Out of Pod Experience

And make New Eden a happy meadow where everyone can frolic around and nobody will ever cry

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-04-26-riot-dont-ban-your-players-reform-them

Consider yourself reminded

hey remember to read that tomorrow

I will be the super judge

I take your side on this argument.

The article is marvelous information, and MOBA style games have a special set of behaviors where swearing amongst other things just make it possible to you at most get a ban/account suspensions.

In EVE , the whole mindset is different. We have these "powerblocs" that actually influence each other both INGAME and out of game (The Dreaded Metagame).

Like all institutions that have even a modicum of "power" (power defined as the actual real ability to influence things for your own gain, whatever they may be) we see the same here in EVE. The game is fixed in time and space in a single permanent shard, actions have real influences within the game and even letting your guard down for a bit will turn your dream into molten slag if you build upon the system and reach higher and higher.

Reputation is the only justice system we need. And then, we have people working as sleeper agents posing as reputable entities, worming their way through corporations and alliances. EVE is too much like a Medieval Feudal System to suddenly believe we might evolve into a proto-greek form of Government and justice dispensation.

It is doable though, perhaps in Hi Sec in very well defined spaces or a sudden erosion of the current power base turning us into something like the EVE Online Chinese shard with "friendly" people all over.

But with the ability to grab a "real" piece of "land" and fight for it in all manners possible, the only thing we could do to turn eve into PC Land and Hello Kitty happiness of Justice would be to simply turn everything into Hi Sec, thus ruining the game.

Anyone remembers Chribba´s visit to the Chinese Shard? I dunno the state of the game now, but back then it seemed a vastly different EVE Game, not necessarily better or worst, just a completely different game, with the same set of rules as us here.

I think EVE is by Itself a pretty different monster. What works in other online games can´t necessarily be applied here, and even then it might be completely detrimental to it.

So..now that I read it, although the topic sounded promising, the article is unfortunately a bit of a let down.
They stopped when they reached the point where things started to get interesting.
So how exactly do they modify the behaviour of their players? Considering that a lot of gamers spend a lot of time in those games and are highly motivated to achieve something there, you could almost call it an " ideal therapeutic setting".
The idea to modify behaviour by either altering perception or cognition sounds very reasonable.
Giving it some more thought, games might even be an effective tool to treat trauma, phobias or even some personality disorders.

The future will be bright....or dark.