Goose4291
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You either get the comedy of the guy behind Zarek Null playing an inept villain like Skeletor from He-Man, or you dont.
Going against your own word - "infiltrators" please note
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You either get the comedy of the guy behind Zarek Null playing an inept villain like Skeletor from He-Man, or you dont.
"Getting it" and finding it funny are very different things. It's a very basic character, not that difficult to dissect. But the basicness of it completely detracts from the comedy value for me.
Based on what we've seen with DW2, it's an alternate universe with no He-Man to oppose him!
Yea, same guy I was referring to
Goose4291
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Except, as you just wrote, you dont get it, as to you its not about the comedy, but done 'to try and justify their online trolling via pseudo-LARPing'.
WorldsGreatestForumDad
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Funny enough, I have a question regarding this?
How many people here went into PVP going to play the "good guy" And then got crapped on by the community for involving themselves in PVP at all. Even if they were on the good side?
This is how it happened for me. I couldnt get anyone to help me or join me, and when I joined other groups that were meant for it. All they did was complain or try to get things removed, still saying people had over engineered ships.
This is why I eventually ended up friends with some of the bad guys out there. Why even try to be the good guy if you're going to get treated like crap for it.
Hell most of those "bad guys" taught me how to fight against them in GCI. Very helpful and good people in and out of the game. I wish people could learn to seperate that and just play the god damn game.
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Well, there's more to it than my summary, but in essence it's a shtick to garner attention while having a pseudo-RP justification to troll other people online. The pseudo-comedy bit is integral to the attention-seeking.
But no, I totally do not get this super complex three-dimensional deep character.
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Goose4291
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*Raises hand*
Former stalwart defender of the Empire, its systems and aligned commanders here.
Right, that's nice and all except that I can't actually verify any of that. All I can see is how you behave on the internet and your stated motivations for doing so. Which, at this point, are rather infantile.
No, I don't think that and have in fact argued against that idea throughout this thread. I wouldn't call your behavior psychopathy or even sociopathy as those are specific diagnosis that requires far more than internet trolling behavior. At the same time, given that you admitted that you enjoy upsetting random people on the internet for no other reason than supporting your notion of being "emotionally resilient" I would say it's pretty safe to suggest that your own emotional development is in fact not particularly sophisticated or balanced. I'm sort of imagining the emotional equivalent of a large toddler yelling "GIB SALT" at the screen as they grief other players.
There are far more sophisticated reasons to engage in griefing and trolling behavior, including "roleplaying", "making the game more interesting" and "demonstrating areas the devs need to fix". You've claimed none of those as motivations however so I'm going to call it like I see it here. Not that I'm saying you're a "bad person" mind you, just that you are by your own admission engaging in infantile behavior due to what appears to be rather primitive emotional needs.
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I always wanted PvP to count for something in the game, I wanted open only BGS because people were undermining the minor faction I adopted in PG / Solo (never mind the console parallel galaxy) but the BGS has no in game reason to a player either, because nothing in the game acknowledges that you are part of a minor faction (even a player one) so I decided it was pretty pointless to pursue it.
The only reason in this game for PvP is for mutual fun or to mine salt, the only reason for someone to state otherwise on this forum is to mine salt and lets be honest, there is so much salt to mine here it can become addictive to some
I wont speak for the Overlord, but I believe his reasons have always been for comedic value. A lot of players enjoy it.
His speech before the beginning over Operation Tinman was motivating and funny. Way better than log in, haul from A to B for 2 hours, log out. A lot of people like that too. And that's fine.
His speech before the beginning over Operation Tinman was motivating and funny. Way better than log in, haul from A to B for 2 hours, log out. A lot of people like that too. And that's fine.
Depressingly,
On the bright side, the more people get discouraged, the more calls for an Open PvE mode. Alas it's to late for me as I have moved on. The Trolls have won. No more money to FD from me. Enjoy your victory.
I ask any one at FD, to please close my account on these forums as I can't see the point of it any-more. I'm making this request public to hi-light just one side effect of all this nonsense.
Thank you for your time, I wish I could say "it's been fun."
On the bright side, the more people get discouraged, the more calls for an Open PvE mode. Alas it's to late for me as I have moved on. The Trolls have won. No more money to FD from me. Enjoy your victory.
I ask any one at FD, to please close my account on these forums as I can't see the point of it any-more. I'm making this request public to hi-light just one side effect of all this nonsense.
Thank you for your time, I wish I could say "it's been fun."
It's fine to enjoy different styles of "comedy" - it's not really universal.
Some people thoroughly enjoy watching Mall Cop, while others prefer The Big Lebowski (some might even enjoy both) - different strokes for different folks.
Primitive is a great description of what I'm talking about. "Infantile" might be a little off though. Adults have been crapping all over eachother since the proverbial "dawn of time". Infants dont really dominate and are incapable of griefing anything but their caregivers.
Never forget good sir, you're no saint. I dont know you, but we BOTH know that
Hahaha yea man. That's a fact. I'll never get the mall cop people. But they might have some wisdom to say. Who knows?
Bob Lighthouse
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WorldsGreatestForumDad
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I was just being a smart, sorry dude.
I have never played a game that involved salt mining before. And basically its so easy in this game to do. Its really not hard because one of the greatest things about this game is it doesnt hold your hand. At the same time, because there is no real direction or explanation about certain elements of the game like powerplay, BGS. Hell this last patch they finally put a tag next to open private and solo explaining what you would get out of it from choosing them. I appreciate that. But it took 5 years.
[video=youtube;kkCwFkOZoOY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkCwFkOZoOY[/video]
This video represents it best I think.
Infantile is actually a rather good description and many types of emotional needs can in fact persist into adulthood for various reasons.
I'm sure that many people do far worse on a daily basis than online trolling behaviors, but that's not really the point. It's sort of like someone who takes up two parking spaces because they don't want anyone to scratch their car. Is that a "terrible" thing to do? No, but it's not considerate or well socialized behavior either.
You're correct in your comparison. It's really not that terrible. Definitely not considerate or well socialized, but dude, the reactions we see? They're truly amazing. People crying. People calling the ganker a "stupid n-word" or "I bet you take it up the *** irl you ******". Much more common than you'd think.
THIS, sir, is infantile. The disproportionate reactions to our inconsiderate crimes are insane! I blew up your silly spacecraft. Take it on the chin and move on. Dont give your assailant the satisfaction of insulting him. Trust me, he/she doesnt care and wants it in the first place