Comments on: It’s only a game

By: Juggertha

Juggertha — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 05:38:35 +0000

I have been gaming for about 8 years now. i enjoy it and play anywhere from 2-40 hours a week. It al depends on my schedule and what else is going on in my life (or with my wife).

For me it is a relatively cheap for of entertainment that lets me explore my imagination in a “digital way”.

I consider myself fairly well-read in a variety of subjects, and for the most part quite athletic. I’m not sure if I fit the mold of the typical gamer out there but maybe that mold isn’t so accurate after all.

By: dda

dda — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 09:29:38 +0000

And Internet access, and… Hmm Pandora’s box anyone?

By: robertneff103

robertneff103 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 07:11:58 +0000

I am surprised that North Korea hasn’t thought of the idea of having hundreds of people manning the computers to destroy the evil nation of the United States through Lineage - imagine making all that money on-line and making Americans pay for it off-line. An example of the stupidity of a market economy - but wait……, they have to have computers to do that - don’t they?

By: dda

dda — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 05:57:23 +0000

the Chinese almost completly dominate the in game economy. If you want something rare, you will probably have to either wait months or buy it from some farmer. They are so organized that have hunting teams, you??ll find a dozen or some completly identical looking scavenger characters hunting in one area accompanied by one or two high level enforcers to drive other players away. It??s crazy!

Sounds like mid-21st century economy. If one wonders what’s gonna happen to the world balance, watch Lineage

By: Jing

Jing — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 05:23:54 +0000

Rude and immoral? Bah! The real complaints about Chinese players stems from economic competition. Many if not most of the Chinese players on the Korean version of Lineage 1 or 2 are simple “farmers”. They are there to create in game wealth, and then sell it for real money. They will go out of their way to make money as efficiently as possible, playing 24/7 with bots and scripts and monopolizing the most desired in game materials. Now of course, this pisses off casual players who constantly run into Chinese run bots that hunt around in a pattern and totally ignore them(since its likely no one is at the computer). Sometimes if someone is actually there, the only words used will be a terse equivalent of get lost. It also pisses off the hardcore players because the Chinese are competition, otherwise they would be the ones monopolizing hunting areas and materials and selling it for money :).

I don’t know if its exactly the same in South Korea, but in the U.S. version of Lineage 2 at least, the Chinese almost completly dominate the in game economy. If you want something rare, you will probably have to either wait months or buy it from some farmer. They are so organized that have hunting teams, you’ll find a dozen or some completly identical looking scavenger characters hunting in one area accompanied by one or two high level enforcers to drive other players away. It’s crazy!

By: robertneff103

robertneff103 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 04:46:59 +0000

Dda,

I agree with you on the language - I have learned a lot of “choice” phrases from my fellow players - it is amazing the role dogs play - even in language. To be honest I am sure that it is the same anywhere you go - and to be honest I have uttered a few curses at some of the Chinese I have encountered in Lineage - I think that the Koreans have some basis of truth to their complaints that the Chinese are rude and “immoral” when it comes to the game play. I think that they obviously have to take in consideration that the Chinese are playing with a disadvantage - the moment they are discovered as Chinese as there is an assassin character nearby - they are killed off.

By: dda

dda — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 03:00:09 +0000

robertneff, about well-mannered Koreans. I agree [within the realm of Warcraft III] to the extent that as long as everybody plays fair, the language level is [un]usually decent. But if one player starts cheating, stealing kills and all, the language flips around 180?, and instead of polite if somewhat abbreviated language, you get abuse the like of which is more appropriate in the mouths of seamen and construction workers. Usually very instructive for the undercover ???????, but still.

Of course, if the cheater is a Chinese or a Japanese, my oh my…

By: robertneff103

robertneff103 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 02:26:11 +0000

Dogbert -

I can’t imagine how you could possibly have not thought of me as “a nerd.” Think about the material that I write, and if that wasn’t enough - just look at my picture - pure 100% nerd material, unfortunately not the same material as Bill Gates

By: dogbert

dogbert — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 00:12:45 +0000

I never would have guessed Neff was such a nerd. Up there in Sparksjam territory almost.

By: Happy Tiger

Happy Tiger — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 19:23:00 +0000

los juegos pc son muy zote