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| Grumpy Old Man Enlightens the World; A Treatise on Godmode | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 11 2010, 05:42 AM (171 Views) | |
| Epsilon Andromedae | Jan 11 2010, 05:42 AM Post #1 |
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So, this has been bothering me for a while, so im going to rant about it and hope for the best. Here goes. EA Explains what in God's name that thing "Godmode" is Its been thrown around alot, but i question everyones whole, complete understanding of what exactly Godmode is, how to identify it, and what it means when you are partaking of its forbidden fruit. Godmode, literally speaking, is when all of a sudden a light shines down on your character, and (s)he receives an epiphany from the perspective of You, the operator, the person typing, the one behind the computer screen. Suddenly, all intelligence becomes available, and your character is takes advantage of this by making decisions based on anything and everything he (ima say he for ease of reference) see's, because your characters are opportunists and its not every day that they are, by the Grace of God, allowed to see what goes on in this forum. There are several foundations of forum etiquette that this Godmode violates. The first being trust, the second being strategy, and the third being funness. On Trust Everyone on these forums, to some extent or another, Trusts everyone else on these forums. That is why we post in our databases information that would otherwise not be available to international rivals. That is why we talk to each other about our plans and strategies, and that is why we do this without thinking twice. Trust is a foundation element of an RP forum, and we have to TRUST that everything we say will be taken in the way it is intended. Godmode violates that trust. It takes advantage of it, it says "Aha, you posted that, so i am going to use it". Godmode is the bully on the playground that takes the ball away from the soccer field, declares himself the winner, and runs home where he crys himself to sleep because he has no friends. Heres how this works. Operator A is controlling Character A. Operator B is controlling Character B. Character A: "Lets play poker." Character B: "Ok." The premise of the RP is established in the first posts. Trust is assumed to already exist. Character A: The Dealer hands cards out. SIC: Character A has two Aces. Character B: The Dealer hands cards out. A Trust imbalance occurs. Character A has revealed his hand, so that Operator B does not think that Operator A is cheating. Operator B does not reciprocate that trust. Character A: The Game continues, and the cards dealt favor me. "I win!" he declares. Character B: Not so fast, because i had two aces also and one of them was a spade so that means I WIN. Character B never revealed his cards, and no one ever detailed what the suits were. Character B's statement is perfectly valid, but highly improbably and completely unverifiable. This is Godmode. As you can see from that scenario, disputes occur easily, and things snowball from there. Character B's statement was perfectly Valid, but violates the trust that things said SIC will remain as such. That is to say, if Character B was dealt a lousy hand, Operator B would turn a blind eye to Operator A's good hand, and continue as if he could turn things around. Equal data must be shared, and the outcome cannot be disputed. In this case, if Operator A were to challenge Operator B, he would have no grounds, and in a dispute Operator B would win, because again, the statement is Valid because it is unverifiable. If you are someone that uses this tactic, STOP IMMEDIATELY. If you are in an RP with someone that uses this tactic, do not continue until you receive equal information. In many cases, violations of trust occur over simple things of little importance. in an effort to make a good RP, you may exaggerate qualities of your character, or things that happen in your nation. A Godmoder will either use those to his advantage, or attempt to exceed you. Again, the counter to this is to just stop, and try to reason with the Godmoder that what they are doing is stupid. On Strategy I discussed this peripherally in the previous section, but Strategy requires certain elements of trust. In order to have a good wartime RP, you MUST reveal what your army is doing, where they are going, and how they act. Godmoders will do this as well, but in a way that is clearly implausible, but again: Valid. EXAMPLE: You state, in secret, that your troops are crawling through the brush, sneaking up on an enemy encampment. You have to say that, because you are attempting a new tactic, if you didn't say it you would be the one godmoding. heres how one SHOULD react to that action: "The troops in the camp continued with their night routine, looking about, and maintaining their arms." heres how one could Godmode this in a perfectly valid manner: A general brazenly walks around his main tent "Our Camp is exposed to the forest, post extra guards there in case they try to ambush us!" Strategically Valid, but obviously the SIC statement in the initial post was used against you. Don't try and argue, don't try and say that thats Godmode, because its perfectly valid and you will lose. The solution is to just call a higher power, or attempt to explain why the Godmoder is completely, utterly wrong. Strategy is impossible to do without revealing some elements of what is going on. Godmoders take advantage of this, and it ceases to become a military engagement and becomes a trench-war from world war one. Nothing happens, no one goes anywhere, because you cannot use strategy, because the Godmoder uses it against you. which leads me to my third point: On Fun Strategy, Trust, war, diplomacy, all these things make our Caprecian RP fun. Godmode mitigates the amount of fun we can have in RP, and turns it into a glorified dick-measuring contest (sorry ladies, you lose :P). A regular RPer will embellish their post every now and then. In my previous rant, i described the "Entertaining" version of RP. They will embellish when necessary, within the parameters of reality. Godmoders will make them wish they hadn't, they will make everything stupid and boring and you will end up trying to kick sand in their face because SOMEHOW the outfielder tossed the ball all the way to home plate in some weird miracle play. KEEP THE GAME FUN: STOP GODMODING. Thats the take-home message. If you need anything clarified, please feel free to ask. -A Grumpy Old Man. |
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| Ubiquisque | Jan 11 2010, 05:52 AM Post #2 |
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Very well said EA - it is worth pinning this for new players. I have only one quibble with what you said. I dispute that you are that old (I have a an open mind on the "grumpy" question....) |
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| Epsilon Andromedae | Jan 11 2010, 05:59 AM Post #3 |
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lol its my pen-name >.> but no, i'm not that old. def. frequently grumpy, tho
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| Epsilon Andromedae | Jan 11 2010, 08:00 AM Post #4 |
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THE ABBRIDGED VERSION: For lines, since he didn't understand: If someone posts something SIC, OOC, in their database, then the non-godmoder should, nay MUST shoot themselves in the foot if it means not using that data in their RP. EXAMPLE I say "SIC: My men will nuke your capitol in one hour." In this scenario, your capitol is utterly defenseless, btw. you must, by no means, use that data, say anything like "The president was called out to a different country on urgent business" or "A coincidental test of our nuclear defenses would take place in our capitol" or anything like that. If you dont know about it IC, then your capitol will burn, and RP will continue. because its not about you winning, its about how you play the game. and if a few capitols get destroyed in the process, so be it. |
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| Lines | Jan 11 2010, 08:12 AM Post #5 |
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Oh... *pokes the active anti missile system the KU has and pokes the miniature version i have* =D I guess I understand... Btw: Nuke me, and I'll rip your nations to shreds. In a way that will please the all mightily grumpy old man.
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| The Glorious Empire | Jan 11 2010, 09:45 AM Post #6 |
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Once again EA has done a fantastic job explaining the Rules of Roleplay, you should write a guide called "A Grumpy old man's Guide to Roleplay"
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| Epsilon Andromedae | Jan 11 2010, 09:56 AM Post #7 |
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if i make a third one, then i'll definitely create a collection, and see if i can get it distributed with the CC
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| Erid'Lor | Jan 11 2010, 10:19 AM Post #8 |
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You bastards used my SIC information against me But then I used yours against you ![]() Ah, the days, the days :lol: Great article. |
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| Lounited | Jan 11 2010, 11:04 PM Post #9 |
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Thanks Epsilon for the tip There hath been blatant cases of godmodding just RECENTLY, by active and well-known RPers, so I hope that the points EA brought out will be remembered
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