05-02-2003, 05:28 AM
I still think your subject is a mess.
You have mixed normal bussiness ethics(the stuff i mentioned in my last post) with personal ethics in a virtual world.
1 The bussiness stuff is a non issue. Its no different than subscribing to a cable service or buying a power tool in essence. You would do well to not waste time adressing any of this.
Reread you first post if you will see that this is all you talked about originally.
2 personal ethics ins a virtual world - now this is hearty subject, ripe for examination. A few starter points....
-Should you worry about hurting the real person behind another toon, even if you only deal with them through the game?(not someone you chat about RL with).
-Is it wrong to roleplay a bad person?
- Is it wrong to encourage unhealthy actions in other players? Could doing this effect how they act in RL?
-If you can tell someone spends an unhealthy amount of time playing- should you encourgae them to quite?
Thats just some ideas, I am sure there are many better points to explore too.
You have mixed normal bussiness ethics(the stuff i mentioned in my last post) with personal ethics in a virtual world.
1 The bussiness stuff is a non issue. Its no different than subscribing to a cable service or buying a power tool in essence. You would do well to not waste time adressing any of this.
Reread you first post if you will see that this is all you talked about originally.
2 personal ethics ins a virtual world - now this is hearty subject, ripe for examination. A few starter points....
-Should you worry about hurting the real person behind another toon, even if you only deal with them through the game?(not someone you chat about RL with).
-Is it wrong to roleplay a bad person?
- Is it wrong to encourage unhealthy actions in other players? Could doing this effect how they act in RL?
-If you can tell someone spends an unhealthy amount of time playing- should you encourgae them to quite?
Thats just some ideas, I am sure there are many better points to explore too.