Real World Philospohy

[Atrocities]

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]

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]

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

[Loser]

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.

[Fyron]

I think you too missed the whole point...

[Loser]

eh?

Go ahead and try again.

[Fyron]

The point was that such video games allow subconcious desires (that EVERY human being has...) to be expressed in a non-harmful way, rather than a harmful way in the real world. It is just like playing cops and robbers, or cowboys and Indians, or other such games as a child. Incidentally, that is why such games are so popular. There was never anything about living in a virtual world over a real one or anything of that nature.

[ November 26, 2003, 19:10: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]