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Effect of Virtual Avatars On Real-Life Behavior
Betsy Carroll writes "The Stanford research group on virtual teams discusses how the appearance of one's avatar in virtual worlds has an effect on real life behavior in an NPR interview. The researcher they speak with focuses on the concept of vicarious reinforcement for changing behavior. They also talk a bit about identity issues surrounding the avatar and the 'real' physical self."
What's this say about the MMORPGs? You know, Many Men On Line Role Playing Girls...
Picture yourself as a thin girl with big boobs..?
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you
I'm going to be modded funny! I'm going to be modded funny! I'm going to be modded funny!
*crosses fingers*
Developers: We can use your help.
I'm not sure it would help in IT... Maybe if I was an RIAA lawyer...
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you
Ah, good old chicken or the magical zombie egg circular reference.
In my opinion, LARP is actually a good thing as it forces social interaction on a group of people who are the types to live in their parents basements.
Nothing is worse than not being able to get the news beyond the headline because you don't want to stream video. I don't want to waste 5 minutes for a video, I want to waste 20 seconds skimming articles and making assumptions, like I do on /.
"I only speak the truth"
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I play Second Life. Every day, I now have the urge to fly to work, turn myself into a giant penis, and grief the shit out of every newbie I see.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
I would've bet anything that Jack Chick didn't post to Slashdot.
Look, I didn't spend all those years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage.
demi
Crushed potato chip crumbs are much nicer in that recipe.
You are welcome on my lawn.
no matter what you do, you cannot change your species.
Tell that to Michael JacksonPart of the Second American Revolution!
... the avatar who lives on cold pizza and pop and lives in his mom's basement.
Have gnu, will travel.
They also talk about how picking an attractive avatar leads to more confidence in the real world an hour later.
So if I pick Sauron as an avatar, I'll be 9 feet tall and able to bash a dozen men with my mace shortly thereafter?
"I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
-Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
Transcripts, much more helpful
Always type complete sentences.
Fragments, never.
Yes, but only after you explain to everyone (for the millionth time) that Sauron is the evil monster/force/eye, and Saruman is the wizard with the white hair. No, not Gandalf, the other one.
What shitty name picking.
But how do you keep normal people's eyes from glazing over as you explain all that??
Maidens of Anguish? You mean, like, his wife?
Epic. Just epic.