And here is the perfect example why I believe moderators should do just that. Not that I know how Harley deals with these kind of situations (again, this is my 1st game in 2 yrs.), but this is a classic example of "Hey, it's our money being spent not yours". I'm happy to know that any game moderators will take the initiative to correct what is obvious mistakes, but a team member deliberately hurting his/her team is a part of this game. Hell, it's an endgame staple with the DS (or have the Nazgul suddenly gone soft in the time I've been away?)! If a player greatly hurts their teammates, I'm sure those people will remember the offending player in the future.
The moral is: Don't stop them from screwing around now, 'cuz I'll want to screw them over later!
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From: "Ovatha Easterling" <ovatha88@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
CC: kingoftherill@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Thoughts on players attacking team-mates
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 02:28:21 +0000Harley is greatly superior to GSI or Deft EXCEPT in one respect. They never
injected the "machinery of God" into the game and Harley someimes does. Stay
out of "family" squabbles.Here is a concrete example: In game 71 there is a fissure between North
American and European players on one side. Relations got worse. The
Europeans have engaged in an astonishing round of insults. I mean really
bad, the sort of things a gentleman wouldn't say about his sister's rapist.
To make it worse they deliberately made the insults known to the opposing
side as well as provided the opposition with very valuable intelligence
information. This is an "indirect hurting". Harley would have no way of
knowing this and the "machinery of God" would not be involved.If I was in the position of the Yank players in game 71 I know what I would
do. I would retire my armies and attack the "real" enemies. The ones who
insulted me and sabotaged my game play with leaks to the enemy. Now Harley
might see this, Should Harley intervene? No. Let this be a learning
experience for all concerned.>From: "Middle Earth PBM Games" <me@MiddleEarthGames.com>
>Reply-To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
>To: "mepbmlist" <mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [mepbmlist] Thoughts on players attacking team-mates
>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:02:21 +0100
>
>What do players think about this? Should we step in and if so at what
>point?
>
>Clint
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