What is common sense in Disco?

[Sabru]

We constantly hear, especially in topics relating to server rules, that new players and old ones alike should guide themselves after said rules, but use their common sense in places where things get fuzzy.


I have been pondering on this for a while, but it was only until recording a new tutorial video when I realized that "Common Sense" is hard to pin down. Especially for new players.

Think of it in terms of a player coming from a new game, say, EvE online.
For those of you who have not played the game, simply think of it as most obvious rules are enforced by game mechanics, and everything that is not is completely free for abuse.

-scams
-trolling and griefing
-an urge to join group X to weed out group Z by destroying their will to play the game.


It all makes sense in Eve, for most players even. Thus it is Common Sense.




What is Common Sense in Discovery then, when we take a few steps back?
Because I don't know if saying ''You don't have to print out the rules on paper and keep it next to you every time you undock, just use your common sense'' is a valid way to tell nublets how to behave ingame.


EDIT: Ultimate question of the thread: how would you explain what is common sense in Disco, especially if talking to a new player.

that actually makes sense. even before i started playing EVE, i had it figured that obvious rules are obvious and everything else is a free for all. (but then they did sorta plan for EVE to have a lot of player generated story etc)

Disco is more like, and sometimes unfortunately suffers because, what curios says.

There is no such thing as common sense. There is my sense, there is your sense, there is no common sense. Same for logic. There is mine and there is yours and there is that guy's logic, but there is no common logic.

my 2 cents anyway.

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