Nothing short of terrible

[ZeaLitY]

I would tend to agree. It seems a little callow, like board game players lining up all the Monopoly pieces on a game board in a ritualistic fashion to honor someone who died. But I can't quite pin down the principal reason driving my argument...Maybe it just comes from my stance that MMORPGs are adverse.

It's not that they were trying to communicate sorrow and respect; rather, they were trying to hold a formal ceremony in a game. Again, I can't find a foundation for this belief...something about an "online funeral" doesn't seem right, but I can't nail it down.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Did the opposing guild know the person ACTUALLY died?

[GreenGannon]

A funeral is a funeral regardless of the medium in which it is held. It was a way of honoring the person's memory in the best way they knew how. Logic may not have been followed to the potential it should have, but death is hardly ever followed by an increase in logical thinking.

Besides, on the logic that people shouldn't take WoW seriously because it's just a game for fun, I have to cast a glance at this very website. After all, the same argument has been made about the Compendium before.

[Sentenal]

Having funeral on a game is ridiculous.  They are making a game more than a game.  That's a fact.

The difference about a website is that its purpose.  This website's purpose isn't entertainment.  It's to inform people.  The style is supposed to be professional.  Its also intelectual property.

[Burning Zeppelin]

WoW I believe aims to be more than a game, it aims to be a sort of "virtual other life" to live out your fantasies as someone else, rather than being yourself and doing other stuff aka Second Life.

[GreenGannon]

They are making a game more than a game.  That's a fact.

True. This, however

Having funeral on a game is ridiculous.

is opinion.

As long as we're talking about facts, another fact is that no matter how long we try and keep this up, neither is going to give in. You say they were being idiots, I say they were doing nothing wrong. Any conclusions we reach is merely subjective, and therefore would be difficult, if not impossible to change.

So is there a point to the debate?

[Burning Zeppelin]

Yeah. Breaking GreenGannon

[Durakken]

The difference about a website is that its purpose.  This website's purpose isn't entertainment.  It's to inform people.  The style is supposed to be professional.  Its also intelectual property.

Inform people of what? the game's intricate story and in game physics that shouldn't matter at all. A game is meant to be entertaining. If it's not then it's not doing it's job. A website about a game is to inform fans about the game to further their entertainment of the game.

MMOs will eventually become more or less part of life as time goes on. It'll be a necesity for space travel to be able to play and explore in virtual worlds while traveling vast distances resonably.

[GreenGannon]

Yeah. Breaking GreenGannon

Heh, don't hold your breath. I can be as stubborn as a mule when I want to be.

[ZeaLitY]

That concept is shocking to me. Why would you want to have some virtual "other" life? Reality not cutting it? You should shape reality into a dream, not vainly try to make dreams your reality.

[Sentenal]

WoW I believe aims to be more than a game, it aims to be a sort of "virtual other life" to live out your fantasies as someone else, rather than being yourself and doing other stuff aka Second Life.

Which is a bad thing.

Inform people of what? the game's intricate story and in game physics that shouldn't matter at all. A game is meant to be entertaining. If it's not then it's not doing it's job. A website about a game is to inform fans about the game to further their entertainment of the game.

MMOs will eventually become more or less part of life as time goes on. It'll be a necesity for space travel to be able to play and explore in virtual worlds while traveling vast distances resonably.

I'm thinking you didn't read what I said right...  Lets read agian: "The difference about a website is that its purpose. This website's purpose isn't entertainment. It's to inform people."  This was in response to the arguement about websites shouldn't be taken seriously if WoW isn't taken seriously.

Recreational MMORPGs will NEVER become part of life.  Don't fool yourself otherwise.

[GreenGannon]

Which is a bad thing.

Not wholly true. As an aspiring actor, it's a rather helpful exercise.

[Sentenal]

Which is a bad thing.

Not wholly true. As an aspiring actor, it's a rather helpful exercise.

You would rather say "To hell with Real Life, I'd rather exist in a virtual one"?  If so, thats sad.

[GreenGannon]

When did I ever say "To hell with real life"? Oh wait, I didn't.

[Sentenal]

I said that people living a "Second Life", as you put it, in a video game is a bad thing.  Then you said, "Not wholly true", meaning, that people saying to hell with their real life and trying to live via their "Second Life" is not a bad thing.