Right then. First up I'm making some unsubstantiated assumptions here: 'Ramming' has become a viable method of 'killing' a CMDRs ship (though not the CMDR, of course). Apparently this is a preferable method on the grounds that local (to station) enforcement agencies don't deem this a sufficient 'crime' to warrant the local station opening fire upon the rammer. On this assumption the 'rammee' has only three options: wake out, combat log, or open fire: the game is biased in favour of the 'rammer' in that options one and two mean the rammer has effectively 'won', whilst option three gets the 'rammee' a bounty on their head, and attracts the unwelcome attention of the local enforcement agency.
I went and did the 'Hutton Run' today, just because, and I did so in open play. I took a ship I could afford to lose on the expectation that all could have been lost if I'd encountered a 'griefer'. Now you should understand that I am using this somewhat derogatory term simply because it is a shorthand we all understand, however you should also understand that I knew I was entering potentially dangerous 'airspace' (space-space?), and accepted the risk. If I had been ganked well, I could always have gone in solo or private right?
The only trouble with this argument is that IRL, only the very naïve don't know where the 'dangerous' airspace is, whereas in 'Elite' the 'griefers' roam about, pretty much at will, causing mayhem as they like.
It's our problem, and one we have allowed to grow: either we become a more cohesive 'race' and actively seek to form wings of vulnerable/invulnerable craft prior to going pretty much anywhere, or we begin to 'block' players (assuming that mechanic works in the way I'd expect), leaving the 'griefers' to a Galaxy that only contains griefers. To listen/read their acclamations that all they want is a PvP world, you'd imagine this would in fact be a result they crave. But I suspect not.
There are parts of the [IRL] world today where 'griefers' are a part of everyday life. They call themselves by innocent sounding acronyms, (or perhaps we supply the acronyms). And there ARE individuals and groups making the trek to be a part of the , well I don't actually know what to call it, so let's call it action. The vast (and I do mean VAST) majority are meanwhile desperately trying to get the heck out of Dodge. The rest of the (again IRL), world is meanwhile struggling to come to terms, and wrestles daily with what should/can be done. For the most part, the world remains divided, but rest assured, long term, the aligned world (i.e. not the 'griefers') will prevail, and it is not likely to pretty, nor is it something we are likely to be proud of.
To the 'griefers': do you really, REALLY want to be identified as being of the same morality as the IRL griefers to whom I refer? Of course you don't: 'It's only a game' you cry. Yes it is. But one to which you bring your own IRL morality. And as of this moment in time, your IRL morality blows. HARD.
Nuff said.
I went and did the 'Hutton Run' today, just because, and I did so in open play. I took a ship I could afford to lose on the expectation that all could have been lost if I'd encountered a 'griefer'. Now you should understand that I am using this somewhat derogatory term simply because it is a shorthand we all understand, however you should also understand that I knew I was entering potentially dangerous 'airspace' (space-space?), and accepted the risk. If I had been ganked well, I could always have gone in solo or private right?
The only trouble with this argument is that IRL, only the very naïve don't know where the 'dangerous' airspace is, whereas in 'Elite' the 'griefers' roam about, pretty much at will, causing mayhem as they like.
It's our problem, and one we have allowed to grow: either we become a more cohesive 'race' and actively seek to form wings of vulnerable/invulnerable craft prior to going pretty much anywhere, or we begin to 'block' players (assuming that mechanic works in the way I'd expect), leaving the 'griefers' to a Galaxy that only contains griefers. To listen/read their acclamations that all they want is a PvP world, you'd imagine this would in fact be a result they crave. But I suspect not.
There are parts of the [IRL] world today where 'griefers' are a part of everyday life. They call themselves by innocent sounding acronyms, (or perhaps we supply the acronyms). And there ARE individuals and groups making the trek to be a part of the , well I don't actually know what to call it, so let's call it action. The vast (and I do mean VAST) majority are meanwhile desperately trying to get the heck out of Dodge. The rest of the (again IRL), world is meanwhile struggling to come to terms, and wrestles daily with what should/can be done. For the most part, the world remains divided, but rest assured, long term, the aligned world (i.e. not the 'griefers') will prevail, and it is not likely to pretty, nor is it something we are likely to be proud of.
To the 'griefers': do you really, REALLY want to be identified as being of the same morality as the IRL griefers to whom I refer? Of course you don't: 'It's only a game' you cry. Yes it is. But one to which you bring your own IRL morality. And as of this moment in time, your IRL morality blows. HARD.
Nuff said.
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