Post by gregory on Nov 17, 2007 2:43:02 GMT -5
goolina said:
gregory said:
The radio is a great way to taunt, warn of PKers, and otherwise communicate with other survivors, but please remember that there are zombies and zombie spies (like our old rivals the Gore Corps) who are also listening to our chatter.*sigh*
How many times do I have to tell you? WE DO NOT SPY FOR THE RRF!!! Any information the GC receives while revived is used exclusively by and for the GC only, and is not shared with the horde at large. We have a secure forum and IRC chat, so non-GC can't even accidentally get information. There are a few GC in the NMC, and vice versa, and I like to think that we all play honorably.
Besides, it's not like it's a big secret that at any given time, you lot are hanging out at one of the malls or NTs in the Survivor Snack Zone.
I apologize for calling you spies. I was out of line. I do, in fact, know better.
However, do you GCers listen to the radio at all and share info with other GCers? Do you ever weaken the defenses of buildings with only a handful of defenders - either by tearing down barricades or killing survivors?
I have something of a love/hate relationship with the radio, personally. On one hand, great coordination tool - especially for survivors who do not metagame. On the other, it means spending AP broadcasting information that is easily intercepted. Half the messages are nonsense, a quarter of them misinformation, and only a quarter of it is worth listening to. And yet I'm never without my radio. It's saved my ass a few times and brought me to hot spots on many occasions.
The broadcast that prompted this was an announcement that there were only 9 zeds standing in the Blackmore - made 2 hours before I logged in. I went and checked - 25 zeds. So, either some jackass was dream-bursting, or 16 zombies arrived to reinforce the faltering defense - most probably the former.
I'm I advocating complete radio silence? No. "4/4 powered" or "break-in at Went" messages help survivors far more than they hurt. Hell even a zombie outside of the mall can see when it's powered. I'm really advocating limiting *details* of broadcasts - "Went needs help now," not "20 survivors left in Went, and most of them badly wounded with 24 zeds inside." One is a call for action. The other is tipping our hands to anyone with a radio - survivor, zombie, or PKer. The RRF doesn't broadcast their numbers, current specific destinations, or the level of barricades that are remaining on a remote but tactically useful building to the survivors, so why should we do the reverse?
Again, I apologize for accusing Gore Corps of spying, and I don't rankle at being called on it.