EVE General Discussion

we disagree when i say we disagree and not before, buddy

You might be surprised how many people with Ph.D.'s have no idea what they're talking about. Look up the term diploma mill.

While it may not be a peer review paper, it is certainly reasonable to say that someone with the educational back ground and years experience would know what they are talking about (more so than anyone here) even if just a blog by such an expert. You'd probably have a hard time finding a peer reviewed paper about emotional investments within video games.

The article may be about the benefits of giving and receiving, it does tie it in with emotional investment which does well to shed some light on what it means to be emotionally invested. As a simple act of giving/receiving between you and a stranger would be certainly something some individuals would see as not having anything to do with emotional investment based on their current arguments when the truth of the matter is that it does.

This is because in order for something to trigger an emotion in you (whether it's joy, happiness, anger, frustration, etc.) , it requires emotional investment.

However, it looks as though people are confused and want to equate emotional investment with emotional attachment.

It's possible to be emotionally invested without becoming emotionally attached.

Unfortunately it isn't peer review is there for a reason. It also is sourced poorly; so again I gave you a source that is free now go bring us back something interesting.

the article doesn't say this

and if this line of conversation is only about bloody semantics then i will become very emotional in the thread

i fear benny you may become very emotional in the thread

^^
also has difficulty disassociating real world emotional value responses from digital actions.
its a role (really important word that),
its make believe internet spaceship pixels,
it is in no way a reflection of anything other than how i play make believe internet spaceship pixels.

i should have known better than to allow myself to become emotionally invested in a forum thread

just another justification for YOUR actions, or a split personality disorder. You are who you are or playing at being something your not, either way the pixels are under YOUR control and only do what YOU tell them to do. Which hopefully involve a thought process. That should include, is this action I'm about to take right or wrong.

*pinches nose*

are you familiar with any of these concepts?

Role Play

Role-playing refers to the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the Oxford English Dictionary offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role", in the field of psychology, the term is used more loosely in four senses:

To refer to the playing of roles generally such as in a theatre, or educational setting;

To refer to taking a role of an existing character or person and acting it out with a partner taking someone else's role, often involving different genres of practice;
To refer to a wide range of games including role-playing video game, play-by-mail games and more;
To refer specifically to role-playing games.[2]

Acting

Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play.


make believe

Make believe is a loosely structured form of role-playing that generally has no rules except to stay in character, and requires no specific props. It is normally restricted to young, pre-pubescent children, and aside from its straightforward purpose of fun can sometimes also serve the purpose of allowing children to explore adult roles and relationships. Make believe play can reveal a great deal about a child's psychological state, perception of gender roles, home life and interpretation of the world that is around them.

if not , you should probably remedy that.