12-04-2010, 12:48 AM
So the gist I'm getting is 'to an extent, it is allowable' (though some of you made absolute statements, I think you'll agree with what follows). If you're having a healthy prank, where there is no significant loss to another person, then that's ok. If you hack a Runescape player of what amounts to multiple months of 'hard work,' that's not ok (though it can be fucking hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-tB5HuNlk ).
Which kinda makes a difference depending on the people and the situation. So like, if in TF2, you start dicking with people right from the beginning of a game (mic-spamming Rick Astley, glitch-blocking teammates from important shit), that doesn't seem like a major deal. People might get pissed, but they don't really lose anything. If, on the other hand, you jump into a L4D campaign on Expert and end up killing off your team on the final round just when rescue arrives, that's probably steppin' out-of-bounds.
Being a dick isn't the end of the world, but it's still being a dick. But some being-a-dick's are worse than other being-a-dick's.
Which kinda makes a difference depending on the people and the situation. So like, if in TF2, you start dicking with people right from the beginning of a game (mic-spamming Rick Astley, glitch-blocking teammates from important shit), that doesn't seem like a major deal. People might get pissed, but they don't really lose anything. If, on the other hand, you jump into a L4D campaign on Expert and end up killing off your team on the final round just when rescue arrives, that's probably steppin' out-of-bounds.
Being a dick isn't the end of the world, but it's still being a dick. But some being-a-dick's are worse than other being-a-dick's.