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Recently, there has been an intense debate about piracy after a pirate formally apologized to the public..
He has been praised by players who dont' like piracy and being disparaged by other pirates or supporter of them.
Naturally being a very vocal person against piracy i've also gottten engaged in the debate. So one of the poster made the follong comment about a post of mine ... so i gave an elaborate response..
However, I thought it's very important issue involving a lot of people and to some extent is going to shape the future of EU especially of space and interplanetary trade and treavel so i thought I'd post it here too:
Chopper please read post # 25 again and think about it for few mins.
And piracy is a criminal behavior
keepo reading
Now i'll get to the origin of criminal or antisocial behavior: the following is a summary of many studies
The bold red text is the essence to understand pirate mentality among some of our EU players. Based on that statement it is reasonable that these players not engaging in piracy in real life.. coz the environment is not suitable..
In EU they were exposed to the suitable environment by making it not only legal ... but a matter of pride (having balls...in your post).
And this is why, I like the fact that MA has legalized piracy in EU despite it's an RCE based MMORPG. By legalizing piracy MA has essentially removed an important inhibitory modifying factor for the expresssion of their piracy trait based on genetic endowment!...
The other important factor is based on both genes and environment it is possible to have a wide variation in the degree/intensity of traits..
So the in my post all categories ov pirate related behavior can be explained if we accept the preceding analysis of root cause of piracy.
Please note that I'm not in favor of removal of piracy/pvp from EU . I'm glad that we have it here
He has been praised by players who dont' like piracy and being disparaged by other pirates or supporter of them.
Naturally being a very vocal person against piracy i've also gottten engaged in the debate. So one of the poster made the follong comment about a post of mine ... so i gave an elaborate response..
However, I thought it's very important issue involving a lot of people and to some extent is going to shape the future of EU especially of space and interplanetary trade and treavel so i thought I'd post it here too:
And worse... creating an atmosphere in the entropian community where frriends are agaisnt friends... hostility. animosity...
Some people can enjoy PVP in space without attacking friends.
If the OP cannot understand that basic principle, he shouldn't have ever tried to be a pirate.
I think he should now consider apologizing to all the mobs he attacked as well...CLEARLY he stole their loot as well
PVP is for the folks with balls (and ovaries)
Chopper please read post # 25 again and think about it for few mins.
What is being done in space is no different than IRL. the only exception here is MA gave it a legal status. It is somewhat akin to some barbarian place on earth where there are no laws... but in a civil society it's always a crime.Piracy:
definition (from wikipedia) Piracy is an act of robbery and/orcriminal violenceat sea. People who engage in these acts are called pirates. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore.
And piracy is a criminal behavior
keepo reading
Now i'll get to the origin of criminal or antisocial behavior: the following is a summary of many studies
Criminal behavior has always been a focus for psychologists due to the age old
debate between nature and nurture. Is it the responsibility of an individual's
genetic makeup that makes them a criminal or is it the environment in which they
are raised that determines their outcome? Research has been conducted regarding
this debate which has resulted in a conclusion that both genes and environment
do play a role in the criminality of an individual. This evidence has been
generated from a number of twin, family, and adoption studies as well as
laboratory experiments. Furthermore, the research has stated that it is more
often an interaction between genes and the environment that predicts criminal
behavior. Having a genetic predisposition for criminal behavior does not
determine the actions of an individual, but if they are exposed to the right
environment, then their chances are greater for engaging in criminal or
anti-social behavior. Therefore, this paper will examine the different functions
that genetics and the environment play in the criminal behavior of individuals.
The bold red text is the essence to understand pirate mentality among some of our EU players. Based on that statement it is reasonable that these players not engaging in piracy in real life.. coz the environment is not suitable..
In EU they were exposed to the suitable environment by making it not only legal ... but a matter of pride (having balls...in your post).
And this is why, I like the fact that MA has legalized piracy in EU despite it's an RCE based MMORPG. By legalizing piracy MA has essentially removed an important inhibitory modifying factor for the expresssion of their piracy trait based on genetic endowment!...
The other important factor is based on both genes and environment it is possible to have a wide variation in the degree/intensity of traits..
So the in my post all categories ov pirate related behavior can be explained if we accept the preceding analysis of root cause of piracy.
If you have a better explantion to explain how and why we have so many categories of playrs ... you or anybody else are welcome to present.In EU we have players who:
1. hate piracy but stay silent
2. hate piracy and vocal about it
3. hate piaracy and would try to resist it
4. neutral about piracy..
5. hate piracy but would not hesitate to shoot if someone insight
6. dont' hate piracy .. but would shoot insight
7 love piracy and actively seek out for victims.
8. love piracy, demand for safe route and if not than give explicit threat of shooting down..
Roughly these are the categories of players...
My question to the community... what are the reasons for this variations..
Grossly afaik ... 1. is genetic and 2. enviroment (upbringing +/- monetary)
Please note that I'm not in favor of removal of piracy/pvp from EU . I'm glad that we have it here
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