tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post1307191362505404533..comments2024-03-05T12:41:20.217-05:00Comments on Low Sec Lifestyle: The Blurry Line Between What is and What is notSugar Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437978687639772023noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-68752748089513741952012-07-14T02:38:33.197-04:002012-07-14T02:38:33.197-04:00Back on-topic, though:
Know what I really wanted o...Back on-topic, though:<br />Know what I really wanted out of EVE and just find sadly lacking? 1) truly immersive gameplay, that leads to<br />2) actual REASONS for PvP<br />Right now, sure, you can declare yourself a piwate and go blow up random ships in lowsec for shits, giggles, and occasionally profits... but ASIDE from that, what's the choices for "legitimate conflict"?<br />-Join the CFC or SoCo (disclaimer: I'm currently in SoCo... moar bitching bout that later lol). Be told where to fight, when to fight, what to bring to the fight, and how to fly it. Soloers especially, and "small gang" players to a lesser degree, are looked upon with outright disdain.<br />-join FW and fight for control of systems...where control of systems means....??? Oh, right, no docking rights for your "enemies", and you pay less at the LP store for stuff. Why are the factions actually fighting again? And why can't they turn certain lowsec systems into hisec, or opposing hisec into lowsec? FW won't _truly_ be meaningful until it can affect hisec in a direct and hopefully painful-to-everyone way.<br />-join RvB and...oh right, there's really no reason for them to fight except Red. And Blue. <br />-join a hisec dec/merc corp and [slaughter hapless fools] fight cause you're paid to.<br /><br />It's pretty easy to say "all PvPers are bad gais" when there's really no _practical_ way within the game mechanics to PvP as a "good gai"... :-/ FW is as close as it comes, I guess, but even then FW is developing a lot of the same "bad" tendencies as sov war. Guess that's what happens when you deliberately turn FW into "sov lite"...? *shrug*Hong WeiLohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702284760088727892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-31537696417750806632012-07-14T01:26:01.114-04:002012-07-14T01:26:01.114-04:00In the end, "right" and "wrong"...In the end, "right" and "wrong" are just words. <--- something you might read from a fortune cookie after all the won-ton destruction you can handle at the local Chinese buffet joint.<br /><br />Srsly, though, taken to another level, they're mere _opinions_ -- and we all know the value of those, as well as how people will connive and manipulate to achieve the exact "opinion" they desire to push a certain outcome. :-)<br /><br />Also -- I can tell I've been off blogger for a while. I forgot how to "follow" blogs! :-/ lol lil halp?Hong WeiLohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702284760088727892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-31422906969849138132012-07-14T01:16:07.791-04:002012-07-14T01:16:07.791-04:00I have my days... when it is really bad like this ...I have my days... when it is really bad like this I try to toss up those TL;DRs to warn people :P<br /><br />I'll also add in that what I say may not always reflect my personal actions. But I'll also say that the weight of society call to conform is quite fierce at times. For some, its to much stress to resist.<br /><br />My phrasing may be very bad. But, I'd also say that it still had validity to the person even if the judgement and belief is utter crap.<br /><br />To reflect upon Eve "Pirates are evil" and a hundred people will agree and point to the ganks, and camps, and general wonton destruction and one person will say "but they were nice to me." The pressure is given in the thousand reasons why they are still evil, despite that persons individual actions.<br /><br />I guess, my goal was to ask people to understand that their judgement is coming from what is accepted inside of their group but it may be/often is contained inside of that group as well. Another group may have another view point and to them that view point is valid.<br /><br />Maybe I'm just thinking about the difference is as real as what is normal and right or wrong to you.<br /><br />I'm already wandering on the topic again...Sugar Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437978687639772023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-66158739571707442742012-07-14T01:08:29.872-04:002012-07-14T01:08:29.872-04:00....and I thought _I_ wrote tl;dr poasts!! Future .......and I thought _I_ wrote tl;dr poasts!! Future complaints of "tl;dr" on my blog (if I ever get around to actually _playing_ EVE enough to warrant writing about it again) will result in links to this post. ;-)<br /><br />I found one little gem that you mentioned and seems to be a foundational thesis of your argument:<br />"Judging another person based off of your personal beliefts and thoughts has weight when you have a large group (IE Society) that has agreed upon this."<br />^^ not really. To throw out the Gewn/Nazi cliche again, lots of people thought Jews were the source of all the worlds' wrongs, and whites were the Supreme Master Race, destined to conquer the planet.<br />Lots of people "agreed" upon those points, yet many others would still, and rightfully so, contest their validity. ;-)<br /><br />If you wanted a quick summary of my personal views on the "majority rule" clause of ethics and morals, simply google "quotes, HL Mencken, Democracy". ;-) Throw in Mark Twain's "Whenever I find myself agreeing with the majority, I question my thinking," (paraphrased cause not going to look up exact phrasing) and that about does it in a nutshell.<br /><br />I'm on-again, off-again about EVE Vegas. May go, would _like_ to go, but work may preclude that, despite that being the weekend of my birthday. :-/<br />If I show up, though, you can buy me a birthday round and we'll talk EVE-philosophy as much as ye like. :-)Hong WeiLohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702284760088727892noreply@blogger.com