If all your rules was to become, there would be like 4 players left in the game

> Dukey wrote:

> If all your rules was to become, there would be like 4 players left in the game

This is not about 'my rules'. This is about a rule, as posted by a mod, which was used to block a player. As also stated before, this thread has no intention to discuss said block in any way. All i did was take the rule as posted and considered its ramifications. Your conclusion, however, is spot on.

> Undeath wrote:

> TCO sucks

I am, kind sir, deeply impressed by the depth and wit in your repartee. It definitely shakes the very foundation of my argument, and puts into question both my ability for logical thought and my literary skill. I am deeply humbled.

trollop; stfu.

May your aim be true and don't forget to duck

and

We must be able to make an interpretation of the existing rules, even using the spirit of a rule, to punish actions that have the only goal to abuse a rule, abusing a function, without having to announce a new rule each time someone invents a dirty move

LOL'd

1) even with the new wording, many of the cases i presented COULD be interpreted to fall into this category. The ones you present are clear examples, the ones i present are more or less in a gray area, and thus totally up to the disgression of individual mods to rule as they see fit. My main concern is that rules which are meant to protect players can easily be turned into a tool for random terror if they are not clear in scope and wording, and based on verifiable proof of ill intentions. Actually, issuing blocks based on circumstantial evidence could even be considered to fall within the existing rule of "Abusing ingame functions denying other players the possibility of gameplay (is a serious offense and will result in an official warning and subsequent block of the offending empire)."

2) That said, as i allready pointed out, the rules allow you to block for any perceived abuse, and if necessary make up new rules as you go. The Terms of Service also allow you to terminate any account without explanation. I never said mods abused their powers, i've actually allready argued that you were well within your authority.

3) Since we poked the bees' nest anyways, in this particular case i find it quite disturbing that a player whose efforts were ruined by his leader through an action that falls DIRECTLY under the rule of "Abusing ingame functions denying other players the possibility of gameplay is a serious offense and will result in an official warning and subsequent block of the offending empire." gets blocked as a result of an interpretation of the spirit of that rule, while aforementioned leader is still playing while having violated the letter of the same rule. This will be the only time i refer to the actual block itself, and then only because of the strong impression of favoritism it conveys, once again with the intention of showing that it mostly comes down to the narrow scope of investigation and simple interpretation of circumstantial evidence by individual mods.

On a sidenote : Yes Kollop, I KNOW you guys mean well, and try to do the best you can. All I want to stress with all this is that mods should be very careful in issuing blocks, do FULL investigations into the matter INCLUDING the precedents which led up to the offense, and should better err on the side of caution by issuing one less block than to block in a way that could further alienate mods from the player base.

your just making it worse for urself

you should just shutup now whilst ur ahead.

what ur saying is u justify 1 player rogue'in another for no reason, to bend the rules and stop a war. haha u my freind are epiccc fail

keep on interpreting the rules to how u see fit, no one cares what u have to say.

> kollop wrote:

> And as I said revenges are done on the battlefield not using a function with the only goal to destroy a full family.

hahahah his family was full? lol its him and like 2 other guys, he rogued everyone else and killed them unless they do what he says when he says.

and what function did i use? oh u mean the random into mw function. there was no other function used.

you basically approving the badness he brings

omg get a grip son

Kollop wrote:

> Well Lee the only thing you have proven is that Baratheon took the good decision to rogue you and kill, since as soon u randomned again this fam you did exactly what he tried to prevent the first time...

lold again u never cease to amaze me.

what he was doing was illegal in its own right.