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Twra mporw na milisw opws prepei. Gia na miliseis gia ta games kalo einai na xrisimopoihseis th dikh tous glwssa.

Deite pws fainetai h ellinikh glwssa xrisimopoiontas to latiniko alfavito, den einai egklimatiko? Kserw pws ta matia oswn diavasoun auto to keimeno, ektos an einai gamers, tha ponesoun me osa doun mprosta tous, alla auto einai kalo giati endexomenws na tous kanei na katalavoun poso shmantikh einai h glwssa mas, kai poso polu tha prepei na prosexoume me ton tropo pou th metaxeirizomaste. Allwste, h eisagwgi agglikwn orwn sthn kathimerinothta mas exei ginei toso entonh pou idi xrisimopoioume uvridiki glwssa, mia glwssa pou isorropei anamesa sta ellinika kai sta agglika. Alla se auto to keimeno, to asximouliko ek twn pragmatwn, de thelw na anaferthw sth shmasia ths glwssas alla na milisw anoixta, me th glwssa pou me apeleutherwnei sto sugkekrimeno thema, gia o,ti me katadunasteuei th mish zwh mou twra.

Lineage legetai to game pou me porwnei. Afora ena mmo-rpg (massively multiplayer online role-playing game), ena game diladi, sto opoio uparxei ena perivallon anoixto, ws allos kosmos, pou filoksenei gamers san kai tou logou mou, kala paidia pou exasan to dromo tous as poume, oi opoioi dimiourgoun xaraktires, allilepidroun metaksu tous se pragmatiko xrono, skotwnoun teratakia, skotwnontai metaksu tous (xwris pragmatika na skotwnetai o hrwas tous), organwnoun summaxies kai kataktoun kastra. Yparxoun races, ratses as poume opws oi human, ta orc, ta elf kai ta dark elf, telos ta nanakia. Yparxoun magoi kai fighters, maxhtes diladi, pou koumpwnoun metaksu tous me tropo poy na kathista anagkaies tis sunanastrofes tous se hmerisia taksh. To perivallon tou paixnidou einai messaioniko. Oi poleis tou, akomh kai ta onomata tous, mas odigoun pisw sto xrono, kai an kathisei kapoios apo tous gamers na dei thn istoria pou diadramatizetai mesa sto paixnidi, isws katalavei oti exei ki ena vathutero nohma apo to na skotwnei mobs kai enemies, apo to na anevainei level.

Auto einai ligo polu to game. H etairia pou to dimiourgise, antagwnistria enos allou mmo-rpg pou akouei sto onoma WOW (World Of Warcrafts), exase ton polemo metaksu tous ki apla sunexizei na ufistatai as poume, dixws pragmatika na exei epituxia. Einai enas polemos, ap’oso kserw, anamesa se mia iapwniki etairia kai mia amerikaniki, kai h deuterh einai auth pou einai apo panw. Opws kai na’xei, ena prezaki twn games, den endiaferetai gia tetoia pragmata, thelei apla na kanei log in sto game, kai na xarei me osa vlepei.

H empeiria mou eixe ksekinisei tis teleutaies meres tou Iouni, to makrino 2008. Hmoun tote 15 xronwn, kai hmoun idi enas gamer pou pernouse to xrono tou paizontas kuriws Pro, Dota, San Andreas kai leipes vlakeies. Twra eimai 29, opote edw kai 14 xronia, pragmatika th mish mou zwh, eimai gamer enos paixnidiou, kai pio sugkekrimena, mias mono ekdoxhs tou, tou legomenou Interlude, kathws kathe toso vgainoun, akomh kai twra, diaforetika updates, me mikres ‘h megaluteres allages kathe fora. H teleutaia ekdosh tou paixnidou den exei kamia sxesh, pera apo to perivallon, me thn ekdosh pou paizw egw kai me kanei na niwthw amixana opote vlepw skhnes tou se kapoio video sto YouTube.

14 xronia einai polla gia na asxoleisai, eutuxws peristasiaka ki otan me pairnei apo katw, me kati. Ginesai pragmatika kalos se auto, ‘h estw, to ksereis se vathmo tetoio pou niwtheis san pantognwstis, ki as mathainw kathe fora pou paizw ki apo kati neo epeita apo tosa xronia.

