In A Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck he talks about life being difficult, but once you accept that fact, you are able to transcend the fact that it is difficult because life being difficult no longer matters. There is something similar going on here. I'd like to think that we can all agree that, in the grand scheme of life, playing a game on the internet is relatively meaningless. We're not feeding the hungry or finding a cure for cancer or preventing war. But, once we accept the fact that this game is meaningless, we are able to transcend that fact and act as if it's the most important endeavor ever undertaken in the history of life on this planet. The art of trash talk takes all forms, but in the end, one of the most beautiful things about talking trash is that there is nearly always some sort of entertainment value that comes from it.
Early on in this thread, someone commented about how it is turning into a roast, but I ask you, can something that *began* as a roast "turn into" a roast? Yes, at one point (as an example), I stated that I was not trying to imply that I am nearly three times the player that Split is, but certainly I was implying I am better. (That's how trash talk works, you flick shit at people, sometimes at one person, sometimes at an entire website.) In Split's defense, it has little to do with him, it's more about my view that gunboat is the bastardized step-child of Diplomacy. That said, it is not lost on me that many F2F players view internet Diplomacy as the bastardized step-child of the original board game. All of us could argue about this until we're blue in the face, and lots of us will, but in the end, in the grand scheme of life, who really cares?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around someone that plays a game on the internet having a legacy. Really? Aren’t the historians busy following the legacy of President Obama, or maybe someone slightly more obscure like Jesse Ventura? Admittedly I have underestimated myself once or twice before, but…
For the record, let’s not forget that I am also more than willing to talk shit about myself: http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?
threadID=675400I suppose it won’t do much harm at this point to own up to what appears blatantly obvious to some. We all agree that Diplomacy is a game, but I also view webDiplomacy as a game. Whether I’m posting an EoG, creating a new thread (like this one), or commenting on someone else’s thread, I view it as a game. I may not always play nice, and I may not always play well, but I am always playing. :-P
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