Comments on: Death of a Player http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/ A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:11:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Matt http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/#comment-304 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:48:42 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/#comment-304 No, I don't think so. He's already got a permanent statue of himself that was erected to honour him, and Covenant-the-character hadn't actually played regularly for awhile, though he still popped in occasionally. No, I don’t think so. He’s already got a permanent statue of himself that was erected to honour him, and Covenant-the-character hadn’t actually played regularly for awhile, though he still popped in occasionally.

]]> by: blachawk http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/#comment-303 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:42:30 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/#comment-303 Are you going to enact a story arc or some sort of in-game lore that retires / kills off Covenant? Are you going to enact a story arc or some sort of in-game lore that retires / kills off Covenant?

]]> by: Matt http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/#comment-300 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:31:14 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/#comment-300 Sure, I understand what you're saying, but to us, he was Covenant more than Carl. I'm sure he'll be remembered by people closer to him in his personal life for his real-life self, but we mainly knew his in-game self. Sure, I understand what you’re saying, but to us, he was Covenant more than Carl. I’m sure he’ll be remembered by people closer to him in his personal life for his real-life self, but we mainly knew his in-game self.

]]> by: blachawk http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/#comment-299 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:28:59 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/17/death-of-a-player/#comment-299 Any premature death is tragic for those involved. God knows I've seen enough of that in the past year serving as a casualty evacuation corpsman in Iraq. Still, the jerk that hides deep down (well, maybe not that deep) inside of me finds it slightly humorous that a recently deceased person will be best remembered as The Heart of the Forest in Achaea. I'm sure he had some real life accomplishments of which he was proud, fatherhood in and of itself being a big one. I guess the same goes for actors. Who cares if a multi-millionaire playboy falls of his horse and breaks his neck after a long life of privilege and wealth? Change 'multi-millionaire playboy' to 'Superman' and the masses are weeping. In any event I know the two posts on the front page are well-intentioned, but comparing the loss of The Heart of the Forest to a real life tragedy just seems... I don't know, tacky? If I were to die tomorrow, I would like to be remembered for what I accomplished in the real world. My ideal tombstone would say 'C.G. Lieutenant, USN -Iraq- -Iran- -North Korea-' not 'Sabien RR11 Infiltrator, DAoC -Emain- -Yggdra- -Penine-'. Any premature death is tragic for those involved. God knows I’ve seen enough of that in the past year serving as a casualty evacuation corpsman in Iraq.

Still, the jerk that hides deep down (well, maybe not that deep) inside of me finds it slightly humorous that a recently deceased person will be best remembered as The Heart of the Forest in Achaea. I’m sure he had some real life accomplishments of which he was proud, fatherhood in and of itself being a big one.

I guess the same goes for actors. Who cares if a multi-millionaire playboy falls of his horse and breaks his neck after a long life of privilege and wealth? Change ‘multi-millionaire playboy’ to ‘Superman’ and the masses are weeping.

In any event I know the two posts on the front page are well-intentioned, but comparing the loss of The Heart of the Forest to a real life tragedy just seems… I don’t know, tacky? If I were to die tomorrow, I would like to be remembered for what I accomplished in the real world. My ideal tombstone would say ‘C.G. Lieutenant, USN -Iraq- -Iran- -North Korea-’ not ‘Sabien RR11 Infiltrator, DAoC -Emain- -Yggdra- -Penine-’.

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