To megalutero meionektima tou paixnidiou, apo thn apopsh ths psuxikhs mas ugeias, einai to gegonos oti den exei pragmatiko telos para mono arxh. H arxh einai h agaphmenh mou fash, alla me ton kairo o kosmos pou paizei ston ekastote server, sthn ekastote prospatheia kapoiou idiwth dhladh, mias kai polloi ligoi paizoun sthn official ekdosh tou game, enw oi perissoteroi alwnizoun tous private servers, me ton kairo telos pantwn, o kosmos feugei gia alla ksekinimata, kai moiazei to game san thn eparxia ths Elladas, adeio apo zwh ma me shmadia pws kapote edw kati ginotan, kapote edw h zwh eudokimouse.

Telos pantwn, to thema einai oti to game ws game einai ethistiko. Kai pws na min einai tetoio apo th stigmh pou exoun aksiopoiithei akomh kai psuxologoi pou ekanan ereunes wste na doune pws mporoun na to kanoun olo kai pio apolaustiko, se shmeio tetoio pou na mnh mporeis na kaneis log out. Ki autos einai o logos pou anoiksa auto to thema. Hthela apo kairo na milisw gia to pws egw viwnw ton ethismo mou, apla gia na katadeiksw thn emfuth tash mas pros auton, o opoios mas fanerwnetai me diaforetikous tropous, ma sxedon se olous mas.

Nomizoume oti o pragmatikos ethismos afora ta narkwtika, to poto, to tsigaro, to fagito, alla den einai etsi. Oi anthrwpoi, anekathen ithelan na apofeugoun ton pono, ki etsi, prospathwntas na apofugoun katastaseis pou den ithelan na antimetwpisoun, ma eprepe, afierwnan ki afierwnoun ton xrono tous allou. Pleon uparxoun neoi ethismoi, ta social media, oi seires, ta games, mporei na einai upioterhs morfhs apo ta narkwtika kai to alkool, alla den pauoun na einai sth zwh mas ws katadunastikes dunameis. Pisteuw akradanta oti ligo ews polu oloi se kati eimaste ethismenoi, akomh ki autoi pou kanoun gumnastikh, ethizontai se auth, autoi pou asxolountai me thn politikh, pou diavazoun ta nea swirdwn, ethizontai se auth, akomh kai ta agaphmena mou vivlia, me oles tis skepseis pou filoksenoun entws tous, mporoun na ftasoun sto shmeio na se kanoun na ethisteis. Ola auta, den einai kala ‘h kaka apo mona tous, einai kapoiwn eidwn ergaleia wste na mas kanoun na niwsoume etsi ‘h alliws, na paroume erethismata, na mathoume, alla h adunamia mas na thesoume ta oria mas kathe fora, mas kanei pragmatika ermaia tous, ki ekei pou eprepe na ta xrisimopoioume, kataligoun na mas xrisimopoioun auta.

Kathe fora pou piezomai, pou exoun mazeutei pragmata pou thelw na kanw, pianw ton eauto mou na xanei ton autoelegxo, na mpainei na dei kapoio video sto YouTube, ‘h kapoion streamer sto Twitch, gia na parei eikones apo ton nostalgiko kosmo tou Lineage, enan kosmo pou sta matia mou exei sundethei me thn epoxh ths anemelias kai tou romantismou. Ma o pragmatikos kosmos einai edw, eksw apo ta games ki olous tous allous ethismous, kai o xronos perna mia gia panta, ki emeis duskoleuomaste na paroume to treno tou. Kathe fora einai kai h teleutaia, lew, ma den einai. Mia, dyo, kamia fora kai treis fores mesa ston xrono, paratw ta panta gia dyo-treis evdomades kai ginomai to paidi pou hmoun kai tote, sto makrino pleon parelthon, to opoio den to endieferan kai polla, sigoura oxi to pou paei o kosmos mas, to ti einai h zwh kai pws tha eprepe na zoume, ki apla kolumpa se enan fantastiko, virtual kosmo, parea me allous prezakides, kamena paidia apo thn koinwnia.

