Comments on: News Flash: Griefing People Makes Them Angry

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:05:10 +0000

I agree with you on this.

When I read the article I was laughing with his tactics but then thought how lame for him to judge people on behavior that he intentionally created.

Wonderful that its now an academic paper that is out there to be misused by more academic idiots.

Lookup “fansy the bard” from eq for a bit less serious take on this stuff.

By: WaywardZ

WaywardZ — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:23:13 +0000

@HHH,
Ah, but he was teleporting said villains into a 100% no win situation. Exploiting the game mechanics to do so. Even if this is “as intended” it is no less a dick move, and hence griefing.

By: HHH

HHH — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:14:54 +0000

Wait, when I read it, he was playing it the way as the game intended, heroes fighting villians. He wasn’t griefing.

By: slicedlime

slicedlime — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:06:25 +0000

Well that’s somewhat besides the point, isn’t it? He knowingly broke social rules in a way he would never dream of doing in a different context, and draws conclusions about the way people then acted as if the social ruleset didn’t exist just because he chose to ignore them.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:32:01 +0000

Blocking the subway doors is against rules; it’s obstructing an exit, which you are clearly instructed not to do. Even entering the train before others exit is codified.

You ever think that you may take your video games too seriously? If a spawncamp will actually ruin your whole day, you have a serious problem.

Also, in an FPS you can go on a server where the rules state “no spawn camping”, “no setup killing”, et c.

Similarly, there are PvE realms in WoW where people can escape being murdered indiscriminately.

While his general conclusion is pretty intuitive, the actual experience and insights of being that outcast for that period of time is surely enlightening—for him if not for us.

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:15:18 +0000

Hehe, so that IS what you were looking for! And I note with some amount of wry amusement that the comic was in circulation about three years before the study began….