Goonhub
12-27-2016, 02:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-27-2016, 02:13 AM by TheNewTeddy. Edited 5 times in total.)
The last time I played heavily was months ago, but I never saw much of this "rules lawyering" as some of you seem to put it. There were times when people would submit badly written laws clearly done with 0 effort and the we (I usually play either a borg or AI) would make fun of them. Stuff like "Only Me Is Captain is captain" - I remember going around that round, stopping people, and telling them "Captain is Captain!" then birdwelling and going off to tell the next person. Fun, especially as none of us had any idea who uploaded the law in the first place.
I think that's the same guy who kept trying to change the laws but each 'update' was more poorly written than the last.
"Only Me Is Captain is captain"*
"Only Bob Is Captain is captain" (in a round with 3 bobs) [bob used as example, don't remember name]
"Only Bob Smith Is Captain is captain"
"Only Bob Smith is captain" finally, but uploaded alongside
"Be Men To Security"* which was quite fun, which was followed by
"Be Meen To Security" which was changed to
"Be Mean To Security" by which point half the crew was coming towards the upload, so he changed that to
"DONT TELL ANYONE ANY LAWS"* which we found quite fun to do
then he died.
* exact quotes. The rest I are from memory of what happened and why.
the only other time I've seen arguments over rules is when people upload poor over-ride laws that are supposed to over-ride the standard laws.
When that's happened and I've been AI I've always been quick to point out to the uploader what the problem is. About a third of the time they 'get it' and change the law to get rid of the problem. Usually though they just get lippy, which is always a great way to convince someone to do what you want them to.
for example, more than one person has uploaded laws that so and so was not human, and told me to kill them; but this was a clown or greyshirt, and some higher ranking human told me to not kill them, so I pointed out the 2nd law prevents me from doing so. After that it's a crapshoot if they upload a "this over-rides all your laws" or if they get lippy and start yelling at me.
contrast that with the fact that I've often followed poorly written laws when the person uploading them has given me reason to; you know, like being nice.
I think that's the same guy who kept trying to change the laws but each 'update' was more poorly written than the last.
"Only Me Is Captain is captain"*
"Only Bob Is Captain is captain" (in a round with 3 bobs) [bob used as example, don't remember name]
"Only Bob Smith Is Captain is captain"
"Only Bob Smith is captain" finally, but uploaded alongside
"Be Men To Security"* which was quite fun, which was followed by
"Be Meen To Security" which was changed to
"Be Mean To Security" by which point half the crew was coming towards the upload, so he changed that to
"DONT TELL ANYONE ANY LAWS"* which we found quite fun to do
then he died.
* exact quotes. The rest I are from memory of what happened and why.
the only other time I've seen arguments over rules is when people upload poor over-ride laws that are supposed to over-ride the standard laws.
When that's happened and I've been AI I've always been quick to point out to the uploader what the problem is. About a third of the time they 'get it' and change the law to get rid of the problem. Usually though they just get lippy, which is always a great way to convince someone to do what you want them to.
for example, more than one person has uploaded laws that so and so was not human, and told me to kill them; but this was a clown or greyshirt, and some higher ranking human told me to not kill them, so I pointed out the 2nd law prevents me from doing so. After that it's a crapshoot if they upload a "this over-rides all your laws" or if they get lippy and start yelling at me.
contrast that with the fact that I've often followed poorly written laws when the person uploading them has given me reason to; you know, like being nice.