37 replies to this topic

[YourSaviorLegion]

Cowardice will not be tolerated.

[Davison]

You're right, OP, a lot of people don't agree with you. Count me among them. Why should anyone tolerate you wanting to prolong your own survival in a match (with no real consequences for losing a mech) solely for the sake of doing so to no meaningful end? How are you entitled to be carried more than anyone else? You can still draw fire. You can still spot. A stick is still a perfectly good decoy. What I see here is basically a rage quit on your behalf.

Moral standards aside, is also a clear violation of the code of conduct. Unless it served a tactical end, I would just as readily report you as anyone else here.

[TheLuc]

ahahah like 2 maybe 3 years ago I did once power down in a corner as I was busy in RL powered back up, I was alone against 2 very banged up players so we won the match !

[jaxjace]

If you have lost all your weapons, be a distraction for someone who does have weapons. be a team player, dont be a scrub

[MerryIguana]

When you join a match you are agreeing to the time limit of 15 minutes. If you dont like that, dont join a match.

[Bud Crue]

MerryIguana, on 26 August 2016 - 10:59 AM, said:

When you join a match you are agreeing to the time limit of 15 minutes. If you dont like that, dont join a match.

When you join a match you are agreeing to abide by the COC and TOS. If you don't like that, don't join a match.

Edited by Bud Crue, 26 August 2016 - 11:12 AM.

[MerryIguana]

Bud Crue, on 26 August 2016 - 11:11 AM, said:

When you join a match you are agreeing to abide by the COC and TOS. If you don't like that, don't join a match.

Polly want a *******?

[Mystere]

Whiplash Wally, on 26 August 2016 - 09:30 AM, said:

Even without weapons, you can still be a useful distraction / meat shield.

jaxjace, on 26 August 2016 - 10:48 AM, said:

If you have lost all your weapons, be a distraction for someone who does have weapons. be a team player, dont be a scrub

What if you're the only one left on your team?

Edited by Mystere, 26 August 2016 - 11:23 AM.

[Bud Crue]

This comes up every few months. Not sure how to educate folks about the COC but hiding just to prolong a match and not die, is in fact against the COC. Maybe make a "main points of the COC" a part of the academy or something, and actually mention stuff like this?

[kazlaton]

Mystere, on 26 August 2016 - 11:19 AM, said:

What if you're the only one left on your team?

He wasn't the only one left when he ran and hid. There were at least 3 other mechs still fighting. And the score was about even, around 8 to 8 I think.

[MerryIguana]

kazlaton, on 26 August 2016 - 11:25 AM, said:

He wasn't the only one left when he ran and hid. There were at least 3 other mechs still fighting. And the score was about even, around 8 to 8 I think.

Since it was never mentioned in the OP, what kind of match was it?

[kazlaton]

It was skirmish.

[Tyler Valentine]

Extremely selfish. Whether you have the right or not, you are wasting, potentially, 23 other people's time and decreasing their enjoyment of the game. You shouldn't even have to ask if this is okay, it's basic etiquette.

[MerryIguana]

kazlaton, on 26 August 2016 - 11:30 AM, said:

It was skirmish.

There you go. Its no longer a witch hunt.

[Mystere]

kazlaton, on 26 August 2016 - 11:25 AM, said:

He wasn't the only one left when he ran and hid. There were at least 3 other mechs still fighting. And the score was about even, around 8 to 8 I think.

I was asking everyone a question with regard to a specific situation.

[Davison]

Mystere, on 26 August 2016 - 11:19 AM, said:

What if you're the only one left on your team?

It really just gets down to purpose, in my opinion. If you're trying to Bugs Bunny the other team somehow, that's one thing. But at least make that clear to YOUR team.

I get a kick out of watching Stick Shenanigans, myself, on occasion.

But someone powering down just because they don't want to face the music? Unless their team is alright with this, that's like refusing to uncurl from around the football after getting tackled, for no other reason than they didn't like getting tackled.

Admittedly, I can think of a few legitimate reasons to hit 'P'. "I feel like it" just isn't one of them for me.

On a side note, Mystere, I like seeing your thoughts and questions more and more.

[Revis Volek]

Someone did'nt read and comprehend the CoC!


In other parts of the Internet you would be called a coward. Oh wait...

Edited by Revis Volek, 26 August 2016 - 11:46 AM.

[draiocht]

In Skirmish, there is the tricky circumstance of holding numbers and if remaining in combat would only grant the enemy an easy kill. Anyhow...


As noted earlier in this thread, the Code of Conduct describes how it is not a violation to hide if it is in service toward a combat advantage or win.

However, if a player is hiding in a match that is effectively lost or is progressing toward a loss if without action, please inform that player of the circumstances. If that player is recognized to be hiding for no other purpose than to prolong that match, please report that player with the in-game player context menu's report function or with an email to moderation@mwomercs.com with any evidence and/or details you have available.

[mod]As the original post has claimed an abstention from dialogue,
this thread predominantly acts as bait for insults and name & shame to the original poster.
This thread is now closed.[/mod]