Harmful? What powerplay is harmful? I don't get hurt if someone powerplays my character say.. murdering or commiting suicide, because of this fact are we to say that it is insignificant? If we are able to simulate another persons inbox, who is to say we can't simulate their entire ship?
No, it's not significant. Yes, it's still powergaming. Your attitude is that it's an exception, why is it an exception? Where do the exceptions stop?
-edit- To Kazinsal: I disagree. My character has the ability to withdrawal credits from his bank account, as does he have the ability to send a transmission to another character. The message isn't "forced", I've just requested it be sent to a party. They can RP denying this message.... That isn't powergaming because it doesn't require me to direct another character... what? If you RP "Incoming Transmission" and then post your message, you have thus powerplayed my character opening and reading your message.
You're now saying that powergaming is okay and that we should all powergame each other, but 20 posts ago, you were saying that we should change the way we do our messages on the forums to prevent powergaming of each others' stuff?
I... think you've kinda... screwed up here... One normally doesn't contradict one's own statements and then proceed to roll with the contradiction.
So alltogether is there really even a point to this?
You are almost literally complaining for the sake of complaining.
Its just pointless really.
But just for the sake of arguement, who says any of these messages are like emails. Maybe they are realtime video messages, so you can talk to the person face to face. If you think of it that way, im pretty sure your message system, or video communication system would tell you.
Becuase im sure it would be so much more realistic (Sarcasm if ya dont get it) that your message system is just going to pop the message on screen. Something tells me it would warn you and maybe, ask for permission to display said message.
When life gives you lemons..... throw them at your enemies!!!
' Wrote:Again Zoey, you're still powergaming my system/inbox informing me of a transmission. Should we not presume that our roleplay posts are confined to where and who we are and what we have? You are not my inbox, what gives you the right to roleplay it in your post? You have access to your system, why not roleplay your system sending the message? Doesn't that make more sense?
Actually... it's not powergaming. Once YOU open a thread in the Comms channel, YOU give us permission to roleplay your ship's computer or whatever (it is YOUR choice as a person!). As long as YOU don't open it, there's no "Incoming Transmission" on your screen. Opening a thread in Comms channel is the equivalent of opening a message in your inbox. You don't get INCOMING TRANSMISSION randomly during fights; you only get it after YOU choose to see a message. Unless of course you choose to block certain messages, in which case YOU should not be reading the respective threads from the Comms channel. The only way this could be called powergaming is if the contents of the transmissions showed themselves to you without your consent.
' Wrote:If you RP "Incoming Transmission" and then post your message, you have thus powerplayed my character opening and reading your message.
Wrong. You as a real life person can decide whether your character has opened and read that message or not.
Alot of powerplay is harmful, then there is also metagaming. The two work together to cause alot of trouble.
People know the Aoi Iseijin are infected out of roleplay, but in roleplay, no one knows.
Sending a transmission claiming the KNF on the Arch are infected, would be very harmful. And infact would be moderated and the person would be warned.
Telling a Phantom that their leaders are another race would be Powergaming, because neither you nor the Phantom knows that, and it would be harmful in RP. Most Phantoms don't know what their true leaders are.
Reading about the Order|'s plans to covertly inspect something in a far off system, then showing up with some BHG to deliberately mess it up is strong metagaming.
Telling someone that there is a transmission waiting for them, is not. It's just wording it odd.
Quote:Becuase im sure it would be so much more realistic that your message system is just going to pop the message on screen. Something tells me it would warn you and maybe, ask for permission to display said message.
And what gives you the right to roleplay that for me? Why can't I roleplay my message system receiving the message how I want to? If you roleplay it for me, haven't you robbed me of the sole purpose to which I am here?
Kaz: Don't really understand your thought processes guy.
-edit- Etaphreven: That makes sense.. a lot of sense. Consider my argument unofficially terminated.
' Wrote:And what gives you the right to roleplay that for me? Why can't I roleplay my message system receiving the message how I want to? If you roleplay it for me, haven't you robbed me of the sole purpose to which I am here?
Kaz: Don't really understand your thought processes guy.
-edit- Etaphreven: That makes sense.. a lot of sense. Consider my argument unofficially terminated.
Then by all means, roleplay it for yourself in your own message. No one can tell you what to post in response to a message, ESPECIALLY if it is RP.
If you want to make your own "recieving message" or "Opening Message", then do it.
When life gives you lemons..... throw them at your enemies!!!
If somebody has a thread in the Communications Channel and you say,
Incoming Transmission
From:
To:
Re: XYZ
Insert Text
Transmission Terminated
How is this powerplay? We sent you a message. Unless we face-walled our keyboard and sent it to the wrong person, it only stands to reason that you'd receive it.
We could make a new thread every time if you like.
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