Why the Pocket D Stigma?

With my last post being my last post I'm going to call this one the true last post.. Wait, what?

Anyway, after I post this I'm falling out of the conversation. Frankly I can't motivate myself to actually care or argue with people about this subject. Everyone has their own opinion and frankly more often than not people voice their opinions on the internet as absolute fact, frankly I just can't be bothered with that sort of crap.

Oh sure, I'll be flamed pulling out like this 'Oh she didn't have a tough enough skin', 'this proves we're right' blah blah blah ego stroke low self esteem +2 level up but to be honest I'd rather be flamed and pull out with some dignity than to sit here and argue for days on end about something that doesn't matter.

You know the end result of this entire thread? It will accomplish nothing, people will sit here, argue and flame each other for a while looking like total tards in the process ( Yes, even I look like a total tard for allowing myself to be drawn into this drama ) and eventually the thread will die away to make way for a new one. No ones opinions will be changed, nothing will be different and people will go on doing, thinking and saying what they want. As a general rule from now on I think I'm going to just avoid having my say all together as it's more a headache than it's worth arguing with people who are clearly just so much more superior and god-like than myself and who are so unimaginably enlightened I could never hope to even comprehend their intellects.

Enjoy your net fights, kids. Remember. It's serious business.

Ahh, accusations of pedorasty. It's just like I'm reading a red-top British newspaper.

For some reason i can't stop thinking about Tom from the Boondocks when he goes on about his phobia

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Heroes and Heroines;

This discussion is getting out of hand and took a left turn so way before Albequerque that it's not even funny. The original question was "Why the Pocket D Stigma?" not a moral debate on whether there should be Erotic (Mature) Role-Playing in this game and it's ramifications. (I believe there's a thread located elsewhere in this forum)

If you find this kind of behavior going on and it offends you, report it. Let the Devs sort out whether its between two consenting adults or between an adult and a child and let them get the cops in on this. Don't make a big issue about it, don't brag or ZOMG about it. Report it and go about your business.

That's all that I'm going to say on that debate. However, I back Shecky on his soapbox. There is more to fear outside the game than inside the game. It comes down to two things; electronic communications and responsibility.

Now I hope you'll pardon me for stepping on my own soapbox here as I add to Shecky's comments and I apologize if I ramble a bit;

As a child of the 60s, the Internet to me was something you saw only on Star Trek and other sci-fi shows. Television was one of my forms of entertainment. Fortunately, I was wise enough to find entertainment in reading, playing baseball, that kind of stuff.

Electronic communications have become so invasive that I'm surprised we're not picking it up in our fillings. It's a part of our daily lives; on TV, on the radio, the Internet, our phones. Communications between two people is literally near-instaneous around the globe. I can write my cousin in Norway by email and receive a response not long after if he's monitoring his email the time I send it. Even so, I'd get a response in a day or so otherwise. Sending a letter used to take a week to get to Norway. I can only imagine how long it would take to get to countries further away. You can't get away from it unless you move waayyy up to the top of the backwoods somewhere and live like a frontiersman back in the 1800s.

On cable TV (and other forms), you can watch literally nearly any subject should you choose to do so. I fear for my grandkids as they become more jaded. Heck, my 3 year old granddaughter is already watching "Friday the 13th" movies. I can only shake my head and wonder what will really freak her out when she gets older.

It's far too easy to use the television as the "ultimate babysitter" unfortunately. Mom and Dad are too busy (for all that it implies) to watch 'the kid(s)' and don't take an active enough role in their kids' lives so the kids are exposed to all kinds of stuff that would probably shock Mom and Dad clear down to their toes. Then they wonder what happened when their kid goes off the deep end or whey the kid is so jaded when they see something that would have shocked their parents.

For our own part, we're just as responsible for our own behavior, whether in the game our out of the game. Some people know that in regular society they can't get away with certain behaviors they can in-game. Yet, certain in-game behavior will lead you to being /ignored and where will your fun be at that point? When you're ignored, you're not really having any fun, are you?

For the rest of us, we can only be on-guard for that. Fortunately, the Virtue server folks are mature enough to be ready for that sort of thing and deal with the idiots swiftly. This is one reason that I stay with CoX and the Virtue server. When it comes down to it - even when we play redside - we stand together.

"The Internet is for p**n" as the song goes, but it's up to us to find other avenues of escape. Like kids, we need to get outside and away from our computers and electronic mind suckers and rejuvenate, even if it's just a walk to the store and back.

By all means, I'm not saying that we should stop with our technological advancement. In some ways, I wish we could because frankly, I don't think as a society we're ready for it. However, it's here and further advances are coming. We can only ensure that we are aware of it and can distinguish reality from fantasy and help others do the same. If you are a parent, please help your kids know the difference and take an active role in their lives. If you yourself have issues with reality, please see a professional and get help.

In conclusion; enjoy the game, but get out of the cabin once in a while and discover "what's outside" too. Take a friend along. You'll have fun. :-)

Heehee...
1st, right on Shecky!

2nd Am I a "tard" for not getting into the "morale" debate and suggesting we should have a diner to RP in?

5th... (3, sir, 3!)

3rd Protect your children, but run the risk of them turning out like Sorah!


*hugs* (Completely innocent platonic hugs, that is)

The biggest problem in the D are the trolls. Namely, the ones that like to pretend that heals are more important than buffs. There's an argument every day about it.

My biggest problem with the D is the music.

I really need to set up Splasher and put something else in there.

Personally, I think the biggest problem with Pocket D is the same as the biggest problem with any RP population ever: 99.99999% of them will actually be the superpowerful demonic lord of evil who's actually powerful enough to tie Lord Recluse up and use him as a yo-yo.

And they invariably act like douchebags.