Autes tis meres eimai katharos kai pali. Opote to stamatw niwthw na ksanagienniemai, diagrafw, katharizw, vazw pramata se taksh, ma osa me eriksan sto game, einai pali mesa mou kai perimenoun thn katallhlh stigmh gia na me ksanariskoun sta duxtia tou.

Den einai omws mono h piesh, sunithws prin tis eksetastikes, ‘h otan niwthw thn monaksia na me pnigei, einai epishs to gegonos pws sto game, exontas pia xtisei ki ena brand pou akouei sto onoma Emporakos, o nanos ths Giran, ths kentrikhs polhs tou game, enos tupou pou kserei na vgazei lefta (adena) eukolotera apo allous kai na ginetai dunamh mesa ston pseutiko plun omws sunaisthimatika realistiko kosmo, mporw na niwsw ola osa tha ithela na niwthw kai sthn pragmatikh mas zwh. Sto game eimai sxetika kalos, gnwstos, kai eudiathetos tupos. Sth zwh eimai skrapas, noufaro mias limnis xamenhs, melagxolikos. Sto game exw lefta kai dunamh kai doksa, sthn zwh eimai apentaros, adunamos, ksexasmenos ki apo ton eauto mou. Sto game exw autoektimisi, autopepoithisi, autokuriarxia, sth zwh eimai noobas (den kserw pou pane ta 4 as poume), automastigwsths, me eleipsh peitharxias, isws ki autognwsias.

Gia tous parapanw logous to goustarw to game dipla, giati mou dinei th dunatothta na ksefeugw ap’osa me plhgwnoun kai na ginomai osa tha ithela na eimai. Sto game omws ta pragmata einai apla, ‘h toulaxiston etsi mou fainontai. Prwta ap’ola, ola ginontai pio grigora kai pio eukola, ki as einai periploka. Eukola xtizeis ton xarakthra sou, me ola ta antikeimena tou, arkei na vazeis xrono ki epideksiothta. Sth zwh mas omws, polles fores akomh ki an vazeis xrono kai kopo, niwtheis san na mhn odigeisai pouthena para mono ston tafo. Sto game, mporeis na exeis xilies prospatheies gia na ta katafereis. Sth zwh mas omws, exoume mono mia prospatheia, ki as exei polles afaitiries.

Ematha pantws gia ta kala tosa xronia, pws o anthrwpos agapa na ethizetai, na afinetai na autokatastrefetai, san na timwrei asuneidita ton eauto tou pou de pianei tis vaseis pou o idios ethesai. Otan koitazw ton kosmo gurw μou, psaxnw gia tous ethismous tou, kai mesa apo autous psuxanemizomai ta trwta tous shmeia. Gia emena, kathe anthrwpos einai ena ateles on, polu makria apo ola osa tha mporouse na’nai, sthn kaluterh, ideath tou ekdoxh. Ws twra, den exw vrei oute gurw mou, oute se vivlia ki istories, kapoion ‘h kapoia pou na’nai idaniko protupo gia tous allous. Ta teleutaia xronia allwste, kathe toso aporriptw tis authenties mou, fernontas tous olous sto diko mou mpoi kai vlepontas tous katamata. Oloi mas eimaste anthrwpoi, ki auto shmanei oti eimaste atelh onta, ma auto einai pou pragmatika mporei na mas enwsei, to oti kaneis den einai teleios. Patame sto idio shmeio me to ena mas podi kai me to allo eksereunoume sta tufla pou mporoume na ftasoume, na patisoume. To megalutero pou mporei na apexei kapoios den einai para ena metro to polu ap’olous tous allous.

