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You know, whats ironic about our virtual lives!?
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Originally Posted by Lawnmower
Even though virtual life is for many supposed to be an scape goat from real life, the horrifying truths and rules of real life seems to echo within the dark depths of cyberspace, where somewhere, my characters data is stored on servers that Anet can choose to close at any point, and thus ending my life.
A big fantasy for me, has always been the desire to have an online game, that will never die out. A game that will always be played and populated by other people. My flesh is erelic. I will eventually die, and maggots will feast on me... But my hopes was to that my characters would live on. That dream has been shattered with GW. GW2 is on the way. Exactly how long is GW1 supposed to manage itself... I wanted my virtual character to be there forever. Alive. Virtual characters are amazing. they dont have the turmoil and crappy things that sucks about real life. they dont decay. they dont physically age. they dont grow old, and are not left to die on a hospital bed with tubes in and out of their bodies while they look pathethic and helpless only being kept alive by a grey medical device that pumps air into your body, so you wont choke on the nutrition that is being entered into you from a feeding tube. Im weak, fat and slobby and slow in real life. my virtual character is tall, beautiful and strong. but now that character will die, and the world around it will die. What some of you people dont seem to get, is that while the game might still have servers running, everyone will play GW2 instead! Just like with Diablo 1 and 2! When diablo 2 came out, Diablo 1 died. And thats it... Its over for guild wars. it was all for nothing. I wanted to live forever through my characters. I dont care if you think thats pathethic, because thats what I wanted to! |
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Originally Posted by Lawnmower
A question: Can the internet crash? Is it possible to disable the entire internet?
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Probably. Atleast for the Americas.
Do you remember when that FIOS pipeline was severed in New York a couple of years back? That crippled the internet like 5 states on the eastern shoreline.
And that brownout for that hosting company a couple of months ago that had hundreds of sites go down when their backup power failed.
Also, that incident a few weeks back with that data center's FIOS pipe was severed with a shotgun(or was it a shovel?). WoW players were up in arms that day since it caused a lot of grief for them.
Even if GW agreed to keep it up "forever". I cannot imagine in 500 years, 1000 years, 1 million years that servers, computers, electricity, earth would exist in any fashion that would allow a game to continue.
How long did you want your immortal toon to exist? Since no one would be playing it and it would not be around in any instance with people to see it after you die anyway, it still is only comforting to yourself in your own head.
I guess, I can only state, yes you are correct it will not continue forever. I am sorry you feel sad. If you cannot come to grips with it you will just have to endure the pain.
How long did you want your immortal toon to exist? Since no one would be playing it and it would not be around in any instance with people to see it after you die anyway, it still is only comforting to yourself in your own head.
I guess, I can only state, yes you are correct it will not continue forever. I am sorry you feel sad. If you cannot come to grips with it you will just have to endure the pain.
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Originally Posted by Zinger314
On second thought, you might be beyond psychiatric help.
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Ever tried it?
No one lives forever, virtual or non virtual.
All lives will end at some point, all memories forgotten, all of our past erased, all of our accomplishments vanished. If it has a beginning, it has an end. and in the end, there is only void.
Does that mean that everything in between is meaningless? We don't live our lives for someone else, we don't accomplish things to please others. What we do in life, we do for ourselves. This is the one life we have, the one chance we get, make the most of it for yourself... because in the end, it's better to remember what we did, than to regret what we didn't do.
enjoy yourself, have fun.
All lives will end at some point, all memories forgotten, all of our past erased, all of our accomplishments vanished. If it has a beginning, it has an end. and in the end, there is only void.
Does that mean that everything in between is meaningless? We don't live our lives for someone else, we don't accomplish things to please others. What we do in life, we do for ourselves. This is the one life we have, the one chance we get, make the most of it for yourself... because in the end, it's better to remember what we did, than to regret what we didn't do.
enjoy yourself, have fun.
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I claim the universe as my memorial 
This is why they can't: remember Diablo 2 Open Battle.net and the ZonFire99 editor? If not, this is what happened: character editing. Stats, inventory, etc. If people could have their Guild Wars characters on their own computers, everyone in pre-searing would wander around with obsidian armor, every title maxed, their attributes set to 20, a Divine Aura, a skill bar full of elite skills from several professions, invincibility, etc.
No, but the server your character is on could get wiped, fried, hacked, etc., and your data is lost just as surely as if you were hit directly by a nuclear bomb.
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Originally Posted by Lawnmower
Why cant they just let us download the game and our characters and let us host our own servers?
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Originally Posted by Lawnmower
A question: Can the internet crash? Is it possible to disable the entire internet?
