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[addlepated]

PM safety/player privacy

[Myssfitz]

Re: PM safety/player privacy

[Ormus]

hrm

[danman_d]

I, too, am somewhat interested/concerned about this. LazarusLong? Sunny? What are your thoughts?

-Dan

[terminalskeptik]

I know that if anyone (PM or not) came sneaking around my place at night, i live in an apartment and the guy next to me will shoot anything that makes a funny noise. He is nuts. That makes me concerned about the safety of PMs. Also, try explaining to a patrol car, that just happens to see you spraypainting some strange rune in the grass, just what an ARG is. I dont think that would go over well.

Seriously, there has to be a line drawn somewhere with these things. I just hope that people are smart enough to get a PO Box and NOT give out their home address. PMs could turn out to be casing our homes, and we practically gave them permission.

remember....trust no one. (sorry, I couldnt resist )

[Sunny du Pree]

[addlepated]

I think he was saying that his neighbor, who probably doesn't know anything about ARGs, might have a problem with a stranger sneaking around the complex at night.

The more I think about it, the more I'm sure that the PMs have... arrangements in order to keep homeowners, guard dogs, and police from nabbing them in the middle of the night.

The main reason I posted the question is that my husband had a minor freakout when I told him about the mailbox and yard graffiti, so I wanted to ease his mind. I think he was imagining himself as Nick van Orton and was not amused.

[MrDoug]

Different?

[bill]

Re: Different?

[vpisteve]

Wait officer, this isn't what it looks like!!

I can explain.......

[Sandra]

Isn't the issue really the level of immersion we select? I can't remember the exact options we were offered in CTW, but when I signed up for Acheron there were many options for level of immersion. I select just about all of them (phone, mail, packages) except for face-to-face contact. There was even an option where it appeared that you could receive packages or even face-to-face contact that you would not know about ahead of time.

Knowing the identity of the main PM and how he/she can be reached is enough security for me to hand over my email, phone number, and even address.

Regarding the marking - I did get a stone and was not marked. It could have been because the stone was sent to me at the last minute, or it could be that I live in a condo and it would be difficult for someone to tell exactly which unit was mine - and I know the association wouldn't be happy with a "tag" on the front stoop or one of the garages.

Sandra aka Passion

[dmax]

[Simulacra]

Ei Paranoia, I've got something for ya...

[Ozy_y2k]

Oh, please. Spare us your smirking, more-enlightened-than-thou Europeanisms. The reality of the situation, whether you in your little self-satisfied cocoon choose to acknowledge it or not, is that the world (not just the United States) IS an increasingly more dangerous and unpredictable place, and taking a moment to be concerned about the possible misinterpretations of the motives of actors around you is not paranoia, merely pragmatism. If I, as a good neighbor, saw some random individual engaging in what -- to a random passerby's eyes -- looked like wanton vandalism of property, I too would be concerned. Possibly concerned enough to at least report the activity to authorities. To assume otherwise (without being warned or having a reasonable suspicion in advance that the activity was harmless) is not laissez-faire, it's apathetic and socially irresponsible.

Also, even if a player chooses a specific immersion experience, that gives no assurances whatsoever about the comfort or privacy level of those who happen to be in the general vicinity of the game (i.e. neighbors) but who are not "playing". What was it that someone once said? "Your right to swing your fist ends where the bridge of my nose begins?"

That said, I too hope that the PMs in games like this have contingency plans in effect for "full-immersion" experiences, just in case.

[LazarusLong]

The conspiracy revealed