2009-12-04, 06:12 PM
This thread is just a broken record. People who have a moral problem with leeching in an online game, against people who have no problem leeching in an online game because the game company has already said it's ok, but with a warning that you 'wont have as much fun doing it'.
Nearly every person against leeching is against it for a singlular reason. Because they feel it diminishes their leveling accomplishment. The problems start when they avoid this one fact, and start avidly searching for other possible reasons as to why leeching is bad. RL comparisons, economic downfalls, illegitimacy, cheating comparisons, unusable maps. They're all bogus distractions.
Guess what, we're all human. We dont LIKE it when someone gets something with less effort that what we got it for. That's NORMAL. But just because you dont like it, does not make it wrong. Especially in the context of an online game that lets you do it within the scope that the game's rules allow.
The only person who's even had the balls to admit this fact is Grog.
Nearly every person against leeching is against it for a singlular reason. Because they feel it diminishes their leveling accomplishment. The problems start when they avoid this one fact, and start avidly searching for other possible reasons as to why leeching is bad. RL comparisons, economic downfalls, illegitimacy, cheating comparisons, unusable maps. They're all bogus distractions.
Guess what, we're all human. We dont LIKE it when someone gets something with less effort that what we got it for. That's NORMAL. But just because you dont like it, does not make it wrong. Especially in the context of an online game that lets you do it within the scope that the game's rules allow.
The only person who's even had the balls to admit this fact is Grog.
Grog Wrote:You're right, but when I see characters zoom up to level 150~160 in a month, I can't help but grit my teeth at the thought of how long it took me to get up to those levels. Why shouldn't I? It's like one of those typical sitcom scenarios where the dumbass gets the promotion and the hard worker just gives a blank stare.
While I don't care about it much anymore, I used to love seeing my character shoot up through ranks as I trained. Luckily, barely any leechers make it past 15x~16x (I wonder why?), but that's a kick in the balls to anyone within a leecher's level range.