Unibot III wrote:Groups like TITO who have been arguing for "personal responsibility" here, are just hoping more raiders and defenders they don't like get clipped with mod rulings.
I think the problems with the system are not good. However, certain people have pushed this system beyond the limits. You had too many nations switching WA at once, and, on several occasions, you have been caught. You knew what the system was and you went beyond that. This is personal responsibility and on several occasions you did not exercise that. You tried to play against an imperfect system, and lost.
Unibot III wrote:They are against the R/D game in general and call themselves defenders...
If I was against R/D I would not be playing it -- that drum you are beating must be getting thin by now. I don't think these sorts of statements reflect very well on your supposed intellect.
Unibot III wrote:...when they hardly if ever actually defend -- instead they leave the brunt of that work to the people they're happy to watch get caught for multing.
Yes, I've never defended before. Never. Ever. Never even seen an update. What is NationStates? Well done, you have hit that nail right on the head. I bet you gave yourself a little high-five. Seriously though, the work your group does is janitor work, cleaning up trash left by others with little benefit (and one may argue quite a lot of cost, in that leaving it there would show the damage that these tag raids do). I by and large do not see the point, and I certainly don't see the fun.
Unibot III wrote:It's not about quality, Eist. It's about quantity. Save the most communities that you can; watching dozens of communities get trashed so that you can "help" one community a month is a bizarre configuration of priorities.
If the game was changed to limit tag raiding, you wouldn't have to save these communities, they would be "saved" already in that they wouldn't be raided in the first place. They wouldn't need detagging. When you advocate for more tag raiding so you can clean up more trash, your "natives rock!" spiel falls completely flat. It's the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff approach.
Mahaj, those are wonderful numbered bullets you have there, but I don't even know how to respond to your post. I think you should clarify your position in your own head first, then decide whether you should post it.