Real World Philospohy

Loser · #1 November 25th, 2003, 03:17 PM

Narf is a Mormon?

I am strangely disappointed. Somehow your impressively persistent support of your beliefs is less surprising, more expected.... I'll have to think about why it seems that way.

I'm also surprised I didn't see it. I thought I was awfully familiar with the patterns and idiosyncrasies particular to Mormons arguing religion Online.

Kudos on sticking to your principles and avoiding the more abstract and distracting points of doctrine. Simplify, simplify, simplify.

Fyron · #2 November 25th, 2003, 05:54 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
having a bad temper, i know there's been times when going onto half-life and virtually blowing something to pieces has helped. at the same time, those times are few and far between. most of the time, what helps is calming myself. so, i can't see much good there, and, as is perhaps more correct, in most cases, for most people, most of the time, it's bad. children shouldn't play it, those with criminal tendency's and not enough self control shouldn't play it and i really don't see the point for the average person.

I think you missed the point... it is not about living down a temper or anything like that, it is about expressing subconscious desires in a harmless way (as is playing SE4 and blowing up billions of people, subjugating billions of others, sending whole crews of people off to their deahts, etc.).

gregebowman · #3 November 25th, 2003, 07:32 PM

I know playing computer and video games does having a soothing effect on me. I don't really have a temper (I let my wife have hers, though), but a good game of SEIV or Civ or SimCity or any of the multitude of "god" games out there does perk me up. I haven't really like arcade-type games since I was a young teen and they first started coming out. GTA and Half-life and other gorefest games just don't appeal to me. I might play the occassional game when I happen to be in a place that has them, like this past Saturday when I was Chuck E. Cheese for my son's birthday party.

Atrocities · #4 November 26th, 2003, 12:22 AM

I used to enjoy playing Tribes for hours on in as my escape from reality. Sitting in a good place picking off players who thought they were good snipers or trying to steal our flag. Ohhhhhh the hours I would spend base raping and killing my opponents. God how I miss the good old days before the game became deluted with cheaters, hackers, and buggy mods. When all the old players played it was like a party on line every night, and most of the day.

It is hard to let go of the good things in life that had brought you so much fullfilment.

To bad real life isn't more like Web Life.

Loser · #5 November 26th, 2003, 06:26 PM

I prefer the 'wins' in RL over the virtual ones. And the losses aren't too bad. People really have a lot less to lose than they think.

Fyron · #6 November 26th, 2003, 08:27 PM

So you prefer the wins of stealing cars, murdering people, etc. in RL to the virtual ones?

Loser · #7 November 26th, 2003, 08:37 PM

umm... yes?

While RL 'wins' like talking to strangers, having a clean house, hitting on a girl, or nailing a job interview would seem trivial if you set them in the virtual world, they are nonetheless more satisfying.

And RL provides 'wins' that the virtual world just can't compare with, like owning a house, getting the girl, or talking your way into the job of your dreams.

So yeah, Real Life all he way.