Duel or Battle

[Jinx]

from a roleplayed point of view - one must say "battle" - especially as ... in good roleplay that is not about chivalry - the greatest aim of a military commander is not to play fair at all - but to play to win. - when counting the casualties and there re less on the own side - that is a bonus.

a player in a competative game would say "duel" as competition is best, when chances are fair - cause you can only "compare" to others when you had similar bases to start with.

freelancer is a competative game. - freelancer discovery is a roleplaying game. - both together make a compromise ( or if you like it rephrased .... : an argument )

personally - i like roleplay more than duel - but i do also get annoyed when a fair situation turns out to be unfair. - the feeling of getting annoyed is unconscious - and can only really be overcome be becoming a zen monk i guess.

from an objective point of view - a CHARACTER plays to win, cause he only has one life and will do EVERYTHING he CAN do to extend it. - from a subjective point of view ... it spirals up to unfairness ( just like war in real life ) - in a war, no one will really complain about unfairness much. - people murder, rape, pillage - on all sides. - sometimes for revenge, sometimes for pleasure, sometimes cause they went mad - sometimes cause they are of a murderous mindset.

we gotto remember that this is not real life - and that the wars we play are not real. - not only do we respawn - but we also try to have fun. - when we are fair, we also want the other side to have fun.

complaining about being ganked spoils the fun for the other side as much as ganking other people. - but mostly problems arise cause there is a situational misunderstanding of situations. - usually the side with the advantage will say "it is roleplay" the other side that is at a disadvantage will say "it is about fairness".

you ll hardly ever find someone that was outnumbered but the enemy decided to go for a "duel" to complain that it ought to have been a roleplayed "battle".

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