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But tehn again : WHAT exactly IS a classic rpg ? Who can describe that ?

So the scary bad guys started to pray.
[Sat Jul 07 23:39:31 2001] Kailkhan shouts, 'o well then what you gonna do? petition his queere ass '
[Sat Jul 07 09:32:58 2001] Alix shouts, 'dude everyone petition him this is harrashment'
[Sat Jul 07 23:37:09 2001] Alix shouts, 'training is allowed, but dedicating a char just to training and nothing else isn't'
[Sat Jul 07 14:18:55 2001] Albertino says out of character, 'u can be sure there will petition now several guys … i dont think u will be much longer on this server'
[Sat Jul 07 14:17:29 2001] Abyss says out of character, 'if the whole zone petitions the GM's will get pissed'
[Sat Jul 07 06:01:41 2001] Skratchen says out of character, 'well i dont petition much but ive done it on him,,hes using an exploit to do this '
[Sat Jul 07 06:02:57 2001] Ziggruk says out of character, 'i smell exploit'
[Sat Jul 07 06:14:22 2001] Pudge says out of character, 'well , someone let a gm know bring it to there attention , could have over looked it'
[Sat Jul 07 06:27:03 2001] Feran says out of character, 'report him'
[Sat Jul 07 14:16:29 2001] Bawa says out of character, 'u want another petition'
[Sat Jul 07 14:17:02 2001] Albertino says out of character, 'ok now ye get banned'
[Sat Jul 07 14:24:16 2001] Vindolin says out of character, 'should i petition?'
[Sat Jul 07 14:24:21 2001] Albertino says out of character, 'ya'
[Sat Jul 07 14:24:49 2001] Ansalon says out of character, 'heis EXPLOITING the rule of no PvP under lvl 6'
[Sat Jul 07 14:25:01 2001] Albertino says out of character, 'this is an exploit'
[Sat Jul 07 14:27:43 2001] Zimzalabim says out of character, 'just petition and see what u get out of it…then we have result hehe'
[Sat Jul 07 23:36:22 2001] Alix shouts, 'the gm told me that if fansy starts training people again to petition him because he has been warned'
[Sun Jul 08 01:53:00 2001] Kordesh shouts, 'I don't care what I have to do. I don't care if I get banned in the process. I will e-mail, petition, and post untill that faggot is banned!'
[Sun Jul 08 01:56:19 2001] Malkov shouts, 'i say we petition the GM's to power pansy to lvl 6 so we can all root him!'
[Sun Jul 08 01:58:25 2001] Kirel shouts, 'this is what I am petitioning… " would you please make pansy L6 so that we can do something about his unfair advantage in PVP tactics?'
[Sun Jul 08 04:00:30 2001] Ravenbane says out of character, 'petitioned for harrasment'

'Space combat games have declined in recent years, […]. David [Wessman] has a theory on why : "The particular skills required are of a higher order than the eye-hand co-ordination and fast reflexes of standard shooters. It also requires quick thinking and problem solving on a very high level of situational awareness. All of this is compounded by the fact that you are in 3D space in which you can move in any direction, and threats come from everywhere. It's a sad, true fact that many people have difficulty navigting a 3D space. Not many publishers are willing to risk the amount of money it takes to make a triple-A game when they know the majority of the public won't buy the game because they're incapable of playing it." '

In many games, male characters are portrayed as hard bodied, muscled men, and female characters are portrayed as soft bodied, nearly naked women with large breasts. In addition, Flew also believes that female characters in games are usually portrayed in a narrowly stereotypical manner. Females are usually constructed as visual objects who wait for male rescue and need to be protected, whereas men are portrayed with more power. Such depiction of females in games reflects underlying social ideas of dominance of male over female and themes of masculinity. Although not all video games contain such stereotypes, there are enough to make it a general trait.