If I remember correctly we're talking a loooong ass time ago...which I bring up for two reasons.

1) I wasn't one of the main people watching paladins back then, now on the other hand...the above wouldn't have happened. (I'm not saying anything about Twist or Nepenthe, so don't read that into what I type...I also know very little about the example you give, so can't say nay or yay with any facts to back me)

2) There was a time long ago when people had four arms in CF, that time is gone. There was a time when I remember, vividly, that it was kosher to chat about the Simpsons on a cabal channel...this too has passed. I could continue with examples but the basic point is...CF is not the same as it once was, it's grown up. Roleplay used to be a loose word that we 'encouraged'...it's now something we require.


One more comment that I feel a need to point out, since there's more than a few hints of it spreading throughout this thread. As hard as it is to believe, imms really do play by the same rules that morts do. Sure some of us know that a staff is higher than a dagger in terms of parry....but honestly, wouldn't common sense tell you that? I've known plenty of people who have never seen the code that have tooled imms who have, and seen it happen often enough to know without a doubt that it all really comes down to skill...and nothing else. I could say a lot more about this...but it really comes down to what you want to believe.