friends jump in and a brawl starts. Security arrives and breaks it up. They call the police and everyone is taken out in handcuffs. The police bring you home to your parents and your parents kick your ass.This online name calling and cyber-stalking is silly. I like the old way better.
I remember back in the day I strolled into an arcade that wasn't one of my regular spots. The locals there were playing sf2:ce so I proceeded to administer the beat downs. They were getting pissed so I took a dive just to get out of there. They chased me out with a baseball bat lol good times.
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Some here don't seem to grasp the idea that few actually want meaningful relationships online (well, i am not dismissing that some actually want that here).
People just want to play a game, and may be group so that their party members are slightly more intelligent than NPCs, or beat some others in e-sports.
If so, why bother with more social or game interactions that can lead to harassment?
In fact, look at Hearthstone, you cannot even chat .. and that is a very successful game.
The old days of arcades were much more stimulating. You would be playing somebody in Mortal Kombat... he would call you a scrub so you tell him to go f**k himself. He would shove you, you punch him in the mouth, he tackles you to the floor. His friends jump in, your friends jump in and a brawl starts. Security arrives and breaks it up. They call the police and everyone is taken out in handcuffs. The police bring you home to your parents and your parents kick your ass.
This online name calling and cyber-stalking is silly. I like the old way better.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville