Drewbag wrote:
I tried the PM route to no avail, so now I want to know the rules here.
Since the community is so small, and since people often use specific cabal skills IC and others know what they are, I -hate- dancing around this topic. It is asinine. BUT to conform with the rules, I will do the dance...
Don't those rules above apply to ALL manner of changing one's appearance? It should. However, I have logs of players using a super sekrat ability doing quite the contrary--either [SEKRATMOVE]ing their target or their charm/party members--yet no one has responded to my inquiry. To me, this should be punishable as a pretty clear violation, but what do I know.
Help Disguise wrote:
Note: Disguising yourself with the same keyword as another person or pet
in your party, or with one you intend to oppose in battle is in bad form
and may be punished by an imm at his or her discretion.
in your party, or with one you intend to oppose in battle is in bad form
and may be punished by an imm at his or her discretion.
Help Polymorph wrote:
Note: Using the same keyword as another person or pet in your party is
bad form and may be punished by an imm at their discretion.
bad form and may be punished by an imm at their discretion.
Since the community is so small, and since people often use specific cabal skills IC and others know what they are, I -hate- dancing around this topic. It is asinine. BUT to conform with the rules, I will do the dance...
Don't those rules above apply to ALL manner of changing one's appearance? It should. However, I have logs of players using a super sekrat ability doing quite the contrary--either [SEKRATMOVE]ing their target or their charm/party members--yet no one has responded to my inquiry. To me, this should be punishable as a pretty clear violation, but what do I know.
Drewbag, I *THINK* you are correct that those rules above should apply to all manner of changing one's appearance. Sadr could probably answer that better than I. If you have such logs, I personally have never seen them or seen them submitted to Sadr or to the immstaff. I would recommend you do so. I don't know who you PM'd, but if you sent to Achernar, he has recently gone inactive, or if you sent to Zavijah, he's been busy IRL with work & family. Sadr would be the most appropriate imm to direct such logs to.
Valkyrion, these rules are not new. In the interest of maintaining transparency for protecting the interests of players and staff alike, we've been actively trying to make sure that these kinds of issues which have LONG been in effect are more clearly outlined. We've heard many rightful complaints from players being held accountable to rules they don't know about, so we've been addressing the issue. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
I have mixed feelings on the nature of this rule. If there were a respectful, intelligent debate brought up to discuss it, I'd happily chime in with my opinions.
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That note is indicative of one of SK's major problems though. 'At their discretion' basically means 'if the imms are out to get you or you make their buddy cry'.
Whatever. This QQ is indicative of one of SK's major problems. Crap-attitude QQ. I have no idea who you are, who you've played, and maybe you aren't typically one of those players. But the above comment is indicative of it, and it's part of the problem, not part of the solution.