Posted by Let him have his piece... on March 9, 2000 at 05:34:26:
In Reply to: It's your turn to speak when you learn to be civil. posted by The Cyclone on March 9, 2000 at 04:13:58:
> The mere fact that you post on the Forum so
> incessantly about fairly well proves that you
> DO care, so don't insult the intelligence of
> the people you're addressing. Your vehemence,
> however, has led you to lower depths than I
> thought possible. I've been playing Carrion
> since its birth, and I've done plenty of
> cheating. You're not being persecuted as one
> target while no one else suffers. Get a new ISP
> and start playing and roleplaying well, and then
> go bask in the warm light of the Immortals when
> they see how much "better than half the player
> base" you really are. Roleplaying isn't an inherent
> quality, by the by, it takes a new effort of creativity
> and logical thought for EACH new character, unless
> you're beating some same old story to death with a few
> minor tweaks here and there. I'm not flaming you,
> I'm trying to tell you a productive course instead of
> the one you have chosen.
>
> Moreover, your childish, insulting slights are extremely
> disturbing. This is a game, dear Arolin. First off,
> spending eight hours a day on it is probably more than
> most of the Immortal community (I'm guessing), and can
> certainly not be healthy for your work, your social life,
> your mental and/or physical health.
>
> It is an extremely fun game with some great players and
> people who maintain it. It's an interactive computer
> game. Can anyone else hear the stress mark on the word,
> 'GAME'? And, to tell the truth, I don't know any details
> about this supposed 'incident'. I don't want to. It's
> not the kind of thing that rational people will do. If
> someone really has it in their heart to spend time and
> effort to deceive someone in the intent of hurting their
> feelings, their credibility, or just to destroy their
> fun in a game they have given quite a bit back to, then
> I can't help but feel awfully bad for the kid. Attitudes
> like that and actions such as those lead to a bad end.
>
> It's certainly none of your business, or mine, or anyone's
> besides the people involved. It's not uncommon- a friend of
> mine met his fiancee in a chat room. He didn't REALLY know
> if she was male or female until they first met. I know at
> least two other individuals who have picked up and MOVED
> to meet a person they have met over the 'net. It's not the
> best way for everyone, but then again, who the hell are you
> to judge? Eight hours a day, working on a Ph. D., I doubt it.
>
> Someone pursuing a graduate degree of any kind would not have
> this kind of petty, limited view, unless they're giving out
> master's degrees at the flea market. The kind of attack you
> are spitting out is painfully akin to an angst-filled
> 15-year old screaming at her parents to let her take the car.
>
> You need to recognize that the anger and shallow, horrible
> attitude you displayed in your post reflect a part of your
> personality, possibly your way of dealing with people. That
> does not bode well for your friends, and I hope dearly you
> have no wife or family. It is childish, self-centered,
> self-absorbed jerks like you that give my gender a bad name.
> Next time you call YOURSELF a man, look long and hard into
> the mirror and ask what it is that you need to prove SO badly
> that you are willing to go to a discussion about an
> interactive COMPUTER GAME and throw malicious, slanderous
> assaults at one of its finer programmers.
>
> Remember, it's the better man who can admit
> he's wrong, who can apologize and walk away
> with a smile, no matter how much it hurts the
> pride momentarily. I do hope you find some
> way of dealing with your anger in another way
> in the future.