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Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk
This is why they can't: remember Diablo 2 Open Battle.net and the ZonFire99 editor? If not, this is what happened: character editing. Stats, inventory, etc. If people could have their Guild Wars characters on their own computers, everyone in pre-searing would wander around with obsidian armor, every title maxed, their attributes set to 20, a Divine Aura, a skill bar full of elite skills from several professions, invincibility, etc.
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I admit I don't live the best life. Actually, ever since I moved out of my parents house, life has pretty much sucked. And yes, I play video games to escape from reality, if only for a tiny bit. And yes, Guild Wars is an amazing time sink.
But there's no way in hell I'll ever compare Guild Wars, or any other game, even the Sims, to real life. Games are cold, manufactured parodies of whatever the topic is, even if it's meant to be realistic and portrayed in a believable manner. There is far more beauty in real life that the original poster apparently misses.
Explore your surroundings and think about life. Where do you want to be? Damned be your online character and damned be your entire video game collection. Damned be your entire online existence, for true life comes from real life experiences.
Instead of wishing for a game that goes on forever, set a goal for yourself to become a more active person.
But there's no way in hell I'll ever compare Guild Wars, or any other game, even the Sims, to real life. Games are cold, manufactured parodies of whatever the topic is, even if it's meant to be realistic and portrayed in a believable manner. There is far more beauty in real life that the original poster apparently misses.
Explore your surroundings and think about life. Where do you want to be? Damned be your online character and damned be your entire video game collection. Damned be your entire online existence, for true life comes from real life experiences.
Instead of wishing for a game that goes on forever, set a goal for yourself to become a more active person.
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Originally Posted by Lawnmower
A question: Can the internet crash? Is it possible to disable the entire internet?
The thing is that I dont know what to leave behind when I die... I like my character in GW because it represents myself, is cool, i made a lot of friends with that character, it looks really epic and timeless with a big sword and shield... its just these things not used in our current world. I cant see how I would be able to shape myself or have any physical things in RL that where as cool. i dont have any or have seen any tangible objects I could put in a stainless steel glass cage. Im atheist. I dont believe in heaven and hell. from earth we have come. from earth we will become. I just want something of me to stay. something that is mine that none can touch with. my GW characters could be that. its mine, i made it, i shaped the characters history. only i know the password. and if people would continue to play the world it would be like(in theory) that my character was still alive and well in the everlasting wars in GW... long after i am physically dead. The character would be all that survives me. You see what I mean? |
In a word: huh????
So you want your character to forever exist in a thriving Guild Wars 1 community? Do you mean for the rest of human existence or literally forever?
First, how would your character be known/seen after you die in RL? Would you entrust someone with your account to upkeep your character or at least make random appearances in-game?
Second, you do realize that nothing will last forever... no monument, no stone, not even a digital 0 or 1, right? ...That our world will eventually cease to exist? That our sun will eventually die? And that even if humans manage to avoid WW3 and make the move to a different solar system, space will eventually contract back on itself? (Which would most certainly "disable the entire internet")
You're putting beyond way too much importance on this game. It is only that: a game, a hobby, and at most a fantasy. It's not a memorial, and like everything else that has ever existed, now exists, or will exist, it will someday come to an end, one way or another.
Now, do I want GW1 to die? No, of course not. But GW2 will eventually come out, and I will be there, ready for new experiences and adventures. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy every last bit of GW1.
well there are living wills JIC... prob i would have someone give everything away to people who wanted it .. then i would rid my account... but in theory are we going to jump on the quantum psychics.. cause then i can spew out.. stuff like this :
The Cosmology Machine takes data from billions of observations about the behavior of stars, gases and the mysterious dark matter throughout the universe and then calculates, at ultra high speeds, how galaxies and solar systems evolved. By testing different theories of cosmic evolution it can simulate virtual universes to test which ideas come closest to explaining the real universe.
With that being said...... i think this topic should be locked.. its a waste of forum space. and trolls....
The Cosmology Machine takes data from billions of observations about the behavior of stars, gases and the mysterious dark matter throughout the universe and then calculates, at ultra high speeds, how galaxies and solar systems evolved. By testing different theories of cosmic evolution it can simulate virtual universes to test which ideas come closest to explaining the real universe.
With that being said...... i think this topic should be locked.. its a waste of forum space. and trolls....
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Originally Posted by Lawnmower
i dont see how that will make life more interesting mate. people dont fight with swords in real life.
I considered joining the army or just go somewhere in the middle east to get blown up by a landmine.. but im to afraid that I'll live. i dont wanna be blind or dead or disabled for the rest of my life. i envy does people who could just go to a big war.. like world war 2.. or vietnam and just die fast and easy. at least fight for something and feel alive. these days our goverments are run by whiny little sissis who cant agree on anything... just delaying whats ultimately to come - the end of us all. |