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Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist
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People play video games for all sorts of reasons. One of the reasons is they get to do things in a game that they can't do in real life, because there aren't consequences.
Do you think anybody who plays Grand Theft Auto is a sociopath, because they ran someone over with a car? Of course not, they are doing it in Grand Theft Auto because it allows them to play out fantasies that most people realistically have, without actually hurting people.
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Well I can say most people probably don't have fantasies about running people over and shooting up neighborhoods and use games like GTA to fulfill them.
But they're also not doing it to other players and negatively impacting their own gaming experiences. GTA is about shooting up the AI. There isn't someone on the other end that has to deal with the fact you just ran him over.
A better example would be playing on Everquest red servers. You will see all kinds of sociopathic behavior. Douchebaggery is the name of the game on a red server. It was back in the old days and it still is now. I'm not saying the players are sociopaths (some almost certainly are though lol) but the behavior is. Basically if you can ruin someone's play time on red, you do it. They're camping somewhere out of the way? Kill them. They're kiting in an unpopulated zone like Rathe Mountains? Kill them. They're putting up a good fight? Bring your friends, kill them then laugh and taunt them. Someone asking for help in chat? Taunt them then maybe hunt them down and kill them. Sociopathic all around.