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Originally Posted by CaptainGreenGene
There is no formal Kingshead Etiquette and attempting to overlay one will just set up a false set of rules which are ultimately unenforceable.
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I am not really sure anyone was looking for a set of rules. Etiquette does not mean rules. It's simply about manners and treating people the way you want to be treated.
Our parents used to teach us that stuff but now we are expected to do it on a forum for a video game...
"Be Polite" isn't a rule it's a suggestion and a darn good one if you ask me. But I don't play at Kings Head on a crowded server for the same reason you don't find me on Abassa Tortuga...Not enough etiquette....
You know... this thread has opened up a subject that, I think, is being danced around.
...Rep Stealing.
What it is, what it isn't and, ultimately, can such a thing even exist in a game like this? Can a player actually steal another players rep? I don't want to know about the math of it all but you know what I'm talking about.
If you are working on an enemy in a deliberate way designed to maximize you rep and some other pirate jumps into the fray and entirely messes up your system, it makes you angry. Right?
If you're working on a baby pirate and trying to make some gold and get some sailing points, who doesn't get upset at some level 40 jerk in a War Frigate who lets out a broadside and sinks the Panther you've been working on for a while?
Of course we take ownership in the enemy we have invested our time, patience and gold in. But who's right and who's wrong? I would break it down by enemy. If I am one on one with an enemy and you are NOT in my crew or my guild, then leave me and mine the heck alone.
But you really don't get to rope off an entire region, do you?
The only thing I can guarantee is that the polite, mature pirate wins even if his or her victory is a moral one. But for heavens sake, don't come here and tell us that there is no room in POTCO for manners!