Post by Padre Romero on May 24, 2008 12:38:32 GMT -5
Here's my take:
Any game rules are going to exist out of utility...IE: making the game more fun and enjoyable for the most number of people.
The anti-alt abuse/anti-zerg rules exist to give each character the assurance that each character they encounter will be played by a dedicated player. Similar rules exist for Bots...it ruins the competitive spirit and (because I like RP-ing) make the game a little soulless if each persons controlling 15-20 characters merely to accomplish an objective.
The suburb boundaries don't exist primarily to enforce this rule...I always looked at them more as flavorful devisions of the city: if you're playing a reasonable 3-5 characters, there's really no reason why they shouldn't be MORE than a suburb apart. However, it's not de facto cheating if, say, one of your characters is carrying on a fight in ridleybank while another is defending Nichols mall. This is a really fuzzy area, and I think whether or not you're labeled a cheater in this case will depend largely on how sportsmanlike you are with your character.
Now: as for characters.
"working towards the same goal" is tircky...Sam and Padre (two of my characters) were both in the Angels for a while as a flavorful thing, until a lot of my opponents got angry. I generally justified this by saying that while they were in the same group, Padre usually charged about with the rest of the NMC and Sam hung around in Scarletwood and healed people...they were never even in the same corner of the city.
However, my opponents contended (perhaps rightfully) that they still had a similar goal: IE, promulgating angel-like ideals and recruiting characters for my faction. Sam and Padre also occasionally drew similar graffiti on different ends of the city and of course, both participated in the Flare Extravaganza...
I suppose this counts as working towards the same ends, but I don't consider it quite as messy as Salt-the-Earth and such policies, which aim to do actual damage to the other side. Nevertheless, I decided to avoid the controversy altogather and have Sam become an factionless character who continues to do all the same stuff he used to do...
Lets get some rule ultitarianism into the mix...here's how you know if it's right or wrong
before you do anything that may be questionably game-defying, ask yourself
"If everyone did this, would it be a fun game"
If the answer is no...you've made a mistake.
Any game rules are going to exist out of utility...IE: making the game more fun and enjoyable for the most number of people.
The anti-alt abuse/anti-zerg rules exist to give each character the assurance that each character they encounter will be played by a dedicated player. Similar rules exist for Bots...it ruins the competitive spirit and (because I like RP-ing) make the game a little soulless if each persons controlling 15-20 characters merely to accomplish an objective.
The suburb boundaries don't exist primarily to enforce this rule...I always looked at them more as flavorful devisions of the city: if you're playing a reasonable 3-5 characters, there's really no reason why they shouldn't be MORE than a suburb apart. However, it's not de facto cheating if, say, one of your characters is carrying on a fight in ridleybank while another is defending Nichols mall. This is a really fuzzy area, and I think whether or not you're labeled a cheater in this case will depend largely on how sportsmanlike you are with your character.
Now: as for characters.
"working towards the same goal" is tircky...Sam and Padre (two of my characters) were both in the Angels for a while as a flavorful thing, until a lot of my opponents got angry. I generally justified this by saying that while they were in the same group, Padre usually charged about with the rest of the NMC and Sam hung around in Scarletwood and healed people...they were never even in the same corner of the city.
However, my opponents contended (perhaps rightfully) that they still had a similar goal: IE, promulgating angel-like ideals and recruiting characters for my faction. Sam and Padre also occasionally drew similar graffiti on different ends of the city and of course, both participated in the Flare Extravaganza...
I suppose this counts as working towards the same ends, but I don't consider it quite as messy as Salt-the-Earth and such policies, which aim to do actual damage to the other side. Nevertheless, I decided to avoid the controversy altogather and have Sam become an factionless character who continues to do all the same stuff he used to do...
Lets get some rule ultitarianism into the mix...here's how you know if it's right or wrong
before you do anything that may be questionably game-defying, ask yourself
"If everyone did this, would it be a fun game"
If the answer is no...you've made a mistake.