ODT2: Runescape (Full resolution in first round)

Let me move on to arguments straightaway. == My opponent’s strategy == My opponent has picked up the biggest problems associated with Runescape and claimed that they are its strengths. The reasoning is – bad things provide us with experience. This is a weird argument through which my opponent claims that ‘bots’, ‘doublers’, ‘scammers’ and ‘other dishonest members’ are the most helpful features of Runescape. These arguments are not valid. Pro needs to establish with appropriate evidence that exposure to horrible stuff on Runescape makes people more equipped to face real life. It is more likely that bad experience may hurt them psychologically. == Rebuttals == 1. Through hard work you learn skills: Runescape is full of users cheating with bots. This is extremely irritating. Sometimes such accounts are identified and the users are blocked. It is also possible that they are often not caught. A bot can be programmed to evade detection by limiting the rate of its success. As per my opponent catching of bot accounts teaches Runescape users that: Cheating on homework is not good Plagiarizing on DDO is not good This is a non sequitor. The logic does not follow from premises. We can also turn the arguments on its head. It is possible that bots teach the users that cheating and plagiarizing can be a substitute for hard work. After all, bots are demonstrably much better than human users at Runescape when they are able to evade detection. 2. Doublers, scammers and other dishonest members: Runescape is full of ‘doublers’, ‘scammers’ and other dishonest members. My esteemed opponent believes that it is good. As per him, this makes people more alert towards scammers in real life. No evidence is offered for this tenuous claim. Life on Runescape is very different from real life in real world. This makes the claim rather counter-intuitive. 3. Teamwork is better than working alone: It is a fact that in most real life scenarios, teamwork is better than working alone. However no evidence has been offered that Runescape promotes teamwork. In fact regular users are aware that combat and dueling skills are more important than collaboration. Pro has provided theoretical arguments from Combat Triangle that teamwork may be good [1]. Such theoretical arguments are not sufficient. My opponent needs to show that Runescape promotes teamwork in its game-play. Further he needs to show that such teamwork translates to real life. A quick look at the suggestions offered by ‘Paul’(see link) confirms that none of them are related to teamwork or cooperation. == My arguments == Runescape Addiction: Meet Mr. Lee [2]. His son was ‘typical’, ‘bright’ and ‘sports-mad’ kid before he started playing Runescape. At age of 11, he was spending around 16 hours per day at Runescape. He stopped attending school, stopped going outside, became a recluse and became violent if anybody tried to stop him from playing Runescape. This is not an isolated case. Try to enter ‘runescape addiction’ on Google [3] and you will be flooded with people struggling with this addiction. This is not a case of people spending some time for entertainment. This is serious psychological problem. Runescape teaches no specific skills: Life on Runescape is completely different from life in real world. At Runescape a person looks upon his abilities as a set of various scores which represent his ‘skills’. Thes skills have no relation to actual player skills in real life. Acquiring a skill in life requires completely different kind of dedication and effort. Learning something new is a wonderful experience, which can never be simulated by collecting points at online role playing games. Go out and play soccer. It will provide you more entertainment, build your stamina, teach you teamwork and will be useful in life in many other ways here. (‘You’ here refers to the ‘you’ in resolution). In the meantime I am eagerly waiting for response from Famer. == References == 1. . http://runescape.salmoneus.net... 2. . http://www.perthnow.com.au... 3. . https://www.google.co.in...