tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271734523991693494.post879935058090670652..comments2023-11-03T05:35:01.800-07:00Comments on The Beginnings Of Piracy: Jita Local - Best Local!Mail Litehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614367140938441245noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271734523991693494.post-61232225288505873782014-03-28T13:17:43.868-07:002014-03-28T13:17:43.868-07:00Ok Logan you are correct about the 'RL' si...Ok Logan you are correct about the 'RL' side of it so i will conceed on that point. However It was GREED that made the mark give all his stuff to the person running the scam, it was GREED that made the person sit there and be ridiculed, it was GREED that made him stay there for 2 hours and it was GREED that made him do the stupid activities.Mail Litehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614367140938441245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271734523991693494.post-46516055582919949422014-03-26T11:29:36.730-07:002014-03-26T11:29:36.730-07:00Not that I agree with Ripard 100 percent, but &quo...Not that I agree with Ripard 100 percent, but "in the real world" there are functions/laws/socially acceptable norms that protect the morons/gullible. Namely in this case fraud prevention, that is just not in place inside of Eve. So if I did give you all my money with the promise from you that you would double it, and you instead took it and ran, you would/could be arrested for fraud (unless you are super rich and steal 100's of other people's money and disappear, but that's a discussion for another time.)<br /><br />"IRL" there are also other preventers keeping people from doing this kind of thing, however there are still instances of this taking place "in the wild, namely nigerian prince money scams, phishing emails, the list goes on and is as old and older than jita scams which are usually just mimics of real world grifts with eve money as the prize.<br /><br />The real shame of this story is the continued torture of the "mark" after he is lightened his money. Obviously the mark (target, angry dude, whatever you call him) "dude" isn't going to be happy about having his items held hostage, and will be willing to do quite a lot (apparently) to get it back. I think that the level that this was taken is a little bit sick or at the very least above and beyond. Yes, he(the scammed mark) could have walked away from all his in-game possessions and called it a lesson learnt, and quit or whatever. <br /><br />We both know human nature isn't exactly to just walk away from that situation and lose all those assets. The scammer here continued to antagonize the mark even AFTER he had all the marks assets in hand. The clear goal of this particular Bonus room isn't the money, but is the reaction from the mark. A reaction he obviously got in spades here, but the question whose answer we must differ on is, "is it acceptable, normal or allowable for someone to antagonize another player/person to this level." My answer here is No, it's not, to me, acceptable. Maybe that's just because I don't like people I will label as "bullies".<br /><br />This goes beyond just the attitude in-game of the scammer, clearly in cases like this it is reflective of the person sitting in the chair's attitude to their fellows both in game and outside of it. These people have to think that it's okay to antagonize people in this matter. If you think thats all hunky dory, then hey, we just differ on our outlooks on this topic.Logan Fyreitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020193253139376508noreply@blogger.com