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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: lcs on Wed, 30 October 2013, 21:15:49
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Have you ever played an online game, and you felt like someone was
treating you like you were just an accessory to his playing? If yes,
you have found someone with a decease fairly common in the internet
world today. The 1st player syndrome.
What are the symptons of such mind numbing disase? Only one: the
afflicted believe he is the hero of the game and everybody else is a
dumb NPC.
Everything you do has to provide him some benefit. Every mistake you
make, every step you take, he'll be watching you. And if not to his
pleasing, he'll yell at you. "Uninstall, you piece of trash", he'll
say. When he dies, it's game over. You lost.
You see, to him, it's not a team game. It's a him with NPCs against
other NPCs.
If something good happens, clearly it is his achievment. He is the
hero after all. If something bad happens, it is never his fault. The
hero doesn't make mistakes. He saves the world, wins the game. He
cannot be just a stupid arrogant jerk.
Are you one the many infected with it? How many of them have you met?
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What you just did is describe a huge part of the LoL/Dota playerbase.
Although you'll see selfishness in most co-op games really.
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The only online game I play is DotA, so it is my "main study" :P
But true enough :( Lots of those :(
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I've never seen this........
Are you sure it's not just younger children who do not understand that some of the internet is "real people"
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I've never seen this........
Are you sure it's not just younger children who do not understand that some of the internet is "real people"
Can be. That could be one the causes.
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Yep, played a bit of LoL and DoTA and all you see is bad players thinking they're good. Nothing is their fault, always someone else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Although different from your original point, it pretty much ties in with it.
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Yep, played a bit of LoL and DoTA and all you see is bad players thinking they're good. Nothing is their fault, always someone else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Although different from your original point, it pretty much ties in with it.
Wow, that is very interesting! Thanks for the link.