[Discuss] Encouraging addiction (yet another rant from me)

[Gloria Santos]

On 3/4/07, Jeff Wilson <jjwilson61 at cox.net> wrote:
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>   *From:* discuss-bounces at news.battlemaster.org [mailto:
> discuss-bounces at news.battlemaster.org] *On Behalf Of *Gloria Santos
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:38 PM
> *To:* BattleMaster general discussion list
> *Subject:* [Discuss] Encouraging addiction (yet another rant from me)
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> I a starting to hate this "we are losing because you're not active enough"
> discourse that's becoming to frequent in BM.  I believe it's a sign of
> addiction to become so worried about winning or losing that it's urgently
> important to know when the rest of your realm mates are going to log in.  It
> pisses me off, because people with characters in positions of power are now
> encouraging (if not forcing) others to become as "committed to the team" as
> they are.  This is supposed to be a lightweight game.  And if you are going
> to be addicted, you should be addicted to playing, not to winning.
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> So where is this happening as I don't see it in any of the realms I belong
> to.  Where this is happening it should be reported to the Titans as it is
> expressely forbidden.  Complaining here doesn't do much good.
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It is not as obvious, of course.  But I have seen generals and marshals who
whine about not winning battles because people don't move.  There has also
been a suggestion of having "elite" armies which are the armies of people
who can log in every turn.  Then you are asked if you can log in every turn,
so that they can assign you to that army.  None of this is breaking the
rules, but it still annoys me.
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