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Subject: Re: Etiquette

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Jason

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Date Posted: 22:26:08 06/03/02 Mon
In reply to: Malik 's message, "Re: Etiquette" on 20:39:20 06/03/02 Mon

>>>Now, it is wrong to attack someone just for the fact
>>>that they're link dead or afk due to their being an
>>>easy target.
>>>Should they be innately protected by rules or code
>>>because of it? No. Too abuseable.
>>>
>>
>>And this is exactly where a code of etiquette comes
>>into play. Really, it is simply about having some
>>respect for your fellow players, regardless of the
>>respect or lack of it between your characters.
>
>If someone doesn't follow an established code of
>etiquette then they'll lose respect within the player
>community and possibly earn even more negative
>feelings. Which leads to outright abuse in various
>forums. Especially when it involves the death or theft
>of another pc.
>

I guess "code of etiquette" is a bad term for it. It shouldn't have to be anything formal, I think what you say below is a good statement...I'll point it out down there...

>You take an inflexible rule such as, "NEVER do
>anything bad to a player who is not actively playing."
>and your breeding trouble as there's too many
>circumstances where its justifiable to do bad things
>to someone whose not active at the keyboard.
>

Absolutely, I think that's pretty much what I just said.

>help rules
>Rules suck but as we see people do things that don't
>follow the atmosphere
>of the mud we'll keep adding.
>
> No more than one character per player.
> Stay in character at all times (ooc should be
>used very sparingly)
> If you're link dead and you die, you stay dead.
> Don't use out of character knowledge in the
>game.
> Don't abuse the mud code.
> Be mature.
>
>As far as I'm concerned, any particular etiquette
>needed in the mud is already defined in the rule set.
>Even the posted 'code' that started this thread double
>posts some of these.

This here:

>
>Keep it simple to respecting your fellow players and
>your golden.

... is what it comes down to. This is basically what I am saying, and this is a good way to say it.

>A code of etiquette gives you a structure
>to base respect or disrespect and if its not perfect
>you'll only get a negative gain for the community who
>uses it.
>
>Malik

I certainly agree with this. If you write a "code of etiquette" then I think it really becomes a rule set. And no player has the right to develop any rule set, or rather, no player has the right to ratify any rule set. This is the realm of Elwar and his staff as he sees fit.

Jason.

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