englishcheese
Public Area Guest
I look like Harry Potter, dont you think?
Posts: 196
|
Post by englishcheese on Aug 15, 2007 13:36:48 GMT
Maybe someone should explain it to him in German as his English isnt that good.
|
|
digital
Luxor Admin
Winter is Coming
Posts: 1,727
|
Post by digital on Aug 15, 2007 13:59:50 GMT
Agreed, my German is appalling so count me out.
|
|
Arminius
Morkin Admin
Ich bin Bl?cher
Posts: 4,148
|
Post by Arminius on Aug 15, 2007 14:04:26 GMT
Perhaps we should make our ethical guidelines more explicit. Arguably being peaceful does not contradict stealing islands off smaller (non-allied) players.
|
|
Clausewitz
Luxor Member
Veni. Vidi. Vici. Mori.
Posts: 1,437
|
Post by Clausewitz on Aug 15, 2007 14:48:34 GMT
Perhaps we should make our ethical guidelines more explicit. Arguably being peaceful does not contradict stealing islands off smaller (non-allied) players. This is always a dilemma. I've struggled with it in the past. Back with -S- was the boogeyman hiding in the closet waiting to steal all our toys while we slept, I gave this much thought... Do I allow -S- to sweep in and grab a juicy island within 5nm of my main? Or do I pre-empt such a thing by taking it myself? It was always something I've struggled with. You don't want to be the bad guy, but the reality of the game is that if you don't do it, the bad guy will (although this is a self-defeating argument...).
|
|
Arminius
Morkin Admin
Ich bin Bl?cher
Posts: 4,148
|
Post by Arminius on Aug 15, 2007 15:01:59 GMT
It was always something I've struggled with. You don't want to be the bad guy, but the reality of the game is that if you don't do it, the bad guy will (although this is a self-defeating argument...). We always strived to show that we don't need to do that to succeed. Remaining on the moral highground, if you want. And we have been quite alright with that stance so far...
|
|
2kcastle
Luxor Admin
Supreme Prosecutor
Posts: 1,067
|
Post by 2kcastle on Aug 15, 2007 18:05:42 GMT
It was always something I've struggled with. You don't want to be the bad guy, but the reality of the game is that if you don't do it, the bad guy will (although this is a self-defeating argument...). We always strived to show that we don't need to do that to succeed. Remaining on the moral highground, if you want. And we have been quite alright with that stance so far... Once you've decided that its ok to take isles from small allianceless players its too easy to decide that small players in weak alliances are ok too, and then big players in weak alliances etc etc. where do you stop ?
|
|
eproxy
Luxor Admin
Oceans old & new
Posts: 1,941
|
Post by eproxy on Aug 15, 2007 19:16:39 GMT
Once you've decided that its ok to take isles from small allianceless players its too easy to decide that small players in weak alliances are ok too, and then big players in weak alliances etc etc. where do you stop ? Big players in big alliances
|
|
Sol
Luxor Member
I pledge alligeance to the corn-growers.
Posts: 1,610
|
Post by Sol on Aug 15, 2007 19:26:03 GMT
Maybe I'm slow in the head or something, but I don't see anything super wrong with his application.
I want to say yes.
|
|
McGoogus
Luxor Member
McGorgeous
Posts: 548
|
Post by McGoogus on Aug 15, 2007 20:24:31 GMT
Seems that many people don't put much thought into their choice of username when they sign up. I know I didn't. What the hell is a McGoogus? Other than his poor choice of name, he seems like a good kid. Yes.
|
|
|
Post by DrieZ/Cesium on Aug 15, 2007 20:24:33 GMT
I'd say yes, but not a strong one..
|
|
|
Post by catcher on Aug 15, 2007 21:10:51 GMT
i say no bad Name, bad Fleet 100LWS and 3000 Spearfighter or 300 and 4000 Spearfighter what's that? No Katas no Stonies Cleaningaccount??? He was before Diplo in Hawk possibly an Spyingaccount
|
|
Fingal
KoM Admin
Kicked the dog & took out the Bin man!
Posts: 242
|
Post by Fingal on Aug 15, 2007 21:16:33 GMT
I have always been very careful about the names of folks I admitted into the allliance. Back in TNM on the Ik.Uk server I was co-admin with a guy called Cmc... Yeah Grover234's brother. He was/is a very upstanding member of the christian community in the states and had a thing about user names or islands linked to the devil... ie Devil666... Lucifer... etc User names he wouln't have in the alliance and island names he 'persuaded' people to change. To a certain extent I followed the line but built my first account on the backs of people who used swearwords as island names and refused to change them...
So how does this relate to the Morkin family? Would I admit someone who is called Nazi87? No... He existed on Ik.uk and applied and I denied his application. Why well obviously because of the anti-semetic username... Skinhead, also a NO from me because of the obvious asociation... I agree it could bring us trouble in the future... Ask him to get XXL, rename and reapply...
|
|
Natmus
Morkin Admin
Fight the power!
Posts: 4,518
|
Post by Natmus on Aug 15, 2007 21:57:00 GMT
No from me...
|
|
Sol
Luxor Member
I pledge alligeance to the corn-growers.
Posts: 1,610
|
Post by Sol on Aug 15, 2007 22:25:14 GMT
Hmmmm....Well, if we're judging by the name of his account. Then I'll say no.
|
|
digital
Luxor Admin
Winter is Coming
Posts: 1,727
|
Post by digital on Aug 15, 2007 22:26:44 GMT
Nope it is. Rejected.
|
|