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When MMORPGS come back to haunt you...
deviliscious
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SO I just get back in town for my sisters wedding..
She goes to introduce me to her fiance for the first time, and she happens to mention he is BIg time into gaming and I ask what games he likes to play. Turns out we have actually met in game before. But he hates me, really really hates me. Turns out I killed him in game over and over again, and was the reason he tried to buff his character out and after he did, I still killed him and Apparently I was the reason he quit the game.
My sister of course during this whole conversation was laughing her ass off, and found the whole situation hilarious that her fiance was beat up by her sister repeatedly over the course of 2 years... but I was kind of in shock that he hated me that much while I was just having fun ..
I never ment any harsh feelings, i was just doing my thing kicking back cranking up some good music, and killing everyone I see in game, but apparently from the other point of view I was making his game time miserable without even realizing it.
He didn;t even believe me at first that I was the player that killed him.. He actually thought that my character was a guy that was only trying to give him a hard time.
I tried to explain my point of view and he said " don;t even talk to me, you're just making it worse. I thought you were a guy. I am just going to go crawl into my hole of shame."
So what I am wondering now is, would it be possible for players of completely different types to get along after something like this? Like be able to even play a game together?
For me PVP is fun & relaxing. I chill and release stress and enjoy the challenge of good competition. I enjoy fighting other players win or lose and respect those that can hold their own. I enjoy the anything goes no holding back challenge for nothing more than the fun of doing so, and could care less of the risks or rewards.
For others though, they take it as an attack upon them.. I don;t really understand that. They actually get angry or frustrated when losing, when I just appreciate the challenge of a good fight.
It is a small world.. I wonder if players of all types can get along in the gaming world even when their play styles are so drastically different.
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*pats OP on back*
Thats the spirit, enslave the weak and control the strong... oh and kill.. besides beeing beaten by a girl in a video game is a manly mans worst nightmare, it makes their e-penis shrink.
PvErs always complain about the evil PvPers ruining "their game". I guess thats why its so fun to kill them
Hence the term, male ego. Not trying to be sexist here, but you have to agree that term is definitely more used than female ego.
<QQ moar plz. kkthxbai.>
I felt sorry for your victim until he started whining about getting beat up by a girl. Go kill him some more.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
~Albert Einstein
Begs the question, are MMORPG's "just a game" when the players are actively encouraged to become attached to their characters (in order that they stay and pay).
FPS's i would definitely say are "just a game" as there is no progression and so less attachment to the characters in them, but RPG's with progression, time investment and emotional attachment?
F2P/P2P excellent thread.
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/282517/F2P-An-Engineers-perspective.html
Begs the question, are MMORPG's "just a game" when the players are actively encouraged to become attached to their characters (in order that they stay and pay).
Isn't that half the reason to play them? Because you actually give a damn. Most games are just pointless entertainment, blow up a few bad guys, shoot your gun at random enemies until you get through the level, or hop over rolling barrels until you reach the end. MMORPG's play on the emotional attachments, they want you to care about your character - hell, you have to care about your character if they expect you to keep playing it 6 months down the line. Do you know any other single player game that keeps you playing for months at a time, sometimes for multiple hours a day?
Back to the topic, however, I can completely understand where the guy is coming from. Personally, I hate PvP in MMO's, it's just so frustrating that after five minutes I'm going back to the PvE areas. When you have different classes where some are better than others, along with the whole 'my gear is better than your gear', then throw in the random chances.. I find it utterly pointless.
Fighter with weak swords vs Wizard with raid gear = Wizard roots Fighter, Fighter can't reach Wizard, Wizard casts death rays repeatedly until Fighter dies. Sorry, really not seeing the appeal of being a Fighter in this case. Mass PvP: Healer vs Fighter. Figher bashes Healer, Healer does some damage and heals himself, will possibly win, except in Mass PvP Healers are targeted by everything because they can help other classes to survive thus die in 0.35 seconds.
Until PvP in MMO's become like FPS games where everyone is on an equal playing field, it's never going to appeal to me. Ever.
Absolutely. . people are extreme conditions of themselves in games. . I bet if you were just hanging out and didn't know each other at all. . just met at a party etc. . you would get along fine. People play games to "enjoy" their spare time. . you find killing others enjoyable and he finds playing the game and not getting killed enjoyable. In a real life situation you are killing time by doing whatever it is you are doing together. . . now if you are like that in real life and the two of you are playing pool and you keep tripping him, hitting him with a stick and taking his money. . sure. . that might not go so well.
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My last Tech job was at a place that made circuit boards for dimining mirrors/onstar.
A kid( I say that loosely as he was like 22) that ran one of the production machines was into AC back then(02 era). I was into EQ, and we used to talk about gaming when I had some time to kill(my tech area was by the production area).
He used to tell me stories about gathering a bunch of noobs by offering them money/items/help in game. When he would get 5 or more standing around, he would launch an AOE on them. Then he would apologize to them, indicating he hit the wrong button. Before he sent them off finally, he would get in one last AOE kill.
I mean cmon....that is griefing at its finest, and something I would never dream of doing. Yet in a sick way, it was funny to hear about. Even though our playstyles were different, he was OK to BS with.
I saw him about 2 yrs later after I went on disability. Him and his GF had a baby, and he had started into college(I used to try to talk him into getting an education as he didnt make much). I am glad it finally sunk in that he needed to.
The funny thing is that he no longer played MMOs. As he was a new father, and in school, he didnt have the time anymore heh
Asking Devs to make AAA sandbox titles is like trying to get fine dining on a McDonalds dollar menu budget.
I rather liked this story!
Just goes to show that you should treat people in-game as you would in real life, too many people consider other players in a game to be unreal (for lack of a better word) with their whole "it's just a game, who cares" mentallity. Someday it might just catch you in a situation like this, or worse.
You never got into any details.
Which game? Battleground/Scenario or open PvP? Did you grief or did he just lose in 1 on 1s?
That's the real point of the story.
If someone gets ganked while farming PvE mobs and repeatedly so while trying to get away over months/years. Well, I'd not be surprised if this guy kicked your face in if you met in real life. And for good reasons (since you'd have 0.00 competetive-gaming-spirit and are and ass on top)
If this guy loses to you in consensual PvP over the course of several months/years, well, that's the name of the game. You could probably expect a handshake and a good laugh when you met in RL.
The 'could we still be friends after this?' question works accordingly; Case 1 - Yes, after he kicked your face in and you had a 8-hour-mandibular surgery and Case 2 - Yes.
Oh well, or play EvE, get ganked by some random 'ooooo, PvP is so much fun'-pirate, start a vendetta, gather your corp, destroy his nutshell, kill him, kill him again, steal all his stuff and sell it on Jita for 1 ISK while he's on his way back to retrieve what he's been playing for for 6 months... Nothing like ^^
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