Crime & Punishment

Haven't the hunters and skinners amongst us all met him at some time in our careers?

You killed and podded him, completely deconstructing his carefully-crafted Hard-Man persona, and now he's out to get you.

But not in-game; No way, José! For the internet tough guy nothing less than real-life retribution will soothe his crumpled ego. At least, that's what his meltdown in Local appears to indicate...

I present the second of James 315's portraits in the 'Why They Hate The Code' series. It's a particular favourite of mine - and I hope you'll enjoy it too.

Why They Hate The Code: The Internet Tough Guy

Another 11/10 from Sasha!

Haha! It'd be just my luck to meet the one guy who is what he claims to be, and has the resources to find me too!

But the internet tough guy is always easily identified by his attitude. He's so OTT that he'd have a veritable mountain of air miles under his belt and a dedicated team at Interpol as he travelled the world exacting vengeance on random PvPers and smack-talkers.

It's the silent ones you have to watch out for...

No problem! I've a great deal of respect for submariners - and for those able to reflect on experiences and draw therefrom useful observations.

Alas, my own adventures extend no further than Silent Hunter sessions. I still keep the game in my STEAM library, and turn to it now and again, when I grow weary of the world...

Thanks for your candour.

More code bloated drivel

She lost on the last thread so now she's gotta spew her hate and anti-logic here.

Another great video, long may this series continue!

Will you feature all enemies of The Code?

Yeah, that pretty much sums up how we'd put it.

You know, the game isn't real. But you and I are.

Your actions, my actions, they don't exist in game. They can't. The game isn't real. We both know this. So in the end, what's left are our actions as they pertain to one another.

Would you agree or disagree with that assertation? And why?

Thank you in advance for your time.

I think it gets more into a question of game reality vs real life (yay! Philosophy!)

Whereas: we play within a game's reality (EVE). Our real self interacts with EVE. Therefore you have a bit of RL mechanics, expectations, et al that comes with it.

EVE is also a game like no other in which you can experience very real loss and it can be put into terms of RL monetary terms. To simplify; you spend a week grinding out 1Bil in ISK. That can be monitized in terms of PLEX that runs for about $20.00 in USD. You invest that ISK into a ship. That ship subsequently gets destroyed. You are now out that 1Bil ISK/$20/1 week of work.

The real sense of loss comes in because unlike other games where all of your stuff is still there when you respawn, you do not get all of that back when you come back to life. It is now gone for good and you can quantify it.

It also gets a player into interesting situations of what would we do in game vs what would we do in real life if presented with this situation. In some cases we are scammed, shook down for ISK, charged for mining or exploration permits, or whatever. Part of us says "ain't no way I'd pay that in real life and so I'm not going to pay it in a game." But the thing that people don't realize is that they do pay for similar things in real life. Imagine if you will a group of people who establish a town, build roads, have a police force, and everything. Now they're charging you, say, $10.00 for the privilege of driving your vehicle on their roads. You pay for your license and go on your merry way. If you don't pay, and happen to be pulled over by the police, your car is confiscated and you're walking home. It's not extortion. It's the law of your town, state, providence, region, country, or whatever.