Peftwntas kai ksanapeftwntas me ta moutra sto gaming ematha, parathrwntas ta sunaisthimata mou, ton enthousiasmo pou me kanei na nithw zwntanoteros, pws exoume anagkh apo to neo, apo thn elpida pou auto mas epifulassei, apo ta endexomena pou mas anoigontai. Einai kalo na hremoume pou kai pou, na galhneuoume, alla xreiazomaste epishs thn allagh, to agnwsto, thn peripeteia. Eimaste dunamika onta, exoume anagkh thn allagh, gi’auto osoi tassontai uper ths suntirishs pane kontra sth fush tous, kontra sth zwh. Oi neoi einai epanastatikoi, giati mesa tous niwthoun oti ola einai lathos, ki upo mia ennoia einai ontws lathos, apla den kseroun kai pws tha eprepe na’nai. Megalwnontas omws xanoun thn epanastatikothta tous, xanoun kai thn elpida tous, katalhgontas na ginoun polles fores kunikoi, sigoura pio sunthritikoi. Ta kuttara ths anthrwpotitas prepei na pethainoun kai na anagennountai kai pali, na epanefevriskoun ton eauto tous, na pairnoun ti thesi pou mporoun na paroun sto swma ths. Ta kumata ths zwhs pou pigainoerxontai, skane mesa mas kai mas thumizoun ws xtupoi kardias, ton arxegwno ruthmo twn tumpanwn polemou, ton eugenh polemo ston opoio vriskomaste metaksu mas, monoi enantia se olous, monoi kai ksenoi apenanti kai sto atomo mas.

Ki exei plaka na pefteis kai na ksanashkwnesai, mexri na peseis gia teleutaia fora, giati o nekros anthrwpos de steketai orthios, ektos ki an einai paloukwmenos.

Mexri tote omws, mexri th stigmh ths apeleutherwshs apo olous ki ola, ofeiloume, efoson epilegoume th zwh apo ton thanato, na diekdikoume ta megista se auto ton vio pou polles fores ginetai aviwtos. Anamesa sta alla, zw shmainei epishs epilegw, ki as einai auth h epilogh uposeinidita kathorismenh apo ta enstikta mas.

Oi ethismoi mas, mikroi ‘h megaluteroi, kruvoun th dunatothta na mas katadeiksoun atelies, na mas dwsoun mathimata, wste na gnwrisoume kalutera ton eauto mas o kathenas kai h kathemia, ola ta adunama shmeia mas, auta sta opoia prepei na dwsoume vash, gia na dunamwsoume auto to mualo, ki auto to swma, auth thn uparksh, enanti se ola osa gurw ths teinoun na thn pnigoun.

Apo ton ethismo mou ematha oti exw megalh idea gia ton eauto mou kai pws eimai katadikasmenos, an de ginw voudisths, sthn kathfeia. Kathfhs ek fusews giati tha ithela na eimai ola auta sta opoia adunatw na dwsw ton eauto mou, adunamos logw programmatismou na ginw o sundetikos krikos gia olo ton kosmo. Ematha poso shmantikh einai h autognwsia, h vathuterh autognwsia apo auth pou exw kataferei gia thn akriveia, o autoelegxos, h autokuriarxia, h autonomia, h autodiathesh. Ematha poso shmantikh einai h douleia, alla kai poso shmantikoterh einai h douleia me eksupnada, oxi h ponhrh pou vasileuei ston kosmo, alla auth pou kanei ta pragmata na prokuptoun me eukolotero tropo. Ematha poso shmantikh einai h sxolh, to na pernas xrono dixws na kaneis kati sugkekrimeno. Ematha poso shmantikh einai h koinwnikothta, oi stigmes pou aplws pairnoun sth lithi san na mhn upirksan, giati mas vgazoun gia ligo apo to kefali mas kai mas ksekourazoun. Ematha tous anthrwpous ligo kalutera kathws tous eida na sumperiferontai, opws ki egw, eleutheroi apo ton rolo pou paizoun sthn pragmatikh zwh, epilegontas na’nai ola osa tha ithelan na’nai mesa sthn pseutia mas, pote kalous kai pote kakous, tis perissoteres fores dixws logo, ki anti gia anthrwpous me sunaisthimata, tous eida ws sunaisthimata me nou. Ematha poso shmantikos en telei mporei na ginei o xamenos mas xronos, paizontas ena game pou sou roufaei th zwh, an epidiwkseis na pareis mathimata apo thn olh empeiria.

Ta paidia ston kosmo megalwnoun paizontas games, kai mathainoun apo auta osa adunatoun isws na tous mathoun oi goneis tous, to sxoleio, h koinwnia.

Meta apo ena tetoio keimeno, ti pisteueis gia th glwssa mas?

H shmantikoterh erwthsh omws einai auth, poios einai o dikos sou ethismos kai ti pisteueis oti mporei na sou fanerwsei, ti mporei na sou didaksei?