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KnacMon 05-Jan-15 05:50 PM
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#57622, "RE: An easy way to hand out xp is for solid descriptions."


          

So I made a character about a month or so ago - drow warrior. I didn't have time or the incentive, nor was I sure I wanted to keep playing, so I copied an old desc from another mud that I used to play almost a decade ago (or more). I had forgotten that I used the same desc for another character that I made when I started playing CF.

As Deaer pointed out, it's like stealing someone else's IP. Except it's my IP.

I was cool with the desc room change, and when I was docked the 250 xp or so, I was cool with that. I apologized, I was civil, and I said ok, I'll be better next time.

All in all, I moved on because I didn't like having that negative mark on my character. In fact, although initially I was cool with it, that pretty much ruined the character for me.

Was it a violation of the rule? Certainly. I acknowledge that, and you, as the imm, are obligated to enforce the rule. There's no dispute about that. In fact, as stated above, I apologized - I don't want to take your time about silly rulebreaking incidences.

Did I think the -250 xp was horrible when it happened? Nope. But in hindsight, that ruined the character.

Ultimately, it's up to you to decide how to enforce the rule. But instead of going all gungho fire and brimstone (overexaggeration, I know) about it, how about less the punishment and more the PSA "Hey guys, FYI, we're being stricter about enforcing this." Maybe through this website or something?

Yes, it is a well established long time rule that people generally know. But in light of the current stance of the game and the changes, it may be helpful from a PR and relationship with players POV to be more reasonable about it.

Preventive instead of punishment, I always say. Sometimes punishment can be used for preventive measures, but that leads to bad blood generally. Especially where the specific rule isn't the most material aspect of the game.

Just my 2 cents.

  

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HOT TopicPSA: Descriptions [View all] , Akresius, Mon 05-Jan-15 10:38 PM
Reply Had you never docked imm exp this would never have beco..., TJHuron, 06-Jan-15 01:04 PM, #52
Reply Didn't Mean to Kick the Beehive, Saagkri, 06-Jan-15 08:02 AM, #46
Reply RE: Didn't Mean to Kick the Beehive, Demos, 06-Jan-15 08:06 AM, #47
Reply Good post n/t, TJHuron, 06-Jan-15 12:46 PM, #51
Reply Fine, incognito, 06-Jan-15 05:10 AM, #45
Reply To the players below (let's try a different approach he..., Mendos, 06-Jan-15 02:24 AM, #42
Reply Reward originality., ibuki, 06-Jan-15 03:35 AM, #43
Reply In case it isn't (broadly) known, originality is alread..., Mendos, 06-Jan-15 03:50 AM, #44
Reply Don't look now, Ysaloerye, 06-Jan-15 11:27 AM, #50
Reply RE: To the players below (let's try a different approac..., Tac, 06-Jan-15 09:08 AM, #48
Reply I want to feel bad for you (because you're cool) but I ..., TMNS, 05-Jan-15 09:18 PM, #31
Reply What "arms race" do you refer to?, Mendos, 06-Jan-15 02:21 AM, #41
     Reply Long/short of it.., TMNS, 06-Jan-15 01:24 PM, #53
Reply Descriptions, Umiron, 05-Jan-15 08:24 PM, #30
Reply RE: Descriptions, Tac, 05-Jan-15 08:46 PM, #39
     Reply I don't think your post here is helpful, Humbert, 05-Jan-15 09:37 PM, #32
     Reply RE: I don't think your post here is helpful, Tac, 05-Jan-15 10:01 PM, #34
     Reply RE: I don't think your post here is helpful, Humbert, 05-Jan-15 10:11 PM, #35
     Reply Ineffective., Valguarnera, 05-Jan-15 10:22 PM, #37
          Reply RE: Ineffective., Humbert, 05-Jan-15 10:26 PM, #38
     Reply You guys need to stop, Knac, 05-Jan-15 09:48 PM, #33
          Reply Exactly this. , Humbert, 05-Jan-15 10:21 PM, #36
Reply Immortals are Doing a Great Job, Amora, 05-Jan-15 06:11 PM, #23
Reply Personally..., TheBluestThumb, 05-Jan-15 05:50 PM, #16
Reply I've agreed with every word you've posted in this threa..., Artificial, 05-Jan-15 05:40 PM, #13
Reply Of course you do., Tsunami, 05-Jan-15 06:13 PM, #24
Reply Over reactions, Tsunami, 05-Jan-15 05:37 PM, #11
Reply RE: Over reactions, Akresius, 05-Jan-15 05:47 PM, #14
     Reply RE: Over reactions, Tsunami, 05-Jan-15 06:01 PM, #20
Reply It seems like the staff has been overzealous in 'enforc..., Lhydia, 05-Jan-15 04:44 PM, #3
Reply RE: It seems like the staff has been overzealous in 'en..., Akresius, 05-Jan-15 05:19 PM, #6
Reply No. And I'd say sorry you're so jaded but the attitude ..., Lhydia, 05-Jan-15 05:19 PM, #9
Reply Rotd & description room, Demos, 05-Jan-15 11:42 PM, #40
Reply RE: It seems like the staff has been overzealous in 'en..., Deaer (Anonymous), 05-Jan-15 05:17 PM, #8
Reply Caldysias and Baelen weren't a perma dude. NT, TMNS, 05-Jan-15 05:31 PM, #10
     Reply I didn't catch everyone., Akresius, 05-Jan-15 05:51 PM, #18
Reply is the juice worth the squeeze, laxman, 05-Jan-15 04:25 PM, #1
     Reply Removing multicharing and permagrouping rules would sav..., Akresius, 05-Jan-15 04:31 PM, #2
          Reply That doesn't really answer the question., Tac, 05-Jan-15 04:51 PM, #4
          Reply I wouldn't think those are good comparisons, laxman, 05-Jan-15 05:01 PM, #5
               Reply An easy way to hand out xp is for solid descriptions., Akresius, 05-Jan-15 05:15 PM, #7
                    Reply Consequence, Tsunami, 05-Jan-15 05:40 PM, #12
                    Reply RE: Consequence, Akresius, 05-Jan-15 05:49 PM, #15
                         Reply It's not?, Tsunami, 05-Jan-15 06:06 PM, #21
                              Reply There's the disconnect., Akresius, 05-Jan-15 06:22 PM, #25
                                   Reply Not really., Tsunami, 05-Jan-15 06:34 PM, #26
                                        Reply RE: Not really., Akresius, 05-Jan-15 06:43 PM, #28
                                             Reply For sure., Tsunami, 05-Jan-15 08:14 PM, #29
                    Reply RE: An easy way to hand out xp is for solid description..., Knac, 05-Jan-15 05:50 PM #17
                    Reply RE: An easy way to hand out xp is for solid description..., Akresius, 05-Jan-15 05:55 PM, #19
                    Reply To be honest -250 imm exp isn't much., Deaer (Anonymous), 05-Jan-15 06:10 PM, #22
                         Reply RE: To be honest -250 imm exp isn't much., Knac, 05-Jan-15 06:34 PM, #27
                    Reply This is rather relevatory, laxman, 06-Jan-15 10:41 AM, #49
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