Posted by Grallon on March 15, 2000 at 14:06:20:
In Reply to: I'll leave it at this. posted by Pikel on March 15, 2000 at 13:51:40:
It is funny how people, and by that I mean players, feel so strongly about in game politics.
This is by no means restricted to the stupid, or unskilled, as is shown by your post.
Hell, before I realized what was going on, I did it.
when I was into playing only sylvans and ragers...I HATED with a passion those fucks who played arbies/sylvans. I thought they cheated, they abused their powers...etc.
With my first Knight, I HATED empire, I had a negative oppinion of all empires because they were all"no skilled groupies".
With my first few masters, I HATED ragers, witnessing all sorts of gang bangs and such.
then I played another rager, and for a while there I was back to having a negative oppinion of masters and arbies. But then I started seeing in other ragers the things I hated when I was a master, then it hit me....my char's beleifs and viewpoint GREATLY collored what I thought about the skill/quality of other players.
So I go WAY out of my way now to stand in the other guy's shoes for a bit before I make a statement like "I've got a very negative opinion of all Sylvans", because hey, With my current chars I have only interacted char to char with sylvans in pk situations....
I, as a person, seriously beleive that someone that will blanket a group(be it a game's cabal, or a rl group)out of negative interactions with a few(or even alot) of it's members, should lose alot of respect.
I am not accusing you per se,
But the kind of personality that will make a stereotype like that is the kind of personality that leads to bigotry in rl.
When I saw it in myself, I worked against it, because it is just plain wrong.
Interact with grallon in a way other than killing him, Hell, interact with ANY arbiter in a way other than "forest home tells me to kill you again and again" and if you still feel the same way, I pity you.
Better yet, play an arby or three, and if you still feel the same way, then you at least have a valid reason.