| Being an Influence -Sared - Sep 02 04:07pm | |
Well, I have now played Doom 3 for about two days straight on the first three difficulty levels. This can't be healthy. I refuse to play this game any further until I have emotional support. Believe me, it's a great game with a great engine, a story that smells of Half-Life, and gameplay that sends ou to hell and back.....literally! It's games like this that are the reason I won't play a game unless it has a seizure warning on the box.  While playing this horribly neurotic game, I began to think, 'What in the hell am I doing to my brain?' Was I torturing it with an overload of sensory data, or was I teasing it with new tactical information to rip apart (or rather, blow apart.) Above all, what kind of influence was I putting into my head? Here I am, playing as a future marine, doing my best to try and survive the onslaught of hell itself, and I expect myself to be able to sit calmly through sociology class afterwards? Well....um....yeah.... It is amazing how I can dismiss the thoughts and influences being put into my mind by this game, but then turn around and allow myself to be written upon like a chalkboard for two hours by a person I will probably never see again after this semester. Even more so interesting how the sheer influence of a human being on another human being can be so deeply written upon me in ways that I cannot even imagine. Such power is dangerous, and even worse, it is unrestrained. Think about it; the person you ride to school next to, or take the subway to work beside, can have a good day or a bad day depending on what you choose to say to them. You could start up a conversation with them and encourage them, give them helpful advice, maybe even share your problems with them in hopes of finding a solution, and they could turn around and have a cheerful day. Just because you decided to be an influence. On the other hand, you could start picking on them about thier clothes, what music they like, and just break them down without care for who they are. On the other hand (yes, the third hand. I am Shiva, fear me. ) you could start a conversation and find that you disagree on pretty much everything, but still find out why you disagree, and how thier beliefs differ from yours. All these are simple conversations that could happen any day.In fact, they are situations that do happen every day, and that I witness first-hand all the time. The deciding factor of them is how you choose to use your influence. Many young people growing up these days want to be the 'popular' kid; i.e., the kid with a lot of influence. The same is true here at the Academy. Influence is sought. Whether it is gained by feats, charachter, skill, or tact, it is still sought. Now, please allow me to qualify this by saying that Influence is not a bad thing to be sought; but rather, it is how it is aquired and for what reasons that can be determined to be right or wrong. Like so many other things, it is how you use your influence. In a way, I guess you could relate Influence to the Force.  You can use it for good or evil, for the capacity for both remains the same regardless.On a discussion note: what are ways that you could use your Influence here to better others that you might not have done before? |
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Anakin Skywalker - Student 
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A fantastic article Sared, don't play too much of that doom3 game, You'll end up confused, shivering, and you can't think Anyways I will do my best to stop negative influance from me and other and I hope that other will - Anakin  _______________ {MOTS}Masters Of The Sith
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Selph Senatu - Student 
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Hey shut up |
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Gradius - Ex-Student 
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Quote: A fantastic article Sared, don't play too much of that doom3 game, You'll end up confused, shivering, and you can't think No comment _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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Selph Senatu - Student
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A fantastic article Sared, don't play too much of that doom3 game, You'll end up confused, shivering, and you can't think Anyways I will do my best to stop negative influance from me and other and I hope that other will |
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=SpookeY= - Student 
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this makes me wanna do something good for someone.... nice _______________ <Signature'd> |
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Lancer007 - Student 
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Thats a great article sared. |
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Smilykrazy - Retired 
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nice article sared. However you still cant have my wine!! Muhahahhahaha! _______________ RIP MOM 06/29/58-07/31/08 Married to Koyi Donita 4/30/11 |
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Henkes - Student 
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Nice Job Sared. Now stop picking on people during bus-rides _______________ Get on your feet and do the Funky Alfonzo! |
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Fizz of Belouve - Student 
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hehe - there wasnt any sponsoring by ID though ? a nice and short read. thumbs up _______________ One of the Belouve boys, founder of the mighty FiZZsters Midbie council #20 - Fizz - #1933 - Jan '03 - Aug '04 "Renfield, you idiot!" |
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Garos - Student 
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Great Article Sared |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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Good article... I failed to understand what all that has to do with Doom 3 though, which by the way I finished yesterday as well. _______________ make install -not war |
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Majno - Padawan 
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Indeed, as for speaking in negative terms, If I feel the urge to say something negative to somebody ingame for instance, Like critic someone or etc...Then I try to always back it up with a positive tip, suggestion or something. To be just negative in thinking and speaking isn't good, so it cant be a good influence on the surrounding. Just pondering....Stay afloat on the reality boat. Majno... Edit : Whoops forgot, Great article Sared, keep it up. _______________ " You've just taken your first steps into a larger world. " - Ben. This comment was edited by Majno on Sep 02 2004 07:46pm. |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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On an unrelated note: I used to play a lot of driving games and when I'm in a car, and I'm at a lonely street, for some reason I have the urge to press throttle, ... dang weird and dangerous too! Good Article Sared I agree completely on the Influence. It's very important. with it you can make or break someone's day _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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