PBW ethics, opinions please.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Hehe, I love insulting people. Although is anyone ever objected to it I would stop doing it to them.

I also like doing ship names as a way of sending a message. LIke naming a ship "Insecticide" when plying the Xi'Chung.

Geocshmo

ROFLOL

[Rollo]

Originally posted by Wardad:
So far no one has objected to ships named Awfrigit and OFU.

Oh, I have nothing against that and wouldn't object to that...

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Hehe, I love insulting people. Although is anyone ever objected to it I would stop doing it to them.

I also like doing ship names as a way of sending a message. LIke naming a ship "Insecticide" when plying the Xi'Chung.

Geocshmo

I also have nothing against a good in-character insult or some form a jest/banter/or whatever...

But quite frankly, when a player starts to send "F*** you [name]!" Messages by what ever means, the fun stops for me.

Rollo

[ January 16, 2003, 21:07: Message edited by: Rollo ]

[Rollo]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
How about players reading these forums and telling other players in game that a player is not to be trusted due to his/her Posts in Shrapnel Forums

That's absolutely ridiculous .
I guess some people don't get the idea of roleplaying or in-character Messages. Surely Posts on this board have nothing to do with in-game diplomacy.

Another thing is sometimes players that carry grudges from one game to another. While it is perfectly understandable, they should really keep them to themselves and/or avoid them as much as possible (yeah, I know that can be hard...). But by no means can they use it as argument: "Hey, (Player A) killed me in game (X). Therefore my attack on him is a just cause."
Or even worse is 'crosstrading'. Something like: If you give me planet A in game X, I'll give you tech B in game Y...[/rant off]

Rollo

[ January 16, 2003, 21:28: Message edited by: Rollo ]

[geoschmo]

Oh yeah. That's bad. I always aim my insults at the empire, not at the player. Gotta keep it in character.

[Gozra]

I made some one disgusted because I had 10 mines left over from the remains of my empire. And still claimed that the game was not over because I "have units in the field" and we can still resist. (no planets or ships left but I still had 10 mines).
Nothing wrong with insults but if you need to revert to profanity... well I think one should and could do better.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Gozra:
I made some one disgusted because I had 10 mines left over from the remains of my empire. And still claimed that the game was not over because I "have units in the field" and we can still resist. (no planets or ships left but I still had 10 mines).
Nothing wrong with insults but if you need to revert to profanity... well I think one should and could do better.

Heh, if you made me scour the quadrant looking for your Last minefield I might swear at you a little myself.

Geoschmo

[spoon]

Originally posted by Rollo:

I guess some people don't get the idea of roleplaying or in-character Messages. Surely Posts on this board have nothing to do with in-game diplomacy.

Though not everyone considers se4 to be a role-playing game. Whereas roleplaying can make the game more fun for some people, others may find it an unncessarry distraction - esp. if you don't have the time for it. Personally, I enjoy a moderate amount of rping, but wouldn't begrudge someone who sent OOC Messages or used Real World contexts for in-game decisions (eg, If you know Player A backstabbed Player B in game Y, I wouldn't think it necesarrily bad to inform player C about it in Game Z).

Something like: If you give me planet A in game X, I'll give you tech B in game Y...[/rant off]

That I would consider unethical...