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But it wasn't PvP. The professor took advantage of the invincible NPCs at the ends of the area to kill the other players. If he had simply been a bully, pickin
by harpastum 17y ago
But it wasn't PvP. The professor took advantage of the invincible NPCs at the ends of the area to kill the other players.
If he had simply been a bully, picking on weaker players, the situation would have been different. The professor was exploiting a loophole in the structure of the game provoke a reaction from other players.
- petercooper 17y agoORLY? From the original article: gain access into an area where they should battle each other. The battles are designed to distinguish the most skilled players. and Myers [..] quickly learned that players ignored the area's stated purpose. Heroes chatted peacefully with villains in the combat zone.
- Retric 17y agoHe broke a social contract, not a game play mechanic. It's like fat people walking down the middle of a narrow hallway; there is not explicit rule that prohibits that. But they are still breaking implicit rules which pisses people off. PS: People don’t clearly separate games from real life. If you follow to closely to an avatar in an MMO for to low it will also bug people.
- jcl 17y agoThe means by which Myers was winning did nothing to establish himself as a skilled player. People were not using his strategy precisely because it required no skill. Myers was not using the area as intended but rather abusing a loophole (that was later closed by the game admins).