LESSON ABOUT SPORTSMANSHIP

[kingvaillant]

Okay okay, Now there is a problem,

So here is what I have to say, and listen to it carefully...

Respect:
Respect you enemies as much as you'll respect the person you love/your friends/etc. If an enemy does not seek to fight, only wants to RP; RESPECT his choice, RP with him if you want. If a player is telling you that he is setting up, let him go.

Politeness:
Always be polite and nice with the person you are talking to, whatever the context. Sure your CHARACTER may show some disgust for an enemy, but out of that perspective, you should stay polite with the player behind the computer (ex: talking in PM). Even if someone flames you, try to be as polite as possible...Otherwise, things may hit you back one day.

PVP-balance:
Most players don't mind fighting 1 vs. 1-2, but outside of those parameters, it gets excessive. You don't need to bring in full force 4 fighters for a lone one... If there is too much participants in the battle on your side, tell some of them to pull out and simply provide an assist role (Like giving bots and bats). Otherwise, it makes things un-fun for the pirate who's also trying to enjoy his time as well.

If it happens that you need reinforcements to help you, when fighting against for instance, a fighter. Don't call a capital ship in reinforcements. If an ally joins the fight, making it unbalanced, ask him to pull out in system comms. At least, your enemy will know that you are trying to help.

RP:
Firstly, saying "Engaging <names>" is far from enough... At least try to give some kind of explanation for your intent to terminate an enemy... Like "You have attempted to murder multiple naval officers, You are too dangerous to be let free" Of course, it can be something else, but please, use some of your creativity, not just a few words stacked together that don't even or barely make a sentence.

Also, do NOT go OOC in system chat for no real reasons, unless you don't have the choice (like talking OOC to 3 persons at the same time). If you can resort to PM, do such things privately, with a demarcation (//, OOC: ((...)) )

As for the group chat, please make sure that everyone is comfortable with you if you speak OOC in group chats. some have no problem with that, but others might do and end up reporting you.

RP or RP-PVP, not only PVP...

Language:
Do not swear! simple no? Do not swear in front of people that may feel disgust for such language.

Raven-claws:
Those ships will have to be dropped sooner of later... They will be Phantom only ships. I suggest that some of you do the switch ASAP so you don't get caught with your pants down.

As for some of you mounting four missiles on them... ugh, stop using such lame tactic against vanilla fighters... They all die to ONE SINGLE missile... Do you like being blown up by a ship spamming 4 missiles and abusing you mechanical weakness? Be reasonable against your enemy

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When YOU do something wrong, ALL the faction you are in is being criticized... So think about your actions and their impacts not only on you, but on everyone else... I doubt you want your faction to be pulled in mud like some were

This message applies to EVERYONE, leaders, members, recruits, indies. Show some sportsmanship, read the server rules, play nice.

That is all I have to say for the moment

If I may say so. I agree withy everything mentioned in this post except one thing. Shouldn't we use any means to beat the enemy?[...] If I were a pirate, I would expect 15 to one odds from the enemy if they could muster up the numbers, [...], there is no such thing as a fair fight.

In RP terms, yes, we should somehow take no chances to loose peeps on our side, etc, etc.

However, such concept doesn't really work well when the target is an human player that has feelings, etc. For an NPC, it is all fine of course, since... well, an NPC doesn't care.

Problem for the victim is that he gets no chances to score a hit, hurt someone or...do something. He could simply stand there, not moving, and it would be the same result...

Plus, if you are always overwhelming your enemy, there is no challenge for you. You will never or barely improve your capabilities. Nor will you enjoy the fights in long term...

Think like it was some kind of Martial art competition. Do you fight one versus 5 guys? I doubt so, you will in -more or less- equal numbers than your enemy. That is sportsmanship; give a chance to your adversary, put him on equal ground as you, have a challenging encounter.

And at the end of the fight, whether you win or die, you will be kinda proud of it, since it was challenging and fun. If you fight an enemy in a fair way, and win over him. Chances are that he may PM you telling you good fight.

Sure, a 100% fair fight is purely an utopia. but it is easy to get close to it.

Respect your adversary, and you will be respected

It seems like only a few people are actually trying to apply the concepts of sportsmanship nowadays. Majority of people here are complaining for fair fights when getting killed, then simply switching sides to overkill/gank enemies, to those players: " deleted et accepter de devenir le vaincu".

Try to make everyone happy when playing, not only you. If we all play selfishly here, in a community, we will end up cutting each others throats.

[more to come]

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Director of the Liberty Security Force: Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity

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