[MUD-Dev] Interesting EQ rant (very long quote)

[Travis Nixon]

Tamzen Cannoy wrote:

> The main thing I've come up with about grief players is that they do
> not care about the person on the other end of the line. At all. I've
> had them tell me explicitly they don't believe the other person
> really exists. That if it's on the computer it's not real. They have
> no connection in their brains that let them understand or empathize
> that their actions bother other people, make them mad, upset
> them. Or oppositely, they are plain evil and know that and delight
> in it. The kinds of people who trip nerdy kids, break their
> fingers/glasses/possessions.

> Frankly more and more I think it is a societal problem in that
> people don't learn how to behave appropriately around other people.

Actually, the most common thing I've heard come from grief players'
mouths to justify their actions is: "It's just a game.  Quit taking it
so seriously."

Which I personally do not buy, of course. :)

I've never heard anybody try to claim the other person doesn't exist
though, which is obviously a silly claim from the outset.


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