Posted by Player on June 23, 2000 at 22:01:50:
In Reply to: Sure. posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on June 23, 2000 at 21:07:12:
CF is a hobby. Fishing is a hobby. Overfishing will prevent you from fishing (eventually). People asking the same question repeatedly on the forum will not prevent you from playing CF, nor impair your gameplay. There is no logical reason for you to post incessantly. Commenting on Arolin's mental health does not assist your time on CF nor your discussion of CF. It is, in fact,an unnecessary hindrance of the discussion in which you claim to delight.
By your rationale, Arolin may simply enjoy playing characters with backwards names. He may simply want to discuss a policy which he feels interferes with this game which is *his* simple, unpsychological hobby. Perhaps he feels the best way to improve/discuss/enjoy the game is through criticism and that criticism is best stated in a log of his experience. (Yes, I know. None of this is true because we're discussing Arolin here, but in theory....) As you yourself have said, Candide, CF is not the best of all possible worlds. Who are you to label his posts as the destructive manifestation of psychopathology but your efforts (constant post-removal, prompt but disturbingly redundant and *frequent* referrals to the search feature) a "constructive and healthy way to deal with problems." Sometimes criticism is the best way to accomplish improvement. Sometimes satire. Sometimes dutiful question-answering.
Often the difference between constructive and destructive is a matter of degree. If a man went fishing as many times a day as you post on the forum, yes, I'd have to ask myself just why he found the activity so rewarding. I might just think he got something out of it that he needed, that he was lacking. I might come to the same conclusions you reached about Arolin.