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Originally posted by Absynthe:
Interesting parallels there, MagiK.
I am all for peaceful and nonviolent resolution of conflict whenever that is possible. The best approach is to try and live your life, or govern your nation, in such a way as to avoid creating conflict in the first place. However, there are situations that cannot be resolved peacefully, and in those cases, it is necessary to determine the desired outcome and prosecute the action with the smallest possible number of total casualties.
I don't see how this relates to the playing of games, however. CRPG's or PNP RPG's are constructs built around puzzle-solving and conflict resolution. These stories are made to have certain elements to be used as plot devices for the resolution of the tale, most often weapons and magic. The choices are nearly infinite, as the consequences have no more reality than the game itself. People often use this an outlet to explore the choices they would not make in their real life, as their are no real consequences.
To equate the actions taken in a fantasy drama setting as being concomitant with the actions taken in real life is to create a false comparison. The moral and ethical questions and their resolutions are created and resolved in two different and separate spheres, although one, the fantasy game world, is contained within the other.
People who are unable to distinguish the difference between fantasy and reality are considered to be un-sane by society. The distinction comes when one tries to impose or enact the rules which govern the fantasy sphere upon the real world. Clearly, this sort of activity can range from benign eccentricity to absolute sociopathy.
Not to insult anyones' intelligence here, but I would like to note that the attributes of a mental construct such as a fantasy world are also applicable to religious beliefs, political beliefs, a social order, or any other mental construct.
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Im confused (no big revelation there) Are you saying you don't know that CRPG's while having a story line and some puzzles, actually make the violent destruction of virtual beings the only way to really advance your character? If you have played any of the current crop of CRPG's I think you had to have "virtually" participated in the destruction of many hundreds or even thousands of virtual beings and this in the fantasy setting constitutes violence. Or do you pose that virtual violence is not violence at all?
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