>I absolutely cannot stand it when people ignore rp and use
>socials like poke, tackle, shove clasp or any of the other
>close-contact socials on their enemies. For example, if I'm
>an orc, and you're an elf, you should not poke me after I tell
>you not to, because obviously as an orc I'm not going to be
>standing there letting you poke me.

your absolutly right, as an orc your not going to let an elf poke to over and over again... so why are that elves' fingers still attached?

>Just because it's possible within the confines of the game to
>use the poke action repeatedly on someone, doesn't mean you
>should keep doing it once they make it clear that their
>character would not be standing there letting themselves get
>poked.

your absolutly right, you did make yourself clear that you don't want to be poked... and yet, that elves fingers are still attached.

>You can "emote tries to poke OrcGuy" and leave it up to the
>orc whether or not it works. Tor something like that if you
>want. But it's stupid to keep poking someone when you know
>that they would not let you.

your absolutly right, why are you letting that elf poke you in the ribs instead of ripping it's fingers off like the orc you are!?
>
>I really wish there was a command "nocontact" that makes it so
>that contact socials cannot be performed on you. As if you
>had a blade barrier.

There just might be. it's called "murder <name>"---Enjoy!

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