Posted by Bemus-ed on October 21, 1999 at 20:27:28:
In Reply to: Re: RE: Cheating, pots talking to kettles, and the like posted by Hmmm on October 21, 1999 at 19:14:14:
> Alright, that's good and all, but why is it exactly that all same site players are regarded as cheaters? What if everyone from the same site decided they want to make characters that DO have roleplaying reasons to get together...like all masters, or all part of the same religion...Now why is that cheating? They all have a legitimate reason to gang together and kill all the enemies of the Tower. This topic touches me cause I do have friends that play, and I think that one of the greatest things about online gaming is that you get to play with people you don't know AND friends in real life. I myself have made masters knowing damn well that one of my friends was making another master, and we just felt it was a great thing so that we can interact together. There wasn't a time once that we thought we were cheating, even though we DID gang together and kill ragers, and we DID gang together to explore new areas, and we DID group together a lot(but then again, I DID group with other masters to kill ragers, explore new areas, etc) Let's face it, if he was a rager and I was a master, how much interaction we gonna have besides killing each other over and over again. Generally, well written and I agree with you. However, the general CF populous believe that "same site", when they are successful in whatever they do, are only successful because of the fact that they know eachother IRL. They believe it gives them an underlying advantage, which people who play in the corner of the room who have no friends, don't get. It's a game, it's about enjoyment, people get enjoyment from playing with RL friends, interacting with RL friends, PK'ing with RL friends. A person dying to a group from the same site usually tries to get "even" with them through the forum, not through the game. Which leads to big long threads like this, which everyone has their own point of view.