Jacklpe wrote:
Blenderguy wrote: Sorry dude. New to the game and was trying to support my guys by keeping the enemy pinned down. Did not know this was taboo. I figured all is fair in love and war. Will not do it anymore. It was hard as heck anyways. Kept getting creamed trying to approach.
Cheers
People get a little carried away with their rules of engagement on here. It's ok if it's this and not if its that... It's mostly a mix between reaction to the really bad players that have made their way through here, and others wanting to be the Dogfight cop. Most of them mean well, but the whining gets a little tiresome. I played you the other day... You were doing a great job. You'll do just fine.
I will say this. People get downright sensitive about tanks on the runway in this game. Personally, I figure if you can hit me, then good for you. If you can't, I AM going to come back and get you. The one REAL big dealbreaker with basically anybody who is anybody in this game is team killing. I'll stop playing for the duration of the game just to hunt down a teamkiller. I won't report them on here either... I'll just continue shooting them everytime I see them from then on. I enjoy getting banned for killing teamkillers. Long as you play hard for your team, you are good with me. When you played me the other day you did just that.
bomer1 wrote: I agree with u jacklpe, most noobs who just start playing don't know that they aren't suppose to tank spawn kill. Well not only noobs but also the people who don't get on forum
Jack,
I agree with the generalization, much truth there. But I don't draw the connection to this case. Gary's report was complete: credible, fact-filled, useful screenshot that showed others were bothered too, and the act itself was multiple tank spawnkilling, something that Z is concerned enough about that he is reprogramming immunities to combat it. Agreed that noobs do not know this background, and may just be simply exercising the capabilities of the game in their minds. BUT, there are enough experienced players starting noob accounts these days that the mods must ban players (temp bans) if they are tank spawn-killing repeatedly. I think this one resolved perfectly - Blender came on the blacklist thread and explained his actions, showed that he now understood the issue, and told us that he won't do that again.
Basically I would have done exactly what General Jackson did. Not that he needs my backup. If there's anything to add in retrospect, telling Blender in-game "hey dude it's bad form to spawnkill planes with a tank" would have been more clear, but Prompter's text seemed sufficient, though not fully instructive.
Manfred