Online gaming issues: Are we losing culture and ethics?

The virtual world – a little haven for people who are sort-of anti-social, and probably their preferable place to socialize instead of doing such in the real world; and in this kind of world where you communicate to someone quite anonymous with only a pseudonym and/or picture as identity, it is easier to make enemies and more difficult to make friends.

Zooming in, online gaming comprises more slice of the pie in the virtual world. People would love to have a few games at hand, wanting to excel on it compared to millions of people who want to do just the same. And in the virtual gaming world, can we still think of proper attitude, culture, and gaming ethics? First things first, are there such thing?

There may not be any but common sense would tell us that there is. Where are all the manners that our parents teach us while we were kids? In online gaming, they are forgotten.

China aired out on the goal of most online games: killing monsters and even human characters. They see this as something that would influence the physical activities and mental thinking of minors. True enough, most online games (especially RPG) are violent and full of gore. But there is more to violence than what people see on the game. Outside that is something more dangerous.

In an article found through the net entitled Online Gaming’s Dirty Little Secret, it stated:

Fast-forward to the current generation of games, and hearing racial epithets like the "n word" or homophobic slang like the "f word" shouted online is more commonplace than you might want to believe. Meanwhile, women who play in the male-dominated world of online gaming sometimes find themselves the victims of sexually suggestive comments and gender-based taunting.

We rant about these but, who should take action? There are not much regulations with regards to online violence. Some countries have, some countries don’t. Measures should be taken but if it’s online, it is quite inevitable.

Game developers should take the first step with regards to this matter since they’re the ones who are feeding the people with violence. With their games, it is like telling the people that violence is fun. It may not be their main goal in making such games but, have they thought about it when they made such games? Maybe no. Or maybe yes – but maybe they just disregarded ethics over marketability.

Social Media on online poker? Possible.

Online poker software has become plain and too simple. It has stayed that way for quite a long time that most players are used to the boring facade they see while they play. The usual interface, the usual actions - entirely the usual gaming. It stayed long that way because it's what's working for everybody. Players of all ages, novice or veteran, or those who are used to playing online or those who play traditional finds the online poker software working for them. They could play any game and at any table that they want, and they could make use of that old platform, use it as an advantage and earn like there's no tomorrow.

But what if an online poker software company would include social media to online poker? It is highly possible.

A lot of gaming companies are now including social media in their gaming. Some would acquire existing social gaming platforms while some do a little gamble and try something new and place their games on social networking sites. Slowly but surely, it is working for them, and it is working for the gamers. How much more in poker?

Online poker is widely played. With proper control over the money at stake and with enticing game bonuses, this online game has been known worldwide and even invading reality television. It's popularity is undeniable. And so does social networking. With these two combined, it would be a winning platform already.

Imagine players getting so excited to play and would really try their best so that they can brag themselves on Facebook! Or probably players can invite other players to join in their table, or even encourage them to get into online poker. It's hitting two birds with one stone.

So probably in the coming days, we would expect that kind of online poker platform to come to surface.

Online Poker Software that could aid in your playing

In a world where poker dominates, online gamers have seen tough and enjoyable competition in playing such game. Every player would want to place their A-game in every table they invade. But with constant advancement of technology, one could never help but to seek for virtual aid in their gaming. Thus, the creation of 3^rd party software.

In poker, these 3^rd party software helps a player a step further in winning a poker game. It isn’t necessarily cheating. It is just like calling a friend to help you with your cards out, only that it is virtual.

There are different kinds of 3^rd party software that players used in online poker. We’ll discuss each one briefly, give you a few ideas about it and hopefully give a valuable insight in helping you with your game.

CALCULATORS

Calculators are 3^rd party software that helps the player find odds and possible combinations of the cards he’s playing. The probability of these combinations plays around all the cards in the deck - cards both on the deck or those at the hands of the opponents.

Often, calculators are seen to be deceiving and known to be a software for cheating. But it isn’t really CHEATING. It’s simply showing what probably combinations could be used. The calculator cannot and does not reveal the cards of the opponents, so it’s simply like the player’s mind thinking of combinations only that the computer is doing it for him.

BOTS

There are also a few misconceptions of bots. Bots, in others’ understanding, bots makes instant money for a player in a certain pot. Although these bots really exist, but the real purpose of bots is to play for a player.

The bot is turned on, and does the playing for the player in case he is on a game and would badly need to do an errand – or have a visit in the toilet. It simply plays for the player.

TRACKERS

Poker trackers are probably the most helpful 3^rd party software - it may not be of the time being of poker playing, but its long-term contribution would make it very helpful.

Poker trackers track down the number of wins and losses, good and bad hands, betting patterns, and the likes. These factors would easily help players, especially the beginners, to track their gaming and further learn from their playing patterns helping them make a better move in their next games.

Third party software are okay, as long as the intentions on using them are clean. They aid, they help. They don’t mean to destruct, they don’t mean to cheat. And as far as online poker is concerned, there might still be a lot to do to make sure that these software are indeed safe. But as of the moment, if one player intends to use such in playing online poker, he should be careful and responsible in using it.