What if a grown up man with kids gets angry about someone disconnecting a bloody videogame?
The Psychology of a Terrorist - A question for SDC
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OP. Members from SDC aren't terrorists, they're just a bunch of people playing computer games. It might be interesting know the average, median and mode age.
I can't comment on why they do it, but I can share why I did 4 years of griefing in WoW 7 years ago.
Reasons I did it
Why I stopped
I could go on, but you get the idea.
I can't comment on why they do it, but I can share why I did 4 years of griefing in WoW 7 years ago.
Reasons I did it
- It made me laugh - sometimes, very, very hard; tears would run down my face, I sounded like a little girl when I spoke and I'd gasp for breath
- It was fun
- It could be challenging - knowing you were taking on more skillful / better geared players
- Variety - I wanted to play WoW and had done everything else I wanted to do
- 'Cos I could
- It filled the time - sometimes I had to wait before a mate to logged on
- Boredom - I played WoW even when I didn't want to play it
- Addiction - It was the first thing I did in the morning, back from work and the last thing at night
- I'd had it done to me over and over whilst I was leveling
Why I stopped
- It was ultimately unfulfilling - First 100 griefs. Game on. Next 100? <mmm> Next 100? <yawn>
- It didn't achieve anything either in game or in RL
- It wasn't a challenge
- I'm not a bully
- I had nothing to prove
- I wasn't behaving in a loving way
- I matured and became less childish
- What a waste of time
I could go on, but you get the idea.
The anger is spawned not so much about the dying, but the time invested prior to dying. Every time I die in-game it makes me question whether I should be achieving something in real life instead.
That is exactly what I was saying in my previous posts. The players who cannot disconnect their real world life/personality are the ones who have such a hard time finding fun in games such as ED.
When you go onto a discord setup SPECIFICALLY as an extension of a game environment you are automatically extending the rules/conventions of said environment.
Now it would be different if say the SDC guys suddenly had access to a world wide message system like FB for eg and started posting some of the stuff they put up on there what is effectively as members club. That then brings it out into the public forum and will be judged upon by what society in general thinks as appropriate.
A direct hit ! +1
Strawman. This thread is about SDC, not PVP community in general.
Though, to be honest, after leaving mobius and joining the PVP community I was hooked on the massive sudden jump in intelligence and self awareness of the people around me.
From hanging out on the teamspeak channels and discords of pretty much all normal and well known PVP groups, I can assure you nobody is actually angry about people disconnecting.
In reality it's all laughing at the stupidity of loggers.
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That's nice
Now, how about a serious answer?
its valid... or would be if the pilots federation would remove all SDC members from their midst, losing them all privalages such as the remlok system, insurance as well as put insurance ajudicators onto their backs.
SDC should want nothing from the PF seeing as they consider all PF members their enemy.
2 out of 10, 1 for sounding like you're off your trolley, 1 for 'holy war', but needs more waaaaaah, and more cowbell.
Errr....yes. About two o'clock, darling.
Then go out and do something real and don't equate your life accomplishments to your progress in a game?
It seems you should be thanking the ones killing you in game as they are prompting you to better yourself, even if just that means bettering yourself in Elite, as every player encounter is a learning experience. You died, so how did you die and how do you keep it from happening again?
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I have a question for Besieger: just how much cowbell do you feel you have?
That was a very serious answer to be honest. It shows how SDC doesn't care about what you think and say about them, and play with you, the people. It was Harry trying to explain what he does in a style of his own, which shows how serious he is in griefing people.
I wouldn't argue with that, but you specifically people being angry about dying in a video game, which is patently inaccurate in the first place, what peeps object to is the loss of time and progress in a way they could (due to lack of skill, I grant you) not prevent. I simply pointed out that pvpers are an angry bunch too when you mess with their game and how they want to play it. What's the difference?
1) Is it true that SDC are adopting the role of an in game terrorist organisation?
2) How do SDC work as a group to define in game acts?
3) How did murdering someone in Beagle Point further your agenda?
I do not understand that reference... might want to keep the questions understandable for all.
So all the anger I'm reading on these forums with regard to combat logging is just acting. And it's really no big deal?
That's great to hear. It will save Frontier a lot of bother.
It's mostly memes and jokes, and partially hopeless attempts to make frontier to change something about it.
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