This has got to stop!

Posted by Tre at 12:36 AM

Some prey run and some prey flee, calling for help.

If you are a runner and do not call for help from the knights, then take your capture with dignity!
If the predators beat you, fair and square, then do not bewail to the knights to come free you and
fight for your release! The time to beg for help is not when kneeling in defeat, but when you are
being chased across the sands. You bring shame upon the group of prey by whining, yes whining!
about your own choice and lack of skill.

Knights are willing to help and often ask if you need help when they see you being chased. If in
your pride of skill you deny them their ability to help, that is fine and should be respected by
them. To do this means you are telling that knight you are fine with being captured. Most prey
are very athletic and can outrun the predators. However, if you cannot outrun them and cannot reach
a safe zone, do NOT blame the knights for not helping you. If they ask the predator to release you
and the predator doesn't, there is nothing they can do. You are legally property of the predator
when you are captured. For a knight to attack a predator to enable your release is wrong and, in
fact, against the law. And you, prey, are wrong for asking for help at that late stage, when it
can only frustrate the knights.

-Anonymous

 

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This issue is not a simple one and is, in fact, a long standing problem for knights and prey alike. It has been addressed by admins before and guidelines were given but despite this, the issue crops up every so often anyway. To blame the prey and accuse them of whining is unfair.

Perhaps after the elections, the group leaders will consult with each other and admins and establish what the current 'rule' is and get everyone on the same page so the RP is enjoyable for all.

November 14, 2008 at 9:01 AM  

Anonymous said...

FYI - From the KoS Guide:

"Knights are also 'warriors' and they are allowed to attack-on-sight. However, they may attack only when they foresee a threat.

Examples of threatening situations" [as they apply to preds chasing prey]:
"- predators with their sword drawn - predators chasing preys (only when preys agree to be helped or ask for it).

If a prey doesn't give consent, you have to look the other way.

Also consider that while deserts is 'infested' with danger, the city most likely is not. In a way, everybody outside the gate is 'guilty' until proven innocent, while everybody in the city is innocent, until proven 'guilty'. Everybody outside the city walls may be considered a threat just by being there.

November 14, 2008 at 7:21 PM  

Anonymous said...

FYI #2 - also from the KoS Guide:

SEEKING HELP: (TO BE DETERMINED)

If you don't want to be captured by the ugly Undead or for any reason, you should ask for help from the knight. Knights are there to defend the weak.

You may:
- shout 'HELP' in local chat. Any knight within 100m will come and rescue you.
- run towards a knight, so get his attention - it will be automatically taken as a request for help
- use CTRL+F10 etc.

November 14, 2008 at 7:38 PM  

Paola Cerioli said...

Please keep the Chronicle in-character. If you want to discuss rules, a better place to leave your comments is on http://kosguide.blogspot.com

Thank you!
Kora

November 14, 2008 at 10:25 PM  

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