Delusions Of Digital Granduer

 

We have all experienced the relentless attacks and wall flames from a few people in this Mafia Wars game we play. We have all seen wall posts where someone or we ourselves are warned to “Back Off" or something bad is going to happen to us. Like what? My fictional health will be knocked down and I won’t be able to attack for a few rounds? I might lose 6 fictional experience points? OK, I am scared now did that help your delusion? 

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The problem with some out in Mafia Wars is that they have this sense of superiority that  is a false sense of power. When you walk out of your house and ride that train or drive through that tough neighborhood, face it, your “Digital Mafia” is not going to save you. The braggadocio in this game is laughable at times. I have listened to people speak as though they are real Godfathers in some secret organization that will make other people’s lives miserable if they are “messed with”. Or how clans battle and bicker and pay homage to one another. Really? Come on now. IT’S A GAME. When I was growing up in Brooklyn we knew who the Made men were. You know what? These cats didn’t brag, they didn’t boast. When we walked by them they said hello and asked how the family was doing. If we were being chased by older kids from another neighborhood they made it their business to explain to those kids it is not healthy for them to do that in this neighborhood and let them go on their way.

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I don’t mean to poke fun or to make myself seem more reasonable than the few out there that think their digital crap doesn’t stink all I am saying is that you need to step back a minute and experience your life outside of the power base the sycophants in your digital mafia have given you. We are playing a Role in a game. That is all. The power we have in the game is just that, IN THE GAME. Don’t setup your own little podcast and brag on how you’re going to take down every family out there. It’s funny, really, and disturbing that a person would assume they could induce fears from within a game and then goes ahead and announces it!  

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I have seen long time friendships destroyed over a digital insult with the game. I have been back-stabbed and actually had a person think I was hunting him 24 seven to hack his account. The truth was once he back-stabbed me I blocked him and moved on with my life, no worries. Family rules and hierarchies are setup to enjoy the experience not to acquiesce to other peoples demands. So remember the next time you log on and grab the reigns of your digital empire cast off your delusions BE a real Don and show decency, respect and honor to your people. Be ruthless with those infringing on your digital domain, but always remember there is a bigger fish out there and worse real digital gangsters that can make your account do things that would make your mamma blush. Keep it in the game.

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Don’t take this game so seriously either. When you do the only thing you will lose is your money trying to keep up with the bigger fish. Be patient, bide your time and one day that fish will be looking the other way and you can have your virtual revenge. Keep it light and simple. Help your friends and don’t be stingy because you think a few pixels are worth a few bucks on the black market. 

For those of you out there that will continue to act as though this game has meaning outside of its confines all I can say is they are not laughing with you…..Keep it real~BB{M}