US gov't hunting extremists in WOW
"A new data-mining report from the US Director of National Intelligence has revealed that top spies are developing software that they hope will detect violent extremists in online worlds, as reported by Wired. Mysteriously titled The Reynard Project, the software will study the way gamers behave online, and for the second stage will ""automatically detect suspicious behaviour and actions in the virtual world."" So, it hopes to discover what ""normal"" massively multiplayer online gaming behaviour is like, and set off alarm bells if people are deviating. The ultimate aim is to catch all those violent extremists who have been using their time to infiltrate World of Warcraft. The report has been approved by Congress, and if it ""shows early promise,"" it may become a full project. Umm....we are not supposed to have any freedom in this country are we. This is starting to get ridiculous beyond belief. Now we are going to be monitored in the video games we play too. What next. Implant chips into our brains that alert the authorities to any negative thoughts we may have at the time about absolutely ANYTHING. Not cool at all. lmao! whats too much is too much. but i guess desperation doesnt know boundaries. plus the article is vague as all hell. they are basically telling us we are being watched, but why , not really. what is extreme behavior. if i am a ganker and a heavy pk-er am i am an extremist. or wow I mean this could be something good and useful but than again considering whos involed and how did they explain it, it seems like a very disgusting new way of privacy invasion! just an easy way to monitor 11 million ppl...shameful!!! Those who say they are just trying to protect us... haven't you ever heard Ben Franklin's quote... ""Those who desire to give up freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserver either one."" " "Building upon that research, and perhaps adding an extra layer of complexity, a new study out of Nottingham Trent has found that 54 percent of all males and 68 percent of all females ""gender swap""--or create online personas of their opposite sex.
The study found that males and females had different reasons for gender swapping, with female gamers primarily seeking to avoid ""unsolicited male approaches"" and male swappers finding that they are treated far better by other males. In the words of one male participant quoted in the study, ""Nerd + Boob = Loot."" Titled ""Gender Swapping and Socializing in Cyberspace: An Exploratory Study,"" the study was conducted by Zaheer Hussain and Mark Griffiths and surveyed 115 participants, 83 of which were male and 32 female. guild wars gold The survey was conducted through various MMOG-enthusiast forums, and the researchers noted that flaws to the study may include the relatively small sample size and the self-reporting format. ""What makes these findings important is that in most instances, the gamer has the opportunity to choose the gender of his or her character and to develop other aspects of the character before beginning to play,"" concluded the researchers. wow or ""Choosing to gender swap may have an effect on the gamer's style of play and interaction with other gamers and could even have an effect on guild membership."" Researchers also noted that the study supported previous findings that ""suggest the female persona has a number of positive social attributes in a male-oriented environment."" Yep, this is true. lineage 2 adena I am a male and play as a female character. You will always be treated better when doing such. Also, people who say this is gay obviously have no idea what they are talking about, and need to stop repeating what they heard other people say years ago. gold wow Choosing to play as a female avatar has no reflection on ones sexuality. Some people just like to be treated nice, some like the way female characters look better, and in some cases you don't even have a choice.
(FFXI for example) " .
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