Guilds Mirror Real Life Street Gangs

[Fursphere]

Somebody needs smoke this mofo!

Seriously though, what a tool. He should compare the Boyscounts of America before he compares video games.

[Korruptor]

Well then, I guess every structured group (businesses, schools, governments, military, religions) could resemble a gang.

This guy missed the fact that in order to be successfully at anything a group of people need to be organized to achieve a goal.

This is a good example of another group of "intellects " drunk on their own egos.

[Marious]

Well then, I guess every structured group (businesses, schools, governments, military, religions) could resemble a gang.

This guy missed the fact that in order to be successfully at anything a group of people need to be organized to achieve a goal.

This is a good example of another group of "intellects " drunk on their own egos.

Well yeah that's why gangs stay in business there a:

group of people need to be organized to achieve a goal.

I dont know why they just dont change the name to Gang instead of Guild... I mean come on....

[Flekkie]

Thanks Svper, good read. It makes a lot of sense to me, I have thought this to mysef in the past. He talks about two groups with negative associations (gangs and terrorist cells), but I would go further and say that any group where you can choose membership/apply should probably have some common dynamic. Think about school/uni clubs, sports fans, how they react/feel when a member doesn't conform, how they choose their compatriots.

Not sure how insulting him helps; anyone who can accurately model a group dynamic has pretty strong grounds imo.
Also, I myself have experienced 'gang' type situations in larger offices, where a department gets into a silo mentality, you have to play football on thurs nights to be 'one of the boys', all that, so I do not dismiss it on those grounds either.

WoW would be a very convenient way to pose as a member and study such a group. Respectfully; to dismiss the opportunity because of the computer game format would be as blinkered as some of the posts I have just read, and more on par with the WoW boards than these imo.


Ah hah ha.. did you see the first few comments on the article?

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A bit sick, but lol!


And this: http://xkcd.com/435/