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Cisper — Wed, 02/27/2008 - 18:37

I find it evermore intriguing to just sit back and analyse the social interaction of the raid and guild - and those in other raids and guilds. The communities have such a large variety of levels of "social norm", in terms of their boundaries and what they classify as "Acceptable".

 Particularly on Thaurissan, the environments in the guilds are seemingly apparent to have very ambiguous formats. Simply friends who have joined together - or those who share a common goal, ie. PVE Progression, PvP. The social standards are much lax then Gorgonnash, people accept what people say without taking offense - for the majority.

 I think it's highly reflective of the empathy those on the Oceanic Server have for one another - being Australians, Asia etc. They understand the concept of the differing levels of being malevolent and malicious and just joking. I believe its a direct correalation of the social norms we share in Australia. And on Gorgonnash, where the attitude of everything tends to be taken in high offense, pays particular comparison to American Society, which is showed by racial and social uproar.

I don't know if those in The United States need to take a stepback and evaluate what they define as offensive and not - or rather Australia has just losts its values as a whole and don't bother in classifying social norms. Either way, both attitudes, on both servers, by the majority, are respected and transcended through the generations of new gamers.

 It'll be interesting to see how Generation Z applies themselves to this social online environment compared to Generation Y - only time will tell.

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I think it may be in part

Dufe — Thu, 02/28/2008 - 02:58

I think it may be in part due to people in the US actually meaning all the terrible things they may say about/to another person.  Sounds like people throw the words/terms around almost meaninglessly in Australia (and certain other places) so there is less cause to take offense in the first place.

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That's true Garreth - but

Cisper — Thu, 02/28/2008 - 02:03

That's true Garreth - but why?

Because people accept the vulgarity of the centiment but it's not considered in a malicious nature, in Australia.

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Australians don't lose their

garreth — Thu, 02/28/2008 - 01:07

Australians don't lose their jobs/scholarships/funding/etc for things they get caught saying on the internet. 

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What you're saying about the

Dufe — Wed, 02/27/2008 - 23:19

What you're saying about the Australian societal norms reminds me of Denmark when I was living there.  Less offense taken, but generally less offense intended as well.

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