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Re:Where's the...
Is personal responsibility compatible with atheism?
The concept of 'Ethical Hedonism' discusses exactly this point. A quick synopsis boils down to this: lacking any other reason to act ethically, it's easier to get people to do what you want them to do, or to give you what you want to get from them, if you're nice to them and suit your own behavior to match their ethics, even if you do not personally agree with those ethics.
Richard Garriot, of Ultima fame, who uses 'Ethical Hedonism' as his personal motto, wrote an essay about his understanding of the concept: http://www.ianstorm.com/screens/Worlds/UO/npcbooks/ethic.html
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Re:Imagery!"Does anybody have any links to pictures from the gameplay footage to share?
Here is some media I found, although some may or may not be real. -
Re:Imagery!"Does anybody have any links to pictures from the gameplay footage to share?
Here is some media I found, although some may or may not be real. -
Re:Interesting Idea
We used to protest rule changes and bugs in Ultima Online by all dressing up in black or yellow shirts and camping out at the main bank.
There was also a protest where people were asked to create a character on a particular shard to protest another shard server's constant technical issues. As I recall a lot of people were suspended from the game for a couple days.
The point is that when you are addicted to a game, or really, really, enjoy an online game - You act up! Check out these screenshots from UO where people are protesting.
1,2,3.
Does it work? Not usually, but it does get the attention of the Game Masters, and shows the world you care about an issue.
Maxis and these other companies want to create Virtual Worlds. It is only natural that the people that play these games will take an active role. -
Re:Interesting Idea
We used to protest rule changes and bugs in Ultima Online by all dressing up in black or yellow shirts and camping out at the main bank.
There was also a protest where people were asked to create a character on a particular shard to protest another shard server's constant technical issues. As I recall a lot of people were suspended from the game for a couple days.
The point is that when you are addicted to a game, or really, really, enjoy an online game - You act up! Check out these screenshots from UO where people are protesting.
1,2,3.
Does it work? Not usually, but it does get the attention of the Game Masters, and shows the world you care about an issue.
Maxis and these other companies want to create Virtual Worlds. It is only natural that the people that play these games will take an active role. -
Re:Interesting Idea
We used to protest rule changes and bugs in Ultima Online by all dressing up in black or yellow shirts and camping out at the main bank.
There was also a protest where people were asked to create a character on a particular shard to protest another shard server's constant technical issues. As I recall a lot of people were suspended from the game for a couple days.
The point is that when you are addicted to a game, or really, really, enjoy an online game - You act up! Check out these screenshots from UO where people are protesting.
1,2,3.
Does it work? Not usually, but it does get the attention of the Game Masters, and shows the world you care about an issue.
Maxis and these other companies want to create Virtual Worlds. It is only natural that the people that play these games will take an active role.