Crime

[Garris Shrike]

Yep. Try it like crime in real life

[h34th]

A game is a simulation. If the simulation were 100% accurate, then it would be reality. Picking on the simulation for not matching reality 100% is flawed, annoying and reactionary. There will be endless details that one can pick at forever to cause consternation and disruption in others. Some characters have mastered this tactic.

[Garris Shrike]

That sums it up. generally speaking, crime is crime no matter the setting though.

[zanzibar]

Yep. Try it like crime in real life

Have you visited youtube lately?  Chances are you were stealing....

A game is a simulation. If the simulation were 100% accurate, then it would be reality. Picking on the simulation for not matching reality 100% is flawed, annoying and reactionary. There will be endless details that one can pick at forever to cause consternation and disruption in others. Some characters have mastered this tactic.

It wouldn't be reality, because your actions in a game don't have consequences to your real life.  Even if all the dynamics are realistic, the dynamics are defined by the separate and escapist nature of the activity.  People behave differently because of it.

That sums it up. generally speaking, crime is crime no matter the setting though.

Is it really?  Even in the real world, not all crimes are equal, and not all criminals are equal.

[h34th]

Quote from: h34th on November 13, 2008, 09:44:19 AM

A game is a simulation. If the simulation were 100% accurate, then it would be reality. Picking on the simulation for not matching reality 100% is flawed, annoying and reactionary. There will be endless details that one can pick at forever to cause consternation and disruption in others. Some characters have mastered this tactic.

It wouldn't be reality, because your actions in a game don't have consequences to your real life.  Even if all the dynamics are realistic, the dynamics are defined by the separate and escapist nature of the activity.  People behave differently because of it

Exactly, that would be one point where it would not be 100% accurate. A perfect simulation is the thing that is being simulated itself. All simulations can only hope to achieve at most 99% accuracy of whatever they are simulating.

[Garris Shrike]

Quote from: h34th on November 13, 2008, 09:44:19 AM

A game is a simulation. If the simulation were 100% accurate, then it would be reality. Picking on the simulation for not matching reality 100% is flawed, annoying and reactionary. There will be endless details that one can pick at forever to cause consternation and disruption in others. Some characters have mastered this tactic.

It wouldn't be reality, because your actions in a game don't have consequences to your real life.  Even if all the dynamics are realistic, the dynamics are defined by the separate and escapist nature of the activity.  People behave differently because of it

Exactly, that would be one point where it would not be 100% accurate. A perfect simulation is the thing that is being simulated itself. All simulations can only hope to achieve at most 99% accuracy of whatever they are simulating.

well not totally.
It's all judgement based.