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Post by Panther on Apr 19, 2021 17:34:22 GMT
eagle's handling of capybara here is uncomfortably likely to determine whether he lives or dies
i hope he lives
re challenges: no one reads the game rules, unfortunately. even less than they read challenge posts.
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Post by Axolotl on Apr 19, 2021 17:47:20 GMT
i think i would like eagle more as a narrator if he had a more accurate view of things. right now it looks like he’s under kestrel’s wing and has a bit of unwarranted confidence even beyond the bravado persona
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Post by T4 Bacteriophage on Apr 19, 2021 17:47:23 GMT
I read things, which just makes it even more obvious to me that no one else is reading things
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Post by Algae on Apr 19, 2021 18:06:42 GMT
I think every game just needs an "outside resources not allowed unless otherwise stated" rule, but it seems like you had that and they still didn't get it.
Grogu did a similar thing last game where he very obviously went against the spirit of a challenge by editing posts in a posting challenge. I think we just need to be extremely careful with how we word our rules for every challenge, but it's almost impossible to anticipate every way players might try to game a challenge
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Post by Pineapple on Apr 19, 2021 18:10:37 GMT
eagle's handling of capybara here is uncomfortably likely to determine whether he lives or dies i hope he lives re challenges: no one reads the game rules, unfortunately. even less than they read challenge posts. Yeah, I'm thinking future mods need to wait until the end of day 1 and then PM blast all the players: "Hey idiots. [✓] Group PMs [X] Quoting full PMs [X] Outside resources during challenges Thanks"
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Post by Hermit Crab on Apr 19, 2021 18:12:56 GMT
I think there is some room for “gaming” challenges, but at some level players need to realize that if your plan can be summarized as “Take a challenge that is clearly supposed to be testing Skill X and change it so that instead Skill Y is being tested and Skill X is no longer relevant” then no, don’t do that.
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Post by Pineapple on Apr 19, 2021 18:16:09 GMT
Yeah, the Grogu one was pretty egregious, because the entire point of the challenge was making all these posts with no errors in them, and then when he made a disqualifying post... he edited it. Sure, the challenge itself didn't say no editing but Does it really have to be said? Yes I guess?
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Post by Moth on Apr 19, 2021 18:33:41 GMT
idk, at some points, i don't really know the meta around challenges and all, but maybe do qomething like "this challenge is meant to test how good you are at lifting beans, do not try to play it in a way that doesn't involve bean lifting"
like, maybe it's a bit strict, but it could be a nice improvement i think
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Post by T4 Bacteriophage on Apr 19, 2021 18:41:40 GMT
idk, at some points, i don't really know the meta around challenges and all, but maybe do qomething like "this challenge is meant to test how good you are at lifting beans, do not try to play it in a way that doesn't involve bean lifting" like, maybe it's a bit strict, but it could be a nice improvement i think Beans? Beans! My special beans! I let him go I didn't know he'd stolen my beans!
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Post by Moth on Apr 19, 2021 18:53:34 GMT
is that a reference of some kind?
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Post by Poison Ivy on Apr 19, 2021 19:07:27 GMT
I'm not mad at Capy personally, but it's an alarming trend in the site culture. This specific challenge came with an instruction all but begging people to not get cute and just do the goddamn challenge. I was trying to head off people asking "well what TECHNICALLY counts as a fish hmmmmm???; the idea that somebody would interpret that note to mean "using outside resources is okay" is just mind-boggling to me. Interesting, because I read that instruction as "You're encouraged to find ways to bend the rules as long as you ask before going too far"
Even then, copy pasting a list of fish is something he should have asked about, even if there was time pressure.
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 19, 2021 19:10:08 GMT
its so funny to me that I seem to really love all the people that die really fast
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 19, 2021 19:10:50 GMT
My beary ranking literally has like all dead people at the top. its glorious
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Post by Hermit Crab on Apr 19, 2021 19:12:31 GMT
I'm not mad at Capy personally, but it's an alarming trend in the site culture. This specific challenge came with an instruction all but begging people to not get cute and just do the goddamn challenge. I was trying to head off people asking "well what TECHNICALLY counts as a fish hmmmmm[noubbc]??? [/noubbc][/quote]Interesting, because I read that instruction as "You're encouraged to find ways to bend the rules as long as you ask before going too far" Even then, copy pasting a list of fish is something he should have asked about, even if there was time pressure.
[/quote] Ugh, I was going for "you will not have a lot of time so it would be best to spend your limited time elsewhere."
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Post by Poison Ivy on Apr 19, 2021 19:17:48 GMT
I'm not sure what happened with the tags on my post
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