Fairplay vs Roleplay

[Baltar]

fairness is when both sides are left with decision and choices and fun to play. - unfairness can also be to use red catamarans to overwhelm everyone. unfairness can be achieved in a single liberator by exploiting the rules. i could engage a much stronger force, dodging all day long untill they all leave the fight out of boredom - unfairness is when they have to leave the system for 4 hours. unfairness comes in many disguises not just a stronger or bigger ship.

Aye ... both sides need to have options. But all to often the bigger ship ends up making the decisions for both parties. There's no fun in that. Just because you are bigger and can destroy the guy or gal in front of you doesn't mean you should. This takes a bit of maturity and self-control.

Jinx you do have a point there, but you have to also remember sometimes that you cant make everything fair or equal ever, life doesnt work like that.

So what you're saying is we should bring real life into fantasy. You do realize most people go online to "avoid" or "take leave" from the unfairness of reality. True life is unfair ... that's why we play games ... to take a break from unfairness.

You say nothing is fair ... then what's the point with rules? Rules are designed to equalize ... to make an attempt to increase fairness. But when people ignore rules, over-rule, interpret rules in their own favor, bend the rules, force non-rules on those persons smaller than themselves ... well ... what you've got is Calvin Ball. In this case ... only the bully has fun.