Manifesto PBW Ethics

[Gozra]

I started this thread because The SEIV PBW community should have a Basic GentleBeings Accord. That is posted and Gives all players an Idea of game enhancment activity.

[Puke]

ive been known to lag from time to time, but such things are better addressed by sending a note to teh offending party or posting on the game message board, rather than dragging issues with individual players out onto the shrapnel forum.

if someone is taking too long, you are better off letting them know about it than you are letting the world know how much you are suffering.

[Gozra]

It is not the from time to time stuff that Buggs me. All I am trying to say is That the unwritten rules "everyone" knows about really are not known. In another thread 2 players got together and one surrendered to the other and then one player recived the resulting bigger Empire. And the host allowed this. Was it fair to the remaining players? I don't know.

[Gimboid]

If these sorts of things are not specified or discussed before they happen then their will probably be a few players who disagree with what occured. But since it wasnt specified before game where the line for fair play would be drawn its much harder to say who is right under those circumstances.

That is why PBW recommends that game owners set out all the house rules before a game starts, that includes the game policy on surrenders and how patient the owner will be should players continually send in turns late or not at all.

These small things when done before a game save ALOT of hassle down the track when you get into a massive disagreement over rules where some players may not even have started the game if they had known the rules would be that way.

Gimboid
PBW Admin Team

[Dogberry]

Perhaps it would be useful to set out all the different permutations of the ROE ( Rules of Engagement ) here or somewhere else. A player like me .. who is just starting, would not have the slightest idea of what he was agreeing to.

Naturally, some things.. like sticking to the agreed upon time limits are easy, others are not so straightforward.

With enough discussion a consensus, perhaps, can emerge.

I kinda dislike stuff that is "gamey".. but in this context, please don't ask me to explain exactly what THAT means.

Dog

[Gozra]

I think I have an example of what "gamey" is. It is when you build a Ship yard on just about every world that can build at almost the same speed as any other world's ship yard. And it appears that ship yards increase the speed of faclities built on that world. So every world gets a shipyard. To help boost it's production.

[tesco samoa]

Hey Gozra.. remember that life can get in the way of a game. And in the long run it is just a game. ( Except the surrender thing ) I would send an email to the offender asking them if there still able to commit to the game. Talk it out.