We all have a common interest and a common goal, and the sharing of knowledge is not a zero-sum game. Unlike R/L, where the competition for scarce resources usually IS a zero-sum game, a game were those who lack the necessities of life, die. It's easy for everyone to get along, especially when the haves - the talented modders - are willing to share freely with the have-nots - the mod-using community. It's nice that the haves, in this case, possess sufficient resources that they are both able and willing to donate their labor to the community and receive nothing in return. For a variety of reasons, this is seldom the case in R/L.
The modern Olympic Games have been going on since 1859. Participants also generally share common interests and goals. Yet, the Games existed in the shadow of the wars of the 20th Century. And far from bringing people together, they have been a mirror for the greed, enmity, and inhumanity of R/L. Thankfully, SubSim is too small, too unimportant, and too strictly controlled for anything similar to enter here. But that is ONLY because this is a private resource, the owners enforce strict rules of behavior, and we guests here accept those rules in exchange for the benefits which this forum provides.
R/L, whose rules are you willing to follow? And whose enforcement are you willing to accept?
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