(I apologise in advance to the mods if this is in the wrong place as I am not sure where exactly to put it)
Having some good PMs with people and thought of an analogy (not perfect but close enough) that hopefully sheds some light on why I and possibly others dislike griefers and griefing so much (jn any game)
Football (soccer for the yanks) match:
Tackling is allowed and within the rules of the "game".
player A (is casually playing, wearing t shirt jeans and trainers) has possession of the ball.
player B (fully kitted out in shin pads and studded football boots) is coming in hard to tackle because they love tackling hard, they
enjoy it.
Player B smacks into player A hard in a harsh tackle and in the process injures player A.
Player B professes innocence saying it's all within the "rules" of the sport and player A was ill equipped.
player B just cannot comprehend why people are getting angry about the tackle.
player A wants to play football with other people not alone and doesn't know enough people to play "privately"
player B has complete lack of sportsmanship/empathy.
player B = Elite (and ANY online game) griefer
also factor in within the confines of Elites gameplay Player A could be very young and/or disabled in some way and Player B has no way at all of knowing this.
Elites Open problem is the HUGELY disparate skill levels and equipment levels and the lack of any sort of rulesets of "sportsmanship".
edit (actually the analogy works better within the confines of harder sports like American football, Ice hockey etc where equipment levels are a major factor)
Having some good PMs with people and thought of an analogy (not perfect but close enough) that hopefully sheds some light on why I and possibly others dislike griefers and griefing so much (jn any game)
Football (soccer for the yanks) match:
Tackling is allowed and within the rules of the "game".
player A (is casually playing, wearing t shirt jeans and trainers) has possession of the ball.
player B (fully kitted out in shin pads and studded football boots) is coming in hard to tackle because they love tackling hard, they
enjoy it.
Player B smacks into player A hard in a harsh tackle and in the process injures player A.
Player B professes innocence saying it's all within the "rules" of the sport and player A was ill equipped.
player B just cannot comprehend why people are getting angry about the tackle.
player A wants to play football with other people not alone and doesn't know enough people to play "privately"
player B has complete lack of sportsmanship/empathy.
player B = Elite (and ANY online game) griefer
also factor in within the confines of Elites gameplay Player A could be very young and/or disabled in some way and Player B has no way at all of knowing this.
Elites Open problem is the HUGELY disparate skill levels and equipment levels and the lack of any sort of rulesets of "sportsmanship".
edit (actually the analogy works better within the confines of harder sports like American football, Ice hockey etc where equipment levels are a major factor)
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