Unfortunately I spent the most of this past week sick. Im still recovering from what I think is a cold or it could possibly be the early signs of the flu, I really hope not. The most unfortunate part of this cold is that I didnt get to go snowboarding last Wednesday as planned; instead i spent my night curled up in bed coughing and sneezing the night away. I spent most of my week jumping from class to class and rushing back home to rest. This is why I disappeared and dont have pictures this week. :-( But throughout this week I kept remembering the days when I was back in middle school and being sick was appealing because even having the slightest cough or sniffle meant you got to miss a day of school. Well now missing a day of class doesnt seem as convenient or appealing as it used too. So I managed to make my way to all of my classes and not really miss lecture time but I really feel like I missed the going above and beyond in my homework and out side of school area.
On a more interesting note: last Thursday in my Game, Simulation, and Society class we spent the a good portion of our 2 and half hour class debating where the line is drawn in cyberspace. More particularly trolling/griefing in online games, what I found interesting was that almost everyone in my class believed that it was a valid and completely understandable thing to do while playing a game. But that the same rules that apply in a game would never apply in person. The social etiquette differs during a real life interation than a virtual one. Some people argued, that as a gamer you have the right to enter an environment with the complete security of people being courteous, the same respect that they would recieve in person. I'm not sure if the majority of the opinions in the class were bias because theres only 2 other girls in the class besides myself. I don't know if I'm stereotyping them but all I know is never use a headset while playing Call of Duty or Halo if youre a girl. Thats one big lesson Ive taken out from my courses.
I was hoping to hear some of your opinions on this topic is. But I guess we could broaden the scope of this question a little more; does social etiquette differ in cyberspace? (i.e. emails, ims, forums and etc.) and how so?
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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Ok, seriously, how do I get in your classes? You talk about griefing? I spend way to much time talking about that already.
I think the biggest difference between online and RL (real life) is the anonymity provided by the internet. When I am playing with my soccer team, as much fun as I think it would be to run around tripping everyone, I won't do it for fear of repraisal. What is the worst thing that can happen if I am annoying shooting my teammates in Halo? Someone yells at me through a headset? I might even see them tomorrow, but they would have no idea it is me. That is my thought.
Also, in college we used to play Halo all the time, but give the mic to our girlfriends, just to listen to the 12 year olds go absolutely crazy about it.
haha. Yea I think you would enjoy our classes. Most gamers do spend most of their post gaming gloating about the trolling :-)
Yea I definitely agree with you but its definitely different when you're playing a game and griefing than when you it is something other than a game.
hahaha they must of really enjoyed that :-P
i think social etiquette should hold regardless of the forum, but i know that people love to hid behind the internet. even though some people don't (because they live to incite anger or rant about people), i always try to act the same on and offline
Feel better, Aula! I'm so impressed with your dedication--didn't miss a single class. Wow!
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