GonzoGamer said:
I can see why you'd want to think I'm wrong but it's the sad truth.
truth? ...by which proof? you are saying that basically all people who at some point in their lives entertain themselves with the misfortune of others have deep psychological problems? i beg to differ. i mean, why else would the concept of 'wet' humor exist, and have a dozen sitcoms, comedy sketches, shows etc. devoted to just that concept?
while personally i wouldn't say you're far off in your statement, it is a huge assumption to make that everyone has deep rooted mental problems. and by default, huge, proofless assumptions are wrong.
I suppose you're going to say that you and the other griefers don't have overinflated egos either huh? theking?
this alias is one created exclusively for this forum. i usually go by something else, but seeing as my real identity is very easily identifiable, i cannot use that here. so much for being unique. also, the name itself was thought of as a pun (thinking/theklng).
The internet and online games aren't for your entertainment alone, everyone should be allowed to have fun.
but what is fun? fun is a subjective measure to go by in any scale. you can't say, "this was 6 funs worth entertainment, while that other item is only 2 funs worth of entertainment". fun is different for each person, and a game cannot ever guarantee anyone to have fun at any given time during play. it is up to the person playing the game to decide whether or not the game is stimulating; or if there is a balance between stimuli and frustration that is good enough to keep playing.
in addition to that, you'll have to take into account the addiction that players can get from playing an online game, and how people fool themselves into thinking they like something when in fact they don't.
also, by your own words, i should be allowed to have fun; because i per definition am a part of 'everyone'. the statement is hypocritical.
The truth is that no matter what social strata or education level, you can still be attention starved and there are plenty of well off/educated people who still rob and rape. I'm not saying that all (or even any) of the people you played with would've been rapists if they didn't have gamers to harass online, just that they need attention and they don't care what kind of attention they get.
i disagree. taking myself as an example, i was never hungry for attention. i didn't play or grief at any point to fulfill the statement that i wanted attention. it was a tie between entertainment and relief of frustration that made me keep playing for as long as it lasted. in life, i get exhausted if i have to be with people for too long, and i seem to do much better on my own.
your assumption needs only this much to be proven wrong. but to go further with this argument, i want you to look at the demographic of computer users in various games. would you see extrovert, attention starving people sitting home alone by their computers when they could be out getting energized by talking?
i claim that there would be far more introvert types sitting and playing games on the internet; specifically because they do not like being with other people that will eventually drain all their energy. if they got energy from being with people, they would be somewhere among people.
you can read about extrovert/introvert types here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraversion_and_introversion
While I agree that people who take games too seriously need to be brought down a peg, people who take themselves too seriously do too.
I just dread to see how they pick up women, pulling their hair?
yes, because everything you do on the internet reflects how you act in life. you seem to have completely misunderstood the point by this statement. honestly i wish i had read that first instead of replying in entirety to your post.