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I've always been bugging myself to write this. Then again I'm not sure how you, the community will respond. I just need to get this out there.
Alright, I'm just going to put this out bluntly. I used to grief. I used to hack. And after all this time, I've realized why people do it and the reason that I stopped. This is my story.
It started out on a pretty good prison server. My friends started downloading a well-known griefing client and started using it to kill others easily in the PvP areas. Soon enough one of them killed me and I really wanted my items back. He said he'd only give it to me if I downloaded the client myself. Personally I thought I'll just get the client and show him, get my items back, and then delete it.
Just the opposite. Within a few minutes I completely forgot about deleting it and I just kept using it on the prison server to easily find ores. And I just kept using it. It was so addicting. And I couldn't stop.
With my newfound "abilities" I began slaying others in the PvP areas on the server just for personal enjoyment. I would laugh in other's faces when they died and the staff appeared to be oblivious to our entire group hacking and easily finding ores in the mine areas.Or so I thought. I was permanently banned from that server and I realized that I made a huge mistake. I had connections with the owner as well as the server line that went way back (I'll need to make another blog just to explain that, it's a long story). I finally thought to myself, "I'm actually unfairly killing others and taking their stuff. I'm being a troll and a bully to others. I'm making others miserable, for what? It's just a video game."
I did grief though. I would go on other servers and destroy the creations of others, and again all for my personal enjoyment. I didn't think anything wrong of it. I thought I was helping kids get off of video games. After getting banned from that one server, I got rid of the client. I couldn't take it anymore. After months of using it I finally realized what I was doing this entire time. To this day I regret getting that client.
I learned a couple of things though. I learned why griefers grief. I learned why hackers hack. Why do you ask? It's the adrenaline rush you get while griefing/hacking that just gets to you, no matter how good you think your self-control is. This is exactly why it isn't fun to grief a singeplayer world. Griefing is fun because you get that rush when you know the admins are onto you or that constant excitement that the owner of the creation you're destroying will log on and rage. It's not to ruin other people's things, it's to get the rush of doing something bad. Something looked down upon by others. Something evil.
On the other hand, hacking is about the lack of fear. Normal play can make some fear that they will die because it's probably two similar skill levels fighting against each other. When you hack and use aimbot, for instance, you have that sense of confidence that you can kill anyone before they can kill you. It makes you feel like you have power or that you dominate others. As you know, people love to have power and it's a hard addiction to stop. Even if your insults against hackers really get to that hacker, they can't stop. They could even deeply regret it themselves, but they feel dependent on it to win at PvP. It takes a lot of will to stop griefing or hacking. A lot.
Even if it is just a video game, people still have fun playing them. And there's nothing worse than ruining the fun for them. You might think that a person's building in Minecraft is just a bunch of bits of information in a code or just "something" in a video game, it's not. Those buildings were the hard work of some person out there and they feel a connection to it. For example, you might see an old baseball glove just laying out in the open and you might just kick it around like a ball. However, that baseball glove was the old glove of some kid's grandfather who just recently passed away. That glove is the one thing that makes that kid not cry when he thinks about his beloved grandpa. It's extremely special to him. While to you it might be an old piece of leather, it could mean a whole lot to someone else. I mean seriously, what type of person enjoys making others feel bad?
Some points to take out of this:
-While griefing may seem harmless and it's really just a video game, it may mean a lot for whoever built it.
-Hacking may seem fun at first, but later it's really difficult to stop. Even vanilla PvP is probably more exciting than a client aiming your sword for you.
-Griefing/hacking is really an attempt to make others feel bad as well as make you feel powerful or for just downright fun. And when you think about it, what type of people make others feel bad to feel good themselves? Murderers, bullies, jerks, there's a whole list of people with this personality that just doesn't make sense.
-Don't start. Even if it seems tempting, don't. The second you download some client, just prepare yourself to thinking that you're gonna be with this client for a while whether you like it or not. Sometimes your friends will turn on you if you're the only one who hacks.
-Just have fun. It's fun to build with others. It's fun to just die once in a while. It's fun to make others smile and laugh and just to mess around. Don't ruin it for others. There are so many other ways to have fun.
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Gr8 blog <:
Feel the fear in my enemies' eyes.
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
I'd say that you are a brave soul.
I was getting fed up about it when I just happened to come upon his house, and noticed that it wasn't protected whatsoever. It was a 3 story house, with multiple fields of crops around it and chests hidden in caves and tons of animals fenced in, however it was all in a somewhat ratty condition (i definitely wasn't the first one to grief him) , but I went CRAZY. I killed all of his animals, destroyed all of his crops, raided all of his chests, and was just entering the house when i looked out the window and saw him, he was crossing the bridge (he built his house in an area where two rivers meet) and i could tell that he hadn't seen me yet, he seemed to be observing the damage.
I ran up what was left of the stairs (someone before me had blew up the interior and tnt was still littered everywhere), and made my way to the third floor and crouched as he entered the house. He was wearing full diamond and i had nothing, so i teleported back to the spawn. That was the first time i griefed, the second time i griefed the same person and did almost the same things, he had repaired the damages from before but never got back all the items in his chests. I was just entering his house when ONCE AGAIN i looked out the window and saw him and one of his buddies, only this time it was too late and they had both seen me. They reported me to an admin and i was immediately sent to the jail. I'm still not allowed back on that server.