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Does CaptKurt ever give up, honestly? [message #31463] Tue, 15 July 2003 23:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Well, lets analyze this for a second. (Note 1: please realize that the anylasis I provide is based on my own experiances with ACK that I have observed in multiple forums. As I do not know him in real life, I cannot give an accurate analysis, but then again, neither can anyone else. People can act different online than they do in real life, I have observed this myself.
Note 2: this is not posted in ACK's defence, but rather a reality check about the accusation made.)

Anyways with that said, lets see if ACK really is a Narcissist.

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Narcissists use everyone around them to keep themselves inflated


Everyone does this at one time or another, the difference here is wheither or not it happens continuously. No one can really give a yay or nay about this bacause no one knows him in person. However based on his forum behavior, this is not so. He may act like he's always right, but quite often he is, or is close to it. If proved wrong, he has backed down before.

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Often they find flaws in others and criticize them fiercely, for this further distinguishes them from those who are defective


This is true. But once again, most prople fall under this category as we all don't want to be assosiated with less than par (based on personal or standard quality) quality. I don't know how may times I've heard critisisms about the same bad movies, bad games, or berating those who display racist qualities.

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Because of their underlying need for voice and the resultant bluster, narcissists often work their way to the center of their "circle," or the top of their organization


ACK has never come right out and said that he is the best at anything or outlandishly bragged about (ie created a topic about it etc.). Unless his work is critisized or his opinions about a map, etc. are challenged, he dosen't even bring the subject of his modification quality up. He may have "Creator of Glacier Flying... The only fan-made map that has ever made it into a Westwood game in their entire history." in his signature, but that is just pride in ones work, and unless provoked he doesn't flaunt it.

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Indeed, they may be the mentor or guru for others. The second they are snubbed, however, they rage at their "enemy."


This however, I can't agrue with. Keep in mind that if you put in many hours of work to give "professional" quality work (One of his maps has private recognition -Glacier_Flying- therefore his work can be described as professional quality) You would defend your work as well, albeit perhaps a bit less passionatly. As well, as his skill increases he has publically put down his own older maps.

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Demands to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements


To quote again "without commensurate (Measurable by a common standard) achievements". Westwood accepting Glacier_Flying as a standard map gave him "commensurate achievements".

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Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation - or, failing that, wishes to be feared and to be notorious


From what I've seen, ACK just has little patience, and a short fuse. Nothing I have seen demonstrates him requiring excessive admiration, or the wish to be feared. He has always just taken whats given to him and responded passionatly but without care of how he is viewed.


So in closing, while ACK has demonstrated attributes of narcissism, he doesn't fit the whole profile, therefore cannot be deemed a Narcissist.

I appologise for the length of this, and in the future, if you wish to label someone, first understand completely what you are using as a label.

EDIT: just some spelling errors that I noticed

[Updated on: Wed, 16 July 2003 02:12]

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