EVE General Discussion

With all the crazy laws being passed in various countries. What would the ramifications be if noone's real identity could remain hidden? Kinda like China already, but to a greater extent.

Would most Eve players remain sadistic psychos or would their attitudes and playstyles change? Would you still gank and pod that helpless miner knowing he could very well track you down in real life?

How much of a difference would it make in the Eve universe knowing (PlayerX) is really John Doe? How many players would continue to actually play? Would it mean the death of Eve as we know it or merely an evolution to a nicer universe?

Accountability and social pressure are huge forces in shaping personal behavior.

So you think forcing people to use their real names would make for a nicer community?

I see someone has not spent so much as 5 seconds on Facebook.

Not at all. Just wondering others opinions.

What is this "Facebook" thing you speak of?

I don't think it would change anything. Tbh it's a game. If someone was angry enough at what is happening in game to do something in real life to the person that annoyed them. Then they have some issues to sort through.

He didn't assert that. He asked a question. I see someone just cannot stop distorting things.

Well now, let's see. What this question clearly pre-supposes are consequences for doing something online that someone doesn't like.

Now let's assume that Player A - the non-sociopath has said or done something that makes he and Player B - the sociopath in antagonism.

Which player is at greater risk of something really unpleasant happening to him in real life, do you think? The normal person or the dead-eyed sadistic nutbar?

Oh I know, let's obviate this unpleasant train of thought by maybe not thoughtlessly advocating vigiliante justice, maybe?

You pose an interesting idea, I guess. Once, during a basketball game, I threw an elbow on a guy that broke his glasses in two across his face. Sure, I was charged with a foul, then a technical foul. The guy was more shocked than mad. In fact, my mom was the maddest person in the crowd over that. She started yelling at me and the entire gym fell silent. Spooky. But, only one of many such incidents in a long set of years playing various sports. Why mention it?

Well, I figure the guy probably had every right to drive over to my house call me out on the front porch and punch me in the nose. Had he done that, or tried, I wouldn't have been shocked. Even though we lived just a few miles apart, the thought never entered the guy's mind. Never entered mine either. I didn't sit in the house tremblin' that this power forward was comin' for me. I think it'd be stupid to think so. What was done on the court, stayed on the court...or field...diamond...

Maybe if I'd taken a pistol out there and shot him. Or, had some of my friends mug him on the way to the locker room at half time, that'd be a different story. Thing was, nobody ever thought like that, either. The game is the game. Off the field is off the field. The two don't mix. I guess you're askin' if that's true for EVE. It would be for me. Other players? Probably not. See, there's not a lot of sportsmanship in EVE. There's not a lot of discipline, and really (face it), EVE has become something any fool can do. Ask them. They're all over the place now.

I look at it like, in this world of random violence and crime, my home security has to be at a certain level not to be a fool myself. If anyone comes to my door uninvited, that's what they'd be looking at. In all likelihood, it's not something a rational person would want to be looking at. If anyone's that dumb...well, there you go. I'd recommend EVE players follow a general rule of thumb in life itself. Don't go knockin' on a door if you don't know what's behind it. Some surprises are not fun.

nothing would change. if you want to harass me IRL for what i do in game, there's a solution for that.

besides, lack of anonymity would work both ways.

I know where your coming from lol. I too live in one of those states where "gun control" means "hold it with 2 hands, you're more accurate that way" :) .

And sure, we know there are people online who can't separate in game from out. We see it every day on these forums.

But i think some people have it backwards. The game might be nicer, but it wouldn't be because the predators went way, it would be because the prey wouldn't come at all. IMO it's really the so called "nice guy" gamers that need and use the anonymity of the internet, the so called sociopaths don't give a flying flip if someone knows who they are or not.

IMO it's why you don't see very many self identified high sec player or carebears running for the CSM (for example) while the same CSM is stocked with "griefiers" and members of the legendary and all powerful Null Sec Cartels (lol) who give their real names out as a condition of running.

So yea, EVE would be nicer is people had to use their real identities because the only people left would be the kinds who wouldn't be some incredibly oversensitive to imaginary losses that 'griefing' would be pointless.