EVE General Discussion

If those in-game actions are allowed within the game then nobody should feel violated, if they do then they shouldn't be playing the game.

If you keep the verbal disagreements in character then there shouldn't be much of a problem. It's when you take them out of character such as referring to real life that you make it personal.

Idk, I fail to see how such a drastic over-reaction to simple words means that there is hope for humanity. Whatever happened to "sticks and stones"?

I mean, unless adding /sarcasm is going to have be a law now, because people can't manage to comprehend it through text.

So if a disabled person bluffs you in a hand of poker you'd go round the table and tip them our of their wheelchair? If not, then why would you get a clinically depressed person to kill themselves if they blew up your pixels?

I completely agree with this on base of game rules and principle. Just trying to point something out to OP. Eve is not for the squemish. If OP is sincerely concerned about depressed and suicidal people then ganking, scamming or whatever is not gonna help their mental stability either. So drawing a line at these words seems a bit hypocritical to me from that perspective. It's a fact that many people will take it personaly what happens to them ingame. So i think either an Eve player in practical terms has to grow a bit of a thick skin or play nice irl and ingame.

the world is a nasty place

and while we can't get rid of nastiness everywhere, it doesn't mean we have to tolerate it in our community.

I've been mean, I've definitely said things on the internet I shouldn't have, and when I've been reprimanded for it I realize my error in hindsight. It's funny how caught up you can get in the internet b.s. if you don't watch yourself.

When you petition people get warned, if they can't learn after that to keep the game in the game and RL in RL, then they will deservingly get banned and the community will be better for it.

I'll go one further. When I was a young kid I was a bully, it wasn't until I got much older that I realized just how *****y that was of me and helped me and thankfully I learned to mature and be a better person to the people around me.
One thing bullies and internet ***** bags don't realize or want to admit to: They have serious problems they need to work out. Until they do they are toxic people and will spread that toxicity.. they'll say it's just good fun, they didn't mean it... it's all b.s.

I think this new generation (at least in my country) that is calling people out for their bullying is a great and under appreciated movement. The more of this that carries into the internet the better. We can be a mean people, but we don't need to be. And we don't need to sterilize our environment, but what we do need is to establish strict boundaries and enforce them.

The internet is a relatively new phenomenon and we are learning more and more that the anonymity and difficulty in interpreting intent and tone in written form ('not sure if srs' type of thing) can lead to a very toxic environment if we don't manage it responsibly


I don't think goonswarm embodies this or anything, but a lot of the grief play they do can sometime get real borderline and there is a part of their community (and many many others) that can't even recognize when they cross over the line. I use them as an example only! They are a diverse group and I don't think the majority of their players represent this. It's just a known stereotype I'm entertaining for an easily related example


so yeah, tl;dr, petition repeatedly until it gets the attention the EULA demands

tell people you want to hunt them down, destroy all their possessions and pod the crap out of them IN GAME. This game IS a game of violent conflict. But it should never go further than the game itself.

anything negative regarding RL simply shouldn't be tolerated.

*And that includes the metagame too, which is a whole other box of mess caused by people with serious personal mental/maturity problems.

No.

There is NEVER an excuse for such implications of real life violence. It's just a video game. Furthermore, all of the things you listed are all permitted by the game's rules, while goading to suicide, which you mentioned in the same breath as though somehow they are equivalent, is a violation.

By that measure alone, no matter what you do to someone in game, nor how far you chase them across the galaxy, they have no excuse to escalate in that manner.

Why should people give a **** about you?

You really need to seek counselling to discuss this issue. Something of this nature is not something posting to GD is going to address. Actually quite the opposite will happen.

Please take a little eve break and clear your head. You don't need to quit but you do need thicker skin. You can get that by talking through your problems with someone who is skilled. And when you do return, perhaps play a new character and avoid those players who have crossed the line.

Take care of yourself and remember this is just a GAME!

and strangle the puppy, do it once a week.

I want to have sexual intercourse but the fat around my penis prevents it, sometimes I consider suicide ganking miners to compensate.