Participation is voluntary, and in good communities, there are usually longstanding members who will lay down the heavy, large-knuckled hand of tough love and teach offenders to behave properly. Those who decide that this treatment is unfair leave (or cause more trouble, and get ignored), and those who decide to stay usually do so humbled. I love it.
I'm sure the unruliest of the rebels wind up creating their own little communities, but I doubt that they'd last quite as long.
Heck, I just wish there were more situations in real life which could be dealt with by simply laying the fist down on instigators and idiots.
"YOU! Loud newcomer! Be quiet and be nice, or get out. And if you decide to stay, know this: The strawberry-donuts are ALWAYS mine. Oh, and during your first month here, you are not allowed to wear pants unless you have purchased a pant-permission ticket from one of us. Now, off with the pants."
I'll preface this by saying that I am by no means a historian, or an economist, or a very bright individual for that matter, but lately I've been getting the feeling that tech-industry fellers like ourselves are the auto workers and factory laborers of this generation.
Work is being continually outsourced to cheaper markets, leaving those semi-skilled laborers in more developed nations jobless. Remember when there was a push to have autos, blue-jeans, and knick-knacks of all sorts manufactured in the states (I apologize for the Americentricism here)?
Unfortunately, with engineering, there isn't an obvious physical commodity produced upon which we can slap a "Made in the USA" sticker. Stick that in your code comments and noone will ever see it.
Friends of mine who are in large consulting firms such as KPMG tell me stories about US consulting companies going into an engagement, determining what sorts of technologies should be used, and then outsourcing all of the work to India. This doesn't offend me, but it sure scares me something fierce. That work that's moving out-of-country? That's what I do for a living too!
What are our options?
Move into management?
Get a job at an auto factory?
Become a world famous, tightrope-walking, flaming-chicken-juggling, one-man-band?
I'm all for spreading the wealth around the planet, but I'm just afraid that our work-well might dry up as a result of this. What to do? What to do?
I recall hearing a long, long, time ago that there were supposed to be more playable races, and that prior to launch, two of them were dropped from the game. If the Burning Legion was one, does anyone know what the other one was supposed to be?
...and yep, it's too bad that no new races are going to be introduced in this expansion. I was kind of hoping that the Keebler Elven guard would make it into the game, complete with E.L. Fudge-wielding hero, Ernie the Elf and his army of hyperactive, sugar-addicted, feral-slave-children.
Heck, they already have a unit-list up here, they should have just gone forward with it.
Real life is single-character-per-server, and I'm still surrounded by griefers and idiots who aren't accountable for their actions! Admin! Admin!
...but seriously though, I very much hope that SCS will increase player-accountability. Heck, I very much hope that SCS will increase actual RP. With only one character to work with, perhaps people would be more willing to really *play* their characters and flesh out the Star Wars universe.
After all, what would ruin the experience of living on Tattoine more than being constantly subjected to conversations like this:
A) Psst! Hey, Bob, it's me. Al.
B) Bob? Dude, you're a CHICK!
A) Yeah, I know. I just finished watching "Bring it on" so I wanted to be a hot acrobat for a day.
B) Dude! You're hot! Let's go back to my hut.
A) Uh... I think I'll go make a Wookie instead. C Ya.
(some time later) B) Dude, you are one HOT Wookie! Let's go back to my hut.
For some reason, the thought of a parallel universe where candy bars were being illegally duplicated and propagated over the internet came to mind.
"To whom it may concern, After consuming one of your Cookiez N' Cream White Chocolate Crunch bars, my child has been suffering from violent fits of vomiting and idiotic gibbering. Enclosed is the UPC from said product's wrapper and a self-addressed envelope. Please return to me a credit or cheque for US $0.50. Sincerely, Joe Kerblotnik"
"Dear valued customer, All Nestle products meet the highest FDA standards of edibility, and conform to all common-sense beliefs concerning what is 'food'. As a result, all of the products we produce are clearly labelled, 'Food Product'. Any incompatibility with our product is most likely the result of a manufacturing defect in your child. Hope ya kept the receipt for that bugger. Thank you for your continued patronage, Nestle, Inc."
But if this scheme works, I'll have no excuse...
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Participation is voluntary, and in good communities, there are usually longstanding members who will lay down the heavy, large-knuckled hand of tough love and teach offenders to behave properly. Those who decide that this treatment is unfair leave (or cause more trouble, and get ignored), and those who decide to stay usually do so humbled. I love it.
I'm sure the unruliest of the rebels wind up creating their own little communities, but I doubt that they'd last quite as long.
Heck, I just wish there were more situations in real life which could be dealt with by simply laying the fist down on instigators and idiots.
"YOU! Loud newcomer! Be quiet and be nice, or get out. And if you decide to stay, know this: The strawberry-donuts are ALWAYS mine. Oh, and during your first month here, you are not allowed to wear pants unless you have purchased a pant-permission ticket from one of us. Now, off with the pants."
Work is being continually outsourced to cheaper markets, leaving those semi-skilled laborers in more developed nations jobless. Remember when there was a push to have autos, blue-jeans, and knick-knacks of all sorts manufactured in the states (I apologize for the Americentricism here)?
Unfortunately, with engineering, there isn't an obvious physical commodity produced upon which we can slap a "Made in the USA" sticker. Stick that in your code comments and noone will ever see it.
Friends of mine who are in large consulting firms such as KPMG tell me stories about US consulting companies going into an engagement, determining what sorts of technologies should be used, and then outsourcing all of the work to India. This doesn't offend me, but it sure scares me something fierce. That work that's moving out-of-country? That's what I do for a living too!
What are our options?
Move into management?
Get a job at an auto factory?
Become a world famous, tightrope-walking, flaming-chicken-juggling, one-man-band?
I'm all for spreading the wealth around the planet, but I'm just afraid that our work-well might dry up as a result of this. What to do? What to do?
What are your fears and plans, /.-ers?
Heck, they already have a unit-list up here, they should have just gone forward with it.
...but seriously though, I very much hope that SCS will increase player-accountability. Heck, I very much hope that SCS will increase actual RP. With only one character to work with, perhaps people would be more willing to really *play* their characters and flesh out the Star Wars universe.
After all, what would ruin the experience of living on Tattoine more than being constantly subjected to conversations like this:
A) Psst! Hey, Bob, it's me. Al.
B) Bob? Dude, you're a CHICK!
A) Yeah, I know. I just finished watching "Bring it on" so I wanted to be a hot acrobat for a day.
B) Dude! You're hot! Let's go back to my hut.
A) Uh... I think I'll go make a Wookie instead. C Ya.
(some time later)
B) Dude, you are one HOT Wookie! Let's go back to my hut.
For some reason, the thought of a parallel universe where candy bars were being illegally duplicated and propagated over the internet came to mind.
"To whom it may concern,
After consuming one of your Cookiez N' Cream White Chocolate Crunch bars, my child has been suffering from violent fits of vomiting and idiotic gibbering. Enclosed is the UPC from said product's wrapper and a self-addressed envelope. Please return to me a credit or cheque for US $0.50.
Sincerely,
Joe Kerblotnik"
"Dear valued customer,
All Nestle products meet the highest FDA standards of edibility, and conform to all common-sense beliefs concerning what is 'food'. As a result, all of the products we produce are clearly labelled, 'Food Product'. Any incompatibility with our product is most likely the result of a manufacturing defect in your child. Hope ya kept the receipt for that bugger.
Thank you for your continued patronage,
Nestle, Inc."
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