PvP Rules regarding winners

[Jinx]

"And four hours is a magic roleplaying number on what basis?
---> no, there was an official poll about it

Nope, four hours is a non-roleplaying server rules issue.
--->indeed, unless we play hardcore like diablo2 hardcore and delte a dead char. but whats the gain of it...

And nobody gets killed either, or we'd all have been dead long ago and no one would be able to play on the server past a starflier.
---> contradicts with the death rule. - try to evaluate both rules based on the same level.

Funny roleplaying is a navy man allowing a pirate to run amok one system over because he blew him up once an hour ago and isn't "allowed" to go blow him up again.
---> thats covered by the rules. the dead person must avoid the player that killed him for 4 hours on any of his chars. - so once the police moves in, the pirate MUST leave or he violates the re-engagement rules.

Roleplaying would be assuming that it isn't the same pirate, but another one by the same name, maybe his eviler twin brother.
---> 4 hours is what it takes the escape capsule to reach its destination and aquire a new ship. of course you can also RP your evil twin brother that is locked on the privy for 4 hours untill he can relaunch and attack again.

In any case, this isn't about roleplaying, which is a term you won't find anywhere in the poll or my first post. It's about the server rules." ( xoria )

so if its not roleplaying - why does the looser have to avoid the winner? - most arguments that come up is "cause you re dead".

now you say he is not dead.. wow.. thats news. if everything is gameplay only without a RP basis .. whats the RP for then. we base gameplay roughly on RP. ( or are we not? - or are you not? ) - with that in mind, - i would RP based on the gameplay rules that the looser that just magicly popped up before my very eyes is still alive and has a ship? - so i attack him again.... now thats really amazing RP, - on a server called "discovery 24/7 gameplay"

ok, lets be serious. - the 4 hours rule is only installed cause the players ASKED for a timer. - before x.84, there was no rule whatsoever.... it just meant that when you die, you don t re-engage... and the timespan where it was not sportive to re-engage was sort of up to the players, which - in the end led to discussions; - hence we got the 4 hours ( after a poll with the options of 30 min, 1 hour, 4 hours, 12 hours ).

again, i d ask you not to measure with different scales. - if the penalty for being dead is 4 hours, cause.... you re dead ( which one is usually only in the game and on that char .... and not in RL ) the logical followup is that .... since that char is DEAD, it cannot be engaged in pvp by the same person that killed him before.

of course you can say - the death rule is RP and the winner is only measured by gameplay, - fine. yet it lacks logic.

leaves the point... why would a char WANT to attack the looser again, other than in self defense ( including the looser possibly threatening the winners teams ). - whats the RP about it. pvp much?

must it be put into a rule? - hell no, putting everything into a rule is fun, for people who enjoy reading manuals. - this one really is common sense. .... i killed him, he is dead, end of the story.

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