While it may be fun to you, I have better things to do.

>First note - this isn't about cheating. Never was. Don't
>bring cheating into this.

You are welcome to justify your own perspective, however:

>But the fact remains that Vazanir did not break any rules,
>thus he shouldn't have been punished. Three times he quit
>out after a cabal raid. Good, maybe it prevented him from
>doing something drastic.

Role-playing is mandatory.

Far as I'm concerned, this is a clear cut breach of this rule. Vazanir did not do this once, he did it THREE times. I don't see how you can even attempt to justify this as a 'style'.

>Maybe he was tired of being the only Scion on that ever does
>anything except complain about forms. Maybe going up against
>a hoarde isn't fun. Maybe he needed a smoke break before he
>got in there and kicked some tail. Maybe he was on too late
>and his wife started yelling, and losing the sceptre only
>tipped the scale. Why does it matter that he logged out to
>begin with? Defining it to be in poor form is pretty lame.

It's funny that 'maybe' he chose to do this THREE TIMES immediately after the sceptre was taken. Coincidence?

>Your two types of people who play this game are wrong.
>
>1- There are those who mud to pk, usually to vent
>frustration in a stable way or to simply have fun (sometimes
>at others' expense, most of the time not).
>
>2- Escapism. Usually the roleplayers who enjoy creating
>something and living through it.

This does not excuse them from having to follow the rules. This does not excuse them from having to role-play. Those individuals who do follow the rules are contributing to the mud, regardless of how you would like to define it.

>CF wouldn't still be going if it lost either. And don't give
>some shallow cop out excuse that people who pk are only a
>detriment to the mud. Gareth, Zorszaul, Voss, Rendak,
>Challen, Istendil, Bemused, Neosoft, countless diku
>characters, Johan, even your beloved Jhyrbian, and many more
>focused primarily on the pk aspect. It's what makes this
>game work so well and not just another posmud or mush.

This isn't about pking, it's about people who bend/break the rules to benefit their characters.

Sorry buddy but if you consider it a cop out excuse then that is your loss. You spend your afternoons dealing with people who cheat then curse you out for enforcing the rules and tell me it makes you feel good about the time and energy invested in this mud.