eRe4s3r wrote on Dec 5, 2012, 12:58:
Social pressure means their closest friends Not some abstract community. The inner circle of their monkeysphere, so to speak.
Most cheaters on the Internet would instantly stop if we could get into their inner circle and chastise them there. It doesn't need violence or any other method, chastising them to their CLOSEST friend is all that's needed. Of course, shaming them by real name is the approach vector for that, but in a sense that's like the nuclear weapon ;p
By the way -> http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html
eRe4s3r wrote on Dec 5, 2012, 10:26:
Why? Cheaters can only be stopped through social pressure, not via bans..
Darks wrote on Aug 31, 2012, 10:55:Dades wrote on Aug 31, 2012, 10:38:HorrorScope wrote on Aug 31, 2012, 10:32:
How about this, first it was your fault GW2 to begin with. And since somehow you know who did it and if they will follow through, how about your program takes care of it and deletes the gains? I like how they think they can make the mob have morals like this, say "I'm sawries, I promises never again". It's still just a game Anet, sheesh.
Ok thanks for sharing your valuable input.
I got to say I do not get this one at all, some people fell into this unknowingly and bought an item or two from this so called exploit.
Where is Arena nets integrity in all of this? I mean really, were they not the ones that fucked up in the first place with this over site on their part. And now because some people took part in buying even one item are now getting banned even people who only bought one item. Ridiculous!
To me that’s utter crap on Arena nets part. They are the ones who left this in the game to Begin with. It’s not like people used a hack to get those items or the extra karma out of it.
I was not banned, nor did I know anything about this until last night. But still Arena Net needs to take some responsibility over this too. From their point of view everyone’s guilty and to me that’s more than a little disturbing, also because they hold the keys, do what we say or else. Yea, OK!! I’ve just lost some respect for Arena net.
Ive been enjoying this game a lot, but this just sickens me to no end.
Slashman wrote on Aug 31, 2012, 10:59:Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 31, 2012, 10:40:
I'll admit to some ignorance about BL2 and ask, aren't they very different games? I thought BL2 was more of a FPS with TL2 being a ARPG. I mean yeah, there is cross-over but they aren't in direct competition are they?
That's just ridiculous. There was never a time when I was torn between firing up Borderlands and Torchlight 1, Titan Quest or any similar ARPG.
Borderlands is a FPS first and foremost. It has a couple of similarities with items and skills in isometric ARPGs but that's it. The mechanics are different and the skillset to play them is different.
The only way they compete is if someone was going to buy both games and discovers that they came out at the same time and their budget is limited.
InBlack wrote on Aug 31, 2012, 10:20:
I tried GW2 at my store today. Aside from the pretty graphics it plays and feels exactly like WoW. Somehow I thought it was going to be more Diablo-esque. Oh well.
Eirikrautha wrote on Aug 11, 2012, 20:48:
And all from a simple, yet irrefutable, idea: "On the internet, they only way someone knows you are a gay gamer is if you decide it's so important that you must tell them..."
Eirikrautha wrote on Aug 11, 2012, 19:10:WarpCrow wrote on Aug 11, 2012, 17:17:Eirikrautha wrote on Aug 11, 2012, 14:10:
As a response to others here: I love the smell of straw men in the morning! So because some nut says wacky things about gays, everyone who opposes flaunting sexuality in the public square (which was my original post) is suddenly guilty of bigotry? Hahahaha (so I suppose I can use Jerry Sandusky to paint all gay men with a broad brush...)!
Find me a major activist organization that opposes gays but does not say wacky, defamatory things about them. Go ahead, find one.
Find me one major gay activist organization that doesn't say hateful and derogatory things about those that disagree with them. Go ahead, find one.
Eirikrautha wrote on Aug 11, 2012, 14:10:
As a response to others here: I love the smell of straw men in the morning! So because some nut says wacky things about gays, everyone who opposes flaunting sexuality in the public square (which was my original post) is suddenly guilty of bigotry? Hahahaha (so I suppose I can use Jerry Sandusky to paint all gay men with a broad brush...)!
Eirikrautha wrote on Aug 11, 2012, 11:37:
I think it is hilarious that you would advocate for tolerance while being totally intolerant of opposing viewpoints.
Cutter wrote on Jul 22, 2012, 18:29:NKD wrote on Jul 22, 2012, 17:40:Cutter wrote on Jul 22, 2012, 17:18:Doombringer wrote on Jul 22, 2012, 16:38:
Notch may be in the right, but his smug approach makes me want him to fail. The "I'll throw piles of money at them!" is little more than a boast. It isn't "cool" and it doesn't put him in a "good guy" light.
Exactly. The guy just seems like an incredible dick to me. He needs to lose a pile of money and get the shit beat out of him to teach him some humility.
The irony here is intentional I assume?
Besides, Notch isn't boasting. He's saying he'd rather spend all his money fighting these guys than taking the cowards path and settling out of court. If that was the attitude everyone had, patent trolls would all be out of business.
But thats okay, continue wishing violence on people.
There's nothing ironic. I can be angry and hostile but I'm not a snide, condescending asshole who thinks he's smarter and cooler than everyone else. And yeah, sometimes some people really do just need a good asskicking to come down to what the rest of us call reality.
Callaway wrote on Jun 21, 2012, 03:00:
T59, they are godly, a few of the other premium tanks are a bit out of balance as well. That's what we get with this new "free to play" but "pay to win" game models.
NicklePop wrote on Jun 15, 2012, 14:53:
Uh - right. Because thinking about these things make you 'extreme'.
You're brand of person is the new extremist; incapable of a moral perspective, purely relativistic where everything is 'ok'.
Some things are good, some things bad. Some things are really bad.
Society trends on a delayed reaction to systemic changes; can you say the outcome of these high level things?
No?
So how about contribute instead of being the next moron on the anti christian train. LOL
Verno wrote on Jun 14, 2012, 13:28:Cutter wrote on Jun 14, 2012, 12:43:
What is reddit and why do people use it? I've seen it a few times and don't understand the draw.
It's almost like crowd sourced news, you share information and pose questions/ideas. Almost like Digg with a better comment/rating system. You can make your own themed reddits as well. It is a really interesting site with a pretty diverse crowd covering a massive range of topics, I really enjoy it. You can customize the landing page to include only info from the reddit topics you want which is a huge timesaver for many hobbies. Think of it a bit like this site (mainly summaries from other sources) except its customizable.
You have to kind of use it for awhile to get it. I didn't really get the big deal either until I registered and spent a few weeks checking things out.
eunichron wrote on Jun 14, 2012, 13:31:
It's 4chan for 20-30somethings that think they're too good for 4chan, and if you can believe it, vastly inflated self-importance (they think they single-handedly stopped SOPA).
Cutter wrote on Jun 7, 2012, 10:27:
Meh, too bad about Neverwinter. Sounds like they really destroyed it.