I never fail to be surprised at what people will do or say if they believe they have been given the gift of anonimity.
Today, an online game called EvE-Online, owned by a Company called CCP (links at the end of the post) has been taken off line to enable the owner of the game the ability to upgrade, improve and repair the systems. Every now and then, errors have to be fixed, improvements need to be made and the system needs a little tittivation.
Done right, the customers will continue to pay their twelve dollars a month and the Investors will see a return. The fact that some players are incapable of resolving the difference between reality and virtual reality is worrysome, but I don't think that is the real problem. Today as usual, a bunch of guys all complained about something or another they beleived was important. They forgot to ask "Important to who. Me, or them?"
I made a post, (copied below) but to me, the fascinating thing about people given anonimity, is the way they behave so badly when they have the freedom to be not held accountable. You just know some are going to squeeze every ounce of bad behavour they can.
Titles are, in the real world, given to others after they have earned the title or often, inherited it. Many people in online games of Virtual Reality, who in the real world, would be unable to even impress the anyone enough to earn a real title, give them selves a title and then behave as if the title had the value of the title percieved in the real world.
They will self title their name, such as Lord Death, Colonel Gurister, Lady Pimplepot or Captain Clever. The absolute failure is not so much in them beleiving that by creating a name that mimics a real title, but that the name will be respected and beleived by others playing the game.
Most players, as soon as they see some one with a name that includes a real world style or title, knows the player is behaving like a spoiled and often deluded child and treats them as such, often to their face, but the victim doesnt see it, they are protected by the shield of self importance they have drenched themselves in.
Names used in close family circles are different, the holder knows the title is something that means something to those around them and that it is not a 'Real Title' and typically 'Princess' is one such title. It is a sharing of a term of endearment, not as in most cases, a grasp for something that is neither real, of of value.
Links:
Eve on line: http://www.eveonline.com/
The posting in question:
User Name
You all seem to have some reality problems here, I suggest many of you grow up and get a life. If you are adult, then perhaps consider getting a shrink to explain the difference between games and real life.
If you cant play the game before you go to work, do something else. If its your day off, do something else, if your retired, wealthy and lonley, DO SOMETHING ELSE.
Its EvE.
Before any downtime, add a long skill to your training queue, it doesn't matter what skill you take out. Its Eve, things will change.
If your in a dispute, dock up, log out, and turn on the television, grab a cola and investigate the palms of your hands for hairs. It doesn't matter, it is Eve.
If you are waiting for a fault to be fixed, assume the worst, expect to be dissapointed and relax, it is Eve. Good things will come as a pleasant surprise.
If you know you could do a better job than the devs, apply to CCP, put up, or shut up, complaining about things done by others makes you look like a pratt. Its Eve, live with it.
If you know of a fault and they have not fixed it, again, then it is a low priority for some one, accept it. Your priorities are not their priorities, is Eve, learn it.
Above all people, it is a game, and the only reason you play it is because a Company called CCP is making a return on investment by some financial speculators who happen to own the Company. Their only aim is to make a buck and pay the bills, your opinions, complaints and whinges mean little or nothing to them. Get with the program.
If you have some thing positive to add to the already filled plates of the managers, designers, design teams, creators, server techs, customer support techs and those in HR that are trying to hold it all together, guess what, a whinging blog thread is not the place to express it.
If you don't like what I have suggested, I don't care because guess what, It Is Eve, it is a GAME, it is NOT REAL.
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