[Discuss] Battlemaster is a tyranny

[Josiah Allen]

On 10/24/06, Peter Weisberg <pjweisberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/24/06, Justin Pope <jupo42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Been out of town for a few days, just catching up. Have to respond to
> > this point.
> >
> > > Frankly, if someone can't handle that when he's new to a game and does
> > > something wrong, he gets a light punishment, I don't give them many
> chance
> > > on ever becoming such valuable players.
> >
> > So someone like *me* shouldn't have ever played this game. Thanks.
> >
> > It's been a couple years since I've recounted this story. The second
> > character I created was in a little realm called Rancagua (which I
> > picked off the list solely because of it's banner, I'll admit). I was
> > greeted with a bulletin that said "we're not allowing any new
> > characters right now. Go to another realm or you'll be banned."
> > Friendly bunch.
> >
> > Luckily, it wasn't my first character. I had a few days' experiences
> > in another realm, so even though this turned me off to this particular
> > realm and leaders, I moved on and gave the game another chance. If
> > that had been my first character, though, it might also have been my
> > last.
> >
> > A lot of people think that kind of bulletin is harmless. It would be
> > to me nowadays. I'd creatively object and fight it, or I'd accept it
> > and find a more welcoming place. That's not the point - it's not how I
> > thought back then. It nearly ruined the game for me as a new player,
> > and that's why it's frowned upon now, just like this fine business.
> >
> > PS - Side note. On my first day, my first character scouted around,
> > set travel for a region I didn't realize was enemy territory, and got
> > whipped by three enemy units. Some people would have banned me for
> > that these days, if it were possible. "Wasting resources! Or he must
> > be a spy! We don't want his kind here!"
>
> None of what you talked about is a 'light' punishment.  How long was
> that bulletin in Rancagua up?  I can't believe it didn't get reported
> to the titans.
>
>
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Hmm, I think the Titans came after Rancaugua's fall...

But I agree with Tom that newbies are the lifeblood of this game and they
need to be protected, my first day I attacked the enemy on purpose and got
wiped out because I had no idea how battle worked and figured I should be
marching towards the enemy.

As a member of Caligus I have opposed it's fining policies the whole time,
but people assume that's why fining is there, so it's hard to argue the
point IC, and now we will have OOC arguements, which makes sense because
being totally micromanaged is only fun until you realize you know nothing
about the game and are too afraid to take initiative and experiment.  We are
nobles, not soldiers, and that is what Tom wants us to realize.

-- 
"Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness"
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