PBW ethics, opinions please.

Pax · #1 January 17th, 2003, 06:00 AM

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Originally posted by Gozra:
ut if you need to revert to profanity... well I think one should and could do better.

That depends entirely on teh race.

In the Stars! community, there is a race -- (in)famous throughout the community ... known as "Da Furries"; they are among THE singularly most foul-mouthed, non-house-broken, IRRITATING lil' bastards in the known multiverse.

And playing against them is an absolute BLAST, 'cause their owner/player (whose name escapes me ATM) role-plays them TO THE HILT.

My Last game of Stars! included the Furries (much to my dismay and trepidation; their player isn't a "dim bulb" WRT that game ...). The race is played to make you truly ENJOY trying your damnedest to exterminate every Last foul-mouthed, sub-sentient, filth-covered ONE of the runty bastards. Heh!!!

tesco samoa · #2 January 17th, 2003, 06:01 AM

Rollo... One game against a good friend I named all the big ships after his failed relation ships

Gozra · #3 January 17th, 2003, 06:08 AM

If you only told him that to provoke a piss, but then conceeded, that is another story.

Yes, that is what I did.

May I sum up?
It appears that we have Cheating issues and Gamey issues.
NO one likes cheating. Cheating in PBW and SEIV appears to mainly be hacking for an advantage. And a subset would be Player inter-action between games.
GAMEY it appears would be to take advantage of the AI's otherwise If the computer allowes you to do it then let the games begin.
SEIV is after all a state of the art space Empire simulation.

couslee · #4 January 17th, 2003, 07:17 AM

Ahhhh. Stars! the fun. I never got into the MP aspect of it, but have a fairly decent claims adjuster race. HAD actually, I lost all the balancing work when my other computer died.

Gryphin · #5 January 17th, 2003, 07:20 AM

Rollo is right.

Rollo · #6 January 18th, 2003, 02:02 AM

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Originally posted by Gryphin:
Rollo is right.

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Originally posted by Puke:
i definitly side with Rollo, here.

Thanks for your support. There aren't any sides to take really.
I have gotten an apology from the player by email. That is settled for me.

Rollo

[ January 17, 2003, 12:03: Message edited by: Rollo ]

Pax · #7 January 18th, 2003, 03:24 AM

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Originally posted by couslee:
Ahhhh. Stars! the fun. I never got into the MP aspect of it, but have a fairly decent claims adjuster race. HAD actually, I lost all the balancing work when my other computer died.

Funny, I always preferred Inner Strength as a PRT. Overpopulated all my worlds regularly, through the Flying SuperOrgy of Doooom(tm) .... hehehe.

Bombers? Who need's 'em, just drop 6,000,000 storm troopers from orbit; the 1.5M that survive the orbital defenses will take the planet with ease -- with all mines and factories intact!

Detach a freighter or two from the SuperOrgy to keep yoru shiny new colony fully overpopulated, move the SuperOrgy to your next target ... lather, rinse, repeat.

Heh.