Re: Duelmasters: Need help with first roll-ups.

From: ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 12:25:47 +0000

In article <1c2nb8INNg0u@gap.caltech.edu>, johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White) writes:
>In article <009621FB.42E7E500@abby.chem.ucla.edu> ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
>writes:
>>In article <1992Oct13.220117.3429@rdii.com>, jas@rdii.com (Jim Smith)
>writes:
First off,
John, please argue all you like, you won't offend me.  Differing opinions is
what the net is all about right.  It IS only Duelmasters.

>>>> Your Rookies Tournament Champion:  18-21-5-7-20-6-7.
>
>blahblahblahblahblah!!!!!
>Don't listen to him!
>Look, I don't know HOW long it's been since someone one the rookies tourney
>WITHOUT a scum, but it _hasen't_ been since _I_ started playing.  In
>addition, people INSIST on injecting their own weird ideas of "honor" into a
>game that is designed WITHOUT it.  Why is it honorable to randomly match up
>with someone's 0 fight warrior with a power lunger and kill him, but not
>honorable to challenge with a scum (which results in a long fight and lots
>of skills, righ Ben?;-D) and have that warrior LIVE?

1) O.K., as far as honor goes, tourneys are totally different.  You can't
really TC in rookies without a mega-scum so go ahead.  But personally (just
MHO) I don't like to run Scum or Dixie (throw-away) Lungers in the arena, not
necessiarily for honor, I just think it's a waste of money; I mean you're just
going to DA him anyway.  W/L is just not that important to me.  Of course, If I
was top-team, and getting free fights...  That's one difference, right there.
Tangible rewards.  A free fight or a TC prize, epecially is probably worth the
shame and humiliation (joke, I don't use smilies) of running a Scum or Dixie,
but to me, anyway, kills and W/L don't cut it.  The only reason power lungers
are better than scum (remember, I don't run them either) is that the fights are
more interesting.

>>Other 'honor' points: Don't Challenge someone ranked below you,
>>just to get a Win.
>
>Oh, come on!  I do that all the time!  Ok, a lot of people in the arena
>think I'm scum-of-the-earth, but not 'cause of that.  Just remember, there
>are avoid spaces for a reason, and you are able to challenge them for a
>reason.
Oh? Why do they think you're scum-of-the -earth?
>
>>Somethimes it's considered impolite to specifically attempt
>>to kill a particular warrior of someone else.  In general Duelmasters is
>like
>>life, do unto others as you would have them do to you.
>
>Duelmasters is NOTHING like real life!  The point is to roleplay and have
>FUN!  I say things to people in the personal ads, that I'd never say to
>someone in real life.  I pick fights.  I piss people off.  And you know
>what?  It's OK!  Because NONE of it is REAL!
>Sorry Ben, but I just don't agree with you on this point. :-)

No prob, John.  As long as you have fun.  As to the roleplaying, that's exactly
my point.  Honor, even in real life, is totally artifical.  You want to be
'evil' and scum and down-challenge fine.  But those values are just as dumb and
silly and meaningless as my 'honorable' ones.  If everyone was nice and
goody-goody It wouldn't be any fun either...  Us good guys have to have someone
to (up) challenge, right?  Actually, one problem I have in Khalhums is that
about 40% of the arena is Enigmafia, my 'allies'. I challenge them, we fight,
we just try not to kill each other.  It's impolite to Scum your friends,
glorious to scum you enemies.  I have several times wished I had a super-scum
to Bloodfued those damn power lungers who kill my 10-9-9-17-17-5-17 PR!

>
>Of course, I think the lunge tactic slows you down as well....

Probably true, but as much as the Slash?  I dunno. I never tried slashing in
minute one...
>
>Nothing personal Ben.  I mean, its only Duelmasters, right?!

Got it.  I do know some people who take this game too seriously.  But no one
who is on the net, so I can't josh them.

Ben Hitz
hitz@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu  (NOT header address)

-You'll work harder with a gun at your back,
	 for a bowl of rice a day.
	 Slave for soldiers, 'till you starve.
	 Then you head is skewered on a stake.

-Dead Kennedys 'Holliday in Cambodia'

References

Re: Duelmasters: Need help with first roll-ups.
johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White)
Wed, 21 Oct 1992 04:46:32 +0000
Re: Duelmasters: Need help with first roll-ups.
ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:15:54 +0000

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Re: Duelmasters: Need help with first roll-ups.
johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White)
Wed, 21 Oct 1992 04:46:32 +0000
Re: Duelmasters: Need help with first roll-ups.
ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:15:54 +0000