Noticed anything odd in Popo lately? No, not young Mr Bastard going about his criminal business, something else. I have. Well, I say odd, the root of it has been around as long as the game has, it's more the official (non)reaction to it that seems new and peculiar. I'm talking about this: Or, if you prefer (and if you do, seek help), this: Yes, it's clones. Clones everywhere! Running amok, out in the open, not even trying to be remotely subtle about it! What gives? Is it a summer boredom thing? Do these people literally have nothing better to do with their time?
So here's a few examples of those currently on the prowl. The Ancient One returns: so a new character turns up and seems a bit... off. Said character then posts a weird thread in a city forum where he chats to himself, and posts a whole load of guff about a past life in Popo that makes it obvious to me who they used to be (someone who repeatedly got bans for abusive behaviour and ended up laked for it, as it happens). Some days later, another new character appears. They promptly get in a forum fight while supposedly asking for poison, going on about those same olden days. And this one turns out to have the close relative background of the person I recognised the other guy as. And it's two accounts. And they're both still here, untouched. The One with the Known Issues: so this one appears to be a rather vulnerable person in real life, so I won't dwell on it too much. Remember an It's Pop article lately about Santa? Remember how a whole bunch of the letters to Santa seemed remarkably similar? There's a reason for that. The "quoter" of random "words" has form for this kind of thing, and keeps popping back for more. My tip for them though? DON'T BE SO FUCKING GREEDY. No, you and your clones can't have a bunch of expensive items you don't need, stop trying to take advantage of other people's generosity. And then there's the big one. Big in my world, anyway, as those are the environs it's latched onto for dear life. Yep, it's the Multi-headed Floral Hydra. You chop three off, they grow more back (another of the admitted clones came back with a new identity just today - yes, we know, we're watching). This charming plagiariser, with the same blatantly obvious pretentious wannabe, painfully faux-hip "ooh get me I'm so wild and outrageous" bollocks across her multiple accounts, and the multiple characters on those accounts is quite the doozy. What's the motivation? Is it for the blog likes? Those always were a bit too high for Jilly-no-mates to be getting right out of the block, weren't they? Is it some weird fixation on certain players? Those multiple characters certainly do try to grab the attention of the same people over and over again. Is it so their own characters can interact with each other, so they look super-active and popular? It's slightly tragic when three characters controlled by the same player indulge in threesomes, quite the hilarity for the growing number of onlookers who know exactly what's going on. Because, yes. Most people already know. And more will in the future. The authorities don't seem to give a shit these days, especially not when the cloners spend stupid amounts of money on credits. But your fellow players do. Because you're lying to them. And that does matter, even in a dumb online game. If your interactions with others are all based on deceit, then don't expect to be trusted in return. I have no idea what the plan there is, or even where the player gets the time, but it's all rather pathetic. I alternate between scorn and pity as my main reaction to this whole palaver. Neither of those is a reaction anyone sane would really want people to have of them, you'd think, but who knows. I really really really don't get it.
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Bread
13/8/2015 05:13:43 pm
You need to get out more, mate.
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Bagel
15/8/2015 01:55:12 pm
Helpful contribution, thanks.
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Bread
16/8/2015 02:23:42 pm
Probably came out more blunt than I intended, but you kniw what expressing opinions on the internet is like. Too many get the hump that you don't agree with them. Easier to just be a glib tosser.
Rice
15/8/2015 08:59:31 am
It's amazing how much she looks so different in each getup.
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Bagel
16/8/2015 03:30:23 pm
What you asked for 2 weeks ago was basically that I go through the blogs of what, 8-9 characters and cross-check them all for plagiarism, so that you could see where the writing came from. That's way above and beyond looking at what's visible in public diaries in the course of regular play, I'm sure you'll agree. If you have have time to do that, and you want to know, then do it yourself. I am not your lackey.
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Bread
17/8/2015 03:38:17 am
It would be if that's what I asked you to do, but it wasn't even remotely what I asked you to do.
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Bagel
17/8/2015 12:01:55 pm
I'd already given you a link to the one I definitely knew about. Then weeks later, you asked if I knew more. And no, I didn't have the time or inclination to check any further, I've got enough actual work to do in game without giving any more time to that than what had already been expended at that point.
Bagel
17/8/2015 05:24:34 pm
Correction, I didn't give you a direct link to the piece which was plagiarised, just the site it was hosted on. My apologies.
Roger
18/8/2015 02:16:57 am
Gotta say it's entertaining to watch people entertain you, isn't that the purpose of the game? ;)
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Pelmeni
24/8/2015 02:26:20 pm
Haven't the Big Guys said the cloning which brings no charts/cash/items benefit is next to allowed? Or was it in my inbox? Or was it in my mind?
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Pelmeni
24/8/2015 02:33:35 pm
And why the hell the SUBMIT button is white on white?
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Bagel
26/8/2015 06:41:01 am
Cos it's so pure and innocent :)
Pelmeni
26/8/2015 12:36:26 pm
So invisibly innocent. Leave a Reply. |
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