Yeah..... the controversies, the heists, and the scams are what make the headlines, but you don't hear about some of the really positive things that EVE players do for each other. Once you get past that, EVE players (with possible exception of the Goons or some of the uber-1337 corps out there) are pretty chill.renegade7 said:It's a real shame that none of the good things eve players do for each other make the news... seriously, my corporation and alliance are some really good people. I can remember one guy ( a math major ) who tutored me in Precalculus over skype and saved me from failing math. Or this one time when we helped one of the alliance commanders make it through his divorce (which was likely brought on by his being an alliance commander but no one said anything about that).
I take some comfort in the fact that CCP has a history of really bringing the hammer down on this sort of thing, and that a few people will be seeing perma-bans and likely termination notices, in the case of the representatives.
There is also this possibility, that it was just an average nerd rage or drama queen. But encouraging someone to kill his or herself is still really fucked up even if you think you are trolling.BrotherRool said:Remember this is a news article though. We're coming at it from a different perspective, I'm assuming they were taking it as forum troll from a drama queen. Which you know, you do meet that sort of person on forums.
It's probably a good reason never to forum harass or troll to the best of your ability though, because you never know where the other person is actually at
I used to play with a guy who was recovering from being paralyzed from the waist down from a work accident. I didn't know this at the time, but he was basically using the game and our camaraderie to stay sane despite the fact that he was in pretty much constant pain. Later, when he said that he was going into surgery to try to repair some of the damage to his back and apologizing for his absence, I immediately heckled him for apologizing when he said that it restored some of his control to his hands.
But the goons are jackasses. Don't trust a goon unless you are a goon.