Slasher966 - Influencing Games with Ratings Threats

[mwaser]

Accused:

• Slasher966

The accused are suspected of:

• Other: Influencing Games with Ratings Threats

Game number(s):

• [game]Game 3026660[/game]

Comments:
direct quote from the game log -
2008-08-13 03:39:57 - Slasher966: truces are lame and not good sportsmanship. They degrade the game in freestyle. Bolo I respected you, but if you really did truce with that newb then I guess I am gonna need to give you both bad ratings too bad I can't be more threatening

[alster]

Accused:

• Slasher966

The accused are suspected of:

• Other: Influencing Games with Ratings Threats

Game number(s):

• [game]Game 3026660[/game]

Comments:
direct quote from the game log -
2008-08-13 03:39:57 - Slasher966: truces are lame and not good sportsmanship. They degrade the game in freestyle. Bolo I respected you, but if you really did truce with that newb then I guess I am gonna need to give you both bad ratings too bad I can't be more threatening

Jeeezz.... What is your problem? So you entered into a truce/alliance which is, in quite a few players' opinion, a pretty ridiculous thing to do. And he gives you, in a manner not rude or abusive, a head's up that he doesn't approve. And you start whining about it in the forum? If this Slasher966 wants to hand out a shitty rating for you guys teaming up on him, that's pretty much up to him I reckon. "Influencing Games with Ratings Threats"??? Seems to me that you influence the game by ganging up on him. I honestly cannot see any reason for why this post is anything but unnecessary.

[Simon Viavant]

Diplomacy is completely legal and if he didn't like it, he should've organized a game with other people who don't like diplomacy. What he did is like saying
"Hey, you're fortifying. That's lame. If you keep fortifying, I'm gonna give you a bad rating."

[king achilles]

People can say things in the game chat that you may or may not be comfortable with. Slasher966 just doesn't want you having a truce and he can give you a bad rating or not even if he did not mention this in the game chat. It is expected that some will approve of your game play, and some will not. If he did influenced you with that, good for him. I'm sure there are lots of players out there who can also persuade you during a game then, directly or indirectly.

As long as you are within the rules and guidelines, truces or none, then continue playing your game. Feedbacks/ratings are really personal judgments and opinion. If he gives you a bad rating, you can defend yourself with a response comment and people can check for themselves if this player was really credible in giving that rating to you or not. That is again, a personal choice of the reader.