https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c Post your in-text citations of "Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?" here en-us 2017-09-13 14:29:54 UTC 2017-09-15 13:35:58 UTC hello@padlet.com betsycates https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187283924 1)
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2. Gaming has been known to make people more violent in real life because, they are taught to act that way when they play video games. Weiss states that, "EVE is the rat imploded upon itself, a game that brings out the worst of its' subscribers' humanity" (731).

3. In the article, "Should Gamers' Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?", Alex Weiss, the author, believes that, ". . . attempting to bring real world law into virtual world . . . seems dangerous" (733). ]]> 2017-09-13 17:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187283974 wwalker11 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187283983 1)Alex claims "that as a reformed online-gaming thief, this ruling makes no sense to me "(731).

2)Alex Weiss states the facts of a gamer convicted for stealing:
     
    Last week, the Dutch      Supreme Court made a  curious ruling: It convicted a teenage gamer of stealing something that doesn't exist. The defendant stole two virtual items while playing RuneScape, a free massively multiplayer online [MMO] video game. (731)



3) According to Alex, "EVE is one of the few MMO's that encourage players to use real money to purchase in game currency, called 'isk', which in turns is used to build highly desirable objects in the virtual world" (732).]]> 2017-09-13 17:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187283983 bspatterson2 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187284027 1.
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3.]]> 2017-09-13 17:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187284027 taylorgang526 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187284032 "The massively multiplayer online video game, Runescape, was the site of 'virtual theft'" according to Weiss (732).]]> 2017-09-13 17:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187284032 ahernandezreyes https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187284140 1)Weiss claims that video games are not a part of work; they were created to be a way to escape the real world (731).
2)In his essay " Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing? ", Alex Weiss writes, "Video games are not work or investments for which people should be compensated; they are escapism" (731).
3)One blogger claims that video games "are not work or investments", but an escape (Weiss 731).]]> 2017-09-13 17:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187284140 wolfganf253 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187285080 1.) Weiss believe that "stealing a item is in game that the value of the items in the weight the same as the time spent receiving them" (731).
2.) Alex claims that "as a reformed online gaming thief this ruling makes no sense to me" (731).
3.) According Alex "player are encourage to use real money in game currency" (731).]]> 2017-09-13 17:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187285080 chandlerhyatt58 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187285276 1. According to Weiss, "As a reformed online-gaming thief, this ruling makes no sense to me" (731).
2. Weiss claims that the video game called ''Runscape'' is the only game that allows virtual stealing(732).
3. In this article Should Gamers Be Prosecuted For Virtual Stealing, Alex Weiss writes, ''But attempting to bring real-world law into virtual realms- and putting monetary value on time spent immersed in a virtual world- seems dangerous" (733).]]> 2017-09-13 17:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187285276 jjarwood https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187288097 1. Weiss claims that video games are not work or investments for which people should be compensated; They are escapism (731).
2. Weiss states that "attempting to bring real-world law into virtual realms- and putting monetary value on time spent immersed in a virtual world- seems dangerous" (731).

]]> 2017-09-13 17:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187288097 makayla_holden_ https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187288953 1. According to Weiss, "Dutch Supreme Court ... convicted a teenage gamer of stealing something that does exist" (731).
2. Weiss claims that some games have "very strict" rules against stealing (733).
3. These games are, "based on taking chances and risking everything you've spent time building" (Weiss 732). 

]]> 2017-09-13 17:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187288953 tylerfrantz https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187289273 1-Weiss, author of "Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?", expresses that "Video games are not work or investments for which people should be  compensated; they are espapism" (731).
2- Weiss writes "as a reformed online-gaming thief, this ruling makes no sense to me" (731).
3- The way a court would see any type of theft charge is the same, regardless of how it is done, as "the dutch court...gave them value" (Weiss 731).
4- Based on the article, Weiss states that "we have a real world court attempting to punish someone for behavior permitted within the realm" (733). ]]> 2017-09-13 17:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187289273 bspatterson2 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187289340 1.Weiss claims, "The massive multiplayer online video game RuneScape was the site of a virtual theft" (732).
2.Weiss speaks on real world punishment based on the game saying, "But attempting to bring real-world law into virtual realms -- and putting monetary value on time spent immersed in a virtual world -- seems dangerous" (733).
3.RuneScape is a money and time pit. Weiss says that player Kotaku hasars' worth of play", and ]]> 2017-09-13 17:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187289340 taylorgang526 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187289889 1. In Weiss's argument he states that video games are not work or investments for which people should be compensated; they are escapism (731).
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3. Alex Weiss, the author of "Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?" says, "And these hopes and dreams can be destroyed rapidly by another player who just wants to be a jerk" (732).]]> 2017-09-13 17:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187291063 desireebragg10 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187291628 2017-09-13 17:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187291628 kiallen https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187291655 1. According to Weiss "the Justice system convicted a teen gamer of stealing something that does not exist in the real world" (731). 
2. Alex claims that "as a reformed online-gaming thief, this ruling makes no sense to me. It places too much value on the time people spend playing video games" (731)
3. "During my disappointing teenage years, i played an MMO set in space-capitalist hell titled EVE online" (Weiss 731)

]]> 2017-09-13 17:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187291655 desireebragg10 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187294213 2017-09-13 17:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187294213 taylorgang526 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187295763 1. In Weiss's argument video games are not work or investments for which people should be compensated; they are escapism (731).
2. "EVE is the rat race imploded upon itself, a game that brings out the worst of its subscribers' humanity"(731).
3.]]> 2017-09-13 17:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187295763 desireebragg10 https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187296125 2017-09-13 17:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187296125 betsycates https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187314223 "Last week the Dutch Supreme Court made a curious ruling .... The defendant stole two virtual items" ]]> 2017-09-13 18:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/betsycates/x1i6ey96sj7c/wish/187314223