Just play nice and you'll go further r in this game.
Well I'm going to be blunt and too the point here, and I might ire a few folks.. but....
Welcome to the "Real" World" we live n..
In today's Real world outside the game, most folks today often think about themselves and not the community.. Heck when I started this game 10 years ago, it was ll about commuity and working together..
Yet in today's game, I see a lot of folks hunt solo, never in a team, and in fact it's ironic that some folks are just downright rude, or never want to say hello, howdy, how's it going? Type of approach..
Case in Point: yesterday I was out at Rocktropia hunting a mob (Which there awas plenty and a guy was running up to the teleporter and all I said was just what I just said was "Howdy." (Which is the usuaal way to say hello down here in the Southwestern US.. and what i got back was not a real surprise to me.
I got no reply whatso ever.. He just got on the Teleporter and just left..
Not even a single hi, or hello or Bonjour, or Konichiwa, or however you say hello it in your own native tongue..
(After all, I keep Google translate running in the background..)
The point of the matter is this.. A lot f folks focus on one thing in this game, and it's their Project Entropia Dollars (The Peds) , instead of just meeting a new person..
Some of the people I've met over the decade I've been in game (and yes, I'll b turning 10 here in a few days .. and I've noticed a big swing from one side of the psychology of the game to the other..
back in 2008 when I started there were a lot of f folks out in the sweat camp just out side of Port Atlantis and many of us did talk, sure some of us grew into our character, but some folks already were in character...
But now, well I question some of the people today..and it's not about what nationality or gender they are, but rather how they were brought up by their parents (and their grandparents in some cases..
Once I was talking to a friend of mine from Norway and in fact he told me about this one player (Who shall remain nameless). who basically complained about the fact that every time he said hello someone who knew this guy, told him to F-off . an he wondered why.. I knew this person's track record and in fact the reason he got that treatment was because he decided to be Rude to the other folks.. In a manner of speaking, his own rudeness to others, came back to haunt him..because he constantly bashed and berated other people..
The point is this, This is a community of people.. not just from Sweden, or Norway, or The United Kingdom, or even India..Heck I've met a lot of folks from all walks of life, and when I talk to them (and they're on my friends list,) they usually talk back to me..
But a lot of people today don't even say a simple hello, or again whatever language you speak, a simple howdy..
The point is this.. This is a global world.. not jsut a small poart, of one.. Like I said, I have friends from around the world.. The US, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and yes Even India..In short, I live in a global community..
But I digress..
The point is some of the players I have noted ar teenagers and are rather rude, because their parents haven't the right mind to discipline their kidds.. Others are adults who act childish.. In the other real world (The one I am talking from) I made a rather interesting cfomment to my landlady when I paid her the rent..
I commented about how people were yelling and screaming at each other and then I added, I don't mind about the kinds.. Kids will be kids..but adults doing that? Now that's just being selfish, and very childish too.. It made me question about what kind of parents raised them..
But again like I said, I came into this game, in 2008 just as the world was starting to fall into case off (And I'm refering to the actual world I'm talking from not the game world..
It didn't take too long for this world I'm talking from to seep into this world.. The gaming world..
Look, you're going to have a lot of "Toxic" Players in any game, and in fact some of them are just poor sports.. they can't afford to lose, or rather they don't want to..
Today I was talking to a friend who is in game and I commented that it was no big deal I lost 35 ped in a hunt..After all I was out there focusing on my skills in game and not the peds.. I just enjoy doing things in this game..
But a lot of folks don't.. They again focus on their wallet and try to pinch every last penny they can in order to win. and if they lose? Well they act childish about it.. I just sadly shake my head..
And yes if I accidentally shoot a mob by accident that someone else is hunting, I do apologize about it and explain that I am legally blind (Can see, jut not too well and yes, I have many doctors who can back this up)
The bottom line is this: People today being their "Real world into the game, and don't check it at the door.."
Me, I'm a gamer and I follow the one rule that may parents taught me when I was young.. and that wa to be polite, and to say please and thank you (and yes I'm not saying please as Please give me a gun! I'm saying Please can I purchase something from you,.. or Please could you be so kind to not be rude..
I think if more people had manners and learned what life was all about they'd be a better person in the end.. but many it seems don't...
and yes, I do joke a lot, but then sometimes I'm downright serious.. and it's this topic right here where I get serious.. Cause what I see in the real world, actual does carry iover into a game, and ususally I iknow some of you have had bad days at the office or at work, and you want to relieve stress..(I know of another player who was so stressed in real life that when he came into game, he didn't leave his troubles behind.. In the end, is that he carried that stress into the game, and it almost killed him..now that he's left, I get reports from my friends about how he's taken it easy, and is now Enjoying life..and he's a happier person as well..
This game was never meant to be for everyone.. A lot of the players we see today come from other MMO's as they have become bored with them.. others just look at this game as a way to look at it as a way to make money.. Me, I look it as a way to relieve stress, kick back, and enjoy life outside of the real real world..
and enjoy having fun doing so..
I think after this, I think if you really read this , you might see what I'm getting at..
So do yourself a favor.. Leave your troubles at the door, and just kick back, relax and enjoy the fun.. I sure do, and i'm a rather nice guy.. Oh and one more thing.. If you see me? Just say hi.. after all some of us folks aren't rude.. and if you say hi, you might learn to get to know them..
Anyway I'm out for the night.. Got a busy day tomorrow in the "Real world gotta go shopping, but like I said, I do say hi to everyone.. next time you're in game and you see me? Just say hi. You might get a howdy back from me, and then you might learn a bit about the game..
Anyway, time to head to the bunkhouse and get some sleep..
Sgt. Benjamin 'Ben' Coyote (IFN Marines)
A.K.A."The Blind Sniper" (and ) "His-Dog_Spot"
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oh okay cool, cool.