The difference between "pirate" and "priveteer" from a dictionary point of view does not cover the economic neccessity of "piracy" from the perspective of a priveteer during times of peace, however short they are. Piracy in the strict meaning of the word was very uncommon and usually fades in with priveteering.
Next to that, the concept of "private organization" did not excist in the 17th and 18th century, as the distinction between private and public was extremely vague. Any given "pirate" would always have ties (economical, social, etc.) to a certain "government". This is mainly due to the fact the concept of a "professional soldier" did not fully emerge until the Napoleontic wars, forcing "governments" to use mercenaries, priveteers etc.
Additionally, a priveteer and/or pirate is not necessarily "sponsored" by a government if the letter of marque is the only tie.
Just because some privateers 300-400 years ago were "pirates" does not mean the base words have any connotation. Two completely different things that happen to be spelled similarly.
I claimed that private mercenaries in Iraq and Afganistan are somewhat comparable to priveteers, as they both perform acts of war on the authorization of a "government". Furthermore, and this might come as a shock to Americans, those private mercenaries do not neccessarily care about the outcome of those wars/conflicts, as their incentives are not fully aligned with those of the US government. The entire US weapon/military industry benefits with an ongoing war/conflict, where the US government does not (military-industrial-complex).
Like I said I can't speak for every country involved but the US does not have any "mercenaries" in Iraq or Afghanistan. Most if not all of the US contractors have already done their time in the US military, so yes most of them do care. And this may come as a shock to Europeans, but the concept of (and term) a military industrial complex originated in the states and is part of the public high school history curriculum, so there is no doubt a higher awareness of the MIC in the US than anywhere else. |
Video games are an art form equal to panting, opera and literature and seeing as the video games industry is bigger than movies, books and the music industry combined it is not a minor culture, it is massive and like other forms of art or sport it brings people together who share a love for it and removes boundaries.
Making video games could be considered an art, playing them is not. Remember this is a video game tournament, not a "who can make the best video game" contest.
The negative connotation of the word "pirate" is not in line with the historical business of priveteering, where acts of piracy are performed through authorization of a given government by means of a letter of marque, somewhat comparable to all those current private mercenaries operating in Iraq and Afghanistan under a legal U.S. mandate. Whether the founders of these political parties are aware of this and/or use the current controversy of the word "pirate" to their advantage, I do not know.
pirate (noun)- a person who attacks and robs ships at sea
pirate (verb)- rob or plunder a ship
privateer (noun)- an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping
Pirate and privateer are two completely different things. Privateer means private organization sponsored by the government to wage war, not government sponsored piracy. And privateers are not necessarily mercenaries. Mercenary means you don't give a fuck what side you are, just the paycheck. I can't speak for all countries but the most well known (possibly largest?) American privateering company, Blackwater, works only for the US government. |
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I enjoyed him but he wasn't the best thing to ever happen to CoH shoutcasting. He probably was the best active caster at that period in time though. But compared to RnP/ToH TFN and SNF he wasn't anything revolutionary. |
“to show the politicians esports is a thing”
Thoughts?
http://www.dailydot.com/esports/starcraft-sweden-political-tournament/
Orgies are a thing. Codeine is a thing. Red Bull is a thing too. Whats his point? |
This.
I'm really disgusted about some opinions here, where people claim that an enjoyable way of conversation is equal to being a pussy. I want to see you Rambo guys in real life, I bet you wrote this while getting some sandwiches from your mother.
No seriously, like someone already said before, some people show their real colour here in this thread X_X . I never said I would kill me (lol) when people aren't nice to me.
We as a gaming community are responsible for our selfes. You wonder why there are so few new players? Mhhh, certainly not due to the aggressive way of conversation happening in game these days.
Nobody said acting civilized makes you a pussy (not even Tristan), but rather you may be one if you can't handle it when someone is a dbag. IRL a kid cracking a your mom joke that badly would get laughed all the way down a middle school hallway so why are you taking offense to something said by someone that socially inept? I don't think anybody is saying they want people to act like that, but when they do just laugh it off instead of getting so upset. This isn't just an internet thing, some people act like this in real life too, and those people are generally the biggest losers. So why would you care what they have to say?
PS: player behavior probably has zero impact on the amount of players since some of the most played games out there have the highest % of retards playing them |
@ the OP: I agree. I think there is a real disconnect for a lot of people, and they treat their opponents way worse than they would treat anyone in real life. It's lame to be sure, and I posted about it once on gamereplays and got much the same sort of replies you got. The attitude seems to be "too bad lol its the internet deal with it", which is dumb. The internet is becoming more and more a part of our daily lives, and folk need to learn to treat each other like human beings online.
Some people are better than others at not getting offended. I don't have trouble sleeping if someone hates me on the internet, but people have literally killed themselves over mean things said online. I don't see why everyone isn't jumping over themselves to agree with OP... do you all really want to play against a bunch of assholes? I enjoy my coh games much more when I respect my opponent. I agree with that, but I'm not a fan of a strictly enforced no asshole policy. I'd rather play with and against nice people but I won't try to get someone banned for being a douche unless they take it way too far. |
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if you're that sensitive why are you playing a game where limbs can get blown off in every direction and women snipers sometimes make terrible screams when they are killed |
I would like to think of myself as being made of sugar, flour, and jelly. How dare you accuse me of being made of pooh. I consider that defamation sir!
Damn I bet you're fat as hell then, which would explain the online insecurities.
As far as Abuse goes, for what it's worth, VonIvan stated the only 3 abusers in COH2 are himself, OMGPOP, and Cataclaw.
Worth= low |
Advice to you, I've gotten this far in life by not being a sycophantic ass kisser and I am not starting now.
I didn't realize rank 60 something 1v1 in a video game with ~300 active 1v1 players was that large of an accomplishment.
PS: Stephenn I can assure you he gives zero shits about making friends, his steam profile doesn't even have any listed. #Introvertlifeswag |
In the description you basically talk about how maxims allow you to beat better players, then everyone agrees with your thesis, and now you're really mad. Lol  |
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