Curse

2_fingers · Oct 01, 2005, 04:49 PM // 16:49

of course, the literal parralel would be that to Card's "Enders game". There isnt such thing as fair play if u really need (want) to win.

Teufel Eldritch · Oct 01, 2005, 05:28 PM // 17:28

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Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

A significant portion of those you're playing against are adolescents who play to bolster their frail self-esteem, so fair play is not something you should count on. In fact, they've developed a kind of philosophy that fair play is bad; playing fair means you don't care enough about winning, and so is not a serious player, and so is a n00b. For more info on this frame of mind, search for "leet".

Omg! so true.. so effing true.

Ristaron · Oct 01, 2005, 06:20 PM // 18:20

The only honour in the game is:
-Don't run in the arenas
-Don't diss other peoples' valiant efforts
-Don't drop unless you're impatient and it's clear the one person left in your team is not going to beat the 4 other people.

Everything else is up to you.
I regularly do the "Press F4 to get free faction!" thing in Tombs for fun (it's even funnier when someone is stupid enough to do it). That's not unfair, that's teaching people what the keyboard can do. I also kick a party member who has been AFK for 10 minutes despite having been with the team for several rounds. That's making way for others.
I dye farmed in presearing, that was purely because everyone else got dyes except my first character.

Scamming is a risk people expose themselves to when they don't do the game with friends. It's also not a scam if someone is willing to pay 25,000 gold for a max dmg chaos axe, that's getting the most for your items.
However, it is dishonourable to forego completing payments for runs.

Numa Pompilius · Oct 01, 2005, 07:04 PM // 19:04

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Originally Posted by Sanji

Sneer and cuss all you want to about kids who don't care to follow an arbitrary code of honor in a video game, it won't change anything.

I sneered and cussed?

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Video games are still very much a kid thing, expecting maturity in it is a detriment to your ability to have fun.

I thought that was pretty much what I said.

Dax · Oct 02, 2005, 01:54 AM // 01:54

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Originally Posted by Savio

Actually, the average age of a gamer was in the 18-24 range, if I recall the study correctly. Still, not all male gamers in that range - not a whole lot actually - are very mature. Plain and simple, you should not trust anything a person says online, and take much caution. Many people play to win, and much less for fun.

Agreed it's not always the age. General rule of thumb I use is to trust no one. That doesn't mean you can't have fun, but take everything with a grain of salt.
It's just common sense.

But the bigger picture is this is why there are rules in games, because it is in people's nature to see how much they can get away with.
The more lax the rules are the more disorder there is going to be, and unfortunately GW is pretty lax.

Arturo02 · Oct 02, 2005, 02:49 AM // 02:49

last weekend in gvg our guild faced a team that had two people with the same name, except for like one letter. More ingenious then the afk trick but people will try anything.

oh and Ristaron, you forgot one...

always give a gg no matter the outcome.

Kazahana · Oct 02, 2005, 10:05 AM // 10:05

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Originally Posted by Savio

Just a piece of advice: Pressing Alt-F4 or F12-Enter does not give you lots of ectos, gold, or uber stats. Letting you know beforehand.

however CTRL+SHIFT+H at the same time does

J/K