tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447696515875518406.post7096268025928163945..comments2023-05-18T03:56:37.697-04:00Comments on Mirror Shield - Yakra's Reflections on Tanking: What Is Fun?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15933367423903579013noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447696515875518406.post-26129188307008885452009-02-25T17:29:00.000-05:002009-02-25T17:29:00.000-05:00"It's a game.""So is soccer.&qu..."It's a game."<BR/><BR/><BR/>"So is soccer."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hooligans anyone?<BR/><BR/>Everyone takes their hobbies and their pasttimes with a different amount of seriousness. I'm highly competative, highly driven to excell and a analytical person. I like to raid, to raid well, to improve my raiding and to theorycraft about it. That's how I play.<BR/><BR/>If you play differently, I'm more than willing to accept that, but don't come into *my* game and ruin it for me. This is my game. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And Yakra, short-short version "Don't be a dick."<BR/><BR/><3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447696515875518406.post-28725368727240442572009-02-24T11:07:00.000-05:002009-02-24T11:07:00.000-05:00Indeed, people online seem to be rather insensitiv...Indeed, people online seem to be rather insensitive to others. It seems worse for people who are online often, young in age or maturity, and/or play games of a competitive nature. Anonymity is a marvelous thing, ne?<BR/><BR/>"It's a game," is such a lame excuse and cop-out. Anytime there's ever an issue with something one can be sure someone will spout that garble sooner or later. True, it's a game, but it's also a social experiment and this is from whence the issues derive. The game is what it is, but the people in it are an amalgam of self-defeating cowards. Of course, there's always a few rare gems in the bunch. <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648017900593204888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447696515875518406.post-58415609306722824522009-02-20T15:16:00.000-05:002009-02-20T15:16:00.000-05:00The other side of the above is the importance of f...The other side of the above is the importance of finding others who play similarly to you and being honest with yourself and others about what you are looking for in a raid (or guild for that matter).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com