virtual property

Atrocities · #1 July 10th, 2004, 09:03 AM

It is sad but I too know of stories of people become so addicted to EverCrack that they have lost everything including their lives. A guy killed himself after his character was killed by a cheater or something and Sony refused to do anything about it. Tis a sad day when you kill your self over some stupid PC character or personna you have.

Hell Atrocities has been fragged many of times, and I am still here..... only because the gun shot water and not bullets though.

Kamog · #2 July 10th, 2004, 09:47 AM

Wow, I didn't know it was THAT addictive!

That's very sad that for some people, the game has become a form of escape from real life and become more important than their real lives.

It is interesting though that you can make real money by spending time in a game and developing your characters and collecting equipment and treasure.

Gandalf Parker · #3 July 10th, 2004, 03:26 PM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
Sony on line must be loving this. Now they will demand a kick back for every character or item sold on ebay related to EQ and EQ II.

A number of them have made it illegal. StarWars Galaxies put it in the agreement that a player signed, and for a long time did a continual list to Ebay requesting removal of their items.

Atrocities · #4 July 25th, 2004, 08:36 AM

I treid that ST Galaxies game and thought it was utterly stupid. To think that there are literally thousands of people, namely guys, sitting around in their underware or worse, staying up for days on in playing these games, is, well really pathetic.

The longest I think I have ever stayed up to play a game was a game of SEIV, and the only reason I did that was because I was testing a mod and wanted to get as many of the bugs worked out as I could.

People really need to know when to say enough is enough and just walk away from the PC.

Heres a hint, if you have ever lost one of the following because you wouldn't walk away form the computer, then perhaps you should re-evaluate your life.

Your Job,
Your Home,
Your Sanity,
Your significant other,

If you have lost all four, then you are truly hopeless and need to just buy a gun. Oh wait, that came out wrong. I meant for you to buy a gun and SHOOT your PC, not your co-workers, your banker, or self, or your significant other. IF you have those kinds of thoughts, just buy a FPS and get it out of your system before you do venture out of the house. Its really best that way.

Seriously take some time and THINK about what you are doing.... IT JUST A GAME!!!!!!!!

Gandalf Parker · #5 July 25th, 2004, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:

Your Job,
Your Home,
Your Sanity,
Your significant other,

Seriously take some time and THINK about what you are doing.... IT JUST A GAME!!!!!!!!

Ahhh but thats the point. Its becoming virtual reality (the definition of virtual is "almost as good as"). Its becoming more and more possible to GAIN those things thru the game. Either virtually, or actual reality.

In this case, its the idea that it is possible to make real money by selling things you achieved in a game. The fact that its only a virtual item is not important to the supply-and-demand rule. You can get a high level diablo character off of ebay if you would rather pay than make it.

Castle property on Ultima Online used to go for over $1000. With the free shards breaking out the market has dropped abit but houses still can go for hundreds.

Ive been tempted to get back into UO or Diablo and if I do then I owuld have no problem buying a few things with real money to skip the stuff Ive already done.

Curt Pangracs · #6 July 27th, 2004, 01:52 AM

I recently left an Online gaming squad, under "heated" conditions

, and the obsession with Online gaming and just being on the computer was insanely evident. People on this squad are regularly racking-up 100 hours per month on the squad gaming server playing Delta Force: Blackhawk Down, and upwards of 40-50+ hours on the publisher's (Novaworld) servers. I think the most I played in one month was about 20 hours, and that was when I was on vacation and my family was off visiting my in-laws.

To me, this is very scary behavior. These were people who claimed they were a "family", yet most had never met in person. Those that HAD met in person formed a "clique" that eventually took over the squad and used it as their own little playground, ignoring the desires and needs of everyone else on the squad.

Some of these people worked in the computer industry, so had a reason to be Online often, yet others, like this one female, was on constantly DESPITE having a family of 5 kids and a husband. The problem was, the husband either encouraged it or was a cuckold and couldn't do anything about it if he wanted to. Suffice it to say, no matter the circumstances, I pity the kids, who couldn't help but feel that they were secondary to a little electronic box. How emotionally scarring is that?!

Psychologists have a number of theories on the types of personalities drawn to living on the internet, and all agree on one unifying factor,...an inability to have a satisfying and fulfilling REAL life. This is truly a sickness and there are perhaps millions of people who are slipping from a real life into a false reality.

Makes you think, doesn't it?!

[ July 26, 2004, 12:53: Message edited by: Curt Pangracs ]

Gandalf Parker · #7 July 26th, 2004, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by Curt Pangracs:
Some of these people worked in the computer industry, so had a reason to be Online often, yet others, like this one female, was on constantly DESPITE having a family of 5 kids and a husband.

Well I easily spend 62+ hours a week on the net. But then my computer is in the living room so I figure I spend as much time with my family (if not more) than people who sit in front of the tv. Or people who have work out of the house and then a hobby out of the house like gardening or fishing or jogging or a sports fanatic. It can be done wrong of course but then so can anything else.

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Psychologists have a number of theories on the types of personalities drawn to living on the internet, and all agree on one unifying factor,...an inability to have a satisfying and fulfilling REAL life. This is truly a sickness and there are perhaps millions of people who are slipping from a real life into a false reality.

Well we will just have to wait and see what the virtual psychologists say about THAT now wont we?