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The problem is that when GoogleFrog first articulated this idea about "high-risk strategies" (see [url=http://zero-k.info/Forum/Thread/22307?postID=155887#155887]here[/url]) he was thinking like a reasonable person, not like a selfish asshole.
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The problem is that when GoogleFrog first articulated this idea about "high-risk strategies" (see [url=http://zero-k.info/Forum/Thread/22307?postID=155887#155887]here[/url]) he was thinking like a reasonable person, not like a selfish asshole.
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For people like sfire, the pertinent question isn't whether the strategy is high-risk. He's not trying to win the game. He's trying to [b][i]take over[/i][/b] the game. He's not merely denying others agency as a by-product of his chosen strategy; he's deliberately making the game [b][i]entirely about him[/i][/b].
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For people like sfire, the pertinent question isn't whether the strategy is high-risk. He's not trying to win the game. He's trying to [b][i]take over[/i][/b] the game. He's not merely denying others agency as a by-product of his chosen strategy; he's deliberately making the game [b][i]entirely about him[/i][/b].
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He would choose these strategies even if they were [b][i]low-risk[/i][/b]. In fact, he would prefer them that way, since that would just mean they were OP. The salient feature is that they are [b][i]all-or-nothing[/i][/b]. If they work, he wins the game all by himself. If they don't, he loses the game all by himself. Either way the rest of his team is dragged along for the ride and becomes irrelevant. He's not experimenting with new and exciting strategies to push the boundaries of what's possible in Zero-K and discover new emergent gameplay. He's [b][i]fucking around for the lulz[/i][/b]. He chooses these strategies not because they sometimes pay off, but because a) they're funny and b) they're fun.
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He would choose these strategies even if they were [b][i]low-risk[/i][/b]. In fact, he would prefer them that way, since that would just mean they were OP. The salient feature is that they are [b][i]all-or-nothing[/i][/b]. If they work, he wins the game all by himself. If they don't, he loses the game all by himself. Either way the rest of his team is dragged along for the ride and becomes irrelevant. He's not experimenting with new and exciting strategies to push the boundaries of what's possible in Zero-K and discover new emergent gameplay. He's [b][i]fucking around for the lulz[/i][/b]. He chooses these strategies not because they sometimes pay off, but because a) they're funny and b) they're fun.
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Fun for exactly one person, that is. Himself.
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Fun for exactly one person, that is. Himself.
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His immediate resignations when his strategies fail and his incessant and abusive attempts to get everyone else to quit playing as soon as possible are in fact simply two additional aspects of this single fundamental abusive behavior: doing everything in his power to make every minute of every game about his own amusement, with no concern for the desires or enjoyment of his fellow players.
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His immediate resignations when his strategies fail and his incessant and abusive attempts to get everyone else to quit playing as soon as possible are in fact simply two additional aspects of this single fundamental abusive behavior: doing everything in his power to make every minute of every game about his own amusement, with no concern for the desires or enjoyment of his fellow players.
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All
three
of
those
aspects
are
now
called
out
in
[s]the
CoC[/s]
GoogleFrog's
rewrite
of
the
CoC
as
being
against
our
community
standards.
Hopefully
they'll
start
getting
enforced.
But
we
should
be
absolutely
clear
on
this
point:
what
is
being
sanctioned
is
not
high-risk
strategies,
or
even
high-risk
strategies
without
at
least
implicit
consent
of
your
teammates.
What
is
being
sanctioned
is
taking
the
game
into
your
own
hands
by
tearing
it
away
from
your
fellow
players.
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All
three
of
those
aspects
are
now
called
out
in
[s]the
CoC[/s]
[url=http://zero-k.
info/Forum/Post/156753#156753]GoogleFrog's
rewrite
of
the
CoC[/url]
as
being
against
our
community
standards.
Hopefully
they'll
start
getting
enforced.
But
we
should
be
absolutely
clear
on
this
point:
what
is
being
sanctioned
is
not
high-risk
strategies,
or
even
high-risk
strategies
without
at
least
implicit
consent
of
your
teammates.
What
is
being
sanctioned
is
taking
the
game
into
your
own
hands
by
tearing
it
away
from
your
fellow
players.
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High risk strategies