Springers Final ThoughtFollow

I'm reading a few posts on here about ethics and the like in EQ. First off, the majority goal in the game is to level your toon. I'm just curious, you could do carrot running quests or the like to gain xp...which is as painfully slow as the continental drift. OR...you can slash, burn, poison and villainously MURDER to gain XP. So when people say we should be polite in the bazaar, easy on the cursing, bleh-bleh-bleh....that's retarded considering what you actually do in this game. This game is for adults, and if parents understand that their kids will be creating killing machines, then adult consequences come with it. WOOOOOT!!! SPRINGERS FINAL THOUGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS!! I expect plenty of tree-hugging, non-reality responses in return that will not logically compensate for an argument. Thank you. :D

That might strain something.

Most of the really rude a-holes in game don't want to consider that they are dealing with real people at the other end of the connection. That's what makes them rude a-holes.

The rest of us were just born that way.

^^^^^

I'm with him. And it's not like blood spews everywhere when you kill something. Unless im missing something :O...

But yeah, there's a huge difference between killing things, and being rude in the bazaar.

Some how I didn't think this was going to start well.



I'm see you've actually played this game alot. Because there are SOO many quests where you just travel from point A to point B.

And you know, leveling up your character by purely "slash, burn, poison, and villainously murder" is Sooo outrageously fast thats why people call it *griding*

Also, you might want to check out this really cool topic, its called the English language. And while I'm no expert at it I can tell you that stating "I'm just curious" would usually mean that you were going to end your sentence in a question, not a statement.



And what exactly do you *do* in this game to make you get responses such as this? Do you act like that in real life to other people you are doing other fun activities with? And when's the last time you "hack, slashed, etc." your way through the bazaar?
You said the object of the game was to level up, not make other people's lives hell.



To be honest, I haven't the foggiest Idea what in God's green earth you are saying here. But in any case - your right, only grubby middle age men who still live in their parents basement and have yet to see a grown woman naked in real life, such as yourself, deserve to play the game.

(sorry if this offends anyone IRL)



I like the whole non-reality concept - you seem to have a great grasp on it

But really - you do realize that when your playing this game your not *really* in another world right? When's the last time cursing has gotten you that better job (i.e. the equivalent of real world leveling).

Just the fact that you put emphasis on words such as murder show that you have the inability to survive in a social environment. Stating you watch Jerry Springer really doesn't help either.

Some how I have a feeling you play a dark elf or iksar necromancer because you 1.) can't survive in social situations so you need to be able to solo. 2.) Think your ability to solo makes you a king and makes you worthy of spouting out worthless crud such as this.

Of course, I'm not going to trust word one coming out of your mouth, so you'll probably respond with how your a upstanding citizen and have 3 kids or feed needy kittens or something like that. Really your just a

And normally I don't post like this - but seeing as how you think this is the appropriate way for the game to be played - whats the harm, right?

I have to agree with TS here. For some reason these yahoos feel safe behind their computer screens. They view themselves as untouchable since you can't reach through the monitor and strangle them (I truely hope technology will advance to this point someday). I get the impression that a lot of these pricks are spoiled 8 year olds who are pissed off that mommy and daddy didn't buy them the exact color pony that they wanted.
Its the same story on message boards and chat rooms across the net. Sad as it may be, some people just get off on peeing in other peoples breakfast cerial. From a psychological stand point I think the majority of these people are the types that would normally get beat up on a daily bassis if they ever opened their mouth in public. That or they are angry at the world because the have a small P'er.
I can't tell you how many times I have run into some jerk training or kill stealing that when you try to talk to them about it, immediately want to duel you with any of their uber Lvl 65/400 AA toons (fresh from player auctions).

Amen rhino....

Please Atiba, get a f@ckin clue. To quote your grammar...

"Players who look for justification in being jerks are just that, jerks."

Let's see...hmm...that's not a grammatically correct sentence now is it??? :( Guess you didn't fare very well on that portion of the SAT, eh?

"You could also stand to take a few English courses, since your posts are barely coherent."

I love it when people say things like this on posts as an excuse for being defeated in the main point behind the post. Reading your excerpt was just as "grammatically" correct as mine....L O L.

Anyway, back to the main point...just thought Atiba's moronic post deserved extra consideration for his short-bus logic.

If you can correct me, please do, but at least give a reason why my sentences are so grammatically incorrect.

As far as being defeated on the original topic, you haven't really backed that claim either. You've just insulted everyone who replied to the thread and disagreed with you.

Edit: The game's point is to kill and loot. Your original post, and most of the replies for that matter, had no problems with that concept. Everyone got stirred up by the fact that you attempted using it to justify acting like a jerk to other players. It also appears this thread was rated low enough to be filtered by the default, so this is the last time I check.

Edited, Fri Jul 23 14:22:03 2004 by Atiba