(05-25-2017, 11:23 AM)Swordmaster Wrote: That image scheme is incomplete, because we can have some situations uncovered there.
Let's imagine this scenario:
phase 1 - battle: Navy 1vs Pirates 1,2,3 phase 2 - result: Navy 1 is killed ------> Navy 1 leaving system phase 3 - log-in/off: Pirates 1,2,3 log-off -----> Navy 1 is returning in the system phase 4: Navy 1 is fighting a Pirate 4, but Pirates 1,2,3 are returning in game
What is happening in this moment when Pirate 4 is asking Pirates 1,2,3 to help him? As the rule is stating now, Navy 1 and Pirates 1,2,3 can not engage in that system because of the 2 hours rule. This is a awkward situation and extremely unnatural. The 2 hours rule should expire when the group responsible for the kill is logging-off! If they log-off everything should reset.
It is not about loop holes here, as many of you, including admins, are stating. The rule is incomplete/badly formulated and, in the present form, can not cover the complexity of the current RP play.
' Wrote:What is happening in this moment when Pirate 4 is asking Pirates 1,2,3 to help him? As the rule is stating now, Navy 1 and Pirates 1,2,3 can not engage in that system because of the 2 hours rule. This is a awkward situation and extremely unnatural. The 2 hours rule should expire when the group responsible for the kill is logging-off! If they log-off everything should reset.
There is nothing stopping Pirates getting involved in the Fight, as they are not PvP dead.
The Rules are there, in a fairly simplistic form, to allow people to look at them and generally see what they are pointing at. If we were to write the Rules so that they are completely airtight, each Rule would probably cover a couple of Pages.
To give you an idea, I suggest you have a look at Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) for any agreement for Loans, Credit Cards etc. These are Pages long and written in the smallest writing to reduce the amount of Pages that they take up.
If you read the first paragraph, of the Rules, you will see this:
Quote: Fair play, a level head and consideration for others are paramount. The rules are not a sword or shield to be used for or against someone, but to ensure that the server environment has structure and allows everyone to have fun.
This should be the most overriding Rule there is. The problem comes when people want to microscopically dissect each Rule to 'get one over another'.
I would like to think that all of you are intelligent people and don't need someone to hold your hand and explain every little thing.
Now, instead of trying to 'out do someone else', PLAY FAIR, consider the others, that play here, and more importantly, HAVE FUN (but not at the expense of everybody else). If all of us did this, this Community and Server would be a lot better place.
'I would like to be half as clever as some people like to believe they are' Life is full of disappointments, it is how we handle them that helps to define us, as a person
